The reader wanders around in his world, deciding–based on what he has read, what he has been told OR what he has seen with his own two eyes–what is REAL and TRUE.
What the reader decides is REAL and TRUE becomes the reader’s REALITY–whether the reader’s REALITY matches up with the TRUE and GENUINE REALITY or not.
Whether the reader is deceived or not determines what the reader believes about his REALITY.
Many moderns leave the devil, Satan, out of their equations altogether when they attempt to figure out what is TRUE. God’s Word (which much of the world does NOT believe, though many claim the exact opposite) reveals the lowdown on Satan and his lying, deceiving ways.
“And the great dragon…that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world…”
–Revelation 12:9
“[Satan, the devil] was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
–John 8:44
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
–1JOHN 3:8
Jesus Himself is recorded as saying “There is NO truth in Satan.”
Mankind has learned and relearned that lesson the hard way.
Many moderns have YET to relearn it.
Why is it important to know if one’s reality is genuine and true or not?
There are several reasons, but the MOST important is: it’s hard to make good decisions if one doesn’t know what is real and what is not.
For example, IF the reader thinks that little boys are made of ‘snips and snails and puppy dogs tails’ (as the old song and nursery rhyme declared) and that little girls are made of ‘sugar and spice and all things nice,’ then the reader will make his decisions based on the information he believes is TRUE. The reader may think the information contained in that old nursery rhyme is TRUE.
It is NOT.
IF the reader had the CORRECT information, then he most likely would make a different decision concerning boys and girls.
ANOTHER reason for knowing the correct reality one inhabits: knowing the correct reality one is surrounded by makes it easier to make the correct decisions about WHAT is good and WHAT is evil.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
When one surrounds one’s self with a reality composed of falseness, then it is UNLIKELY that the one who is surrounded by falseness will discover his true situation. In this way, wandering about in a false reality is very much like wandering around in a DREAM.
VERY FEW men know they are dreaming; it is much the same with a false reality.
VERY FEW men know their reality is a false one. They turn to the authorities of the world (education, science, medicine, the media and MORE!) to tell them the truth–when they have reason to believe those authorities have LIED to them.
IF one’s outlook is colored by a number of LIES, then it is not likely that person–absent the mercy of God–will ever find his way to the truth.
A false reality is constructed of lies.
A false reality is a snare to trap and enslave the unwary.
A false reality, though, is mostly desired of men.
A false reality allows man to live the way he desires without consequences that man can see.
Which is the reason more men do NOT question the points of reality they inhabit.
DOES the reader believe everything the authorities tells him?
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?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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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: August 7, 2023.]
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