Over the past few days, while I have been sick *and forced to be quiet* I have had a lot of time to think and reflect.
I think we may have played into the enemy’s hands (not meaning to), but none the less I fear we have.
Consider this ~
The last few years, the main focus of the church has been much talk of the rapture and most people seem to believe in a pre-trib rapture.
The government continually talks about global warming, climate change, the end of the earth’s resources, weather patterns becoming more severe….blah, blah (insert more of the same).
There are those who continually talk about the Mayan calendar and the end of all things in 2012.
Then there are the Planet X people, who believe the 10th planet (that comes through our solar system every 3600 years) is due to come through causing great calamity and unparalleled catastrophe.
Now consider how all this would sound (and effect your judgment) if you were a teenager ~
Looks like the end is coming….
Will I ever have the opportunity to marry, have a family, a career?
Will there even be a world left for me to live in?
Teenagers (and everyone else) are constantly being bombarded with talk of the END of the world as we know it. It has to be depressing.
Where is their hope? If they are a Christian, yes, they have the rapture, but without also being deeply rooted in the Word of God, will that sustain them and give them the hope they need to be overcomers through Christ? Seems, even many of the Churches teach and preach more on their individual doctrines rather than teaching the basic fundamentals of the Word of God.
(And what if the rapture doesn’t take place?)
Psalm 11:3 warns us, “If the foundations are destroyed,What can the righteous do?”
(I am not going to go into the fact many of the newer versions of the Bible, leave out over 200 verses, thus giving a different meaning to certain sections of scripture.)
We need to consider ~
Are we giving our children and young adults “hope” or are we adding to their discouragement? Because, I believe if they are not planted on a firm foundation, we are only adding to the problem.
For those who do not have the hope of the rapture, nor the foundation of the Word to guide their lives, the world is basically giving them no hope! What affect will this have concerning their decisions on a daily basis? Why try to achieve? Why do the best they can? For what? In their thinking, if the world is going to end in a couple of years, why should I wait – ’til marriage? Why shouldn’t I – drink, do drugs, etc.? Why should I obey laws? What difference does it make?!
I believe our youth are continually hearing discouragement and despair. And I believe this plays right into Satan’s plan. After all, he came to “steal, kill and destroy.”
I feel like I have bit off a big chunk of meat that is difficult to chew. I would love to hear your comments. Does anyone else see the problem here?
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