"Making Disciples, the True Purpose of the Church" By Shane C. Montgomery

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.              Matt 28:18-20 (KJV)

 When reading the Great Commission we are confronted with a responsibility.  Fairly straight forward, "Go", "Teach" and "Baptize."   and verse 20 follows up with this... "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you....." and ends with a reminder that Christ will be with us all the way if we are faithful.  "...and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."   Better words of comfort have never been spoken, I can assure you friends.

Be Sure

“Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied  in Thy name? and in Thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.”  —Matthew 7:21-23

WHAT a terrible awakening it will be for those who are going on in this life thinking all is well with them, and then in that day as they stand before the Lord of Glory hear these words, “I never knew you.”

"The Wrath of God" By A.W. Pink

IT IS SAD INDEED TO FIND SO MANY PROFESSING Christians who appear to regard the wrath of

God as something for which they need to make an apology, or who at least wish there were no such thing.
While some who would not go so far as to openly admit that they consider it a blemish on the Divine character, yet they are far from regarding it with delight; they like not to think about it, and they rarely hear it mentioned without a secret resentment rising up in their hearts  against it. Even with those who are more sober in their judgment, not a few seem to imagine that there is a severity about the Divine wrath that makes it too terrifying to form a theme for profitable contemplation. Others harbor the delusion that God's wrath is not consistent with his goodness, and so seek to banish it from their thoughts.

Yes, many there are who turn away from a vision of God's wrath as though they were called to look  upon some blotch in the Divine character or some blot upon the Divine government. But what saith the  Scriptures? As we turn to them we find that God has made no attempt to conceal the facts concerning His  wrath. He is not ashamed to make it known that vengeance and fury belong unto Him. His own challenge is:

From the Early Church Fathers

"To Search the sacred Scripture is very good and most profitable for the soul.  For "like a tree planted near the running waters," so does the soul watered by the sacred Scripture also grow hearty and bear fruit in due season.  This is the orthodox faith.  It is adorned with its evergreen leaves, with actions pleasing to God."

John of Damascus from- "Orthodox Faith"