The forum has been that way ever since I joined, and even before I joined I was warned that I would need a thick skin !
We are told in scripture that the ‘ love of many will grow cold ‘ and it was addressing Christians, not the world.
We are a.so told that it will be because of lawlessness - which I believe was in reference to what would be going on around the Christians, so I guess we have to ask ourselves how we are reacting and responding to things happening around us. Does it make us give in to the human old nature which can lead to a whole array of emotional responses with one another, and towards those around us, or does it draw us to the Lord who can and does use situations.
Does your love for the Lord and the people who are lost grow or diminish - remembering Ephesians chapter 6 that pulls us to remember the real battle ground and the words to pray for one another.
Whether we like it or not every single human being was made in Gods image - everyone is valuable to him.
It strikes me that all I hear is hate towards those outside of the kingdom - the ‘ lefties ‘ is thrown around this forum constantly in a derogative manner. They are seen as the real enemy by many. They are the lost people we are called to witness and evangelise to .............
Rita
In spite of what you hear, or have been led to believe, God's Age of Grace for His forgiveness through Christ, is not for forever!!
Jesus said plainly in Luke 18[
8] I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Thats a very telling statement, when it is placed in conjunction with the act of repentance towards God.
The reason being is, its revealing that we may very well be in the manifestation of the time, when people no longer believe that GOD IS.
Heb. 11[
6] 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.
For Christians, I perceive that we have just entered into the beginning of the time, when
the unsaved are unable to believe that God is! For anyone who is in that state of mind, they CANNOT come to repentance towards God, if
they don't believe that He is!
That is a clear sign of the beginnings of
having no faith!
Revelation speaks of that time!
Rev. 9[
21]
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
We are now at the theshold, of looking down the road to see the MoB, which undoubtedly will split everyone to one side or the other, aka
the separation of the "sheep and goats".Those who take the MoB and those who refuse to take the MoB.
In that moment of time, everyone will have decided, for either action that they chose.
Everyone will find themselves to be either locked in the KoG, or locked out of the KoG. That is exactly what Rev. 22:11 is saying!
[
11] He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.