Good day everyone and welcome to another time of devotion and study. We continue with our thoughts on "WHAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID ABOUT HIS RETURN".
We begin today looking at the next two points.
2. Another characteristic of men in Noah's day was that the thoughts of men's hearts were evil continually. Has this changed or even gotten any better? I think not. It is the opinion of most advertisers that Americans today are, for the most part, a people who think evil continually. Look at the shows on television, the porn magazines that are specially made for the spiritually
and sexually depraved. Even those who would normally never get involved with these things are often indulging in them even once in a while. As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of man. In Genesis 6:5, scripture states, "And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifies not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires) (continually: Hebrew; every day).
3. Another condition of Noah's day and the day of the Lord is all flesh had been corrupted. I saw in a national magazine several years ago that two unmarried college students were living together. The boy said he did the ironing and that the girl did the cooking. He said they may or
may not get married. However you don't have to read a magazine now and learn about two strangers who are shacked up. Most of you won't have to look very far to see the same situation in your own family or Church. Of course in their spiritual immaturity they snicker, they smile at us indulgently, and tell us that this is the twenty-first century and they are two consenting adults having a relationship and that makes it O.K. The acceptance of the Ten Commandments
has never been up for a vote of the majority. What's more, God's Holy Word is not up for a vote by the majority. Mankind has taken it upon himself to change God's Word and in some cases to completely take Christ out of the picture. How depraved and corrupted are we when we claim to believe in God, yet at the same time and in the same breath deny Jesus Christ and ALL HE said. We live in a time when all flesh has corrupted themselves. As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of man.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
"WHAT JESUS SAID" PART 2
Hello everyone and welcome back to another look at "What The Lord Said" in His Word concerning His return.
Now the Lord tells us next what the days will be like before He returns to judge the living and the dead. Those days that make us long to see His coming again. He instructs us by comparing those days with the days of three people; Noah, Lot, and Lot's wife. First, for our time today, the Lord spoke of the days of Noah.
THE DAYS OF NOAH AND THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN.
As it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. What was it like in the days of Noah? Moses said, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." And then, "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence."
Peter says Noah was a preacher of righteousness and it is evident as we look at the scriptures that no one paid any attention to his warnings, much like today many times. These words give us some insight as to the spiritual conditions of the people in the days of Noah. What were they like? For one thing they were violent.
1. Violence is one of the characteristics of people just before Christ returns. Remember, these people did not have any atomic bombs. They had no gunpowder or any of our modern day methods of killing each other yet they were so violent, even in their thoughts, that God brought the flood on the world of the ungodly.
Evidently the laws we make regarding the sale of guns are a moot question. If we took all of the bombs and other weapons we have and threw them in the ocean, that would not stop wars between people, individuals, or family members. Men would still go to war and fight if they had to use sticks and rocks, or simply words and actions (or lack of actions). Is there any serious question in anyone's mind that we live in perilous times?
Martin Luther thought they had perilous times in 1522. He said in one sermon he preached in that year that the end must come soon because they had invented gunpowder and the printing press. Luther thought the world was so hi-tech that they had gone about as far as they could go. How much more is our potential for violence today? As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of man.
Until next time...
Now the Lord tells us next what the days will be like before He returns to judge the living and the dead. Those days that make us long to see His coming again. He instructs us by comparing those days with the days of three people; Noah, Lot, and Lot's wife. First, for our time today, the Lord spoke of the days of Noah.
THE DAYS OF NOAH AND THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN.
As it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. What was it like in the days of Noah? Moses said, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." And then, "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence."
Peter says Noah was a preacher of righteousness and it is evident as we look at the scriptures that no one paid any attention to his warnings, much like today many times. These words give us some insight as to the spiritual conditions of the people in the days of Noah. What were they like? For one thing they were violent.
1. Violence is one of the characteristics of people just before Christ returns. Remember, these people did not have any atomic bombs. They had no gunpowder or any of our modern day methods of killing each other yet they were so violent, even in their thoughts, that God brought the flood on the world of the ungodly.
Evidently the laws we make regarding the sale of guns are a moot question. If we took all of the bombs and other weapons we have and threw them in the ocean, that would not stop wars between people, individuals, or family members. Men would still go to war and fight if they had to use sticks and rocks, or simply words and actions (or lack of actions). Is there any serious question in anyone's mind that we live in perilous times?
Martin Luther thought they had perilous times in 1522. He said in one sermon he preached in that year that the end must come soon because they had invented gunpowder and the printing press. Luther thought the world was so hi-tech that they had gone about as far as they could go. How much more is our potential for violence today? As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of man.
Until next time...
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