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ARE YOU PREPARED?

by Paul Taylor
11/27/20
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ARE YOU PREPARED?

By Paul Taylor

Interesting question, but, prepared for what, you ask.

Animals are constantly preparing for the future by storing up food for the winter months, adding extra fat to their bodies to be able to weather the winter months. Generations of the past worked all summer, working their crops, preserving foods, cutting and stacking firewood for the winter and so on as they prepared for what they knew lay ahead, preparing for the worst, and hoping for the best.

All these preparations were necessary if they were to survive the brutal freezing winters which lay ahead, and without these stored provisions, most would not survive until warmer weather and  the next crop could be planted and harvested.

Today’s generations are oblivious to the fact of preparing for the future, be it for retirement, bad weather, loss of job or income, etc., and when disaster strikes in any form, they are devasted as to what to do, being conditioned to rely on government handouts and subsidies as well as the many charitable organizations which abound in every town. With all this, today’s generation lacks the initiative to work, save, or prepare for emergencies or what-ever the future may bring.

Today’s Christian culture is basically in this same mode.

 Contrary to the lead in, this article is not about politics, or preparing for bad weather, food shortages, loss of jobs, etc., but rather the preparation of your spiritual health to withstand and survive what is about to befall this planet and especially this nation, Therefore the question “ARE YOU PREPARED,SPIRITUALLY?”

Have you been conditioned to believe that as a member of one of the many varying churches and religious organizations, you have repeated a little prayer, been  sprinkled, oiled, dipped or what ever the present ritual might be, that you are assured of eternal salvation?  Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, “TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU.”

Jesus warned His followers on several occasions of being deceived by others, Paul warned of deceiving our-selves by believing and following the crowd;  1^st Corinthians 3:18  Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. Solomon in Proverbs 14:12 said the following concerning self deceit; “THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMETH RIGHT UNTO A MAN, BUT THE END THEREOF ARE THE WAYS OF DEATH.”

As I stated above most Christians believe they are primed for the Kingdom of God because they follow a few manmade rituals and sayings, which on the surface seems righteous but in reality is no more than face paint. Satan is very cunning in his mission to destroy as many of Gods people as He can.

Satan has been a complete failure since the beginning, he failed at the garden of Eden, he failed at the birth of Jesus, he failed in his attempt to persuade Jesus to bow to him, and the ultimate failure was the resurrection of Jesus after three days in the tomb. With all these failures Satan was more determined than ever to destroy God’s plan, knowing his days were numbered, he took the route that works so great in all aspects of life; “ IF YOU CAN’T BEAT’UM, JOIN’UM!”. Satan then joined himself to the church and has been sowing seeds of deception and discord since, and lately he has ramped up the many deceptions being taught with the MEGA-CHURCH’s preaching a feel good prosperity style of Gospel as they preach the masses straight into the “Lake of Fire”.

Todays churches are so in tuned to political correctness and cultural norms, allowing government edicts to override the laws of God, and with entertainment being the focal point of the meeting that it resembles more of a concert than a church meeting.  the gospel of repentance, obedience, rightousness, and salvation has been lost.

Pastors and teachers today, are petrified to teach the truth of the Bible as it goes against modern tradition, not being politically correct, and someone may be offended. The churches have departed from the true Gospel, and to depart from the true faith is to abandon the foundational or fundamental doctrines of the scriptures in exchange for a counterfeit and cheap gospel that denies Bible truth and debases the essentials of our faith.

Don’t be as the five virgins and be caught short of the oil for your lamps. What lies ahead is going to be a testing such as the world has never seen and those without the spiritual oil of God’s word will be lost. Don’t fall for the deception that there is going to be a seven-year tribulation in which you will have a second chance for redemption. WHAT A DELUSION!

Please, I plead with you take up your Bible, and with a repentant heart ask God to open your eyes to the truth and give you strength, courage and wisdom to follow and be obedient to  God’s word and not man’s traditions and commandments.

Friends, time is short, and the prophecies of the Bible could not be more accurate than they are at this moment in time. I have spent the last 20 years studying history, world events and the prophecies of Daniel, Revelation, Amos, and many of the other minor prophets along with the teachings of Jesus, and I see the culmination of many of the prophecies coming together with lightning speed, and so many are going to be lost, just as in the days of Noah, only eight souls were saved. Don’t miss the boat, prepare your heart and your soul for the comings upon this earth as I believe the four angels holding back the winds of strife are about to loose those winds on this planet.

Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

May God add a blessing to the going forth of His word and to those reading

Paul Taylor

November 26, 2020