FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!
The Holy Spirit is vital to our future.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:
13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will prophetically tell you things to come.
Where are all the prophets in the church services today? How many churches promote the operation of the Gifts of THE SPIRIT?
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 12:
28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of Tongues.
Many pastors will embrace arguments that effectively water down this passage. Why? Often, they simply want to coddle those who are financial influencers. It is as though those who are wealthy are somehow more spiritually mature than the rest of us.
Wisdom responds to these arguments in Proverbs chapter 23:
4 Don’t compare yourself to the rich. Surrender your selfish ambition and evaluate them properly.
5 For no sooner do you start counting your wealth than it sprouts wings and flies away like an eagle in the sky—here today, gone tomorrow!
I have known many individuals who have seen their wealth fly away in a very short period of time. They were truly humbled when they lost their influence due to their wealth. They had no idea what the future held for them.
Paul warns us of the future as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2:
1 Now, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we plead with you, beloved friends,
2 not to be easily confused or disturbed in your minds by any kind of spirit, rumor, or letter allegedly from us, claiming that the Day of the Lord has already come.
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. Before that day comes the rebellion must occur and the “outlaw”—the destructive son—will be revealed in his true light.
The signs are everywhere! Perversion of the Truth is widespread, and predators are out there wanting to deceive us in any way possible. Could any of us have predicted thirty years ago what we are seeing now in society?
Paul recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Timothy chapter 3:
1 But you need to be aware that in the final days the culture of society will become extremely fierce.
2 People will be self-centered lovers of themselves and obsessed with money. They will boast of great things as they strut around in their arrogant pride and mock all that is right. They will ignore their own families. They will be ungrateful and ungodly.
There is no question that this reality is being fully expressed in society today.
3 They will become addicted to hateful and malicious slander. Slaves to their desires, they will be ferocious, belligerent haters of what is good and right.
These people are redefining terms to fit their blindness. They call good evil, and evil good.
4 With brutal treachery, they will act without restraint, bigoted and wrapped in clouds of their conceit. They will find their delight in the pleasures of this world more than the pleasures of the Loving God.
5 They may pretend to have a respect for God, but in reality they want nothing to do with God’s power. Stay away from people like these!
We can and should minister to the lost, but we should fellowship with them lest we become like them in their blindness.
We must focus on being a Light unto the world… now is the time!