We are at a point now where events are getting too
obvious, and where the plowing ahead gets really tiresome.
There is nothing so wonderful as having new people
suddenly realize who Christ is, be saved, be healed, be delivered, be set free
and move into the Kingdom of God.
But there is such heavy lifting required these days,
such breaking up of barricades, such challenging of blind eyes and deaf ears,
of spiritually numb people that populate this world.
It doesn’t take a spiritual giant to see the birth
pains have increased and become very pointed.
It doesn’t take a Luther or Oral Roberts to discern that judgment is
being laid out in specific cases that are symbolic of larger judgment and
impending disaster.
A people cannot thumb their noses at God over and
over again for year after year, taking the name of God, of Jesus, out of public
documents and discourse and schools and prayer and so on, with no
repercussion. A people cannot decide to
formally accept life styles that are absolutely condemned as abominable by God
and expect no reaction.
Oh, but you say, those are those other people in
Hollywood and NY and government and politics and such. Not me, you say. I go to church. I don’t agree with all that.
But you do live here, you live here. You are part of this country and
society. What have you done to work to
change that society? Have you just been
tolerant by your silence?
Many major church denominations have decided to be
tolerant. And accepting. Oh, their memberships are crashing, to be
sure. Those who are sincere leave those
denominations and search tirelessly for more serious churches which they often
never find, ending up at home or in small groups.
Many of those same denominations have decided Israel
is not the apple of God’s eye. No, they
think, it is their churches, this man-made organization of religious rules and
humanist objectives, that is now the modern Israel. And they seek to disengage from Israel. No investments there.
The majority of American churchgoers attend those
denominations. And are they even aware
of the heresy of the opinions of the church organization to which they
belong? Not unless someone points it out
to them. Even then, they say, well my
specific church is not like that. Ah,
but you are a member of the denomination.
And by your silence and actions you are accepting the position and
behavior and actions of the denomination.
Not to mention that part of your financial support most likely goes to
the national church organization.
Where is the full gospel being preached? Where is the power gospel being
displayed? Blind eyes opened? Deaf ears
healed? Tumors vanished? Pains expelled. Curses broken? Jesus praised and lifted high? Prayers lifted for the peace of
Jerusalem?
Time for judgment.
It’s that time.
For a few minutes once each week throughout the
country many churchgoers sit and hear in essence a report, a little music, and
shake hands and smile. As one associate
said, it’s a social occasion. Sometimes
it’s not even that. And they miss the
great truths – that God is real, that Jesus is alive today as he was 2000 years
ago, that the Holy Spirit is real and here now, that demons and the devil are
real too, that angels are real, that healings and miracles are real now too,
and that Jesus is coming very soon to complete this age and move on.
Time. It’s
time. This age is over. There were some interesting movements and
countries and events. But now it’s all
about floundering around. Mass
corruption and perverse behavior. Those
are primary characteristics of our culture and society. Those who haven’t noticed have become too
cold and jaded by the tolerance of all around, by the tolerance of their
church.
Tough words, aren’t they. But they are true. These are tough times we are living in. And they will be tougher.
