Thursday, March 19, 2015

The End Times Are here! Uh, you know God's schedule? I think not, so stop trying to scare people.

First, I want to say that I am a tad bit sleepy so I hope I can finish this post. Second, I have discussed this issue sometime before, but here is a little more.
One thing I do not like is intimidation. In my opinion it does not belong in a Christian Life and it is not a good way to spread the message of God and bring people to Christ. I know that people talk about "God Fearing" but I choose to say "God Respecting", like how one should respect their parents and God is the ultimate parent. I believe the Lord wants us to come to him as Children; that is through love.
There is a problem I see in the world that seems to conflict with this view of mine, it is the belief that people should turn to God because the end of the world is near. I do not know about you but when most people hear of the end of the world they think of death and that is a scary thing, they think of suffering and that is scary too, but what many people speaking of The End Times they are hammering on God's vengeance and that is pure terrifying. Now how off-putting is it that some people's first exposure to Christianity is to hear about the ultimate judgement and punishment? It does not shed a good light in my book. This kind of "preaching " totally skips over the Gospel and the Lord's forgiveness through Jesus.
To me the message that needs to be spread is God's Love and forgiveness. I think the word to spread is the Word of our Lord Jesus the Christ. Love, forgiveness, and guidance from the Holy Spirit that is what we all should talk about. Bring people to God through the best pitch there is the Word of Christ. If you can get people into the Word then they can receive the Lord's Forginess, the gift of the Holy Spirit as a guide through this sinful world. Use the Gospel to save, that is what it is there for! 
Now to those people saying they know it is the End Times; no, you don't! From the mouth of Jesus, only the Father knows of the chosen time. What about people who can prophecy about the End? People have been doing that since after Christ ascended to Heaven and none have come true. If they had I would be writing this blog. In my belief I sincerely doubt there is anyone on this earth today worthy of the gift of prophecy. I know one day Jesus will come from Heaven in all his Glory. Do I know when? No. Will I be alive to see it in person? I do not know, no one knows. 
What can we do until Jesus returns? Be Good Christians and spread the Gospel. Remember, the Gospel needs to be heard in every corner of the Earth first and there are certain countries that prevent that. 
And remember to love each other!
God Bless.

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