Television, and all ways the world communicates to us.

The Majority of programs on Television, and movies in the theaters are the Devil's Great Distraction . It is not the Devil's will that we hide the word of God in our hearts. And yet we will need that to go through what is coming.

And preachers hurt many by preaching false assurances that loyalty to God is but an option. There are modern English bibles that multiply many words to ostensibly make it more understandable, but in  reality hide the truth in their pile of words.

Yet God is not limited by even that.
We must seek God daily.

Jesus is a person, and the Bible is the holy book that by the Spirit reveals the Only True God and Jesus Christ to us.

^{2 Thes 2
3}Let no man deceive you by any means, for that Day shall not come, unless there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

⁴ who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sitteth as God in the temple of God, showing himself to be God.

There is coming a great falling away from Jesus Christ. The Anti-Christ will be more popular. He won't seem like the Anti-Christ, but he will be. Receiving the mark of the beast guarantees the Lake of Fire. Take this really seriously. The mark of the beast will be too easy to receive, because it will be instead of credit cards.  Those not receiving the mark will be considered stupid idiots who apparently don't want to eat or buy necessities. Who in their right mind would do that? 

However there is one thing hidden in this mark on your hand or in your forehead: Rejection of Jesus Christ either blatantly or subtly.  

We need wisdom from God. We need to separate ourselves as much as possible from the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. We need to yield to Jesus Christ our Lord, and listen to Him, and obey Him.

The Great Falling Away: BEWARE

The Antichrist spirit has been strongly working in the churches to pull us away from the LORD. Jesus said, Truly when I return, will I find faith on the earth?

 So indeed Christians have been falling away in their hearts by the boat-loads.

That Great Falling Away is still in our future bringing that great granddaddy of a lie that convinces us that faith in Jesus Christ is silly, foolish, and dangerous to our well-being. I mean, Really, who of us wants to have our heads chopped off, and be treated as garbage? How easy will it be for mere head belief to morph into "no-belief"?

It all depends on whether we truly KNOW the Father and Jesus Christ whom He sent. Right now, many who claim they believe in Jesus Christ will quickly jettison their faith when they put a guillotine in front of them, and belief is no longer convenient.

We who truly believe in Jesus Christ must be on guard lest we too, God forbid, fall away. God forbid! We who truly believe in Jesus Christ know we still have a sinful nature within our flesh that could theoretically pull us into any wickedness, unless we walk daily by His Spirit, in His Holy Word, and following Jesus. And if not, there is still time, right now, to repent.

God  promises us He will never forsake us, and we are to examine ourselves daily and confess our sins. God has faithfully delivered me from great big sins but we must guard ourselves from the Anti-Christ spirit, the devil and his angels, that sneakily works against us to crush our faith in Jesus, little by little, step by step.

TRUST in Jesus. Stay in His Word. This life and this darkness will pass away. Stay true to Jesus in His strength.

Darkness surrounds us but God is our shield.
Young's Literal Translation
Who is among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

The Election of God

Election is not that God chooses some people to be saved, and others to be lost. God did not produce robots. He created His beings to REASON FREELY, both in heaven and on earth.

 Lucifer,  a covering cherub, coveted the glory and honor that only belongs to God.

Man was made in the image of God. So God placed a tree in the Garden of Eden to test Adam and Eve's Reasoning.

Now before this, Lucifer, one of the covering cherubs, rebelled against God with 1/3 of the angels and was tossed out of Heaven. He must still stand before God to give his accounts, and he always asks God permission to hassle the saints and create his own kingdom.

One of the hallmarks of God's great wisdom and power is that He can steer all of those zillions of free will decisions and their bad consequences to fulfill His own purposes, perfectly.

God has not hidden the penalty for disobedience to God. That penalty is the Lake of Fire burning with sulfur and brimstone forever and ever; where the maggot never dies.

People say all the time, "God is a God of love and He will not throw us into hell."

God is love. His love is holy. There is no one who loves us like God loves us. He freely sent Jesus to die for our sins. As many as receive, believe and commit to Him with a heart determination to walk with Him are saved.

God looks for WILLINGNESS in us. Sometimes we give that willingness piece-meal, but in the end we all  come to submission to our Lord, willing to do His will. It is all by His grace that works in us this desire to do His will.  All glory belongs to Him, but our rewards in  heaven will be based on our submission to His will.

In this life we all have our struggles, but the Lord is ever faithful giving us what we need every step of the way. He develops our faith in our hearts. And we are saved by this faith. Salvation is a gift of God but we are on that path, believing. God does it and I marvel at what He has done in me.

I obey God especially in examining myself daily, and confessing sins as the Word and my heart convicts me. I truly know that Jesus Christ is right now at the right hand of the Father, and coming soon. I am only making it into heaven by the blood of the Lamb, which the Love, Mercy and Grace of God gave to us. I have no merit in myself. None, zippo, nada. To Jesus belongs all the glory. All.

Jesus is my ticket to heaven, and no one else. Get to know me, the Lord says. This is eternal life, to know YOU, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom YOU sent.

Beware lest the enemy of our souls beguiles us to depart from our God. No, no, no. They that endure to the end shall be saved (Matt 24:13: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
God is our Helper who will guide us to the end. God is faithful and perfectly GOOD.