For all men have not faith
2Th 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may
have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2Th 3:2
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have
not faith.
Unreasonable and wicked men.
We don't want to believe they really exist, do we? I mean, we know they
do, history proves it and so does our daily news. We know wicked and
unreasonable people are alive and well walking the earth but we cannot judge
their eternal life. And just because we cannot point a finger and judge another
doesn't mean we can't be aware of the wickedness going on. We are told here that
'ALL MEN HAVE NOT FAITH'.
If a person does not have faith they don't believe in God and our Savior, our
Lord Jesus Christ- right?
It's a fact that not all men have faith. I know several that have no faith by
their own admission. Are they horrible, wicked people? As a rule, no, at
least not to my knowledge. Yet that is exactly how Satan wants them to appear
isn't it? He wants those who do not believe to appear calm, reasonable, and not
at all wicked. He's changed his strategy time and time again and will
continue to do so to fit the needs of the present time. When our Savior died and
rose, and went to heaven promising to return again, this threatened the current
leadership in the churches of the times. Church leaders were FURIOUS and reacted
by having the Christians tortured and killed. These were truly
unreasonable and wicked men that had no faith. And in MANY places today
these same types of people exist and they are killing and torturing and making
the lives of Christ followers horrific. Yet in my little world I don't know a
single person who is out to kill or torture Christians, not one.
The Apostle wanted to be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men.
The
Apostle pointed out that 'all men have NOT faith'.
Today those who live in my type of world - without any real, visible
persecution from unreasonable and wicked people- have to be alert as well
because the enemy surrounding us is spiritual and our Christian battle as real
as anyone's. All men do NOT have faith, all people do NOT have faith.
I say it again- the nicest person in the world isn't saved by their niceness.
The sweetest person isn't saved by being sweet. The most seemingly loving person
in the world is NOT saved unless that love is a genuine love which can ONLY stem
from God! If the most loving person outright denies God and Jesus Christ, can
they be saved? Do they have faith?
God KNOWS their hearts and ONLY God. Their mouths could be professing one
thing while their hearts are professing another. We see it ALL the time with men
of faith professing their faith and then committing grave sins- their hearts
filled with filth while their mouths speak of perfect peace in God.
Truly only God can judge, and we are to pray to be delivered from any that
would hinder our own faith in God no matter what they appear to be. God
knows if they have faith in Him, God knows.
We need to be kept from deception, we need to be kept from the wicked who
would have us lose our faith.
Please LORD help us. Help ALL those throughout the WORLD who are suffering
under the wicked and unreasonable people who have NO faith in You! Please this
is our prayer that Your word may have free course, and that Your word may be
glorified! Please God help us, save us from the evil in this world, keep us from
the evil, please. We live in desperate times as Satan grows angrier and angrier
knowing his time will end and he will be punished and then exist no more.
The closer to Your coming to take us Your people home with You, the more horrid
this world grows. Keep us in YOU LORD, always!
have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2Th 3:2
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have
not faith.
Unreasonable and wicked men.
We don't want to believe they really exist, do we? I mean, we know they
do, history proves it and so does our daily news. We know wicked and
unreasonable people are alive and well walking the earth but we cannot judge
their eternal life. And just because we cannot point a finger and judge another
doesn't mean we can't be aware of the wickedness going on. We are told here that
'ALL MEN HAVE NOT FAITH'.
If a person does not have faith they don't believe in God and our Savior, our
Lord Jesus Christ- right?
It's a fact that not all men have faith. I know several that have no faith by
their own admission. Are they horrible, wicked people? As a rule, no, at
least not to my knowledge. Yet that is exactly how Satan wants them to appear
isn't it? He wants those who do not believe to appear calm, reasonable, and not
at all wicked. He's changed his strategy time and time again and will
continue to do so to fit the needs of the present time. When our Savior died and
rose, and went to heaven promising to return again, this threatened the current
leadership in the churches of the times. Church leaders were FURIOUS and reacted
by having the Christians tortured and killed. These were truly
unreasonable and wicked men that had no faith. And in MANY places today
these same types of people exist and they are killing and torturing and making
the lives of Christ followers horrific. Yet in my little world I don't know a
single person who is out to kill or torture Christians, not one.
The Apostle wanted to be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men.
The
Apostle pointed out that 'all men have NOT faith'.
Today those who live in my type of world - without any real, visible
persecution from unreasonable and wicked people- have to be alert as well
because the enemy surrounding us is spiritual and our Christian battle as real
as anyone's. All men do NOT have faith, all people do NOT have faith.
I say it again- the nicest person in the world isn't saved by their niceness.
The sweetest person isn't saved by being sweet. The most seemingly loving person
in the world is NOT saved unless that love is a genuine love which can ONLY stem
from God! If the most loving person outright denies God and Jesus Christ, can
they be saved? Do they have faith?
God KNOWS their hearts and ONLY God. Their mouths could be professing one
thing while their hearts are professing another. We see it ALL the time with men
of faith professing their faith and then committing grave sins- their hearts
filled with filth while their mouths speak of perfect peace in God.
Truly only God can judge, and we are to pray to be delivered from any that
would hinder our own faith in God no matter what they appear to be. God
knows if they have faith in Him, God knows.
We need to be kept from deception, we need to be kept from the wicked who
would have us lose our faith.
Please LORD help us. Help ALL those throughout the WORLD who are suffering
under the wicked and unreasonable people who have NO faith in You! Please this
is our prayer that Your word may have free course, and that Your word may be
glorified! Please God help us, save us from the evil in this world, keep us from
the evil, please. We live in desperate times as Satan grows angrier and angrier
knowing his time will end and he will be punished and then exist no more.
The closer to Your coming to take us Your people home with You, the more horrid
this world grows. Keep us in YOU LORD, always!