Signs Of The Last Days

I Timothy 4:1-3 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

Matthew 24:36-42 – “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”

Luke 17:26-30 – “And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”

As the end of the year draws near, there will be the fortune tellers, the yearly prognosticators, who will declare the future. If 70% of their predictions come true they are said to be reliable. But God says that if anything they say does not come to pass, they are a false prophet. Deut. 18:19-22 declares, “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.”

Some Tools of Satan

All through the Old Testament, there is a solemn warning for Israel to stay away from Satan and his people. Today, we have those same warnings in the New Testament for us to stay away from Satan and his people. Satan is alive and well, like a roaring lion, going about seeking whom He may devour.

Television

I know the television show, "I dream of Jeannie," may be cute, but it is a devil's tool. The same thing is true of the show "Bewitched." Why? What is wrong with watching these shows? Aren't they just entertainment? These productions make you think there is a good witch. After all, here is a pretty little woman, who just twitches her nose, and does all kind of good things for her "master." The show is a comedy, and it makes people laugh. Listen, there is a lot of laughing done at the devil's tools. Continue watching the situation comedies on television and you'll wind up like Lot who, "...vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds." Those shows will have you laughing at adultery, homosexuality, fornication, murder, or any other thing that God would have you avoid. Television can be a good medium but it is largely being used by Satan to ruin the morals of the American people. God said it is good if we stay away from that garbage.

Let's take a good hard look at how television shows have progressed our thoughts away from Godliness and into sinfulness.

The program "Little House on the Prairie" is set about the turn of the century. It involves a good deal of family life where the dad is the true head of the family. Dad takes the family to church, leads in home worship, provides emotional and physical support for all the family members. Mother and dad are always working together for the betterment of the family, even to their own hurt. The result of mother and dad's commitment to bringing up their children God's way is easily seen in the program. The children grow up and marry. They have troubles, just like everybody else, but those troubles cause the family to grow closer to God and themselves.

The program, "The Waltons," is set a little later in time. Dad is still the head of the home, but he doesn't go to church anymore. He is too busy making a living during hard times to lead in family devotions or take an active role in bringing up the children. These duties have been delegated to mom. She provides the family with emotional and spiritual support under most circumstances, but there are occasions when neither mom nor dad has time to listen. The children must then discuss their problems with anybody they find nearby. The result of dad's non-involvement in worship and family life is readily seen as the children grow up, get married, then get divorced and move back home with their children.

The cartoon show “Smurf’s” is all about magic, and good and bad witchcraft. All this show is doing is setting in the minds of children that there are good witches.

Today there is the television show, “Sabrina, the Vampire Slayer” and now we have Harry Potter. I know many well meaning people declare there is nothing wrong with these books and movies, they are just good entertainment. I believe there is something wrong with these books and movies because they take the minds of young people away from Christ and expose them to demonology.

Today, (1993) there are very few television programs that feature a whole family. Most programs have an incomplete family, such as a mother raising her children alone, or a dad raising his children alone. In most cases, the parents are shown to be unaware of the simplest facts of life and are mentally unable to provide any leadership. The children are the ones with all the wisdom, which they deliver to their "stupid" parents while the laugh tracts roar out canned laughter. There is no mention of spiritual matters unless it is for purposes of ridicule.

We are also living in a time when abortion has become the law of the land. This happened in 1972. Just think, all the years before, abortion was illegal. Now it is legal. Homosexuals are now protected under the law of the land. This has never been since the founding of our nation. Our nation was founded under Godly principles, but those principles have been slowly eroded away, as our nation slips deeper and deeper into paganism.