Tuesday 15 November 2011

Churches Are Becoming More Worldly

I've come across 3 news articles in just the last two days, describing 3 churches that have been deceived into bringing worldly music (amongst other things) into their worship services.

Link; Link; Link.

Was this prophesied to happen? Yes. In 2 Timothy, Paul describes a time (the last days) when the churches would turn away from the truth and in their own lusts, seek to be entertained ... 2 Timothy 4:3-4 ...'For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth.'



So many churches have now accepted worldly styles of music into their churches, with "rock" type bands playing on stage. And the majority of professing Christians believe they can just worship God any way they like. They disregard the plain teachings of "thus saith the LORD" in favour of what their pastor tells them.

The problem lies with ENTERTAINMENT. People have so filled their lives with worldly entertainment, that a Godly church service is now "boring" to them. So what do the leaders of these churches do? They seek "new ways" of bringing the masses into church and making it "fun" for them. Good sound Biblical doctrine gets replaced with smooth teachings that is pleasing to the ears of the listeners.

Satan has deceived Christians into playing along with their lusts, and filling their lives with entertainment, so that Christ Jesus gets left in the background.

We need to learn the lesson from Nadab and Abihu in Leviticus. What did they do? They came to worship God as they normally did. But they offered something that God did NOT prescribe. They offered "strange fire". In other words, they offered COMMON, SECULAR fire. They may have been saying the right words, but the instrument they used in worship was common, and therefore God not only rejected their worship, He destroyed them!

How foolishly so many Christians offer "strange fire" before the LORD, thinking that they can worship Him any way they like. Not realizing that God is rejecting their worship. But as I said above, this was prophesied to happen in the last days, and we can see this happening all over the world in the majority of Christian churches.

It's time to return to the OLD PATHS and worship God in truth.

Jeremiah 6:16 ...'Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.'

Jude 1:3 ...'Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.'

God is waiting for His people!! Will we heed the present truth message?

Thursday 10 November 2011

Signs of the End Times - Why is This Generation Different?

If you talk to people about the Bible signs of the end times, you will most likely get a negative response from the majority, and they will just tell you that these "signs" have been with us from the beginning and people have been proclaiming the "end times" for hundreds of years, if not more.

So what makes this generation any different from the others that have proclaimed the "end times"? Well, there are two major points in answer to this.

1. If you look at ALL the signs of the end times and last day events and not just the common signs like "earthquakes" and "war" and "famine", then you will see that we are living in the FIRST generation to fulfil ALL these signs. Just take a look at 2 Timothy 3:1-5 and you will see that it is describing OUR day, because no other time before us during the past 2000 years have fulfilled all those signs.

2. What needs to happen, according to Revelation 13, before the end comes and the second coming of Jesus? The enforcement of the mark of the beast. And what needs to happen to enable the powers that be in this world to stop us from "buying and selling" if we refuse the mark? We need to have a worldwide electronic financial system in place of cash. Has any generation before us had the ability to do this? No. Do we now have the ability to do this? Most certainly yes! The fact that we now have the ability to replace cash with an electronic form of buying and selling, shows we are living in the very last days.

And with all the economic troubles that are happening around the world today, and leaders asking for a "world political authority" and a controlled world financial system, we are not far away from the mark of the beast being realised.

Keep up to date with all the latest prophecy news so that you can see what is happening and be prepared.

Unfortunately, Satan comes along with people like Harold Camping to predict dates for the end of the world, which when they fail, causes people to reject ALL end of the world teachings, including those that are truth.

If people would just study the Bible for themselves, they would see the truth about this. We are living in a generation like no other before us, and we need to get ready for the time of trouble that is about to break upon this world. And we need to be ready for Christ Jesus. Please give your all to Christ Jesus now. Put off the things of the world. Put off the sins in your life and turn to your Redeemer.

Time is running out people! What are you spending your time doing?