THE STORM AHEAD!

The Psalmist David declared in Psalms 118:24,

“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it”

My friend, any day we open our eyes after a night’s sleep is indeed another day of life God the Father has granted us to do His will and praise our LORD and Savior , Jesus Christ!

Hello, my name is Toby Digrugilliers, pastor of the Baptist Church of the West Side in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thank you for taking a moment to read this as we share with you the relevancy of God’s Word in today’s world.

The Apostle Paul declared in Romans chapter one,

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation unto everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

I stress, “for it is the power of God unto salvation to EVERYONE!”

Paul lived in a multicultural society but his message was the same to all:

All have sinned
&
All are in need of salvation!

In America, we, as in Paul’s day, live in a multicultural society and the message is the same:
YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN!

In the book of Exodus we read of a story about a man named Moses and one day Moses, along with his brother Aaron, goes before a Pharaoh of Egypt with a message from God telling him that he better let God’s people go. Well, this Pharaoh asks Moses a chilling question. He asks,

“Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice? To let Israel go. I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.”

Like Pharaoh, it appears that many today are saying, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice?” and as a result we find ourselves in the quick sands of moral relativism. Like pharaoh, many echo, “I know not the Lord!”

In Isaiah 5:20-21 we read:

"Woe to 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. Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight.”

And in Isaiah chapter 10 verse one we read,

“Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees…”

It’s been said that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything!
If you don’t stand for the righteousness of God’s view, you’ll fall for the Devil’s lies every time! Friend, there seems to be a whole lot of “Falling” going on.

Today, many fall prey to what’s known as “moral relativism,” meaning, they claim, “Well, what’s wrong for you may not necessarily be wrong for me.”

Because of moral relativism, many are conflicted, confused and confounded.
Because men failed to follow the Scriptural admonition to "consider their ways" we now have a mixture of truth and error with many standing on a foundation that has been cracked!
If you haven’t noticed, there has been an all out attack by the Adversary.

For the sake of political correctness; Biblical correctness is forsaken!
For the sake of moral relativism;
Biblical abominations are embraced!
For the sake of not wishing to offend anyone; God’s message of repentance, truth and liberty have been forsaken so that treachery may prevail and Satan’s lies embraced!

What fascist governments have failed to do by force, the Adversary is accomplishing through social engineering:

One world Government!
One world Currency/Economy!
One world religion

We have before us today, the opening of Scripture and prophecy being fulfilled right before our eyes and what is the average person doing? I’ll tell you what they’re doing: they are being inundated with everything under the sun in an attempt to keep them from pondering exactly what is going on: Satan preparing for his final assault!

Because of 60 plus years of social indoctrination, in our nation’s public schools, the ability to reason and discern or utilize the concept of "critical thinking" has all but left the building - so to speak!

Why is our nation falling apart? I’ll tell you why with Scripture. In the book of Hosea chapter 4, verses 1 & 2 we read,

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”

The Israelites of Hosea’s day were literally getting drunk. Today we read this passage and can make the application to the spiritual side of things.

God warns us, in His Word, that during the last days, many, who claim to be His people, would open themselves to deception by demonical forces and influence because of their closeness to the world and this Laodiceian - me first - mentality.

The illustration of our text in Hosea is drunkenness. When one is under the influence, their reactions are slow and the ability to think hampered. Simply put, their judgment is impaired.

The same holds true to the World’s (or should I say, Satan’s influence through the world) on God’s people.

When the attitude of this world is embraced by God’s people; then God’s people lose their spiritual discernment. Their judgment is impaired and their spiritual inhibitions, relaxed, resistance to evil’s influence is weakened and folks begin to do things they vowed they’d never do.

May I encourage you today, to seek the Lord while He may yet be found.

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