S.W. 1-8-12
“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” 1 John 4:4-6 (ESV)
Do you remember when the year was 1999? They were saying that once the new year of 2000 hit we would experience the “Y2K” bug. Well when the countdown came to its three, two, one crescendo and the ball dropped, it was as the great Yukon Cornelius would say…nuttin’!!! No bugs, no systems crashing, no nothing.
Well okay, maybe a new century started but there was no apocalyptic end of civilization as we knew it. All we really got from the “Y2K” bug was the i-pod and there are a lot of thankful people because of it.
But now we are facing a new/old threat to end times and that is 12-21-2012. According to the Mayan calendar, Michel de Nostreame (Nostradamus) and Marvin the Martian of Looney Tunes fame, the world as we know it now will end before we are allowed to celebrate Christmas this year. Seems kinda unfair doesn’t it? That even though there are some of us who really think we have a right to long life, liberty and a continued pursuit of happiness, all of this is going up in a puff of smoke. My problem with this all is that it doesn’t align with what my Bible tells me.
Matthew 24 is an almost solid red letter chapter and tells us of all kinds of done and over with stuff but Jesus never tells us an exact time and date. Instead He says, “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. (Matt 24:36) This tells us that Jesus, Himself, is not going to even take a guess and we all need to rest in that. We need to focus in on what He says earlier in that chapter, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.”(Matt 24:4-5)
That is why what we find in 1 John 4:1-6 is our instruction to test the spirits. From that infamous moment in The Garden until now man (and woman) has had to deal with a spirit of antichrist. We need to be in an understanding that we are always going to be in spiritual warfare and that our adversary is at the ready to usurp the authority of God’s word. The parables of Jesus put emphasis on faithfulness, watchfulness, stewardship, expectancy and preparedness. Any other teaching only serves to take us off this path and have us all walk openly on New Age Boulevard.
As this year goes by I will be paging through a book titled, “The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare.” The author of this book even goes as far as giving warning on a total focus on his book for fear of a constant thought pattern that puts emphasis on Satan and the evil we can do. That is a warning coming from a watchman isn’t it? This year I urge you Brothers (and Sisters) to purpose yourself to practice the lost art of being a Biblical Watchmen and be ready to give answer to Marvin the Martian. He has a P32 uranium explosive device and is ready to blow up the earth because it ruins his view of the planet Venus. Seriously folks…the prince of lies is hard at work. Be Ready!!! – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and Freedom Fighter contributor
Motivations: “Many Christians imagine that victory in Christ is to become the epitome of what the world desires in wealth and success and fame and to do it all better than the ungodly because Christians have Jesus on their side.”—Dave Hunt
Practice to Remember: Level 1: Ephesians 1:13; Level 2: Ephesians 1:7-14
Powered Up: Units of prayer combined, like drops of water, make an ocean which defies resistance.
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