PERILOUS TIMES

                                                                                   Scripture Reading

Second Timothy chapter Three and verses One through Seven, This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. Gor men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those things that are good, Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly woman laden with sins, led away with divers’ lusts. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Wow, what a description! Yet, we are seeing this very generation that is present today fulfilling these descriptive words. We are living in an extremely dangerous generation. Because most have lost sight of what the truth really is. We must be careful of our involvement in this society.

We must ask ourselves, How interested are we in truth. Are we enough interested to pray and ask God to show us truth? Actually this is a must if we are to escape Satan’s grip on today’s society. Satan is pushing like never before to control this generation. God is allowing this to happen, not because it’s the latter days, but because the Christian Church for the most part, have gone into a spiritual sound sleep. Unaware of what’s happening. Sleep is unawareness.

According to Scriptures it take a horrible happening to awaken a church more interested in the things, cares of this life than of knowing and having a personal relationship with Jesus. Truth will only come when we are truly centered on Jesus and the life he gives. When we get truly centered on Jesus, the things of this life, will grow strangely dim. One will be more interested in seeing people brought into the Kingdom of God than any other happening around him. 

What makes this generation so dangerous is that unless we are totally given to the will of Jesus in the things we do, we will miss the rapture and will be thrust into the time of tribulation that will come upon all the world. We are so asleep that we are unaware of the things listed in the Scripture Reading for this Sermonette, actually happening right before our eyes. And beyond that, how concerned are we for the multitudes that are involved in this kind of living?

Our politicians have no second thought about lying to the people they serve. Even Church Leaders are thoughtless about telling things that are more to get crowds and financial support than to be given to the Truth of God’s Word. The Bible states that we would hear the Words of God changed into a lie. Notice Romans chapter One and verse Twenty-five, Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and serve the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever.

Most don’t realize how dangerous these days are. It should shake us to reaching to Jesus with all our might, with everything that is within us, to search his ways. “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” (Romans Eleven and verse Thirty-three). Our only way to find truth is through coming to God with fervent, effectual prayer. If we sincerely want to know truth, God will lead us to it. God’s truth is the only certain truth. 

It is amazing how that Satan has been able to accomplish about every imaginable sin and directive away from God that can be comprehended. And he has put them in the most attractive places to attract the attention of every person. This is what makes our generation perilous. Perilous means hazardous or dangerous. Anything approaching us that is hazardous or dangerous deserves warnings. Yet there are few warnings being voiced from within or without the Christian environment. The danger that lies ahead is failure to be accounted worthy to escape the things coming on this earth, (Luke chapter Twenty-one and verses Thirty-four thru Thirty-six). These Scriptures actually give warning of being left to endure the horror that is coming to this earth. 

The day of Jesus return to catch away the ‘counted worthy’ saints to be with him on the ‘sea of glass’ where God’s Throne will be, will come in an instant. His appearance will not be announced. Contrary to many beliefs, we have the warnings all about us now; right before our eyes. Failure to see them is a sign of sleeping, unaware people who go by the name of Christian. This generation according to the Bible is a people without ‘Power from on high.’ Going through the act of worship does not touch the throne of God. Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth is the only sufficient way to reach God, being given resulting power. This lack of power makes us look at the world around us and say, it is not my concern.

But yes, I am my brother’s keeper. I am called to be a “watchman on the wall.” My concern must be for those who are in sin and can’t seem to find their way to righteousness. I must spend time in prayer and supplication before my God for the many who are so far from him, they can’t know it. Yes, Lord God and Savior Jesus, help us to be alerted to the seriousness of the hour. Allert us to the need to pray and seek God for Revival that will begin in me and result to many coming to know Jesus Christ as their Savior, Lord, and Redeemer. May Christian groups in America and around the world be awakened to the seriousness of the hour in which we live.

Soon and very soon Jesus the Eternal Son of God will come for his church. Will we be accounted worthy to instantly rise to meet him in the air?

Second Corinthians chapter Five and verse Ten:

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.

Revelation chapter Twenty and verse Twelve:

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened, (The Bible): and another book was open, which is the Book of Life: and the dead was judged out of those things which were written in the books, (The Bible), according to their works.

John chapter Ten and verses Nine and Ten

Jesus said, I am thee door: by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved and go in and out and find pasture. The thief, (Satan), comes not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

When we consider the entirety of the Scriptures, we view of a span of about Seven Thousand Years being wrapped up in Sixty-Six books of the Bible. It is portrayed as an exceptionally large puzzle with many pieces that are each described in the chapters and verses throughout the Bible.

It takes years of sincere, prayerful studying to see the pieces of this exceptional puzzle. Many decide it isn’t true since they are unwilling to put the effort into such study. However, for those who would dare to involve in such an effort it brings amazing results. It spans the prophetic pages of the scriptures to help us see what is happening right before our eyes.

In these last days, which is the closing hours of the “Church Age” of the Bible, we can see the pieces of the puzzle falling in place one by one. Countries of the world; Israel and yes, The United States of America, are all displayed and are fitting into this great puzzle piece by piece. God is now in the process of warning this United States of a future disaster that is soon to happen. Most people don’t seem to understand these things simply because they have not prayed and studied properly the Word of God. God always warns people of catastrophes before it comes. America is being given time to repent and return. God’s word will result regardless of what we think.

Following the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb,” another piece of the puzzle, will be the Millennial reign with Jesus ruling the world from Jerusalem. The final piece of the puzzle will be the “Great White Throne Judgment “. Then comes the New Heaven and the New Earth; Eternity.

We all need to seek the Lord repenting and giving ourselves wholly to Jesus who Died, was Buried, and Arose for our Salvation. We should pray that we are found worthy to escape what is soon to come on this world.