ARE YOU AN END-TIME CHRISTAIN?
Memorise: This know also, that in the
last days perilous times shall come. 2 Timothy 3:1
Our God is a God of plan and purpose. The creation of
man had a beginning (Genesis 1:26-28) and the existence of man on earth will
surely have an end. We should not be ignorant of the end-times. The end-time
did not start in 1975 neither is it 1975 as some heretical teachers and so-called
witnesses falsely teach. The end-time is also not an allegory used in scripture
to describe when things are not going well for an individual. The Bible
presents the end-time as the period of time that ushers in the return of Jesus
Christ. We should not be deceived; neither should we allow anyone to deceive
us. Matthew 24:4 clearly warns us against this:
“And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you.”
we are in the end-times. Going through recent historic
events in the Middle East and making critical
comparisons with prophetic utterances made by our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, coupled with prophecies of other prophets in scriptures, we can say we
have reached a critical period in human history. By going diligently through
scriptures, a good student of the Bible can say with certainty that present
world events point at one thing: “it is true that no man know exactly when
Christ shall come (Matthew 24:36), it will therefore be unscriptural to try to
calculate the year, day or time when Christ shall return. At the same time, we
shouldn’t be ignorant of signs of the end-times (Matthew 16:3). The present
situation of greed and lust that dominates human hearts, the financial,
economic and industrial problems, as well as the spirit of selfishness that
grips mankind, are all pointing to the fact that the terminus will soon be
reached (2 Timothy 3:2-4). The Bible details many other end-time signs which
include: mass suffering and destruction (Matthew 24:7-9), decline of morals and
problem of mass corruption (Matthew 24:12), mind control and undue
standardisation of thought and behaviour (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12) and the
return of the Jews from captivity. We are in the end-times because history
confirms that the twentieth century alone witnessed the fulfilment of the
aforementioned signs. If there is a time to be watchful and to keep our stand
as Christians, it is now, in this end-time. An end-time Christian is therefore
that Christian who is ready to live and die for Christ and the expansion of His
kingdom. Such a person has a deep unwavering conviction that Jesus Christ is
Lord, is committed to violent ministration against evil (Matthew 11:12), the
ministration of knowledge and the wisdom of God (Proverbs 4:5) and the
ministration of worship, holiness, love and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans
14:17-18). Are you an end-time Christian?
Key Point
Father, keep my heart fixated on the end
goal of making Heavens
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