Does this picture or do these words line up with ANY of the images you have of the modern day apostles?
Did any of them do or say ANY of what you are being taught to do or say in the Word?
Spend another minute emulating them and you’ll be another minute further away from God.
“By God’s special gift of grace given to me through his power, I became a servant to tell that Good News. I am the least important of all God’s people, but God gave me this gift—to tell those who are not Jews the Good News about the riches of Christ, which are too great to understand fully. And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret, which has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. He is the One who created everything. His purpose was that through the church all the rulers and powers in the heavenly world will now know God’s wisdom, which has so many forms. This agrees with the purpose God had since the beginning of time, and he carried out his plan through Christ Jesus our Lord. In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ. So I ask you not to become discouraged because of the sufferings I am having for you. My sufferings are for your glory.” – Ephesians 3:7-13
Sufferings?
No?… …no threat.
It is not what is being taught, there.
Because it is not being taught, should that give you pause to wonder at the source?
If you’re no threat to the enemy, I do expect your life will be easier.
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness (Why did that have to be written there?), but denying its power (Do you recall the Power behind godliness?).
Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, (Is this too much in the news, lately?) always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. (Oh, so it is fair to call out those who have traded faith for folly?)” – 2 Timothy 3:1-9
“6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” – Isaiah 55:6-7
It is not too late.
He may be found.
He is still near.
Forsake your way.
Forsake your thoughts.
Return to the Lord.
He will have compassion.
He will pardon.
