SO WHY WON’T ANYBODY LISTEN? When you tell your neighbor or your friend about the “Great Deception”, why won’t they listen? Here are some rules to follow: 1. Always recognize that everyone who claims to be a Christian is not necessarily one. Always remember that there will be MANY who come up to Jesus at the judgment and want to be allowed into heaven. But he says unto them. I never knew YOU. The multitudes have never been right. The mainstream religious orders of the day have never embraced the ways of God, and have always rejected His Sovereignty. Don’t expect anyone to get it. 2. Only those who God has allowed to hear the truth will ever hear it (with understanding). Just because you love your neighbor (friend, daughter, mother, father, etc.) doesn’t mean that God has chosen to show them the truth. Remember that there was a time when YOU were blind, but God has allowed you to see. It is sad to watch our loved ones perish in ignorance. But all we can do is to tell them the truth, even if it costs us the relationship. God wants us to be obedient, so we should declare the truth of the Gospel to every creature, and let God handle saving His elect. 3. The enemies of God were raised up by God for a purpose. They are tools to accomplish His will on this planet (to show His manifold wisdom), and He will one day shatter them with a rod of iron. Stand fast against them. 4. The worst mistake you can make is to minimize the conflict in order to “get along”. This is not a silly little theological difference of opinion. This is the battlefield of the ages. Our enemies are not merely “other sheep”. The enemies of the Doctrines of Grace are the WOLVES. This is THE fight. If you ignore or reject the battle in order to maintain relationships or to keep friends - you have done harm to your witness. You were called and created in order that you might glorify God and His Sovereign ways. If you shrink from the fight, then you hurt yourself and those to whom you could possibly witness.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:18:29 +0000