"ITS TIME! WAKE UPPPPPP!!!!!!"
I know I can't be alone in this. It's time for those of you who are seeing- those of you who have a heavy heart- to take action. Isn't it amazing that secular people are now saying "stay woke"? Did you know that's biblical?
“The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.”
1 Peter 4:7 NIV
It's chilling to me how we are so blind, as the final days before judgment come upon us. Have you not seen the attendance of local churches dropping, lower, lower? Haven't you noticed the empty pews at bible class? Churches everywhere are struggling to keep their doors open. The saints will no longer support, attendance-wise or financially. There are now more enemies (tares) planted in the pews than true Saints of God.
The enemy has launched a major attack on the body of Christ, he has planted suicide bombers in the church, and every time they go off, they kill and wound many souls. The devil grins as People cry "church hurt, church hurt"- as though our Savior was not the ultimate example of that. We have stopped working together to carry our faith. We have started to stay home, to participate in the gossip, we have begun to reason our way out of bearing the responsibility of the great falling away.
Why are we wasting so much time worried about things that really carry no eternal weight? Concerned about social media and celebrities when Christians at being killed by the thousands in other countries? Just last week a busload of Christians were killed in Egypt- 28 dead. (Say their names) Because of the constant occurrence, our own president has are called it an anti-Christian genocide. Are you aware?
The scale has been tipped. How are they being killed for their faith, and we believe we deserve an award for attending a Sunday Service? (Where all we do is sit...) We have become non-descript, undistinguishable, unremarkable- we are now no different than the world. We go to the same places, do the same things, we dress the same, we think the same- we believe the same. We have lost our savour.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Matthew 5:13
Somehow we have glamorized the church of old, saying it "ain't what it used to be". And I agree. The main reason being the saints aren't what they used to be. Saints of old made their way to service, rain, sleet ,or snow. Sickness or grieving, they brought their burdens to the altar. They didn't use meditation, exercise, marijuana, vacations, or social media to self medicate.
The church will continue to fall apart because the devil has a plan. Long term it involves bullying us into submission. Denying churches grants. Forcing preachers to submit their sermons to the government. Poisoning our children through the tv and the Internet. Persecuting Pastors until they are dead or wounded. And watering us down until we don't even know wrong from right.
Please wake up. Be faithful to your local ministry. Be an example of enduring love to those around you- those who do not know God. Spend time with Jesus everyday. Read a chapter, listen to worship, and pray. You must remain vigilant, you must eat to stay strong. We already have the victory. A movement is brewing...Are you willing to fight?
