March 24, 2018 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Don’t Be Fooled

Jesus is coming back. It is much closer than we would care to consider. I, of course, do not know when nor would I like to guess, but the signs Jesus talked about, are upon us.

I have always been intrigued with what John wrote in his epistle, I John 2: 18, “Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.” How does one identify the antichrists?

I do not believe one can physically see and realize/identify antichrists unless you love God and keep His commandments. John indeed loved Jesus and wrote often about loving Christ and others, having fellowship with the saints, and keeping the commandments of Christ—especially Christ’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-8).

If one loves God, you are not blind and have spiritual eyes and thereby able to determine the will of God. If one is still living in sin—without forgiveness and full of self-righteousness—you are not a child of the Father, as John states in his epistles.

As I have said before, God told me, “To open my eyes and see. There are many people who have the mark of the beast on their lives.” Since that time I have been looking for the mark of the beast in people. It is not a physical marking but a spiritual mark that shows itself. I have realized that often it is the people that look happy and successful that display the mark of the beast. I do not see it often in people who are full of sin or demon possessed—it is a choice and state of being—that is why it is not obvious to the common Christian. Many Christians are looking for physical signs and oversimplify the deception of the devil—they will never see the mark of the beast in others.

Yes, there are seemly ordinary and common people who have the mark of the devil in their lives. They are usually people who strive for power and control over others. They are corrupt individuals that will make excuses for their sins and never acknowledge the forgiveness and love of Christ.

The darkness of Satan is more prevalent today than ever before. I see Satan’s thinking processes in many aspects of American society. People no longer think clearly or morally. They follow only their own desires and strive to bring all others into their ‘line of thinking’. It is sad to see this happening and the Church is often unwilling to confront this process of deception.

This is why I know Christ is planning to return shortly. It will become much worse than presently displayed in America. People will more and more love their sin and be willing to accept anything Satan says through those who have the mark of the beast. Christians will lose everything they own and be persecuted for their beliefs. But, it is those that make it to the end, holding on to their faith in Christ—these are the ones that will be saved.

This is what Jesus wants me to do and to make it to the end, by being faithful to Him in trusting in Him alone for everything, not loving my life even to the very end.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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