The true Church on earth
consists of people from all walks of life. There are different
labels over the
door of their assemblies. They may not even be part of a local group of
organized believers meeting in what is commonly called a church (building).
They all have one thing in common though. All have put their eternal soul in
God’s hands by their belief in His Son, Jesus Christ. They all believe that
Jesus died for them and walked out of the grave just as He said He would. They
are all sealed with the Holy Spirit, the Comforter that Jesus promised.
Jesus lives through His
Church, and He is the Head of the Church. The Church is His bride who He will
soon return to claim and transfer to His Father’s house. While on this earth,
the true Church, sprinkled in many geographic locations, witnesses and prays
for others, that they may also know Him and be with Him for all eternity.
Since Satan’s days are
quickly running out, he has gone into full battle mode against the Church in
America as he has elsewhere. This once Christian nation has become a cesspool
of rebellion against the one and only true God. Satan is working in overdrive
to destroy any witness the Church may have on others who do not know Jesus. He
is like a spider that lures unsuspecting souls into his web of lies, binding
them in their entrapment and killing them off at the end.
The voice of the Church was
once heard loud and clear in America, but now the voice is not so loud, and the
waters of truth have been muddied by false prophets and satanic lies. A
fundamentalist Christian is today classified along with a fundamentalist
Muslim. In other words, both are crazed lunatics, so says the world.
What is fundamentalism? To
make it easier, maybe we should ask, “What does fundamental mean (since
fundamental is the root word of fundamentalism)?” I’ll explain it with an
example. Two very important fundamentals of football are; blocking, tackling.
If the players do not know how to block and tackle, the game will fall apart.
If basketball players can’t dribble a basketball, there will be nothing but chaos.
The chess player must know what manner of move each piece on the chessboard can
make, or there will be a quick defeat.
Fundamentals are the basics.
They’re sometimes called; meat and potatoes or nuts and bolts. The fundamentals
hold it all together and cannot be altered.
The fundamentals for
Christianity are those commands of God, in the Bible, that cannot be altered. For
example:
· God says there is one way to be saved, and that is through
Jesus Christ. Regardless of what the world says, that cannot be altered.
· God says that all have sinned against God and will
face judgment if without Christ. That cannot be altered.
· God says that we are saved by grace and not works.
That cannot be altered.
No true Christian would ever
try to force Christianity down someone’s throat. Yet we are classified with a
group of people who will take your life if you do not convert to their
religion. That is their foundational belief and it cannot be altered. Those in
their religion, who do not believe and practice that, are not being true to
their own fundamentals.
The world still wants to stop
the voice of true Christianity and follow the voice of Islam. Now why is that?
Maybe it has something to do with Satan knowing he is running out of time. So
which of the two fundamentalist are actually a crazed lunatic? (Hint: It isn’t
the fundamentalist Christian.)
The world wants the Church
gone, just as the nations surrounding Israel want her gone. Israel’s enemies
will never succeed, and they will be dealt with personally by God, possibly
very soon. What about the Church?
The Holy Spirit through the
true Church is the only thing standing between sanity and lunacy, and the world
doesn’t even realize the danger approaching. As I said, the world wants the
Church gone. Someone once said, “Be careful what you wish for.” That day is
fast approaching. When? Don’t know, but it could be at any time. Jesus says He
will come for His bride as a thief comes to break into one’s house. There will
be no announcement. There will be no signs, but it will happen.
Right now, the Church is
still here. The Christian needs to warn as many as possible of the coming
judgment of God. If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and
Lord, call upon Him now to open your eyes while you open your heart to His
invitation. Heed His call to you while you can. Once the Church is gone it will
be much harder, perhaps impossible, for you to be saved.
When Jesus comes for His
bride (the true Church), the Holy Spirit (the restrainer) will be taken out of
the way and then the wicked one (the Antichrist) will be revealed to those left
behind. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)
Those who are left behind
will then be wishing for the “good old days” when the Church was still upon
earth.
There are many false prophets
today calling themselves “Christian.” If you don’t know someone you can trust,
I would advise the following; Get a Bible. Ask Jesus to save you. Then ask Him
to lead you in understanding as the Holy Spirit guides you in reading your
Bible. Start with the book of John.
One more time, currently the
Holy Spirit works through the Church to provide a buffer (if I may), but once
the Church is gone, all the evil Satan can produce will be unleashed upon
mankind. Currently, evil is rearing its ugly head and getting worse by the day,
but what we are seeing today is nothing compared to what is coming during the
seven years of Tribulation on earth.
Grant Phillips
Email: grantphillips@windstream.net
