This
world is hopeless, yet, there is ALL hope in God and His Christ,
Jesus;
Who
are not of this world, but of the Kingdom of God.
The
Kingdom of God is available to every living person,
Who
calls upon the name of the Lord with all their heart;
Those
who are thirsty for Living Water;
Who
are willing to give up their life in this life to obtain the LIFE of
Christ;
Who
are willing to be baptized (immersed) in the Holy Spirit;
Who
allow Christ to live in and through them;
Who
are crucified with Christ to this world;
Who
live by faith in the Son of God and His power at work in them;
Who
have set their hearts on things above;
Who's
lives are hidden with Christ in God;
Who
have clothed themselves with the garments of Christ.
And
allow His Word to dwell richly in them.
When
sin entered the world it was given over to Satan the god of this
world;
The
perpetrator of sin and evil, who came to steal, kill and destroy.
Yet,
Christ Jesus was crucified from the foundation of the world
To
redeem all who would turn to Him in faith.
The
Word of God records the lives of those who had faith in God.
They
comprise a Great Cloud of Witnesses who say to each one of us today:
“We
overcame this world by the blood of the Lamb
And
the word of our testimony;
Through
the victory Christ won on the cross of Calvary, and so can you.”
God
and His Christ Jesus are infinitely more powerful than Satan.
Christ
Jesus ultimately destroys the Antichrist, the son of Satan
With
the breath of His mouth and the splendor of His appearing,
And
Satan is bound by an angel of God for a thousand years
Before
he is done away with for all eternity.
The
apostle Paul said two thousand years ago:
'For
this world in its present form is passing away.' (1 Corinthians
7:31)
Today,
this world we live in is almost gone.
Christ
Jesus said that the days we are living in, “the last days,”
Would
be like the days of Noah:
As
it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of
Man
For
in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
Marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the Ark;
And
they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came
And
took them all away.
This
is how it will be at the coming of the Son of man.
Two
men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
Two
women will be grinding with a hand mill;
One
will be taken and the other left.
Therefore
keep watch,
Because
you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
But
understand this:
If
the owner of the house had know at what time of night the thief was
coming,
He
wold have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
So
you must be ready,
Because
the Son of man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Genesis
describes the Days of Noah:
The
Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
And
that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.
The
Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth,
And
his heart was filled with pain. (Genesis 5:5-6)
God
said to Noah:
I
am going to put an end to all people,
For
the earth is filled with violence because of them.
I
am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. (Genesis 5:13)
The
description of Noah's day fits the day we are living in.
The
judgment of God is upon the nations at this time.
Because
of the increase of wickedness,
The
love of most is growing cold as Christ Jesus said that it would.
There
is increasing apostasy in the Church of God.
The
world is coming unglued morally, socially, economically and
politically.
Satan
is pulling out the stops because he knows his time is short.
Because
of their godlessness and wickedness
God
has given over the nations to the wiles of the evil one,
Who
is stealing, killing and destroying.
Yet
everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Cry
out to Jesus!
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