God has fair-weather friends. Are you one of them?
If you look at the church as a whole, it is coming apart at the seams.
The enemy has come in and set up shop.
There are so many wicked, heretical teachings coming forth from the pulpit.
There are false Christs and false prophets coming forth to speak error.
A church I attended recently refused to honor Jesus.
We are about to enter Jacob’s Trouble.
That is being disputed by some who do not believe Christians will suffer.
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it:
it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;
but he shall be saved out of it. Jeremiah 30:7
The false prophets proclaim goodness and happiness will reign.
The religions are coming together to form a One World Religion.
Christ’s words are hated by many.
Persecution, up to and including Martyrdom, is on the rise all over the world.
Who can stand up for Jesus and not be ashamed of His words
in this adulterous and perverse generation?
Not many will endure to the end.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:13
Endure to The End.
What exactly does that mean?
Not everyone will endure.
Find out from God how you need to endure to the end.
It will be different for each one of us.
Some of us will die before The End.
Some of us will be martyred.
Some of us will be in hiding, struggling to survive.
Judas decided he was against Jesus the Messiah.
The other disciples all fled when Jesus was arrested and scourged.
John left Jesus for a while as all the disciples fled,
but he ended being the only one at the foot of Jesus’ cross.
We are coming on hard times.
We need to warn others that not everything in our lives will be pleasant.
Very hard times are coming upon us.
Don’t be a fair-weather friend.
Staying in Jesus’ presence as much as is possible will help us endure to the end.
Scriptural References:
When Jesus therefore saw His mother,
and the disciple standing by, whom He loved,
He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy mother!
And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
John 19:26-27