Beware That No One Deceives You!

Matthew 24:4 - "And Jesus answered and said to them, "Beware that no one deceives you."

Because, many will come in My name, saying, 'I am Christ,' and will deceive many."

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; because, all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." Because, nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places." All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:5-8 KJV 2016.

Our Lord and Savior tells us explicitly what is to come. And irregardless of what some may "believe". We who "know" the Truth, know that this is absolute Truth.

Just because someone doesn't like the truth, doesn't change the fact that this is the Truth!

People will go on as in the times Noah living in disbelief until the day God closed the doors on the arc. It was too late for those on the fence. It was too late for all but 8 people.

"But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be."

Because, as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,"

and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." Jesus said in Matthew 24:37-39 KJV 2016

Our Lord Jesus Christ also told us;

"Enter in through the narrow gate; because, the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in through it. Because, the gate is narrow and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it." Matthew 7:13-14

This is serious folks, we're talking about your salvation.

Salvation from what? Salvation from Hell! Eternal damnation for rejecting the Grace and not repenting of our sins.

I want you all to accept this gift, but you say, "I believe already." and I ask, do you?

Because having an emotional reaction to a sermon sometime ago and living in a sinful way ever since doesn't mean you really do. I know, because this describes my Christian walk throughout the bulk of my life.

I lived proclaiming to be a Christian but living in the world. Enjoying every sin and lust along the way. Being a disgusting hypocrite, liar, thief and dirtbag but lying to myself because if some one had me sitting on the witness stand and asking if I could get convicted of being a follower of Christ, the sad reality is that they would say, NO!

Just because I wasn't as bad as Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer or being a rapist or murderer or a molester. I could justify watching porn and cussing every other word because "I'm not like the aforementioned, I'm GOOD."

It is written in scripture;

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God."They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Psalms 14:1-3 KJV 1769

And, the Apostle Paul tells us;

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God.

They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; The poison of asps is under their lips; Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known. There is no reverence of God before their eyes." Roman 3:10-18 KJV 2016

It is crystal clear that none of us are "good". At best, we sin at different levels. But let's not kid ourselves.

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." Isaiah 64:6 KJV 1769

I cannot thank God enough for His Mercy. For my trials and tribulations and holding my hand when I was in rebellion. Whether in full rebellion or lite rebellion, I was only fooling myself.

It was in 2015, after the failure of my second marriage that I started to realize that I've been doing thing my way and not His. I wondered, how could this fall apart? Wasn't I doing things right? I was at the peak of arrogance because deep inside, it was all about me!

When it should have been all about Him!

I tell you this journey didn't change for me overnight. I struggled and fought with my hubris but slowly began to reset my priorities. I like to look at years as if they were wine. Some years are better than others so it seems. Some are filled with triumph while others are scarred.

Living without our Lord is like living in this old abandoned house. Anything can and will get in. There will be no warmth from the cold, and no comfort from the heat. There's no light inside, just darkness.

2016 was a painful year, sometime I think of it as a lost year. But although I was alone, in reality I wasn't. I would wake up and even as wanted it to be a bad dream, reality would hit me but I thanked God for the blessing of the day. I struggled every day. But God was there.

I don't want to do another 2016, but I'm thankful for it.

Just realized that I went off-topic. But that's fine as this is where my thoughts went. I'm not winning a pulitzer prize but I hope to touch one soul. All I hope for is 1 person that may find this blog helpful.

Peace be with you.