There is much "hoopla" online particularly in the prophetic where there are all sorts of prognostications; dreams; visions and interpretations of scripture regarding when the Lord is coming back; details of extra things beyond what the scriptures dictate as literal Tribulation events as well as many testimonies of interesting conversions. What is often missing today is the true understanding of just how lost and depraved we all are apart from Christ. If anything daily I am more and more convicted of the old man inside me as I hasten to see the day when that is stripped from me and I can be free from this body of corruption and sin and can be in God's presence in a glorified body.
It seems there are some today who are still preaching some version of a "salvation" message but few who have strong convictions of the nature of the flesh and how deceptive it is. Sometimes details of a sordid past are mentioned but again it tends to almost always focus on particular sinful actions rather than the corrupt nature that we need to be delivered from. Conversely of course; rather than just commemoration of "fire insurance" we should grow in grace and truth; HATE what God hates and love what He loves. A healthy fear of the Lord is something that I have spent some time on in this website in the past few years. Grace is certainly something we daily are to be grateful for. We can never take down our guard for the enemy will exploit any weakness we have or sin we are unwilling to let go of or are unaware of that grants him an access point to our souls.
People of course will be drawn to us if indeed His Spirit is at work drawing men and we aren't standing in the way. I'm preaching to myself here as well. When you go into a fire or emergency setting there is no time for niceties. We need to warn of the impending doom to the wicked but of course if we don't BELIEVE what God has to say about the fate of the lost we won't.
There is much "hoopla" online particularly in the prophetic where there are all sorts of prognostications; dreams; visions and interpretations of scripture regarding when the Lord is coming back; details of extra things beyond what the scriptures dictate as literal Tribulation events as well as many testimonies of interesting conversions. What is often missing today is the true understanding of just how lost and depraved we all are apart from Christ. If anything daily I am more and more convicted of the old man inside me as I hasten to see the day when that is stripped from me and I can be free from this body of corruption and sin and can be in God's presence in a glorified body.
It seems there are some today who are still preaching some version of a "salvation" message but few who have strong convictions of the nature of the flesh and how deceptive it is. Sometimes details of a sordid past are mentioned but again it tends to almost always focus on particular sinful actions rather than the corrupt nature that we need to be delivered from. Conversely of course; rather than just commemoration of "fire insurance" we should grow in grace and truth; HATE what God hates and love what He loves. A healthy fear of the Lord is something that I have spent some time on in this website in the past few years. Grace is certainly something we daily are to be grateful for. We can never take down our guard for the enemy will exploit any weakness we have or sin we are unwilling to let go of or are unaware of that grants him an access point to our souls.
People of course will be drawn to us if indeed His Spirit is at work drawing men and we aren't standing in the way. I'm preaching to myself here as well. When you go into a fire or emergency setting there is no time for niceties. We need to warn of the impending doom to the wicked but of course if we don't BELIEVE what God has to say about the fate of the lost we won't.
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