Within the last week, a wide-ranging conversation was entertained with an avowed pagan during which a NUMBER of pertinent topics cropped up.
The reader who is paying CLOSE attention may–at this point–ask, “Pertinent as to WHAT?”
PERTINENT to the end times.
PERTINENT to modern man and WHY he is SO deceived.
PERTINENT to as to HOW modern man got so deceived.
And, the list goes on…
ANYHOW, that past discussion started off on one subject and quickly moved on to others, which were somewhat related. IF memory serves, it went something like the following.
“They say there are BILLIONS of planets in space–if there is such a thing as ‘space.’”
“There isn’t. ‘Space’ is just a story you’re told.”
“Who’s doing all of this telling? You know, if they are lying, a whole lot of people are lying.”
“A whole lot of people ARE lying about a whole lot of things.”
“Who’s doing all of this lying? IF they are telling lies, why are they telling them?”
“Who’s doing all of the lying? Satan and his followers. Why are they telling lies about almost everything? Because they’e liars? Because they would rather lie than admit that God’s Word is true. It has taken them CENTURIES, but moderns MOSTLY believe the lies they have been told rather than the truth of what’s in the Bible.
OF COURSE, SOME folks don’t know they are lying. SOME think what they are saying is true. These fellows are REALLY deceived.”
“Forget the Bible for a minute. You told me a few weeks ago that the United States wouldn’t be around much longer. Do you still feel that way?”
“Yep. The USA WON’T be around for very much longer. It will start with China and the USA getting into a war and then Russia will sneak-attack us.”
“Russia? They’re getting their asses kicked by Ukraine.”
“You believe that?”
“Sure.”
“But those guys LIE to you all the time–and you KNOW they LIE to you because you’ve caught them before.”
“Yeah, but I’ve watched this on TV.”
“You believe everything you see on TV?”
“NOOOOOO; but I’ve seen this on TV with my own eyes.”
“I understand. I used to say almost the same things once.”
When we got back to the man’s house, he turned on his TV set.
He brought up a program that was playing about space mining and how much money countries would one day make from mining asteroids.
“See?”
“IF you believe what you see on TV, you might be beyond helping. One thing’s for sure, though.”
“What’s that?”
“The stories they tell you guys are not only useful, they often are MAGNIFICENT.”
And that is where that conversation’s pertinent parts ended.
DOES the reader believe all of the magnificent stories he is told?
It is not YET too late–although time is surely running out: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) 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 OF JESUS CHRIST
“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: November 16, 2022.]
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