Matthew 24:3-14  Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My Name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.  And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My Name’s sake.  And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.  Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.  But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

 

These Words of Jesus describe the times in which we now live. Much has already happened. We are living in the last of the Last Days of the Church Age. Jesus tells us what will happen and what to do.  

 

God is orderly. He does everything in order; His Order. He lists things in order, says things in order and does things in order.  As Jesus describes what the world will be like in the end times, the following is first: Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My Name, saying, “I am the Christ,” and will deceive many.

 

Do not be deceived my friends. Do not listen to false prophets, false teachings, and false doctrine. Read the Holy Word of God and put everything you hear and read to the test of the Word. ANYTHING that does not agree with, and line up with the Word of God is false teaching and should be discounted. It is all part of the deception Jesus speaks of here.

 

Much of what we hear preached from the pulpits today is false and deceptive. I don’t believe the majority of these false teachers are doing this purposely, but they, themselves have been deceived. Satan is the father of lies, the author of confusion, and the great deceiver.  

 

All deception is of Satan, and there is a lot of deception being preached today. Jesus said, For many will come in My Name, MANY means a lot. Not just one or two or even a handful. 

 

In these days we MUST seek the Truth. Jesus declared that, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. If Jesus is the Truth and we are to seek the Truth, then to seek Jesus is the only thing worth seeking. All else is worthless and will burn up in the end.

 

Jesus declared that in these days the first thing to know is Take heed that no one deceives you. 

 

Do not be deceived, Only God can……..turn the tide

 

Seeking the Truth,      Doreen

 

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