GOOD MORNING...TIME TO STUDY ANOTHER CHAPTER IN GODS WORD...WE ARE SO PRIVILEGED TO HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION THE VERY WORDS OF GOD...EVEN JESUS WHEN HE WAS OUT IN THE WILDERNESS...BEING TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL... SPOKE ONLY FROM GODS WORD...HE QUOTED IT WORD FOR WORD...HOW OFTEN DO WE DO THAT WHEN WE ARE CONFRONTED...DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT TIME SATAN REARS HIS UGLY HEAD IN OUR LIVES... ARE THERE CERTAIN SCRIPTURES THAT GOD HAS HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR HEART...TRY MEMORIZING SOME OF THEM...YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY MIGHT COME IN HANDY...AFTER ALL...THE ARMOUR OF GOD INCLUDES THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT...WHICH IS THE BIBLE...A ROMAN SOLDIER CAN HAVE ALL HIS AMOUR ON...BUT IF HE FORGETS HIS SWORD...HE WILL NOT SURVIVE THE BATTLE... THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR WORD...WE CANT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT TOOK PLACE FOR THIS BOOK TO BE PLACED INTO OUR HANDS...BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT IT HAS BEEN...LORD IT ALMOST SEEMS THAT AS THIS WORLD GETS DARKER...YOUR WORLD BECOMES BRIGHTER...AS WE LOSE HOPE IN ALL THAT WE SEE AROUND US...WE FIND MORE AND MORE HOPE IN WHAT WE CANT SEE...BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE CANT SEE IS ALL ABOUT YOU...WE SAY THIS PRAYER IN JESUS HOLY NAME...AMEN. 2ND THESSALONIANS 2: PAUL BEGINS TO TELL THE THESSALONIANS MORE ABOUT THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST AND HOW THEY WILL ALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER TO MEET HIM ON THAT DAY...HE TELLS THEM THAT SOME WILL SAY THAT DAY HAS ALREADY COME...AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BELIEVE THEM...EVEN IF THEY PRODUCE PROOF IN THE FORM OF VISIONS...REVELATIONS...OR EVEN CLAIMS OF LETTERS FROM THE APOSTLES... PAUL GOES ON TO SAY THAT THIS DAY WILL NOT COME UNTIL A GREAT REBELLION AGAINST GOD SPREADS THRU OUT THE EARTH...AND THE LAWLESS ONE COMES ON THE SCENE...THIS EVIL ONE WILL REMOVE EVERY OBJECT AND SIGN SYMBOLIZING THE WORSHIP OF THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD...LETS JUST STOP THERE A MOMENT...LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT AND COURT HOUSES...DO WE SEE ANY SIGNS OF GOD BEING REMOVED FROM THEM...WHAT ABOUT OUT CHURCHES...THE VERY SYMBOL OF CHRIST AS BEING THE HEAD OF OUR CHURCH...DO WE SEE ANY SIGNS OF DETERIORATION...ARE WE STILL ALLOWED TO PREACH ALL OF GODS WORD AS GOD WOULD LEAD US...OR ARE THERE CERTAIN PARTS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT NOW DEEMS AS HATE CRIMES TO PREACH ABOUT...FOOD FOR THOUGHT... PAULS THEN TELLS THEM THIS EVIL ONE WILL GO INTO THE TEMPLE OF GOD..AND CLAIM HIMSELF TO BE GOD...AND WILL DEMAND THAT ALL BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM AS GOD...PAUL SAYS SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING AT THIS POINT...HE TELLS HIS LISTENERS THAT THESE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD BACK UNTIL "HIS TIME HAS COME"...OF COURSE WE KNOW WHO IS HOLDING"HIM" BACK...BUT DO WE KNOW WHY...IF I HAD TO TAKE A GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE JESUS WANTS NO ONE TO PERISH...SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US...CONSIDERING THE SIGNS ALL AROUND US...I WOULD SAY IT IS TIME FOR US TO PUT IT IN HIGH GEAR...THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ALREADY DOING SO MUCH FOR THE KINGDOM...BLESS YOU...THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE DRAGGING YOUR FEET A LITTLE...ITS TIME TO GET IT IN GEAR...DO ALL THAT YOU CAN DO...WHILE YOU CAN STILL DO IT...AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR IT... PAUL THEN SAYS THE EVIL ONE IS ALREADY SECRETLY AT WORK...ANOTHER RABBIT TRAIL IF YOU PLEASE...SATAN HAS BEEN AT WAR WITH GOD FROM BEFORE ADAM AND EVE...HE REBELLED AGAINST GOD AND WAS CAST OUT FROM HEAVEN...EVER SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN TO DEFEAT GODS PLANS FOR HIS PEOPLE...NEVER BEFORE HAVE THESE PLANS BEEN MORE OBVIOUS THAN NOW...WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE GODS WORD TO GIVE US PEACE...KNOWING ALL THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PASS...BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNBEILIVERS...THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER READ GODS WORD...CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ALL THESE CHANGES TAKING PLACE...THEY KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT...BUT WITHOUT GODS WORD TO LEAD THEM THRU IT...THEY ARE IN THE DARK...SO WHAT IS OUR JOB THEN...TO SHINE SOME LIGHT ON THEM...TO TELL THEM THERE IS A PLAN...AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT...OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST...IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME FOR US TO SHINE...IT IS NOW!!! PAUL SAYS THE LAWLESS ONE WILL BE DEFEATED BY THE BREATH OF GODS MOUTH AND DESTROYED BY THE SPLENDOR OF HIS ARRIVAL...WHAT DOES THAT MEAN...COULD IT MEAN THAT "THE BREATH OF LIFE"...GODS WORD...WILL REVEAL AT THAT TIME WHAT A FRAUD THIS EVIL ONE REALLY IS...AND WHEN JESUS RETURNS ALL WILL KNOW THAT THE LAWLESS ONE HAS BEEN DECEIVING THE PEOPLE ALL THIS TIME...AND THAT EVERY WORD HE HAS SPOKEN WAS ONLY LIES... THE EVIL ONE WILL COME ON THE SCENE DOING COUNTERFEIT SIGNS AND MIRACLES...FOOLING ALL THOSE WHO ARE DESTINED FOR HELL...AND GOD WILL BLIND THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THE LIES... PAUL ENDS THIS CHAPTER SAYING THAT AS BELIEVERS WE MUST HOLD TIGHT TO ALL WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT...AND HE CLOSES BY ASKING THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH TO GIVE US COMFORT...AND TO GIVE US STRENGTH TO ENDURE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING...PLEASE KEEP RUTHIES KITCHEN IN YOUR PRAYERS...IT IS A GOOD THING BEING DONE THERE...GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:35:17 +0000
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