The Time of Trouble

Have you ever heard the theological saying "The time of Jacobs Trouble" well I want to talk about the "Time of Christians Trouble." But before I bore you to death with my theological insight of this saying I must enlighten you of a terror plaguing the church. This plague has been the downfall of many sects, groups, religious figures, and Saints. This Plague attacks like the flu but is deadlier than aids. This plague is called Ignorance. Yes Ignorance! By ignorance many have been led by money hungry pastors to give all their rent money and wait years for a blessing to come that God himself did not acknowledge, by ignorance many enter into the church to shout on Sunday and leave the same way they walked in. By ignorance Christians quote scriptures but have no insight of what the true meaning of the scripture proceeding out their mouths really mean. God did not send Christ in the world to darken our way but to lighten it and destroy the works of Satan in our lives. Ignorance is the root cause for "The Time of Christians Trouble."  God himself said that his people perish for a lack of knowledge (Hos 4:6). We are God's people because he said in the Old Testament "My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people" (Eze 37:27). But Paul confirmed that this promise by saying "What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people" (2 Cor 6:16). Therefore let us remain in study so that we avoid the same fate many have experiences all because of a refusal to gain knowledge.

Defending What's Right

As a Saint of the most High, I find that defending the rationality of the Christian faith is vital. Why? Because if we can not defend our Faith, we cannot save or keep souls. Better yet it makes us ministers a laughing stock among religious sects and Political powers. Peter and Paul understood this principal, and we can see this by Peter's rebuttal to the Jews and Gentiles who heard the other Jews speaking with stammering lips and a different tongue (Acts 2). Or we can look at Paul as he debated the Case for Christ daily against the school of Tyrannus (Acts 8:9-10). Even in the early Patristic age or Age of the Church Fathers there was serious attack against Christian believers. The rise of Christianity and how it came to be drew wandering eyes into our direction. It made us Christians public enemy number one. So as time passed the questions began to rise. Questions such as, Who is Christ? If Christ is God how did he die if God cannot die? Was Christ a creature? Why do you have a triune God? Questions as these must be answered, so in order to do so one must dedicate his time to that of theology, philosophy, and private time with God in order to combat these treacherous questions. Many say it is bad to debate. Many look down on those who protect the faith. If we don't contend for the Faith delivered unto us who will? Many Christians leave this faith simply due to their lack of knowledge and weakness in the Word of Truth. God himself told us to study. You cannot sit around and wait for your Pastor or teacher to direct your. Be honorable and search the scriptures daily. By doing so you build a foundation that will not break or fall because it is founded on THE ROCK Jesus Christ.

Christ, Peter, Stephen, Paul, Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius, Aquinas, Missler, and many more defended the Faith because they knew  by not doing how even it would evaporate into the NOTHING.