The Devotional - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 - The time draws near


The Devotional


1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 – And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the LORD and admonish (instruct) you. And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. Be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort (encourage) you, brethren, warn those who are unruly (idle), comfort the faint hearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.

COMMENT:  We the children of God, who by faith alone in Christ/Messiah alone today; live in urgent times. The three things that we Saints of the Living God deal with throughout time is tradition, idolatry and immorality. Now today, we see these evil elements of the human nature merging. We see Satan’s intent in the world we live in today, that it is full of a merging ONENESS. A migration to one gender philosophies, a one world government and a one world religion.
In these times we hear and see people agreeing with one another that “good and evil” are now combined, so mixed that one cannot tell the evil from the good, or the good from the evil. It does not take a PHD in any subject known to man to understand this. In fact; if all you have is a PHD or higher in any subject on this planet you will not be able to understand that mankind is becoming autonomous, acting on his own as a god. The wisdom of the world will not instruct you on this subject because it does not know it or understand it. 1 Corinthians 2:1-17 and 3:18-23.
This merging, having entered most churches today has caused pastoral instruction to cease, (see the Thessalonian passages above) our love for one another (Ephesians 5:1-7) is no longer evident or practiced. Pastors do not encourage a serious study of the Word of God (2 Timothy 2:15). Pastors no longer encourage their congregations to study; so most sit idle in church or at home. This complacency leads many away from Christ/Messiah. Many now have traded instruction for distraction. Such as; a music ministry that does nothing to exalt God, or a touchy, feely spirit ministry that exists only by evil emotion. (see 1 Timothy 4:1-3) These are the times that every saint of God, should be looking up as our redemption draws near.

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