Are we in the end times ?
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For anyone to be saved they need to believe the gospel given to Paul by Christ.
Gal 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Gal 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
This is the gospel you need to believe to be saved.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The moment you believe this gospel you are saved and sealed, according to the scriptures.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Gal 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Gal 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
This is the gospel you need to believe to be saved.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
The moment you believe this gospel you are saved and sealed, according to the scriptures.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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Jesus makes it very clear what conditions will be like just prior to His return.
We will be hated by all for His name sake
The persecution will be so awful that children will deliver their parents up to death and parents their children, has there ever yet been such a persecution?, no.
People say that's for the Jews but it cannot be for if Jewish parents give up their children to death because they are Jews they will be delivering themselves up also, likewise the children, to give up their parents as Jews is to admit that they themselves are Jews.
No this is persecution of the church, we are told to flee persecution, but if we are hated by all men where will we flee to?
Jesus said this is the worst tribulation [persecution] since ever there was a nation and never will be again.
"In the world you will have tribulation" that is where tribulation comes from. It is not God's wrath.
We will be hated by all for His name sake
The persecution will be so awful that children will deliver their parents up to death and parents their children, has there ever yet been such a persecution?, no.
People say that's for the Jews but it cannot be for if Jewish parents give up their children to death because they are Jews they will be delivering themselves up also, likewise the children, to give up their parents as Jews is to admit that they themselves are Jews.
No this is persecution of the church, we are told to flee persecution, but if we are hated by all men where will we flee to?
Jesus said this is the worst tribulation [persecution] since ever there was a nation and never will be again.
"In the world you will have tribulation" that is where tribulation comes from. It is not God's wrath.
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If you are saved our lives are hid in Christ Jesus and the world does not or should not effect us to shake our faith.
Php_4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Php_4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Your argument leads out with this statement: "For anyone to be saved they need to believe the gospel given to Paul by Christ."
If taken literally - you would at best, be walking on dangerous ground, to limit the Gospel to just Paul. As Paul himself said to the Corinthians:
1Co 3:1-7 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able; for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that giveth the increase.
The Apostle Paul was Jesus Christ's Apostle. It is all about Christ!!! You borderline on being an Apostle Paul worshipper. To hold Paul's epistles, in higher esteem, than the Word's spoken by our Lord, is nothing short of Heresy.
If one is saved by "only" what Paul was inspired to write, then How were the Old Testament Saints saved?
If taken literally - you would at best, be walking on dangerous ground, to limit the Gospel to just Paul. As Paul himself said to the Corinthians:
1Co 3:1-7 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able; for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that giveth the increase.
The Apostle Paul was Jesus Christ's Apostle. It is all about Christ!!! You borderline on being an Apostle Paul worshipper. To hold Paul's epistles, in higher esteem, than the Word's spoken by our Lord, is nothing short of Heresy.
If one is saved by "only" what Paul was inspired to write, then How were the Old Testament Saints saved?
You love to quote verses but you do not like answering questions do you?
1Pe 3:15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
1Pe 3:16 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
1Pe 3:15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
1Pe 3:16 having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.
1Ti 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
1Ti 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
1Ti 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
I agree with you. The end times are certainly a period of time wherein the prophecies find their fulfillment. Over the past two-thousand years, many of these things (False prophets, anti-Christs, persecution and so on), have been occurring but they all find their crescendo in the Tribulation days. Like in music, this ever increasing "lawlessness" grows louder and louder.
However, we do not want to think of two-thousand years as a long time. As Peter said: 2Pet_3:8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Peter reminds us of Lord's "perspective" as the eternal God. From the Lord's perspective - all of human history is a mere blink of an eye. Two-thousand years may seem long to that which is "finite" but not to that which is "infinite".
I believe we are in the last days because of the "loudness" of the music. The days proceeding the Great and terrible days of our God, who will come to judge the world. While "signs" were given to the Jews, both in the OT prophecies and by our Lord, in His earthly ministry, the church is not looking for signs. However, we know that the Lord will not return until "the fulness of the Gentiles be come in". That is a promise, in the Words of Inspired Scripture but none can know the time of this last Gentile. Having said all of that, we do know of the "signs" leading-up too the Tribulation days and many of them are yet to take place.
In these days, which we now live, I believe, that the following, is the most troubling and relevant sign of the times, for Christ's Assembly and every faithful witness:
2Ti 4:3, 4 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
1Ti 6:3-5 If any man is teaching a different doctrine, and consents not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil conjectures, wrangling of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
That time is now.
However, we do not want to think of two-thousand years as a long time. As Peter said: 2Pet_3:8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Peter reminds us of Lord's "perspective" as the eternal God. From the Lord's perspective - all of human history is a mere blink of an eye. Two-thousand years may seem long to that which is "finite" but not to that which is "infinite".
I believe we are in the last days because of the "loudness" of the music. The days proceeding the Great and terrible days of our God, who will come to judge the world. While "signs" were given to the Jews, both in the OT prophecies and by our Lord, in His earthly ministry, the church is not looking for signs. However, we know that the Lord will not return until "the fulness of the Gentiles be come in". That is a promise, in the Words of Inspired Scripture but none can know the time of this last Gentile. Having said all of that, we do know of the "signs" leading-up too the Tribulation days and many of them are yet to take place.
In these days, which we now live, I believe, that the following, is the most troubling and relevant sign of the times, for Christ's Assembly and every faithful witness:
2Ti 4:3, 4 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
1Ti 6:3-5 If any man is teaching a different doctrine, and consents not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil conjectures, wrangling of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
That time is now.
It is always repeated, doing the same things under the sun, Ecclesiastes 3:15: “That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.” The “natural man” cannot grasp that, for to him reality is based only on the evidence of the senses. The man of reason could justify the verse’s end, saying if it has any meaning then the writer must mean recurrence. The sun comes every day and the moon completes its cycle and the seasons come and go. If we took a picture of the universe today, the scientists can compute how long it will take to return to this point in the picture. So the intellectual man could justify the verse; but that is not what is meant, for it is addressed not to the man of reason or the man of sense, but to the man of Imagination. What is it all about? “That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been, and God seeks what has been driven away.”