Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

Matthew 16:24-25 New King James Version (NKJV)

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.



Wednesday, October 2, 2013

America: While You Slept an Enemy Came

“Goats are slightly smarter than sheep, but they always choose the path to hell – how smart is that?” Anon
Millions of Americans now want the gay agenda to be fully accepted. Millions more stand for the murder and genocide of the unborn while hiding behind phrases like, “it’s the law of the land.” Hollywood minions spew the sex and violence on our senses as if it were the gospel. The enemies of the gospel and of Christ are emerging from the woodwork to undertake their tour de force as if they were summoned by the great father of demons himself.
Last days prophecies are being fulfilled right before our eyes and only the dullest of mind have not been able to see it unfolding. Even fewer, can explain why it is happening. Yet, it is totally uncomplicated. According to the prophetic, it is most assuredly the father of demons who is providing the force, the impetus and the inspiration for the last days slide into religious, civil and general apostasy.
One of my publishers recently forwarded an email to me written by an irate person who said he was a ‘reverend,’ as in, an ordained minister, I suppose. He ranted about how I was causing the young to leave the church and there is plenty of room for all beliefs in a nation like ours.
He seemed concerned that religion may be trying to overtake government, legislators and educators and that separation of Church and state was being ignored.
My answer was simple. As a ‘reverend’ if that means, a preacher of the gospel, shouldn’t we be less concerned about the separation of powers and more concerned about the separation of the ‘sheep and the goats?’
“And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.” (Mt 25: 32, 33)
Why don’t they get it?
While not considered part of last day’s prophecy the parable of ‘The Sower’ perfectly describes the process by which the children of unbelief get their start. In the last days the sower of weeds is more active thus the weeds are seeing a revival.
“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.” (Mt 13: 24 – 29
This action has been going on for centuries and while it is not directly related to last days prophecy the Bible does say that in the last days many more tares will be sown and it will be the god of this world (Satan) who will be directly involved in that effort.
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty” (Rev 16: 13, 14)
It is a forgone, it is happening and in this world of instant communications only a fool would deny it.
Who are these sowers, who seem bent on spreading the antichrist doctrine all over the world?
The list is enormous.
President, politicians, secular educators, LGBT, atheists, and a plethora of individuals like Dawkins, Hawking and others are the representatives of the new secular gospel where men arrived in today’s prideful generation by means of a Darwinian fiat that took a mere 60 billion or so years and are now heading to the stars at warp nine. (Thanks to the imagination of one, Gene Rodenberry) With both these pipe dreams as a foundation and the demonic dream of the degenerate minds of the day at the helm – hell can’t be far away.
Whether it’s the President’s announcement of his ‘evolved’ view of marriage or the unproven evolutionary tripe some professor is pumping into the heads of college freshmen – the sowers will not escape. They will be held to a much higher standard of judgment when the day arrives, to wit:
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.” (James 3: 1 NIV)
Christ declared that the worldly mind would be far wiser than the believers - in general. It is a commendation with a twist if taken in view of the entire context and theology of the ‘sheep and the goats.’
Jesus said, “…for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light” (Lk 16: 8b)
It takes no genius to see that because this generation lasts only for a short time, that those who opt to live eternally through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - have chosen the better part. They may not have the world by the tail, but the world does not have them by the tail.
Goats are indeed very smart in their day, but the sheep will never see the end of days. Because the wisdom of this world is temporal the most highly intelligent among us, are not the wisest. Do the math.
Is there time for America to awake – of course, but we had better hear the call to rise very soon.
Troublesome times are here, filling men's hearts with fear
Freedom we all hold dear now is at stake
Humbling your hearts to God saves from the chastening rod
Seek the way pilgrims trod, Christians awake
Jesus Is Coming Soon – R. E. Winsett
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