The Untouchables:
Protected in the Household of Faith
by Pastor George Pearsons
“The world is on fire.”
A news anchor recently made this comment after listing a number of the critical situations around the world. Watching, I could tell he wasn’t reading from a teleprompter. It was definitely an unrehearsed response to his own news copy.
It is true. The world IS on fire. We have all noticed an escalation of world calamities over this past year. People are overwhelmed and fearful as they witness these events. God’s WORD accurately describes the times in which we live.
Second Timothy 3:1 ("The Amplified Bible") tells us, “in the last days will come perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].” Luke 21:25-26 says, “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”
So, how do we as believers in Christ approach this end-time turmoil?
We must take our stand on The WORD of God. We must exercise our authority and dominion. We must refuse fear and be determined to live by faith and not by sight. Second Corinthians 2:14 ("AMP") must become a living reality: “But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory]....”
We must also stand on 1 John 5:4 ("AMP"), “For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.”
Not Subject to This World!
Every time a crisis takes place, I am reminded of what Jesus prayed for us in John 17:14-17. “I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify [or separate] them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” We may be in this world but we are not subject to it. We do not live under the dominion, rule, control or influence of the Babylonian world system.
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