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Vol. 3 ... #31

Stressed by what you see on TV?

Watching the TV news can be very stressful unless you keep your mind controlled by what God has said in the Bible.

Jesus warned us as follows:

Jn. 16:33 ... These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation:but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

We have been given information from Bible which shows us that which is to come and shows us the wickedness of worldly people will get worse and worse but we, who are of God, are kept by focusing on God rather than on the world.

II Tim. 3 ...  1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:from such turn away.

...  13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 

The seduction is very subtle and can even look like a good thing to those who do not know Bible.

At one of the political conventions, they tried to include all people:

- A "trans gender" person spoke for the first time ever.  The crowd being taught to accept this and to accept all persons.
- Homosexuals/lesbians approved and crowd taught to accept them.
- Abortion approved.
- Adultery approved. 
- Fornication approved.

I viewed a little of this convention, with sound muted on TV, not wanting to hear what they said.

I was very shocked to see a man dressed in a woman's dress.  He was obviously a man because on his face there was a "5 o'clock" shadow of a beard growth.  The people at the political convention seemed to be accepting him among them.

This can upset you greatly unless you realize the last days, before the Lord comes, the wickedness of this world will increase.

Jesus said ...  Mt. 24 ...   12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

We "endure" through faith in Jesus Christ, The Word.

Jesus said:  "My kingdom is not of this world."  Jn. 18:36  

The Holy people of the Bible looked for "new heavens and new earth" wherein dwelleth righteousness.  They declared they were strangers and pilgrims on this present earth.  Heb. 11

This present earth will be destroyed by God.  II Peter 3 & Revelation 21

Peter says:  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  II Peter 3:10

...  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  II Peter 3:13

God gave the apostle John a vision of the new heaven, the new earth, and the new Jerusalem wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Revelation 21 ... 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

The apostle Paul tells us, we, the people of God are not appointed to wrath that is to come upon this earth due to the sins upon this earth. 

I Thess. 1 ... 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (THE WORD), 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
 
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

And we are told to exhort one another and "even more" as we see the day approaching ... We need to surround ourselves daily, reading Bible and godly exhortations, keeping ourselves filled and renewed daily with word of God.

This is very important to do in order to survive the wickedness before our eyes on this present ungodly world.

Heb. 10 ... 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

As the people were stoning Stephen (Acts 7), he looked steadfastly into heaven. 

Isaiah 26:3 ...  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on THEE:
because he trusteth in THEE.

When we know the scriptures, we should not be depressed nor dismayed at the evil we see on this present earth for the scriptures tell us to expect the evil to increase on this earth before Jesus returns.

Lawlessness will increase in the hearts of men by antichrist.  II Thess. 2

Two things were key in bringing the previous destructions, wrath of God, upon the earth.

In days of Lot, homosexuals were "in every quarter" of the city.  Genesis 19

In the days of Noah, violence was everywhere. 

How can we not see what is happening on this present world?

Jesus said before HE came, it would be like the days of Noah ... and like the days of Lot.  (Mt. 24:37 & Luke 17:28-29)

Certainly we will not like seeing the homosexual activity and the violence in this world, but we can expect to see this because of the end times and the scriptures telling about the end times.  Hopefully we will not allow ourselves to be depressed because we know these evils are appointed before the wrath of God and the return of Jesus Christ.

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And the great evils we see today in the churches are also a part of what Paul told us in II Thess. 2 ... antichrist (a spirit in men) would come into the churches and the churches would "fall away" from scripture to be able to accept one another in various sins. 

This is what is happening today as big-time protestant ministers seek audience with the Catholic pope.  One unified church which accepts everyone without repentance and in disregard for the instruction of God in the Bible.

The "falling away" of the end times in the churches told of in II Thess. 2 are church groups falling away from Bible and setting up other doctrines which permit lawlessness to be approved inside the churches.

We see this today everywhere we look ... Thus the church seems "watered down" ... for it is greatly changed from the power of God through the changing of the scriptures.

For example:

... Call no man Father ... Mt. 24
... Man who marries divorced woman commits adultery ... Mt. 5
... Let not the wife depart from her husband but, and if, she depart let her remained unmarried or return to her husband.  I Cor. 7

And many other scriptures are changed from Bible.

But the apostle Paul tells us:

II Tim. 3 ...   
  
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing OF WHOM thou hast learned them; 15 And 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.

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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To hang on, we need even more focus on Bible and godly exhortations, deliberately surrounding our minds daily in such ... and in prayer, staying connected constantly to God.