As It Was In The Days Of Noah...

Luke 17:26-27. If you read carefully Noah's story, you will see that the world was destroyed because it became extremely corrupt and lawless, the only righteous man alive was Noah and he became the preacher of righteousness: 2 Peter 2:5. What was he preaching anyways? The Bible does not tells us everything he preached, but this was the central point of his preaching: Repent, flooding is coming and the world will be destroyed! What is very interesting is that Jesus is comparing Noah's time with our time (last days). It's very easy to say that this world is extremely corrupt, but it's not so easy to say that we are becoming a lawless world, because at least here in America, we never had so many laws as we have right now, but if we pay attention, God's moral law (righteousness) is being taken away from our set of laws and before God's eyes we are, slowly but surely, becoming a lawless country. Jesus' message is more current and relevant than never, His predictions about the latter day world are unfolding before our eyes. My point is: We can only preach righteousness if we are a righteous person! Morality without the righteousness of God is a well behaved lawlessness. Isaiah 64:6. Many lukewarm believers are anxiously waiting for the rapture but are not building their ark (holiness), it means that there will be a rupture in their rapture plan and that will lead to the great apostasy. This week i heard one of those "spotless" preachers, those who appear impeccable on tv, saying "but WE who are poor..." (he meant financially poor), i confess that i felt so disgusted with that preaching (even if there was a lot of truth on it), that i can see why people are not losing their lives to follow Jesus Christ, why they are not building their arks (holiness), the best most christians are doing is trying to adapt God's life to their own, doing what Jesus spoke in Matthew 13:7,22. Mark 10:29-31. Have you ever wonder why Jesus' disciples left everything to follow Him? Because when they looked at Jesus, they saw an example, someone who left everything to follow His Father' plan: Philippians 2:5-8. As God called Noah to build an ark to save him and his family, so God is calling us to build His temple (our lives) to save us and our families, we are God's fellow workers: 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Acts 16:31. Preaching righteousness is only the consequence of a life of righteousness, words are cheap but if we live what we believe, our testimony will be powerful: Revelation 12:11. Are you building your ark? Are seeking holiness? Are you forsaking everything to follow Jesus Christ? Leviticus 11:45.