Pandemic That word causes fear in even the strongest of human beings, but what Christians fell to realize is that they were born in the midst of a pandemic. There has been a pandemic of worldliness that has been our battle since Adam and Eve fatal bite. Would that we could still be ignorant of good and evil. The sad thing is that a lot of Christians do not recognize the face of evil. Permissiveness and compromises with feelings of what others do is okay. Living lackadaisically and feeling no offense while feeling offense from what offends this world. Yes, there is a plague in this world but it’s not called Covid 19. It’s called faithlessness! Where is your faith? Today we dwell in 1 Timothy 4 because it is so relevant to the times we are living in. Verse 1 says, “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;” While people are not devils and can never be the devil they definitely can and do carry the spirit of the devil. They sway you with their words and they sway you with their actions and have caused many Christians to begin to lust after the same things they lust after. This is seen so often in reality television. Many watch because it has turned into real life for them when in fact it’s just another lie meant to sway your focus from the things of God. I myself have been caught up before in a show called, “The Amazing Race.” It seemed innocent yet adventuress. I wanted to travel to these places and play this game! It took some time for me to realize that even this seemingly innocent game was not innocent. You see it belonged to the world and not to God. Time and time again I watch professed Christian contestants asked to compromise their faith in order to win. Take this offering to this god, follow this ritual to honor that god and I’m sad to say they all failed the true test. Faith Their lust for the things of this world began to eat away at their faith and they never even realized it and most don’t to this day. It is not enough to say you love God. Saying you love God is not our ticket to heaven. It’s how we live our lives on a day to day basis which will in the end determine our fate. Funny how most Christians know that Lucifer is the Prince of the Airwaves, but fail to see his lies through it. Verse 2 says he “sears your conscience with a hot iron”, but you can’t even feel the heat anymore because compromises have unknowingly diminished your faith. And verse 7 tells us to “exercise our faith”. Our faith is supposed to be stretched. That’s exercising it. We live inside of the “Fiery Furnace” daily, but not in fear, but in faith! The same faith that Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah had when they were tossed in the “Fiery Furnace” in Daniel 1! The flames, the stench of smoke cannot touch us as long as we have faith! We can’t go from Faith to Faith without exercising it and now we are in the days that really matter. This is the time to really exercise your Faith! Let’s face it. We don’t know when Jesus is coming with that judgment seat, but we do know He is coming back! Let’s not fail because we have compromised not only our faith, but our character as well. The falling away is just before the return so hold steady, hold strong and let’s continue to move from faith to faith. I want to see Jesus, but not for a second. I want to see Him forever! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #HaveFaith #SharingIsCARING #IBelieve
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