EVERY KNEE WILL BOW TO HIM SOONER OR LATER!

Have you ever wondered why today's Church is becoming more and more impotent in its effort to win the lost for Christ?  We are not only reaching fewer lost souls, but those who once professed to believe in Jesus Christ, are leaving, are falling away from their commitment to Him.  Of course the Bible says that as we get closer to His Second Coming, this will occur, but I do not recall the Word giving a clear reason why.  The Apostle Paul wrote:

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2 Tim. 3:1-5).

And Jesus, Himself, had this to say about His return in Luke 18:8 - ". . . Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" 


Perhaps the problem is that we have watered down the Gospel so that it has lost its power to save (Rom. 1:16).  We have the Gospel stated in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4: 

"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand . . . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures."

But notice the only title given for Jesus is "Christ."  Is it possible that the Church needs to define exactly who the "Christ" is?  It does make a huge difference, since many false cults and even many denominations, fail to recognize Jesus for who the Bible says He is!  Jesus is:


     * "Lord" over seven hundred times in twenty-five books of the New Testament.

     * He is called "Lord Jesus" one hundred seventeen times in the New Testament.

     * He is the "Son of God" forty-six times in the New Testament.

     * He is both "Lord and Savior" four times; all are in 2 Peter.

     * Jesus is the "Savior" twenty-four times in the New Testament.

     * He is called "Master" over eighty times in the New Testament.

 

Jesus is to be worshipped and served; that too is part of the Gospel Message!