NOW Time: Time is NOW
By Trevor Davis
May 13, 2008
www.soundingthealarm.com/
2Corinthians 6:
1We then, as workers
together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in
vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a
time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now
is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
3 Giving no
offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all
things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in
afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in
imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by
knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7 By the word
of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand
and on the left, 8 By
honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet
true; 9 As
unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and
not killed; 10 As
sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having
nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 O ye
Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not
straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a
recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
14 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an
infidel?
16 And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come
out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a
Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.
LUKE
6:46 And why call ye me,
Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me,
and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which
built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when
the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not
shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth,
and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the
earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
and the ruin of that house was great.
1Samuel
15:1Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over
his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words
of the LORD. 2 Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he
laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite
Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay
both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul gathered
the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen,
and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And
Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 And Saul said unto
the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy
you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they
came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the
Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the
king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the
edge of the sword. 9 But
Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen,
and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not
utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they
destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word
of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 11 It
repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from
following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel;
and he cried unto the LORD all night. 12 And when Samuel
rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came
to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed
on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And
Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I
have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said,
What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of
the oxen which I hear? 15 And
Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared
the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and
the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then
Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me
this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said,
When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the
tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD sent
thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites,
and fight against them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then
didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and
didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
20 And Saul said unto
Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which
the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly
destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But
the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which
should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in
Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the
LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken
than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the
sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou
hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 And Saul said unto
Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and
thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I
pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said
unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the
LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel
turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it
rent. 28 And
Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this
day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the
Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should
repent. 30 Then he
said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my
people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD
thy God. 31 So
Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
32 Then said Samuel,
Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said,
As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among
women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went
to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no
more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for
Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Matthew
6:1Take heed that ye do not your
alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father
which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou
doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in
the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But
when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be
in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee
openly.
5 And when thou prayest,
thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the
synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou
prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward
thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use
not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be
heard for their much speaking. 8 Be
not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will
be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our
daily bread.
12 And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive
not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye
fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their
faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward. 17 But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not
unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal: 20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the
body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full
of light. 23 But if
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto
you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment? 26 Behold
the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by
taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye
thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil
not, neither do they spin: 29 And
yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these. 30 Wherefore,
if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast
into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed? 32 (For
after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first
the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added
unto you.
34 Take therefore no
thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew
24:11 And
Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for
to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto
them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be
left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon
the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us,
when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of
the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars
and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning
of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you
up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations
for my name's sake. 10 And
then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another. 11 And many false
prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure
unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and
then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore
shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand
in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which
be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on
the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him
which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them
that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that
your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man
shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall
arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and
wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have
told you before. 26 Wherefore
if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold,
he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For
wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after
the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken: 30 And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the
tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send
his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable
of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye
know that summer is nigh: 33 So
likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at
the doors. 34 Verily
I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled. 35 Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of
Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days
that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until
the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. 40 Then
shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be
grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that
if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he
would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye
also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a
faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to
give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed
is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto
you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that
evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to
smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that
servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he
is not aware of, 51 And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.