IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE IN A GOD REJECTED WORLD (2Sam.7:1)
MR PASTOR (ALL SPECIAL TITLES OBSERVED),WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR GOD'S FLOCK UNDER YOUR CARE NOW? (PART ONE)
Undoubtedly, although what we were(are) asked to expect as the signals of the end of all things have almost all(if not all) have been happening under our very noses,we yet have quite a bunch even among the*notable* faithfuls who feel otherwise. But then Apostle Peter has a word for us;
3. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2Pe 3: 3-4)
8. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2Pe 3: 8-9)
And that's the deception that has enveloped our generation...all things continues as normal, especially with the devil inspired pursuit of needless knowledge as prophesied as of old,(all craftily aimed at distraction of men from their Creator). It's nothing new again...as it is, many of us don't even know what to believe again (except those determinedly soaked in God's Word.)
This scenario isn't limited to the pews alone,as some pulpits have gone berserk, teaching what they themselves know not,as long as the dough is rolling in.
IT'S THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION ABOVE AS SHEPHERDS OF GOD, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TITLES WE PARADE. THE TITLES ENDS HERE ON EARTH...NO CROWNS FOR THEM IN ETERNITY... AND WHEN NOT HANDLED PROPERLY CAN EVEN DENY US ETERNAL LIFE.
What should Christians be doing to get ready for the cataclysmic events preceding the end of the Age and the Second Coming of Christ Jesus ? Given the current state of affairs in the world, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the Lord may be returning soon. Most of us are trying to hold on to our confidence in God and live by faith, but some of our friends and relatives tell us that's not enough.
TRUE OR FALSE, I DON'T KNOW,BUT I READ IT AND SAW THE PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE REGION THE OWNER OF THE META GROUP BOUGHT, AND I LEARNT HE IS INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND PROTECTIVE ENCLAVE, FROM POSSIBLE DANGER, I SUPPOSE. But what can hold against God's fury when He's Ready?
Some are selling their homes, moving to remote desert or mountain locations, stockpiling food, buying weapons and ammunition – the list goes on and on. Is this right? Are we really supposed to run and hide as things get worse? Or should we stay where we are and continue to minister to the people around us?
Admittedly, and to be fair, the description above apply to a tiny percentage of misinformed people. For instance, the Meta group owner who is an atheist. BUT WHAT OF US WHO ARE WELL INFORMED AND HAVE AN ALMIGHTY GOD WHO HAS MADE EVERY NEEDED PREPARATION FOR OUR SAFETY, EVEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD?
The Bible clearly instructs us to be vigilant. But it also teaches that no one can say for certain that we are living in the “end times.” This is at best a debatable proposition. Christ Jesus Himself repeatedly said that no one knows or can know the day or hour of His return (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7).
To be sure, we are surrounded by events and developments that could be interpreted as signs of the end. On every land we see famines, earthquakes, disasters, troubles, persecutions, wars and rumors of wars (Mark 13:7-9). But has there ever been a period in the history of the world when this was not the case?
Can you imagine what it was like to be a believer in Rome under the emperor Caligula, or Nero, or Domitian? To face the arena, the stake, or the lion’s den for your faith? What do you suppose Christians were thinking when the legions captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70? Or when Attila overran Europe in the 5th century, the Vikings in the 9th, Genghis Khan in the 13th, or the Muslim Turks in the 16th?
Might anyone have concluded that the end was near when the Black Death decimated Christendom, wiping out entire towns and claiming more than 25 million lives between 1347 and 1352? How did the situation look to believers at the beginning of the last century, when the so-called Great War destroyed the flower of an entire generation (37 million casualties)?
Or a few decades later, when the shadow of Hitler and the Third Reich was rising over Germany and Eastern Europe? Clearly, the early 21st century has no monopoly on death, disaster, devastation, and terror. You don’t need to know a great deal about history to realize this.
But let’s assume for a moment that these are the end times. What then? How should a Christian respond? Fortunately, the apostle Peter gives us a straightforward answer to this question.
Writing specifically with reference to the end of the age, when “the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, [and] both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up,”
Peter does not suggest that believers head for the hills, adopt a “fortress mentality,” and start stockpiling food and weapons.
INSTEAD, HE SIMPLY ASKS,
“Since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?” (II Peter 3:10-12).
As Peter sees it, end-time Christians are called to do one thing: they are to practice holiness and do good to others wherever and whenever they can. They are supposed to work the works of God “while it is day” (John 9:4).
Paul seems to have been thinking the same way when he wrote to the Galatians, “Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:10).
BUT OUR OVER TITLED CHRISTIAN LEADERS, WHAT DO THEY HAVE FOR US? WHAT IS OUR HOPE?
