GOOD MORNING BELOVED!
Welcome to another edition of the SJMBC Podcast:
I am your host Brother Henry Cotton, Jr. and I am also the Pastor of the SJMBC. Welcome to our Podcast. The topic for our Podcast today is:
“HOW IMPORTANT IS THE WORD OF GOD TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO . . . THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH!”
There are a number of arguments and debates around this issue of the word Rapture (expound). Some people debate over when it is going to happen. Some people even debate over if it is going to happen. But I am seeing a lot of contributors on Facebook writing articles about this event, so I think it is safe to say that a number of people in the world are intrigued about the Rapture. I hope that looking at these few verses of scripture will help bring some clarity to you.
“Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him. “3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.” John 3:1-7 (NIV)
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (KJV)
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (NIV)
It is most important that we remember the prerequisites to being raptured (caught up): 1. YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN! 2. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE CHURCH (CHRISTIANS) WILL BE RAPTURED! Like it or don’t like it, this is what the word of God says.
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