DCLM Higher Everyday 10 July 2025 — Reality Of The Rapture
DCLM Higher Everyday 10 July 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Reality Of The Rapture
Topic: Reality Of The Rapture
Text: 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Key Verse: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
Message
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) advised about rapture when he said, “Oh, Beloved, let us try, every morning to get up as if that were the morning in which Christ would come!” Rapture, the catching away of the saints, is going to be the next greatest event that will shock, shake and shame mockers of the gospel in the whole world. It will happen suddenly, and unannounced. The signs of Christ’s Second Coming such as earthquakes in diverse places, famine, strange diseases, wars and other disasters (Matthew 24:7) are the reality in our world today.
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Repentance is the primary criterion for any believer to be raptured. As a youth, you must not stay back with the multitude on the “broad way.” If you are already in the sheepfold, the “narrow way”, don’t stray away from the fold or envy those in the broad way, partaking in sinful pleasures. Remember, Exodus 23:2 says, “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.” Dear friend, heaven is real and Hell is real. Live holy daily to make the rapture.
Quote: Repentance is the primary criterion.
Challenge: Missing the Rapture, is a thing of great regret.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to be prepared for the rapture.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)