Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: APOLOGETICS
Reading through Paul's letters I'm struck by how little he talks about the Holy Spirit, in comparison to the regularity with which the Spirit is spoken of and to in our present time in some circles, as though the object of our worship should be the Spirit above all else. To those of us who pay attention to the New Testament over "what God is saying to us today" there's a clear picture and a clear message in it for us all.
In his "Olivet Discourse" Jesus spoke of things to come both in the near future of the disciples' lives and in the far future. When they asked him, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” (Matthew 24:3b) his first words were, “See to it that no one misleads you" (verse 4b NASB).
I had planned that this part of my series would discuss deception. Instead, this is an interjection, written because it seems to me that an equally large problem to deception is apathy within the Church, and among professing Christians.
Atheists mock Christians for worshiping a God who can’t be seen. He isn’t peeping out from behind the clouds, he isn’t sitting on the church roof, he’s never been to a good university and he doesn’t stop people stealing from little old ladies.
The world gets smaller at the same time as the sign of all signs - anti-Semitism against a newly regathered nation of Israel - increases. I wouldn't say I believe that the Biblical end times are almost upon us with one hundred percent certainty, but there are just too many giant "coincidences" in play at the same time to ignore, and the world is surely heading in the direction described in the book of Revelation. I think prudence is on the side of those who have their eyes open, and as I quoted in part one, Jesus Christ repeatedly told his disciples to do just that: What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ (Mark 13:37).
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 