We are coming back, don't go away. Till then, Shalom
IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE IN A GOD REJECTED WORLD (2Sam.7:1)
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MR PASTOR (ALL SPECIAL TITLES OBSERVED),WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR GOD'S FLOCK UNDER YOUR CARE NOW? (PART ONE)
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Undoubtedly, although what we were(are) asked to expect as the signals of the end of all things have almost all(if not all) have been happening under our very noses,we yet have quite a bunch even among the*notable* faithfuls who feel otherwise. But then Apostle Peter has a word for us;
3. Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4. And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2Pe 3: 3-4)
8. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2Pe 3: 8-9)
And that's the deception that has enveloped our generation...all things continues as normal, especially with the devil inspired pursuit of needless knowledge as prophesied as of old,(all craftily aimed at distraction of men from their Creator). It's nothing new again...as it is, many of us don't even know what to believe again (except those determinedly soaked in God's Word.)
This scenario isn't limited to the pews alone,as some pulpits have gone berserk, teaching what they themselves know not,as long as the dough is rolling in.
IT'S THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION ABOVE AS SHEPHERDS OF GOD, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TITLES WE PARADE. THE TITLES ENDS HERE ON EARTH...NO CROWNS FOR THEM IN ETERNITY... AND WHEN NOT HANDLED PROPERLY CAN EVEN DENY US ETERNAL LIFE.
What should Christians be doing to get ready for the cataclysmic events preceding the end of the Age and the Second Coming of Christ Jesus ? Given the current state of affairs in the world, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the Lord may be returning soon. Most of us are trying to hold on to our confidence in God and live by faith, but some of our friends and relatives tell us that's not enough.
TRUE OR FALSE, I DON'T KNOW,BUT I READ IT AND SAW THE PICTURE OF THE ENTIRE REGION THE OWNER OF THE META GROUP BOUGHT, AND I LEARNT HE IS INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND PROTECTIVE ENCLAVE, FROM POSSIBLE DANGER, I SUPPOSE. But what can hold against God's fury when He's Ready?
Some are selling their homes, moving to remote desert or mountain locations, stockpiling food, buying weapons and ammunition – the list goes on and on. Is this right? Are we really supposed to run and hide as things get worse? Or should we stay where we are and continue to minister to the people around us?
Admittedly, and to be fair, the description above apply to a tiny percentage of misinformed people. For instance, the Meta group owner who is an atheist. BUT WHAT OF US WHO ARE WELL INFORMED AND HAVE AN ALMIGHTY GOD WHO HAS MADE EVERY NEEDED PREPARATION FOR OUR SAFETY, EVEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD?
The Bible clearly instructs us to be vigilant. But it also teaches that no one can say for certain that we are living in the “end times.” This is at best a debatable proposition. Christ Jesus Himself repeatedly said that no one knows or can know the day or hour of His return (Matthew 24:36; Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7).
To be sure, we are surrounded by events and developments that could be interpreted as signs of the end. On every land we see famines, earthquakes, disasters, troubles, persecutions, wars and rumors of wars (Mark 13:7-9). But has there ever been a period in the history of the world when this was not the case?
Can you imagine what it was like to be a believer in Rome under the emperor Caligula, or Nero, or Domitian? To face the arena, the stake, or the lion’s den for your faith? What do you suppose Christians were thinking when the legions captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70? Or when Attila overran Europe in the 5th century, the Vikings in the 9th, Genghis Khan in the 13th, or the Muslim Turks in the 16th?
Might anyone have concluded that the end was near when the Black Death decimated Christendom, wiping out entire towns and claiming more than 25 million lives between 1347 and 1352? How did the situation look to believers at the beginning of the last century, when the so-called Great War destroyed the flower of an entire generation (37 million casualties)?
Or a few decades later, when the shadow of Hitler and the Third Reich was rising over Germany and Eastern Europe? Clearly, the early 21st century has no monopoly on death, disaster, devastation, and terror. You don’t need to know a great deal about history to realize this.
But let’s assume for a moment that these are the end times. What then? How should a Christian respond? Fortunately, the apostle Peter gives us a straightforward answer to this question.
Writing specifically with reference to the end of the age, when “the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, [and] both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up,”
Peter does not suggest that believers head for the hills, adopt a “fortress mentality,” and start stockpiling food and weapons.
INSTEAD, HE SIMPLY ASKS,
“Since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?” (II Peter 3:10-12).
As Peter sees it, end-time Christians are called to do one thing: they are to practice holiness and do good to others wherever and whenever they can. They are supposed to work the works of God “while it is day” (John 9:4).
Paul seems to have been thinking the same way when he wrote to the Galatians, “Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:10).
BUT OUR OVER TITLED CHRISTIAN LEADERS, WHAT DO THEY HAVE FOR US? WHAT IS OUR HOPE?
We are coming back, don't go away. Till then, Shalom 🙇🙏🥀
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