06/14/23 TIME IS FLEETING

06/14/23 TIME IS FLEETING

As alarmist as I may seem, the stakes are high enough to err on the side of caution. But the evidence indicates I am not overstating the urgency of the need for a quick and complete turning to God.

I am not talking about saving our lost society (though that would be wonderful), I am calling everyone to surrender fully to Jesus. This world could turn around if it chooses, but whether it does or does not, individuals must turn around to avoid the looming catastrophe, both temporal and eternal.

The only people who have ever seen a world as messed up as this one, died in a flood almost 5,000 years ago. The world has suffered great atrocities at the hands of Communist dictators and other megalomaniacs, and localized social insanity has affected various cultures.

But today is a different story. Not only has society accepted the most bazaar beliefs and perverted behavior, but now there is a worldwide movement to force mindlessness and deviant behavior on others, and the persecution of Christians is becoming acceptable in the most educated, advanced and Christianized countries of the world.

There is no time left for spiritual game playing.

Now is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... and the clock is ticking away. No one has the promise of their next breath, be we all have the warning that it is appointed unto man to die and then face judgment. And, according to the Bible, God has planned on each believer being a submissive part of a local, loving, faithful body of believers. A person may find himself in a situation that requires them to stand for Christ alone, but if you are near a local body of believers (regardless of the size) then you must be part of that body, committing your time, treasure, talent to that body. No "Lone Ranger Christianity" allowed.

God has given Biblical and Holy Spirit led pastors and leaders for the purpose of under-girding and equipping believers for faithful living and ministry.

To reject God's revealed plan is to reject God.