"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."
(2 Thessalonians 2:3)
As in the natural, so in the spiritual - the
demolition of the Faith is well advanced!
As the world careers inexorably closer to the brink of the abyss, here in Wales as all across the face of this punch-drunk planet, 2015 was a year of accelerating apostasy in the professing Church of Jesus Christ. At the very time when the Gospel needs to be proclaimed loudly and soundly to a relentlessly Hell-bound generation, when Bible prophecy concerning the End Times should be shouted from the very rooftops in all its uncompromising certainty, what is the Church doing? It's vigorously tickling itching ears with a man-centred and ego-massaging message that's jam-packed with the doctrines of cackling demons; and rather than warning of a fast approaching Armageddon and of God's wrath and of Judgment, it's busily boasting of a brave new world where it will have itself triumphantly created the Kingdom of God on Earth!
There's no shortage of prophets of course, only ones that aren't false. There's no shortage of shepherds, only ones that feed the sheep rather than their own bellies. There's no shortage of converts, only a dearth of disciples. There's no shortage of those who say they believe in Jesus, only a scarcity of those who believe in the real One. This is the Falling Away, and things are only going to get worse. Much worse. The strong delusion that God solemnly declared in His Word that He would send is already being evidenced on all sides, and it's only going to get stronger as love for the Truth wanes ever weaker. The Great Apostasy is the ultimate harbinger of Antichrist; it is the surest sign of his coming, and so we know without a shadow of doubt that his unveiling cannot now be far distant. And so too the glorious return of the Son!
MY PLEA AND MY PRAYER IS THAT, IN HIGH EXPECTATION OF OUR SOON REDEMPTION, WE WILL RESOLVE THAT 2016 WILL SEE US BEING FAITHFUL TO OUR CALLING IN CHRIST, AND EARNESTLY CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE AND FOR ALL TIME DELIVERED TO HIS SAINTS.
SO HOW ABOUT IT, GUYS? GOD HAS ALWAYS JEALOUSLY RESERVED TO HIMSELF A DETERMINED REMNANT BAND OF BELIEVERS WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL. WILL YOU BE COUNTED IN THAT UNSHAKABLE NUMBER? THERE ARE ONLY TWO CHOICES: TO STAND ON THE ROCK, OR TO SINK IN THE SAND. WHICH IS IT TO BE?
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."
(Luke 21:28)
Thanks be to the Lord that we who are truly His have the assurance of His putting all things under His feet, and of our personal salvation through His immeasurable grace!
MY PLEA AND MY PRAYER IS THAT, IN HIGH EXPECTATION OF OUR SOON REDEMPTION, WE WILL RESOLVE THAT 2016 WILL SEE US BEING FAITHFUL TO OUR CALLING IN CHRIST, AND EARNESTLY CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE AND FOR ALL TIME DELIVERED TO HIS SAINTS.
SO HOW ABOUT IT, GUYS? GOD HAS ALWAYS JEALOUSLY RESERVED TO HIMSELF A DETERMINED REMNANT BAND OF BELIEVERS WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL. WILL YOU BE COUNTED IN THAT UNSHAKABLE NUMBER? THERE ARE ONLY TWO CHOICES: TO STAND ON THE ROCK, OR TO SINK IN THE SAND. WHICH IS IT TO BE?
"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand."
(Ephesians 6:13)
