Strong people can face all truth without it affecting their emotional state. Weak people cannot face truth it frightens them.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
God made it clear that He would lead us into ALL truth, not just what feels good or that we prefer, but open, honest and authentic truth. And, believe me in these last days the truth is mostly ugly, here's why!
Our culture is full of fantasy, most people live in a pretend world full of their own ideas that give them adulation. What does God say about this:
In these last days you will find more opposition to truth than in times past in this country. Everyone decides for themselves what they like to believe while negating and mocking the truth God has written in His Word.
2 Timothy 3:1-9
"1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also."
"1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also."
We are living in times when more people will be against truth than for it. We are living in times when there will be very few left who will listen to the gospel for salvation. We are living in times when those who claim to be Christian will fight against truth to defend their sin.
We are also living in times when God said; "when you see all these things, look up for your redemption draws nigh."
Yes, God is not telling believers in our day to get involved in politics or even massive revival efforts. There are so few people left who will listen that He will bring along someone to individuals who are open to truth in His timing and to whom He wishes.
There was one man preaching in Noah's time, yes that's right only one. He preached for 120 years without one convert, then God closed the door of the ark and there was no more possibility of anyone on the ground to be saved.
When I speak of God to "Christians" I am often met with embarrassed looks, heads hanging down as if to hide from the dialogue and total dismissiveness. Sometimes I am met with rage to intimidate me into silence. Sound strange that a born again believer would be angry at a principle of God? It strange because these people are not seeking truth, but only a form of religion to hang on to in case they have a difficulty they can't solve, then they will pray. They don't want God, they only want His protection but despise Him secretly. Its not so secretly as they think when they rage they have just revealed their own heart of rebellion.
God told believers in our time to lookup when we see these things happening. He did not tell us to run around looking for someone to speak to about Christ, there will be no one left in our sphere of influence who will listen.
We have "Christians" who come against us when we speak the truth of God, why on earth would we expect non-believers to listen. We go where God tells us to go and do what God tells us to do and no more or no less.
When we see the mentality of these last days of rebellion looming over us all the time we do not fear, we do not become frustrated and we do not agonize over our lack of influence. Why is this so? Its because God told us it would be this way and the next big event will be our home going.
We lived what we believed, we prayed for family members, we desired for others to be saved, and now we are looking to go home. Our job is nearly over except to encourage the authentic born again believers to hang on tightly to Christ until He takes us home.
Luke 21:27-28 "…27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Do not look around you, do not look down, but look up, that's where Christ will be!!!!!
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