It is so easy for us to be captivated and controlled by the world we live in. The spirit of consumerism, pleasure, and “easy living” seems to control most of our lives. Even the church of today has been overrun by the mentality of “prosperity gospel” and amassing great fortunes during our lifetimes. Huge cathedrals and religious schools are built while those who occupy them hold little regard for feeding the poor and hungry or providing for widows, orphans, or prisoners. How many poor, widows, orphans, or prisoners do you personally know and help?
The folly of man is to think we control ANYTHING. Even some Christians now think they can make demands on God and expect to be delivered from hardship, pestilence, and disease upon their decree. While clearly, God does deliver His people from many things at times and over time, it is also clear that He does what He will in His time and for His purposes…not because WE demand it.
On top of all this, we now have people and their governments claiming they are going to control the climate, create economic prosperity equally for all, and basically bring peace to the world via One World governance. I have news from the Bible that is not really news at all. This whole world is going to burn and be replaced by a new heaven and earth. We see this in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Thus I have to question how true Christian believers can get so caught up and worried about “climate change”, earthquakes, fires, or “world wars” and the devastation they are causing when we have known for thousands of years what the plan is for this fallen world via God’s revelations in the Bible.
It is time for believers to decide what they are going to believe, how they are going to act, and why. All of these decisions should be based on the Holy Spirit and the Word of God leading us into all truth. You will not get the truth from mainstream media. You will not get the truth from newspapers or unspiritual books and blogs. Our truth is found in rightly dividing the Bible as our word of truth. Everything else will fade away or be burnt up…but His word will not return to Him void or ineffective. It is what HE has declared that counts.
The positions of the Bible are no less expedient today than they were when written as the Holy Spirit spoke through men.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“…the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.”
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”