2 Timothy 3:14-16
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Over and over, the bible warns of the overwhelming level of godlessness and alarming evil that would make the last days terrible times to live in. Jesus himself warns in Matthew 24:12 that the increase in wickedness would cause Christian hearts to grow cold. Paul reiterates the same strong point to Timothy (in 2 timothy 3:1) that there will be terrible times in the last days.
It all boils down to the same point - godlessness shall prevail in the last days and Christian need to stay on the highest stage of alert lest they succumb to the storm of godlessness that will pummel them.
The beginning of birth pangs have already started and we must see it with big open eyes. We see it in the various rumblings of earth and Tsunamis of nearby Indonesia, typhoons in north Asia, wars and uncertainties of the middle east and UK. But here we are, many of us still living in the comfortable lull of life, blindly struggling with our own little 'life-issues' totally oblivious to the early contractions experienced as the end days undergo its birth pangs process.
As I skim through the entire Isreal-Lebanon saga, my heart stirs because I suddenly realise that everything in the world has been moving too rapidly and I've been blinded by the enemy's deceptful scales of contentment covering my eyes. There must surely be a lot more than my life's 'struggles' of wanting a new job or to have hair regown on that bald patch of my head.
As I separately talked to Matthew and Christopher yesterday over the issue of baptism, I pondered why were they each denying the need to be baptised. There is simply no logical rationale for any of them to hem and haw to provide a reason and rational explanation, especially when publicly each comes to church to openly worship and encounter God. Why are we facing situations of people not keenly wanting to be baptised, or come to church for service & fellowship, or come to church punctually with a fearful reverance of wanting to meet God?
Is there anything more important than to guarantee our own personal eternal salvation? Make haste while we can, we only have a short time left and cannot afford to have eyes that are blinded by the scales of deception and self indulgence. The warnings of the perils of the last days are already provided to us in strong black and white. God has already spoken that the earth has a terminable cancer and as inhibitants, we only have a limited of time before the cancer destroys everything.
Stay firm Christians! Stand firm till the end! Be thoroughly equipped with the word of God. Continue to learn from the word of God and live Godly lifes with Godly decisions. All scriptures is God-breathed that would enable us to prevail as the pregnancyof the end times progress.
Be faithful Christians! Make every decision a Godly decision! You and I do not know on what day the Lord will come back and we need to do what we can and must to keep the flames of God in our lives from flickering out, lest the Lord comes back and we are left behind because we are not ready.
Blessings,
M.
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." Matthew 24:42
14 August 2006
Godlessness in the Last Days
2 Timothy 3:14-16
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Over and over, the bible warns of the overwhelming level of godlessness and alarming evil that would make the last days terrible times to live in. Jesus himself warns in Matthew 24:12 that the increase in wickedness would cause Christian hearts to grow cold. Paul reiterates the same strong point to Timothy (in 2 timothy 3:1) that there will be terrible times in the last days.
It all boils down to the same point - godlessness shall prevail in the last days and Christian need to stay on the highest stage of alert lest they succumb to the storm of godlessness that will pummel them.
The beginning of birth pangs have already started and we must see it with big open eyes. We see it in the various rumblings of earth and Tsunamis of nearby Indonesia, typhoons in north Asia, wars and uncertainties of the middle east and UK. But here we are, many of us still living in the comfortable lull of life, blindly struggling with our own little 'life-issues' totally oblivious to the early contractions experienced as the end days undergo its birth pangs process.
As I skim through the entire Isreal-Lebanon saga, my heart stirs because I suddenly realise that everything in the world has been moving too rapidly and I've been blinded by the enemy's deceptful scales of contentment covering my eyes. There must surely be a lot more than my life's 'struggles' of wanting a new job or to have hair regown on that bald patch of my head.
As I separately talked to Matthew and Christopher yesterday over the issue of baptism, I pondered why were they each denying the need to be baptised. There is simply no logical rationale for any of them to hem and haw to provide a reason and rational explanation, especially when publicly each comes to church to openly worship and encounter God. Why are we facing situations of people not keenly wanting to be baptised, or come to church for service & fellowship, or come to church punctually with a fearful reverance of wanting to meet God?
Is there anything more important than to guarantee our own personal eternal salvation? Make haste while we can, we only have a short time left and cannot afford to have eyes that are blinded by the scales of deception and self indulgence. The warnings of the perils of the last days are already provided to us in strong black and white. God has already spoken that the earth has a terminable cancer and as inhibitants, we only have a limited of time before the cancer destroys everything.
Stay firm Christians! Stand firm till the end! Be thoroughly equipped with the word of God. Continue to learn from the word of God and live Godly lifes with Godly decisions. All scriptures is God-breathed that would enable us to prevail as the pregnancyof the end times progress.
Be faithful Christians! Make every decision a Godly decision! You and I do not know on what day the Lord will come back and we need to do what we can and must to keep the flames of God in our lives from flickering out, lest the Lord comes back and we are left behind because we are not ready.
Blessings,
M.
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." Matthew 24:42
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Over and over, the bible warns of the overwhelming level of godlessness and alarming evil that would make the last days terrible times to live in. Jesus himself warns in Matthew 24:12 that the increase in wickedness would cause Christian hearts to grow cold. Paul reiterates the same strong point to Timothy (in 2 timothy 3:1) that there will be terrible times in the last days.
It all boils down to the same point - godlessness shall prevail in the last days and Christian need to stay on the highest stage of alert lest they succumb to the storm of godlessness that will pummel them.
The beginning of birth pangs have already started and we must see it with big open eyes. We see it in the various rumblings of earth and Tsunamis of nearby Indonesia, typhoons in north Asia, wars and uncertainties of the middle east and UK. But here we are, many of us still living in the comfortable lull of life, blindly struggling with our own little 'life-issues' totally oblivious to the early contractions experienced as the end days undergo its birth pangs process.
As I skim through the entire Isreal-Lebanon saga, my heart stirs because I suddenly realise that everything in the world has been moving too rapidly and I've been blinded by the enemy's deceptful scales of contentment covering my eyes. There must surely be a lot more than my life's 'struggles' of wanting a new job or to have hair regown on that bald patch of my head.
As I separately talked to Matthew and Christopher yesterday over the issue of baptism, I pondered why were they each denying the need to be baptised. There is simply no logical rationale for any of them to hem and haw to provide a reason and rational explanation, especially when publicly each comes to church to openly worship and encounter God. Why are we facing situations of people not keenly wanting to be baptised, or come to church for service & fellowship, or come to church punctually with a fearful reverance of wanting to meet God?
Is there anything more important than to guarantee our own personal eternal salvation? Make haste while we can, we only have a short time left and cannot afford to have eyes that are blinded by the scales of deception and self indulgence. The warnings of the perils of the last days are already provided to us in strong black and white. God has already spoken that the earth has a terminable cancer and as inhibitants, we only have a limited of time before the cancer destroys everything.
Stay firm Christians! Stand firm till the end! Be thoroughly equipped with the word of God. Continue to learn from the word of God and live Godly lifes with Godly decisions. All scriptures is God-breathed that would enable us to prevail as the pregnancyof the end times progress.
Be faithful Christians! Make every decision a Godly decision! You and I do not know on what day the Lord will come back and we need to do what we can and must to keep the flames of God in our lives from flickering out, lest the Lord comes back and we are left behind because we are not ready.
Blessings,
M.
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." Matthew 24:42
