Day: March 31, 2018

Torment, Fear and Affliction

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“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
–1John 4:18

It is a common topic: so many moderns talk about various torments and afflictions.

But there is one surprising theme which runs through such talk: almost universally, the talk concerns PHYSICAL affliction.

Emotional or mental torment may be discussed, but in a much different manner.

While PHYSICAL afflictions often get blamed on Satan, demons or evil spirits–especially by church folk–MENTAL or EMOTIONAL afflictions are usually chalked up to the victim’s behaviors or actions or his less-than-perfect mental state.

Some even blame the popular myth of “brain chemistry.”

When it is pointed out that torments are BOTH mental and physical, many times the person’s eyes light up as if a lightbulb suddenly turned on over his head. The truth is: many do not even look upon their mental/emotional afflictions as torments.  Unlike other biblical concepts, once this is pointed out, most immediately appear to understand.

Mental affliction usually encompasses fear, anxiety, anxiousness, second-guessing oneself or some other doubt-based torment.

MORE: Modern Man and the Truth: Believing a Lie, Daily Torment and Affliction

Make no mistake: many suffer physical afflictions brought on by their wicked behaviors.

BUT many more suffer from mental or emotional torment which is also brought on by their wicked behavior–particularly fear, anxiety and other doubts.

Man can be tormented with fears regardless of how unlikely it is that those fears will be realized.

Because fear is a torment.

MORE: FAITH IN THE END TIMES: Triumphant Over Fear, The World and Tribulation

DOES the reader spend hours mentally “going around in circles” over an issue which seemingly has no resolution OR over which the reader has no control?

DOES the reader experience mental or emotion torment?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 28, 2018.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Sira Anamwong, FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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Deathbed Conversions: Another Tall Tale?

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“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
–1John 2:15-16

Satan’s Mouthpiece (the Corporate Media)–as well as many church folk–regularly promote the false idea that man can choose to wait until the very last minute to trade in the things of this world for the things of God Almighty and His Son, Jesus Christ.

In other words, “deathbed conversions.”

This goes against the Bible, which declares that we do not choose God or His Son, Jesus Christ.

God/Jesus chooses us.

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love”
–Ephesians 1:4

So strictly speaking, while not impossible, deathbed conversions (if they are even possible) are the rarest of happenings.

No deathbed conversion for atheist Stephen Hawking – “The Deathbed Conversion” is one of the bedtime stories those who populate the churches tell their children. It is akin to the many published obituaries which attempt to cloud the manner in which the recently-deceased chose to live their lives by declaring that the deceased  “went to be with their Lord“–or some other thought which would have been foreign to the person who just passed away.

MORE: Modern Death: The Lies of Bereavement

The vast majority of people die in the very same condition they lived–though last-minute regrets and second thoughts obviously torment many of the dying.

God knows man’s heart.

“And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us”
–Acts 15:8

Which means that God will know those who sincerely come to him out of faith and those who attempt to obtain eternal “fire insurance” at the last minute.

The question one imagines God asking the newly-dead man: Why did you wait until the last possible minute to concern yourself about the kingdom of heaven?

IS a true conversion to Christianity a decision of man as to when is the best time to forsake the world?

Was God’s purpose somehow served by the “conversion“?

Is a man who waits until the last moments of his life one who demonstrates a great faith in God?

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
–Hebrews 11:6

Once again, it is not impossible for someone to sincerely change their lifelong patterns when they can see their last day on earth approaching: it is only highly unlikely.

Here a few questions one needs to ask oneself if ever one hears the tall tale of the deathbed conversion:

Would the person who died remain true to God IF he suddenly got healthy and lived another 10 years? 

Would the person who who supposedly “converted” forsake the pleasures and things of this world IF he were to live another five years?

Did the person who recently passed away exhibit any fruit of one whose life had undergone the transformation of passing into the kingdom of heaven?

God Almighty knows the answer to all of these questions.

One cannot outsmart God.

DOES the reader believe he chooses God Almighty?

DOES the reader believe in the fable of the deathbed conversion?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 27, 2018.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Wikimedia Commons/pd

© Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report, 2012-18. © Mondo Frazier and End Times Prophecy Report, DBKP 2007-2018. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

RE: our link disclaimer: there are links, from time-to-time which appear on this site which we neither approve nor endorse. The frequency of these types of links will no doubt grow worse. All effort is made to remove such links when we become aware of them.]

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