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The Daily Word of Righteousness
In the Fire With the Lord, continued
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17—NIV)
When we are in the fire with the Lord He deals with us concerning telling the truth.
God Himself is so pure, so forthright, so straightforward, always dwelling in the light of transparent truth.
Jesus Christ demonstrated the same straightforwardness while on the earth, never trying to "sell" the Gospel.
We humans have been "wounded in the heel." We do not stand upright. Our name is Mr. Con Man.
We are full of guile. There is nothing like one of God's prisons to burn the guile out of us so we stand upright and tell the truth.
The mark of God's firstfruits is that they are free from guile.
No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless. (Revelation 14:5—NIV)
The very essence of Satan is the lie. All Satan is, does, and says is a lie. There is no truth in him. He lies and is the father of lies.
Because of this, our whole world, which rests in the lap of Satan, is one monumental lie.
Satan is the wrong way, the lie, and the death.
Jesus Christ is the true way, the truth, and the life.
The world-spirit cannot be made acceptable to God. Whoever loves the practices of the world is the enemy of the Father.
Antichrist is the personification of the world-spirit. This is why the Book of Revelation has so much to say about Satan. As the world-spirit comes to maturity it will be exemplified in Antichrist. Whoever goes the way of Antichrist is heading toward fiery burnings in the Presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, He, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus. (Revelation 14:9-12—NIV)
The only people who will be able to escape the deceptions of Antichrist are those who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to the Lord Jesus. We Christians need to start obeying the commandments of Jesus Christ and His Apostles. If we do not our nation will be visited with catastrophes of every kind.
There will be increasing pressure on God's people to accept and conform to the ways of the world. We are looking for some dramatic "Antichrist" to come on the scene. This is not the danger. The danger is the slow, insidious seeping of the ways of the world into the Christian churches. I think this is especially true in America which is so rich in the things of the world.
To be continued.