Romans 5:7-10; “For one will scarcely die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die. But God shows His love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Since therefore, we have been justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the Wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.” (ESV – all emphasis mine)

In both Matthew 12:30 and Luke 11:23, we’re told that whoever is not with Jesus is against Him. That is really not an atmosphere we need to be in.

When we take into account Satan’s biggest lies, we need to have our eyes wide open. That can only be accomplished through reading the Word of the Lord in true and faithful versions of the Bible.

Sadly, there are some “bibles” being produced today with a “gender-neutral god,” and some even refer to our Father as a “she.” The word handed down to us by about 40 Holy Spirit-inspired writers (2 Peter 1:21) contains all the necessary instructions to have eternal life in Heaven. But for this to matter, we must believe that the Lord God Jehovah is the Creator of our world, and His Son paid our admission fee to be with Him forever.

One of Satan’s lies is “Did God really say?” as first used in Genesis 3. He wants to convince as many souls as he can to take on an earthly intellect rather than seek heavenly things. He uses the “pleasures” of this earth to draw people away from the Savior and into a frame of mind that rejects Him. He has false prophets and antichrists that have infiltrated a number of previously Bible-based evangelical churches, who are giving out false and twisted messages meant to tickle ears and keep the membership from the truth.

By the way, this is not news to our Heavenly Father, as all this was prophesied in His Word centuries ago. He knew there would be more on the broad path to destruction than on the straight and narrow path leading to eternal life (Matthew 7:13-14). It’s not the way He would like it to be, but He allows everyone to choose for themselves.

Even during the time that Jesus was on this earth, His closest followers never fully grasped what He was all about until after His resurrection. Then, as Thomas exclaimed in John 20:28, “My Lord and My God!” Jesus said there would be a blessing for those who have not seen Him but believe in Him anyway. The apostles had been with Him as He performed miracle after miracle, yet only when they saw the risen Savior after Calvary did they fully believe. At Pentecost, they were further enriched by the Holy Spirit and became bold in their proclaiming Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Satan’s emissaries proclaim that all gods are the same, and all religions worship the same deities. Along with this, they proclaim there are many ways to heaven without Jesus. Some are even saying the abominations given in the Bible no longer apply in our “modern” world.

I have taken John 14:6 as my life verse; “Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” If all gods are the same, would He not have included Buddha, Mohammad and others? Peter boldly proclaimed to the religious leaders in Acts 4:12, “And there is Salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.”

Again, as 1 Corinthians 1:18 says, “For the word of the Cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the Power of God.”

For “pastors” to proclaim that God’s word has changed, Hebrews 13:8 states, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” For anyone who believes Jesus and God are separate, John 10:30 is a definite statement; “I and the Father are One.”

Up until about 35 years ago, my walk with the Lord was obviously lacking any foundation. Thanks to some dedicated prayer warriors, the Holy Spirit “tweaked” my conscience, and I was convinced I needed to read the Bible for myself. Prior to this, I took anything that pastors gave out as errorless, and I didn’t check on passages they gave to make sure they were giving me the truth. As I have said previously, the Father will force no one, but that doesn’t mean He will disregard the prayers of our loved ones. I called out for Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to be my Savior forever.

It didn’t happen overnight, but as time went by, I became very aware that a relationship was forming. My prayers every day were for the Father to open my mind to His word and help me to gain more understanding. Even though I had seen the verse many times, John 14:6 took on a whole new meaning for me. Jesus was more than a Christmas and Easter object, and my heart knows He is totally real and loves us very much.

Jesus didn’t have to come to this earth and be crucified for us, but He did. He could very well have left us to our own misery, but He didn’t. He could turn each and every one of us into indentured slaves, but He won’t. We could have to do limitless tasks and works, but that’s not an option.

The song verse that states, “Jesus paid it all; all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow,” is spelled out in the ABCs of Salvation. There are a couple of musts, but nothing that’s too hard for us to do. First, we admit we are sinners in need of a Savior, as every human being does. Second, we must believe that Jesus is that Savior and the only way that we have as a pathway to the Father and eternal life. Finally, we call out to Him to forgive and save us, and He will. The hardest part is believing this is all that is required according to Romans 10:9-13 and Ephesians 2:8-9.

Satan and his forces will try to convince us we are not worthy of Jesus, and he is right. However, when we receive and accept Jesus, Psalm 103:12 states, “as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.”

God knows we are not sinless and never will be as long as we’re in these human bodies on this earth. (Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23) However, He has promised to keep us from the tribulation/wrath, and when we do sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us (1 John 1:8-10).

Because of all my Father, Savior and Holy Spirit have done for me, how could I not be 100% for Him? I also pray daily that all our loved ones will call out and be saved if they have not already done so. Then, the thought of rising up to meet our Savior in the air is not frightening at all. In fact, today would not be too early to have Jesus in our hearts.

If you haven’t received and accepted the Savior yet, this would be the perfect time to do so. There is room for all, even though all will not call out. It is your chance to make your eternal address in Heaven with Jesus our Lord. Otherwise, the only other option is to be cast into the Lake of Fire forever.

