Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Only Preach The Good News?

I hear voices today telling us the Church needs to get away from "doom and gloom" preaching and only preach the good news.  Really?  Read the prophets and the apostles and tell me if they only preached the good news?  When I read the prophets I see a lot of "bad news" being preached.  In fact, I just opened to the book of Isaiah today and right off the bat the prophet gets into the "doom and gloom."  That Bible of yours is absolutely chock full of the doom and gloom todays cotton candy preachers do not want to hear.

Trump was pulled into the Divine timeline to keep it on track with the timing the Lord has ordained for the end.  Trump will not change one single Word written to us about what is coming upon this world in the days ahead.  Most of what is coming for this world is absolutely horrific.  But I guess we should sugar coat that message for the "no doom and no gloom" message that has gained traction today.

The message in the Bible has not changed from Bush, to Clinton, back to Bush, to Obama and now Trump.  We are to pray and repent, stay in the Word and walk with our God day in and day out.  Every Word He uttered is coming to pass at the speed He has ordained.  The flavor of the month preaching tells us that America is not under judgement.  Really?  I would argue that all of the previous presidents were judgements upon America, every one of them.  We have been taken to lower and lower lows every 4 years, but America is not under judgement...…

What does the Word say?

Is 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Trump is a reprieve from the judgement we have been under but many, many problems remain.  Since Trump has taken office the Lord has done a wonderful job of flushing the enemies of mankind out into the open.  The globalist politicians and their accomplices in government beaurocracy, the mainstream media and a whole host of major corporations have shown their true anti-Christ colors in the recent past.  Seeing the forces arrayed against us has caused some to repent and pray in a way they have not before.  Repentance and prayer can go a long way toward averting judgement and disaster for a people and their land

2 Chron 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Anyone who comes along trying to sell you a one dimensional God needs to be immediately characterized as a false prophet.  Our God is a God of the carrot and the stick.  Yes, He comforts us and loves on us but that is not all He does.  Does our God threaten us?  Yes, over and over again.  A simple example here illustrates both:

Gal 6:8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

This is a threat---Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
This is a loving promise---whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

For good measure He is our Lord talking directly to the 7 Churches of Revelation:

Rev 2:2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

This is a threat----- 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

This is a glorious promise---- 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

This is what the Lord says about todays cotton candy, preach the pleasant but avoid everything unpleasant preachers, teachers and so called "prophets:"

2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

Our God spent alot of time on the "doom and gloom" message this world does not want to hear.  Most of the prophets and almost the entire book of Revelation is doom and gloom (for this world and those who adhere to its ways).  That is a warning both to the world and to the Church:  

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

grace and peace