Saturday, October 5, 2024
Topic: “The Seduction of the Last Times”
Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-3
1. Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2. through hypocrisy of lying people, having their own conscience seared with a searing iron, 3. commanding not to marry, and to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Let us remember:
The times we are going through are similar to those described in these verses. Indeed, the Spirit of God could not be mistaken because he is a Spirit of knowledge and wisdom. He is a Spirit of revelation; he reveals hidden things. Several millennia before, the Spirit announced the things that would happen in the last days so that the world would know that every plan of God is being accomplished. Today, many have abandoned the faith to attach themselves to fables and all kinds of distractions to seduce the weakest. They attach themselves to seductive spirits and doctrines of demons. They have lost their compass and no longer know how to find the faith because seduction has swallowed them up. The hypocrisy of false teachers bearing the mark of the brand in their own conscience, precipitates many children of God into seduction. Let us not follow people because they speak well. Let us rather follow those who do not have the mark of the brand. To bear the mark of the brand is to have the soul stigmatized by the marks of sin. It is to carry with oneself the perpetual consciousness of sin. They are withered, burned and dried up. Nothing more can be gained from them. They mislead the multitude with their false preaching that minimizes the work of the cross. They prescribe not to marry, and to abstain from foods that God created; while we can eat everything with thanksgiving if we are faithful and if we know the truth. Excellent Saturday. Amen
Alain Louz.-
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