happy Thanksgiving!
It is good to give thanks unto the Lord!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Friday, November 03, 2006
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
The obsessions of our times are really eating deep into the society and biting hard at the body of christ right now. There was a recent poll that showed how much the number of Americans that believe in God's existence has dropped. Not that God needs Americans or any one per se to believe that HE is, "for even the demons know HE is and tremble" and, "For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. "Colossians 1:16 So God does not need our affirmation, He is already affirmed.
And so it bothers me that the world is in such an unfortunate state of unbelief right now. This is not about unbelievers or unchurched folks alone but also about tongue-speaking and spirit-filled children of the Most High God. It seems that lately there has been more and more blurs about a carefree world filled regular and a spirit filled believer. There are NO longer striking differences between the church and the world like the days of the first christians it seems. The obsessions and addictions of the last days seems to be crawling up on all of us like 2 Tim 3 clearly says:
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. 2 Tim 3:1-9
I pray that the body of Christ will wake up and be alert, understanding that the days are evil and treacherous. I read with sadness and soberness about Rev. Ted Haggard this morning. Even though I did not really know who he was up till now, credible reports show that he is quite influential in the American christian community being the head of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and all. I hope we will all stand up to raise those that our down especially our leaders. It is a wake up call to understand that the devil is trying to make a mockery, but thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Jesus name! And so I ask that we all keep guard and STAND.
It is obvious that the press will grind this scandal to the last, trying to throw it all in the face of the church. But then again, no man or organization can throw God's name in the mud and I hope no one will start trying to defend God or His work. Rev Haggard is a man and God is God and God will settle all there is betwwen the two of them. To Mrs. Haggard, I pray you find solace and strength in the unchanging character of the Father. To the rest of us, let us not become weary in constantly praying for our leaders. More importantly I pray that we will all be kept pure and blameless till the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (Amen)
The obsessions of our times are really eating deep into the society and biting hard at the body of christ right now. There was a recent poll that showed how much the number of Americans that believe in God's existence has dropped. Not that God needs Americans or any one per se to believe that HE is, "for even the demons know HE is and tremble" and, "For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. "Colossians 1:16 So God does not need our affirmation, He is already affirmed.
And so it bothers me that the world is in such an unfortunate state of unbelief right now. This is not about unbelievers or unchurched folks alone but also about tongue-speaking and spirit-filled children of the Most High God. It seems that lately there has been more and more blurs about a carefree world filled regular and a spirit filled believer. There are NO longer striking differences between the church and the world like the days of the first christians it seems. The obsessions and addictions of the last days seems to be crawling up on all of us like 2 Tim 3 clearly says:
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. 2 Tim 3:1-9
I pray that the body of Christ will wake up and be alert, understanding that the days are evil and treacherous. I read with sadness and soberness about Rev. Ted Haggard this morning. Even though I did not really know who he was up till now, credible reports show that he is quite influential in the American christian community being the head of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and all. I hope we will all stand up to raise those that our down especially our leaders. It is a wake up call to understand that the devil is trying to make a mockery, but thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Jesus name! And so I ask that we all keep guard and STAND.
It is obvious that the press will grind this scandal to the last, trying to throw it all in the face of the church. But then again, no man or organization can throw God's name in the mud and I hope no one will start trying to defend God or His work. Rev Haggard is a man and God is God and God will settle all there is betwwen the two of them. To Mrs. Haggard, I pray you find solace and strength in the unchanging character of the Father. To the rest of us, let us not become weary in constantly praying for our leaders. More importantly I pray that we will all be kept pure and blameless till the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (Amen)
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