Someone
recently asked me a question that I have been asked repeatedly concerning the
signs of apostasy and the approaching Antichrist kingdom. She asked, “Why is it that I can see these
things, but other Christians don’t seem to see them?” Christ provided an answer in Matthew’s
gospel.
“And
in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear
and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; for the
hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest
they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should
understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’” Matthew
13:14-15 (NKJV)
The
Greek text implies that the heart is spiritually obese, presumably from
ingesting the fruit of the world system.
The heart is the core of the soul. As the heart goes, so go the ear and
eyes. Hearts that have lost the desire
for God’s truth govern ears and eyes that do not desire to hear or read the
same. God’s word calls people with such
hearts “sleepers”.
The
desire to “see” and “hear” is predicated on the heart’s sense of what is
important and what is ignorable information.
True Christians are guided by the Holy Spirit that inspires their hearts
to feed on God’s truth. The fact is, they
“see” and “hear” because they hunger for truth and righteousness. Mere “professing” Christians often do not
have this deep hunger. It is more
important to them to gather mundane information by the brain load. A great deal of it flows
from the internet and television. Most of it is information they can do
without, or that does absolutely nothing to enhance life, or make them more
productive for God. It
embeds in their minds an ungodly philosophical world view. They certainly do not crave information about
the last days. In fact, they either
ignore or avoid altogether any references to the topic. Attempting to impart essential last days data to
them spoils the warm and fuzzy glow of false security. They have decided to whistle past the
graveyard, to “sleep” through the last days and hope they will be exempt from the
mayhem.
I
would hazard to guess that, based on my experience with and knowledge of, “professing”
Christians, that probably ninety percent in our nation never study God’s word. Instead, they will accept verbatim heretical
information from religious television, books (including fiction), and even
songs. This means that they are dependent on someone
else for nearly all the information they need to navigate life, be productive
for God, to mature in faith, and to attain everlasting life. I should point out that they will go to great
lengths to get information they want.
But the information that they need has to practically be forced upon
them. Even then, they refuse it.
No
wonder we have so many divisions of Christianity. Imagine handing compasses to a large number
of people and sending them on a long and dangerous journey. Instead of using their compasses, ninety
percent of them ask various individuals how to reach the destination. As a result, some want to go one way, and
others want to go a different way.
Eventually, the group is splintered into many factions, each insisting
that their directions are correct. Of
course, only the ones who use their compasses are likely to arrive safe and
sound at the right place. Likewise, why be a follower of an individual if you
have the Holy Spirit and a Bible? However, the spiritual state of their souls is
the same factor that prevents them from hearing or accepting the truth that
could alert them to error. I could ask,
“Do you know that you are deceived?” But
they might reply, “How can I if I’m deceived?”
The
fact is that if one does not feed on God’s word, he or she is totally qualified
for deception infection, and most are already carriers. Of course, it is something that “sleepers” do
not wish to be informed about. Their
“wake me when it’s over” response to God’s prophetic revelation has morphed
professing Christianity into a concoction of new age doctrine and psychobabble,
meshed with a wide range of heresies and unbiblical practices. This new “Christianity”
has been cleverly woven into a large number of churches in America. Further, the unbiblical mixture seems to be
snowballing as it goes along, picking up more unbiblical ideas, concepts, and
practices from the cult and even occult. Most pastors are accepting it
because it increases attendance of the Sunday morning meeting. The vast number
of hirelings that have taken over pastorates are even promoting it as God’s new way of "doing church", a repugnant term. As a result,
there are few churches where truth is preached and few people that even care. The influence is to the extent that
the generation coming into leadership does not recognize true
Christianity. It is as heresy to
them. In my
opinion, the great majority of people converting to Christianity are ascribing
to false Christianity. If they could be
convinced of true Christianity, those churches would either empty or altars
would be filled with repentant sinners.
In
conclusion, Christians that “see” and “hear” recognize the deception and
apostasy flowing in and spreading out like a great and evil tsunami. If you can still “see” and “hear”, be
thankful that your heart has not grown calloused and dull. Rejoice in the fact that God can still warn
you. Do not be discouraged when you
realize that you are outside the mainstream of this rancid, last days,
pseudo-Christianity. Take courage in His
word that declares, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” One day when the darkness finally engulfs
everything, the Antichrist kingdom is fully set in place, and the horrific
events prophesied in God’s word begin to occur, you will be glad that you stood
tall and faced the storm. On that day,
you will be a “tree of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He might be
glorified.”
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