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(There is a special message at the end of this article for those who do not have Jesus in their life and are looking for peace and a way to better understand the present-day insanity and confusion.)

It seems that in the past several months, I have noticed a rapidly accelerating convergence of divergence.

Let me explain.

As the mid-term elections (assuming they will actually occur) approach, there has been an exponential rise in the frenetic and illogical (from the standpoint of rational human behavior) conduct of those who are, for lack of better terminology, “invested in this world system.”

At the same time, there is a discernible increase of “spiritual” consciousness, or perhaps it is appropriately termed awareness, on the part of many people.

I placed quotation marks around “spiritual” as I believe there are two basic definitions/implications of that word, and they are both currently represented as well.

• One being [Spiritual], as in the influence of the Holy Spirit of God.
• The other being, well, every false and deceiving spirit at work within this “world system.” In other words, everything else.

At the final count, there are really only two.

Let me clarify my meaning of them.

• The Holy Spirit being the sole God of Creation, pure Holiness, Light and Life.
• The other being of pure evil and the purveyor of lies, deceit and death.

Both of these “presences,” if you will, seem to be increasing and converging on the entire world population at this point in history like never before. They are diametrically opposed to each other, and only those reborn of the true Spirit of God can discern the differences between them in a positive light.

For everyone else, there is just an arbitrary reference to “a god,” the force, Gaia, etc. The list is vast. The unsaved sense something they do not quite grasp but are too much a part of this world to even want to understand it.

In the current climate of world chaos, it could be that the “list” could be even more diabolical:

“We do not want another committee; we have too many already. What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and be he god or devil, we will receive him.” – Paul-Henri Spaak

The saddest part is that it could be the calling of the Holy Spirit on them to repent, but most can’t comprehend it, and they may be too hard of heart to be able to respond to Him.

To be clear, this article is not about the political season, elections, or lack of them. In this writer’s opinion, there is not one scintilla of evidence to support placing any hope or confidence in human government or leadership regardless of who thinks they are “at the helm.”

Perhaps I am being overly sensitive to the signs of the times. Perhaps I am not.

Jesus’ warning to the religious leaders of His day was a warning about their failure to be cognizant of the conditions surrounding His first appearing. “Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?” (Luke 12:56).

We have likewise been made aware by “the signs of the times.”

“Jesus answered, ‘See to it that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:4-8).

“See, I have told you in advance” (Matthew 24:25).

Paul’s warning list of “end of the age” human characteristics is astoundingly accurate, but that is hardly a surprise; after all, he wrote under the influence and with the guidance of the Spirit of God. It only makes sense.

“But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these” (2 Tim 3:1-5).

The fact that these five verses above have been quoted in so many writings and articles of late is proof in itself that they are applicable to the current state of human behavior. These characteristics have become institutionalized.

They have become very apparent to anyone who is paying attention, for whatever their reasons.

Unsaved people see them, feel them, sense them, and are affected by them even if they do not know where to look for answers.

Those who have received Jesus Christ as their Savior are under the effects of these characteristics that are so prevalent in the world as well. Very sadly, many of our beloved brothers and sisters aren’t really sure where to look either.

In far too many cases, churches offer no help as most have taken the “easy way out” and don’t go anywhere near these verses of predictive prophesy even though, right now, they are “in the face” of everyone, saved or unsaved.

In terms of the Churches in the present day, Jesus had John write the seven letters to the seven churches in order to wake them up, but it is clear that most will continue to deteriorate and abdicate their clear responsibilities toward their own flocks.

Now to the crux of this article.

As the Word of God has made clear throughout the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, there is a final confrontation (defined in its simplest form) between Good and evil that is converging on the world.

It is a convergence of two spiritual forces that could not be more diverse.

• On the one hand, El Shaddai; God Almighty.
• On the other, evil, pure undistilled and vicious.

There can only be one outcome as the evil has only been allowed to exist that the salvation of human souls could be accomplished. Human souls who have been granted the right to choose God or reject Him.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19) (Emphasis added by me.)

I have long believed and frequently said that while the Old Testament was written to the Jewish people, it is important to understand that the Lord had the entirety of the scriptures (including the New Testament) written, knowing that all His creation would still be reading it even up to the present time. Therefore, all the scriptures have application and give direction to every individual who would ever live.

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Tim 3:16). (Emphasis added by me.)

“Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,

And I will do all My pleasure'” (Isaiah 46:9-10).

The end of human history as we know it, I believe, is close on us. It’s time to pick sides.

For anyone who may read this article and has not trusted in Jesus Christ and therefore has no hope or peace in your life:

You can have hope. You can have the peace that Jesus has promised to all who have made Him their Lord and Savior.

It requires that you come before God on His terms.

And, what are His terms according to His Word?

• Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
• Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
• That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
• To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
• Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross.
• To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

• No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
• No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
• Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me,” because we can trust Him to keep His Word. He always has. He always will.

John 5:24: “Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life.”

There are no answers, and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics or politicians. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

The answers are in the Word of God—the Bible. If you ask God with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

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