"But these things have told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you." (John 16:4 KJV)
"Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created."" (2 Peter 3:3-4 NLT)
There are some days when I just need to shake my head, wondering how things have gotten so out of control; but then I remember that it has got to be this way, so that the church can be purified and ready to go! Wow, what the heck is going on? Doesn't even anyone, besides Pastor Mike, see what is happening?
To be serious for a moment, we have got to do something about these things that are happening to our children; somehow it is okay that there are medical facilities in several States, that can have the right to take the body-parts off of children, without even having the permission of their parents! Since when does this make any sense? Since when does a parent have no rights to protect their child?
I'm sorry for the rant, but there is some serious evil being done, and it is somehow okay to allow it to happen! At least there are some countries that still have a little bit of sanity left, because for now, they are not allowing it to happen.
On with the other elephant in the room! We need to stick to the topic of sharing the Gospel Message! All of this craziness aside, there are people who are still looking for hope, hoping for something that actually might make sense. Crazy as it might sound, but we have been giving the keys to the door, we just need to be available to use them!
There are so many opportunities to share the Good News, because things happening all over that many people can't believe are actually happening! But the Bible says that it would happen, and that makes perfect sense! Not everyone will listen, as we should expect; but there are some who will, and it is up to us to share the truth with them.
It reminds me of the starfish story; the one about the man walking down the beach, throwing starfish into the water, here and there, he picked one up and threw it into the water. Someone saw him, asking him, 'Why do you bother doing that? There are thousands of starfish that are going to die, how does it matter that you throw a few of them back into the water?'
The man picked one up and threw it, saying, "It mattered to that one!" Let's try to be about our Father's business...
"So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!" For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be an offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 5:16 - 6:2 NLT)
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