I believe my Bible speaks of a coming
day when sin will reign in the world.
In 2 Thessalonians, the Apostle Paul describes this
period of the end times right before the
appearance of Antichrist.
We read in chapter 2, beginning in verse
1, Now we beseech you, brethren, by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering unto him, that ye be not
soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither
by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us, as that day of Christ
is at hand.
Let 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.
I will stop there, friends.
Here, the Apostle Paul tells us that in
the last days, before the return of Christ,
that there shall be a great falling away
first, a falling away in society, a falling
away in the church.
Let me ask you, friends, is this not
the day in which we live, where the
wheels have come off our nation, as society
spins out of control in a moral landslide,
where our government calls evil good, and has
legalized sin in every capacity, and has legislated
God right out of the country?
And where is the church in all of
this?
She lies in a spiritual stupor, bent on
her own self-preservation, as there is a
falling away in the church as well, a
falling away through a sad spiritual declension, an
apostasy in denominations.
We are living right on the verge of
the reign of Antichrist, as he shall soon
appear, because the world is now ripe for
his appearance.
I believe that good and sincere men, who
are preaching a perverted gospel, are preparing the
religious world to welcome the Antichrist with open
arms.
When sin reigns around us, then we will
know how close we are to these things
appearing.
Let me ask you, friend, have you ever
seen a time as wicked as the days
as we are now living in?
I've lived a long time, and I've never
before witnessed such an evil day as we
live in.
Our cities have become killing grounds.
Our judicial system and political system is corrupt.
Our corporations rotten to the core.
Our communities flooded with the worst perversion that
spills over everything, tainting it like a filthy
sewer.
The Apostle Paul declares, that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first.
But listen to me, friends, keep your eye
on the sky and your hearts in a
sweetheart love and close intimacy with Jesus, like
a brilliant diamond against a background of black
velvet.
The darker things get, the brighter he will
appear, for my hope is built on nothing
less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
Let us pray.