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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for September 1, 2010
“Be Ye Also Ready”
Hello, I’m Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
“The wrath of God abides on him.”
That is not a place you want to be. You do not want the wrath of God “abiding” on you.
What does that mean?
It’s something Jesus said in John 3:36. He said, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
If you want to get a glimpse of the wrath of God, check out Revelation 14 verses 9 through 11. An angel cried out with a loud voice and said, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
That’s the wrath of God on those who reject Him and receive the mark of the beast in the end times. So if you thought of God as the old grandfather upstairs who wouldn’t hurt a flea, think again. It says that some people will drink the wine of his wrath, and will be tormented with fire and brimstone.
That is not a place you want to be.
Now back to John 3:36. Jesus said, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.”
You do not want God’s wrath to remain on you, so what can you do? Believe in the Son. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, Jesus said.
After the description of God’s wrath in Revelation 14, the Apostle John heard a voice from heaven say, “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
That’s what happens to those who believe in the Son of God; when they die they “die in the Lord.”
So would you rather believe in the Son and die in the Lord, or reject the Son and die under the wrath of God?
Yesterday a young man died suddenly in Tallahassee. A Rickards High School student was crossing the street to get to his school bus and he was hit by a car.
Monday a school bus driver in Jefferson County, FL died suddenly. She was driving along, slipped off the edge of the road and slammed into a tree.
I was talking to a pastor friend of mine about this this morning and here were his parting words, “Be ye also ready.”
“Be ye also ready? That must be some kind of Bible thing,” I thought, so I looked it up.
Sure enough, there it was, in Matthew 24. Jesus said, “Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”
Now you might think that’s talking about the second coming of Christ, and you might think that’s way off in the future.
But listen. It doesn’t matter if He’s coming for everyone today. It only matters if He’s coming for you.
Back to Revelation 14; John wrote, “Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, ‘Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.”
“Aw, Doug, that’s some kind of end times stuff.”
Listen. It doesn’t matter if He’s coming to reap the whole earth today. It only matters if He’s coming to reap you. It doesn’t matter if it’s the final harvest; it only matters if it’s your final harvest.
Be ye also ready.
“So how can I be ready?”
Believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Believe in Jesus Christ. Believe that He came to earth, shed His blood and died for your sins then rose from the dead.
Repent of your sins and ask God to forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness.
Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, like it says in Acts 2:38, “and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Then by the Holy Spirit you will be sealed until the day of redemption.
You don’t know when your personal “day of redemption” will come, so why wait? Get right with God now. Today is the day of salvation.
Heed the words spoken by Jesus, and repeated by my pastor friend this very morning.
Be ye also ready.
Comments?
E-mail me: dougapple@wave94.com.
May God bless you today! With Apples of Gold…I’m Doug Apple.
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Why “The Arrow’s Tip”? Each morning, after diligently seeking the Lord, I write Apples of Gold. Then before I release it to the public I pray one final prayer, “Lord, send forth your arrows.” I envision Apples of Gold as arrows, tips dipped in the river of the water of life that flows from the throne of God (Rev. 22:1), sailing toward the hearts and minds of men and women around the world.
Doug Apple
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