March 5
Pie in the sky T.V. diet ads invite us to purchase their product and see ourselves transformed from middle-aged housewives with sagging jowls and bulging midriffs to the beauties we once were. Pitch men to the elderly boldly proclaim the ‘can’t go wrong’ plans of reverse mortgages and insurance investments.
And all we can say to these and the thousand other schemes that bombard us from the tube each day is, ‘Let the buyer beware.’ We live in an age when deception is afoot. Things that were once part of what we believed to be the unshakable foundation of our society are now looked upon with a wary eye because our leaders seem to be pointing us in another direction—toward their altered version of ‘reality’.
We who believe in the infallibility of the Bible know that the end times immediately preceding the return of Christ will be characterized by deception. As the coming of the evil one who is predicted draws near, we should anticipate his attempt to lure us into an expectation of benevolence; we know he will seem to have the solution to all the world’s ills, but that is the greatest aspect of his duplicity. It cloaks demonic evil.
So should we cower in fear; look for the devil under every rock? Should we hide our faith in the hope that the horror of that evil day will fail to notice us? No! As Jesus said, “When these things come to pass, look up and lift up your head, for your redemption draws near” Luke 21:28. We believe the glorious truth that assures when we see these things it will be as the angel said in Acts 1:11, “…Jesus…shall come again…”
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