Signs of the Time Pt. 10

Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Offended.

Betraying.

Hating.

This is everywhere.

We can deny it. We can say we don't hate and know any haters. We can say we've never betrayed anyone and do not know any betrayers. We can say we've never offended anyone, and know not any offenders.  We can say all that but we'd be lying.

I'm not saying you're hateful, or a betrayer, or an offender but I'm saying there are a lot of people who are hating, betraying, and offending others and they are doing so all the time.

Again we must come to the realization that today people call evil things good and this is very true in this respect as well.

Isa_5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Gen_6:5  And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Luk_17:26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Many shall be offended.

Many shall betray one another.

Many shall hate one another.

These are SIGNS.

Do we see these signs in our world?

Do we see them daily?

Do we feel nothing when we see them?

Have we become immune to the evil of these signs?

Are we among those who have begun to call evil, good?

Seriously, these are questions that need asking and answering.

And if we dare to say this is all just part of life, then we are excusing evil, and in excusing evil we are guilty of that evil.

We love to make excuses for evil by calling it natural, calling it normal. And before you say you don't do this, realize that every time you offend anyone in word or deed even in the littlest way you are sinning and sinning is evil. Yet, we do this and we accept it as being normal. We tell our children that life is tough and people are cruel, that's just the way life is.  We say it as if it is normal, but it's not, it's tragic that we have to live in a world filled with sin in so many, many ways that we call it all normal.

These signs--

'And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. '

--have been covered in layer after layer of filth until we can barely see them as signs any longer. Satan has done his work well.

Open our eyes, please Lord, open our eyes to the signs.

We cannot afford to say that these signs have been the same for generation after generation, after generation and therefore no longer relevant to us today. 

In our past 'Signs of the Times' studying we've seen where a major sign as recent as 1980, and hint towards another major fulfillment of prophecy is currently underway, so how can we say these signs- ALL of them are not relevant in some manner.  Some past signs are relevant simply because they have been fulfilled and are history. Other signs serve to remind us of the EVIL surrounding us, evil that is filling almost every single corner of our world, evil that will fill men's heart continuously until this world ends as our Savior returns for us!

Please, Lord, save us! Please, Father, Keep us from EVIL.

All in YOUR LOVE!