GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS!

 WE ARE GOD'S HANDS AND FEET IN THE WORLD, GOD WANTS US TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE GOD CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. GOD WANTS ALL HIS PEOPLE TO KNOW GOD'S JOY AND GOD'S PEACE AND GOD'S LOVE. GOD WANTS TO RESTORE GOODNESS FOR ALL CREATION. DON'T LET ANYTHING COME BEFORE GOD.

TODAY WE ARE SO DIVIDED BECAUSE OUR ENEMY THE DEVIL HAS  BLINDED US FROM THE TRUTH THAT THE DEVIL IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL. SO WHEN EVIL HAPPENS IN THE WORLD REMEMBER NOT TO BLAME EACH OTHER FOR WHAT DEVIL IS DOING.

THERE WERE MORE MASS SHOOTINGS LAST WEEKEND, WITH MORE LOSS OF LIFE. DEATH IS EVIL AND THE DEVIL HOLD THE POWER OF DEATH. "SINCE THE CHILDREN HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD, JESUS TOO SHARED IN THEIR HUMANITY SO THAT BY HIS DEATH JESUS MIGHT DESTROY HIM WHO HOLDS THE POWER OF DEATH - THAT IS, THE DEVIL." (Heb.2:14)

GODLESSNESS IN THE LAST DAYS!

BUT MARK THIS: THERE WILL BE TERRIBLE TIMES IN THE LAST DAYS. PEOPLE WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTFUL, PROUD, ABUSIVE, DISOBEDIENT TO THEIR PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, WITHOUT LOVE, UNFORGIVING, SLANDEROUS, WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, NOT LOVERS OF THE GOOD, TREACHEROUS, RASH, CONCEITED, LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD - HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENYING ITS POWER. HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED AND IS USEUL FOR TEACHING, REBUKING, CORRECTING AND TRAINNING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK. IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND OF CHRIST JESUS, WHO WILL JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, AND IN VIEW OF CHRIST'S APPEARING AND CHRIST'S KINGDOM, I GIVE YOU THIS CHARGE: PREACH THE WORD; BE PREPARED IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON; CORRECT, REBUKE AND ENCOURAGE - WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND CAREFUL INSTRUCTION. FOR A TIME IS COME WHEN MEN WILL NOT PUT UP WITH SOUND DOCTRINE. INSTEAD, TO SUIT THEIR OWN DESIRES, THEY WILL GATHER AROUND THEM A GREAT NUMBEROF TEACHERS TO SAY WHAT THEIR ITCHING EARS WANT TO HEAR. THEY WILL TURN THEIR EARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH AND TURN ASIDE TO MYTHS. BUT YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD IN ALL SITUATIONS, ENDURE HARDSHIP, DISCHARGE ALL THE DUTIES OF YOUR SPIRITUAL MINSTRY. (2 Timothy 3:16-4:5)

THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY, WE DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, WE HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMEFUL WAYS; WE DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO WE DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY WE COMMEND OURSELVES TO EVERY MAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF OUR GOSPLE IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE - THE DEVIL, HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPLE OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD. FOR WE DO NOT PREACH OURSELVES, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND OURSELVES AS YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS' SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID, "LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS," MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. BUT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE IN JARS OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL-SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM US. (2 Cor.4:1-7)

DO NOT LOSE HEART MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GOD IS IN CONTROL, GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ALL OF US WHO LOVE GOD.

JESUS SAID: "NOW" IS THE TIME FOR JUDGEMENT ON THIS WORLD; "NOW" THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT."  (John 12:31) THE DEVIL IS DEFEATED, THE BATTLE HAS BEEN WON, GOD IS VICTORIOUS!

BUT DO NOT FORGET THIS ONE THING, DEAR FRIENDS: WITH THE LORD A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSANDS YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS ARE LIKE A DAY. THE LORD IS NOT SLOW IN KEEPING HIS PROMISE, AS SOME UNDERSTAND SLOWNESS. GOD IS PATIENT WITH YOU, NOT WANTING ANYONE TO PERISH, BUT EVERYONE TO COME TO REPENTANCE. BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME LIKE A THEIF. THE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR; THE ELEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT WILL BE LAID BARE.

SINCE, EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED IN THIS WAY, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE OUGHT YOU TO BE? YOU OUGHT TO LIVE HOLY AND GODLY LIVES AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OF GOD AND SPEED ITS COMING. THAT DAY WILL BRING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS BY FIRE, AND THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT IN THE HEAT. BUT IN KEEPING WITH GOD'S PROMISE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, THE HOME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

SO THEN, DEAR FRIENDS, SINCE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BE FOUND SPOTLESS, BLAMELESS AND AT PEACE WITH GOD. BEAR IN MIND THAT OUR LORD'S PATIENCE MEANS SPIRITUAL SALVATION, JUST AS OUR DEAR BROTHER PAUL ALSO WROTE YOU WITH WISDOM THAT GOD GAVE HIM. PAUL WRITES THE SAME WAY IN ALL HIS LETTERS, SPEAKING IN THEM OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE HARD TO UNSERSTAND, WHICH IGNORANT AND UNSTABIE PEOPLE DISTORT, AS THEY DO OTHER SCRIPTURES, TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION. 

THEREFORE, DEAR FRIENDS, SINCE YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BE ON YOUR GUARD SO THAT YOU MAY NOT BE CARRIED AWAY BY THE ERROR OF LAWLESS MEN AND FALL FROM YOUR SECURE POSITION. BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. TO CHRIST BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER! AMEN. (2 Peter 3:8-18)

SO I SAY GOD YOU ARE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS AND GOD THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO US IS OUR SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU! AMEN. GOD WE ASK AND WE PRAY CREATE IN US A PURE HEART O GOD AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN US. GOD WE ASK AND WE PRAY DO NOT CAST US FROM YOUR PRESCENCE OR TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM US. GOD WE ASK AND WE PRAY RESTORE TO US THE JOY OF YOUR SPIRITUAL SALVATION AND GRANT US A WILLING SPIRIT TO SUSTAIN US. THEN GOD WE WILL TEACH TRANSGRESSOR YOUR WAYS AND SINNERS WILL TURN BACK TO YOU. (Psalms 51:10-13)

GOD WE ARE BELIEVING CONTINUALLY IN JESUS WORDS, AND GOD WE BIND THE POWER OF THE DEVIL AND GOD WE RELEASE YOUR POWER IN THE EARTH. BECAUSE GOD YOU ARE WORKING IN US AND THROUGH US EVERYDAY!

I DEMONSTRATE MY LOVE FOR GOD BY PRAYING GOD'S LOVING WORDS TO HIM. THIS IS THE TRUTH I STAND UNDER. GOD'S LOVE FOR ME IS GOD'S WORDS TO ME! AND I RENEW THAT LOVE DAILY!

I SWEAR THIS IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP ME GOD!

"YET A TIME IS COMING AND HAS "NOW" COME WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, FOR THEY ARE THE KIND OF WORSHIPERS THE FATHER SEEKS. GOD IS SPIRIT AND GOD'S WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH." (John 4:23-24)

TODAY THE WORLD HAS FALLEN FOR A LIE, AND IT IS MY ENEMY THE DEVIL WHO HAS DECEIVED THEM, BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES. GOD'S WORD OF TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL'S LIES.