Friday, July 1, 2011

"...in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons...." 1 Timothy 4:1

"As the time of the manifestation of the Man of Sin draws near, God may be pleased to bestow a fuller and better understanding of those parts of His Word which make known "the things which must shortly come to pass."

Across the varied scenes depicted by prophecy there falls the shadow of a figure at once commanding and ominous. Under many different names like the aliases of a criminal, his character and movements are set before us --this Prince of Darkness, this coming Man of Sin, this Son of Perdition.

For six thousand years Satan has had full opportunity afforded him to study fallen human nature to discover its weakest points and learn how best to make men do his bidding. The Devil knows full well how to dazzle men by the attraction of power, and how to make them quail before its terrors. He knows how to gratify the craving for knowledge and how to satisfy the taste for refinement and culture, he can delight the ear with melodious music and the eye with entrancing beauty.

What God has been pleased to make known concerning the Antichrist and what will be revealed in the future is not in order to gratify carnal curiosity, but is of great importance for our daily lives. A proper apprehension of these things should cause us to seriously search our hearts, and examine carefully the foundation upon which our hopes are built, to discover whether or not they rest on the solid Rock Christ Jesus, or whether they stand upon nothing more stable than the shifting sands of human feelings, human resolutions, human efforts after self-improvement.

Incalculably serious is the issue at stake, and we cannot afford to be uncertain about it. A mere "hope I am saved" is not sufficient." A.W. Pink

"The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thessalonians 2: 9-12

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