When you become a Christian, for a number of years, you will be looked at as a babe in Christ. Until you learn more about the Bible and study it, you will be recognized as a student of the Bible. You won’t be able to move beyond that until you have read the Bible completely and quote scripture without looking it up. It takes a while, and it is not easy. I have used a reading program for years that reads the Bible to me as I study along, and in the last fifteen years or so, I have read through the Bible at least once every year.

Our world has changed so dramatically in the last fifteen years, since I was called to be a pastor, and it seems that the rate at which we are moving toward the “end of days” is speeding up. If you have read the 24th chapter of Matthew, you can see some of the correlation between the Bible and what is on the news. If you read the Revelation of Jesus, especially the first four chapters, you will find more of the news pointing toward the time of the end. Over 99 percent of the prophecies in the Bible have been fulfilled already. The parts that haven’t been fulfilled are those in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and some parts of those are beginning to be fulfilled.

Make sure that you know Jesus, but especially make sure that He knows you. There will be no warning when He comes for the Church, you will either go with Him or you won’t.