Tuesday, January 25, 2022
THE APOSTACY
2 Thess 2:1-4
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall
not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of
sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
It is becoming more difficult to watch the news! The perilous [fierce] times have come, and we stand aghast at
them. Please understand that this is not simply the result of poor leadership
by a geriatric old man or a billionaire with orange hair. It is the energetic activity
of Satanic panic. He knows his time is short (Rev. 12:12) and he is
demonstrating great wrath.
War swords rattling
on at least two major fronts with other little fires erupting, civil lawlessness
and violence of soulless predators, and chaos headline the daily fare. Remaining
faithful requires ever more grit.
THE APOSTACY,
for that is the literal rendering of the original, has already begun and is
being accelerated by the pure convenience of abandoning faith. We seem to have
lost a suitable “model” for Christian faith because we have abandoned holiness
and replaced it with a tepid form of religion while denying its power. (Rev.
3:16)
1 Cor 15:58
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Tim 2:3
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ.
Lord, these days require a willingness to suffer that is not
being presented in our churches. Give us the strength and will to endure. Even
so come quickly. AMEN
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