Joan Boney ... apostle/ prophet
Before Jesus returns, will things get better or worse? What does the Bible teach about this?
Jesus said ... 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Mt. 24
Paul explained: 1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5Having a form of godliness (these will be church types), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. II Tim. 3
Things will get worse and worse ... Antichrist moves into church groups and they discard the scriptures to go in a more popular way. These church groups get bigger and bigger and attract more and more people for they preach a doctrine which approves man and allows man to be his own God even using scripture to become his own God. Antichrist in the churches today. This is the "falling away" spoken of in II Thess. 2. The falling away was not people leaving the church group. The "falling away" are churches leaving the scriptures and setting up their own doctrines of men and casting out various scriptures in order to approve man in the congregation. This is the antichrist. This is the "falling away". This happens over and over today
in the churches.
Proof? Which church group today teaches the man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery? (Mt. 5:32) Which church group today teaches the woman that if she leaves her husband she must remain unmarried? (I Cor. 7) I am 74 years old and have never heard these things taught in any church that I have attended.
With adultery and fornication rampantly displayed on TV today why are these doctrines not taught in church groups? These doctrines should be taught even more as the sin increases in the world.
These doctrines are explained away in churches today to allow people to do what they want to do and to feel approved in doing what they want to do. But these people are not going to be approved for what they are doing is contrary to scripture and they will be judged by the Word of God in the end.
And these churches today are going a step further in adultery as they set up singles classes to allow divorced people to meet and marry within the church. And if that marriage fails, "no problem", you can just find someone else because "God wants you to be happy", they preach ... thus they grow larger and larger with their false doctrine which approves man and casts aside the word from God through the Holy Scriptures. (The falling away)
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, (coming through the churches) shewing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. II Thess. 2
In the end the word of God prevails at the judgment seat of Christ. (II Cor. 5 ...For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; )
But for now, churches cast aside scripture to set up their own doctrines to approve people who attend their church groups and make these people feel good about themselves.
The strong delusion that is going on now in church groups is "sent by God" so they will believe a lie ... That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. II Thess. 2
Be not deceived by church doctrine. What does the Bible have to say? And if the church doctrine is contrary to Bible, just get away from that church group. Always allow the Bible to rule in your life.
Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Acts 2:40
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