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1 | "beheading" in modern times? | Rev 20:4 | Hank | 124773 | ||
Pastor Glenn, how right you are: times, they are a-changing and one would have to be either hyper Pollyannaish or just plain dull to think they are changing for the better. We live in a fallen world, brother. This is not the Garden of Eden. Jesus said there would be bad times ahead. But Jesus Christ be praised! We who are sheep of His pasture have the promise of the Shepherd himself that He will be with us always, even unto the end of the age. (Matthew 28:20). Pastor Glenn, many times I have said to the adult Sunday school class I taught for years, "America is at the crossroads. It has a choice of whether it will continue along the paths of its God fearing founders or deviate from those paths." This I said back in the 70's and 80's. No longer do I say this, because I'm not convinced that America is still at a crossroads. The leading indicators seem to be saying that we are beyond the crossroads and have taken the wrong path. The question now before us, and especially before the Christian community of believers, is, "Do we have the courage and fortitude to back up, go back to the crossroads and take the right path?" And my answer to that question is, "I simply don't know." But God is sovereign, He is in control, and our big challenge as Christians is to trust Him totally and to pray fervently and without ceasing. --Hank | ||||||
2 | "beheading" in modern times? | Rev 20:4 | Pastor Glenn | 124778 | ||
Hank, I also like Jesus' words in Mat 24 as He said "...See that you are not troubled...": 6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. He then tells us more: 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[2] and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. I think that emphasis needs to go on verse 13: 13But he who endures to the end shall be saved. As a nation, I think we really need to repent beginning in our churches where adultery is tolerated, homosexuallity is accepted, and devorce is rampant, to name a few. Pastor Glenn |
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3 | "beheading" in modern times? | Rev 20:4 | Hank | 124783 | ||
Pastor Glenn: Good Scripture references! To your list of things about which (some) churches need to repent, I would add the following: tolerance of abortion; the absence of full and unqualified acceptance of God's word as totally binding, authoritative and inerrent; and the de facto denial of the absolute sovereignty of Almighty God. --Hank | ||||||