End Times

After all the things I've seen and heard, I guess it's about time I wrote my end-time account.

• Earthquakes in the ff. places:
• Haiti
• Chile (several)
• Taiwan
• Indonesia
• Turkey
• Japan

...and many more to come, I'm sure.. (may the Lord have mercy)

• Acid wars in Hong Kong
• Floods, droughts and other calamities
• Plagues like H1N1, SARS, etc.
• Morality at an all-time low
• Microchips or identity chips, as they call it
• Popularity of books and movies involving witchcraft and underworld creatures s/a vampires
• Christians persecuted as reported on the VOM (voice of martyrs website: http://www.persecution.com/)
• Watching the video of Lindsey Williams on youtube about Tragedy, Hope, Reality

Were I to recount all the news I hear or read about, it wouldn't be enough to place here because it is already the daily news that we think is so common that are actually the signs of the Lord's coming. WE ARE IN THE END TIMES. But everyday we still live haphazardly, not caring whether it be our last.

Here is a passage from the Bible that relates our present circumstances mentioned above to the signs mentioned by Jesus Christ Himself:

"Watch out 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. Such 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. "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

~Matthew 24:4-14~
 
 
Below is also a site/link that I highly recommend reading. It's entitled "Are You Taking A Chance?"
Pls. click on it and read until the end.
 
http://www.mswm.org/endtimes.takingachance.htm

IS IT COMMON SENSE?

Is it common sense?

...To say that you are doing your best and hope to get to Heaven because you are good; when God said that all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags and there is only one way to God, that is, through Christ (Isaiah 64:6; John 14:6)?

...To believe that it makes no difference what you believe, so long as you are sincere; when God's Son said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God." John 3:3?

...To spend all your time and effort acquiring wealth and earthly security; when God's Word says, "The world passeth away, and the lust thereof," 1 John 2:17 and "The Heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." 2 Peter 3:12?

...To live for sin, self, pleasure and money; when the Bible asks, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul." Matthew 16:26?

...To willfully reject the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour when He is the only One who can save your soul from eternal judgment (Acts 4:12)?


Will it pay?

...If you have worked hard throughout your life and have finally attained a measure of security and comfort and then suddenly you die and pass into eternity without having prepared for those unending ages (Amos 4:12; Jeremiah 8:20)?

...If your life is replete with thrills, and hilarious with fun and pleasure, and for fifty or more years you really enjoy living; and then find yourself banished forever from God's presence in eternal darkness and unending torture (Revelation 20:11-15)?

...If you reject the Lord Jesus Christ now and succeed in having your own way and then some day find yourself standing in awful terror before the same Christ and He as your Judge shall pronounce your sentence of doom, "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." Matthew 25:41?

It is common sense to prepare now to meet your God. The most intelligent thing you could do is to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and through Him accept God's free gift of eternal life.

It will pay to read the Bible and follow its instructions and through repentance from sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ receive forgiveness of sins now. It will pay throughout all eternity to know now that you have passed from death unto life and that your heart is right with God.

It is common sense to realize the reality of eternity and prepare for it. It is sensible to believe that death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of an unending existence in another conscious destiny. The most foolish and insane thing I could do would be to walk through the portal of death into eternity without preparation, without God, and therefore, without hope.

It will pay to be sure I am safe, and ready to meet God. If I now believe God's Word and avail myself of Christ's gift of salvation, it will pay me joy and peace now, and happiness and glory in the ages to come.

Pastor C. Leslie Miller



* text taken from gospel tract entitled "Is it Common Sense?" printed by EVANGELICAL TRACT DISTRIBUTORS (Edmonton, Canada)



P.S. If you are an unbeliever who is reading this, I pray God reaches your heart through this. If you are a brother/sister in Christ, please forward this as God leads.

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