BE AWARE BUT NOT AFRAID

My litmus test for any “spiritual” claims is the question that Jesus asked his disciples.  “Who do you say I am?”  The answer must be as theirs was; “You are Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.”  Any other “spirituality” is the spirit of the antichrist and not only denies Jesus but does not know God the Father.  That spirituality is not eternal; it is dust in the wind, waterless clouds, fruitless trees, wild waves of the sea casting up the foam of their own shame, the spirituality of people living in their own dreams and sensibilities.  That spirituality is empty and meaningless, unable to transform death to life.  It is a lie that the enemy of God has been propagating from the beginning of time, dressed up in the robes of self righteousness and lacking the power of the Presence of God.

The Scriptures warn of the uprising of false prophets and false teachers in the last days.  They are here and they are plentiful.  Those who follow Jesus and walk with God are to be aware but not afraid.  In the darkness God will bring the Light.  In the beginning He said let there be light and there was.  In the dark days of Herod a star arose, visible to all who were looking.  In these days the light will come again; the true light which enlightens; the light that will expose the false and excel in the Truth. 

God’s children are to hold onto hope, following the examples of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, Simeon, and Anna, who with their own eyes “saw God’s salvation that He has prepared in the presence of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to His people Israel.” (Luke 2)