Yesterday, I spent a considerable amount of time researching my passion, end times prophesies. I am amazed at the propensity of so-called religious leaders to put out information/predictions and expect people to swallow it hook, line and sinker. The sad thing is many if not most people do. I include those preachers who are preaching a warm fuzzy massage, as well as those who are putting forth a doom and gloom future. How do we sort it out? The answer is in the pages of Scripture itself. John 4:1-3 gives this warning:
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
Because of the condition of the world, people are looking for answers. Because of the condition of mankind, people are willing to get their answers from any and every source that makes them feel a little better. Remember it is the desire for personal comfort that causes us to be open to deception. The Bible teaches that teachers will be held accountable for what they teach (James 3:1) but you, as an individual will be held accountable for the information that you act on. Whether it comes from a televangelist, your local pastor, an angel or me, please check it out for yourself (Galatians 1:8,9).
Shalom
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