How I wish I could convey to other human minds the utter reality of the living, active, ever-present Jesus Christ. He is more real than any physical object the human eye might see. He is more real than any sound human ear might hear. He is more real than any material or physical thing the human hand might touch or feel. But He reveals Himself only to those who repent of their waywardness and sins and seek Him with all their mind, strength and heart. Over and over again through His inspired spokesmen, His prophets and apostles, He forthrightly, plainly declares that contact with Him will be accomplished in this manner only. Tens of thousands of preachers and priests woefully ignorant of this most basic FACT inform their hearers and followers that belief, mere mental assent alone, puts one in contact with their Creator and establishes an ongoing fellowship with Him. That is a satanic lie! Forget man’s opinion. Let God Himself tell you how to establish contact with Him: “And you shall seek me, and find me when you shall search for me with all your heart, and I will be found of you, SAYS THE LORD!” (See Jeremiah 29:13-14). “Let God be true, but every man a liar!” (See Romans 3:4).
Teenagers stirred by the emotional rhetoric of some tent revival evangelist in one of his city-wide meetings are no more “saved” than the cat that falls in to the baptismal tank at some Baptist church and frantically strives to get out and finally succeeds in doing so. “Whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has , he cannot be my disciple.” (See Luke 14:33). Jesus Christ must come first and foremost in the life of any professing Christian in order to have and maintain a legitimate relationship with the Lord. The Lord requires such concerted commitment as He knows how dedicated Satan is in his temptations to draw believers away from the Lord and back into the world. “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion , walks about, seeking whom he may devour” (See I Peter 5:8). How many of this world’s preachers continuously warn their congregations of that fact??
We are in one of the last generations at the close of an age. This planet and its inhabitants are in for a very rough ride in what lies ahead. The deadly wound dealt Islam long ago has been healed. Three hundred plus pedophile priests in Pennsylvania are only the tip of the iceberg. Thousands more are spread throughout America. One state might have only a few dozen, while a neighboring state will have many more than Pennsylvania. Roman Catholicism is in fast decline in both numbers of adherents and prestige. To save herself she will do what she has done so many times in the past, she will blend Islamic beliefs with Roman Catholicism. And she will abandon long held practices and dogmas. You might not live to see it, my friend, but it is as sure as tomorrow”s rising sun.
A word to the wise: “He that is of God hears God’s words!” (John 8:47).
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley