So Many Voices

1 Cor. 14:10. "There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification."

Many voices cause a flood tide of News; much of it bad. The Lord Jesus taught us how to respond to evil. E.g., on one occasion, two disciples asked for His consent to call down fire from heaven to burn up those who rejected Him. Jesus rebuked them, warning them about the spirit from which that impulse came, Lu. 9: 54-56.

The bad news that we hear now must not cause us to react as sinners do. Bad news goads them to desperate acts of their own contrivance. We must act in faith, not from anxious desperation.

This does not mean that we are to be vapid and do nothing. No, Jesus said that we are the light of the world, and the salt of the earth. Believers are to look to Jesus, and trust Him to lead us in our responses. Please read the first 10 verses of Psalms 37 now.

If we are established in the faith, Psa.112:6-8 should be our INWARD response. We know that evil things will happen, and we can know how it will all finally end. In the meantime, 2 Cor. 10:4-5 and Eph.6:10-18 is given to help us.

Bad, or false news is not the only concern. News that accurately informs us of what is occurring in the Nation and politics, can cause us anxiety. Beware. Anxiety about any cause often leads to wrong acts.

Thus, groups of armed militias are forming, whose purpose is to prevent the erosion of our liberties. Their concept seems just, because we do not wish to lose the benefits of the Constitution, or of National sovereignty.

The danger is that they may unwittingly play into the hand of those who seek to end National sovereignty. (There are virulent forces working to do that.) Without great care, the militias may cause a crack down on our liberties. To repress "anti government" groups, of course!

Believers should remember that Jesus said that all they who take the sword, shall die by the sword. Rather, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.

On the other hand, could it be that the voices of conservative Talk Shows are voices of Moral Conscience in our Nation? Could that be why their viewpoints are often valid and agreeable? However, more than human morality is needed. The Nation needs true Repentance towards God and faith towards Jesus Christ.

I am persuaded that the voice of conservative radio talk shows is an extension of God's mercy, to alert the nation. No, such voices are not a substitute for the Gospel of Christ. They may be extensions of God's mercy, "going the second mile" with humanity, to turn us from our sins. God is long-suffering towards us, not willing that and should perish (2Pet.3:9)."

Jesus said in Mt. 24:12, that iniquity (i.e., law-lessness) shall abound. Even so, believers in the U.S. have had the least opposition to living for Christ in the history of the Church.

Now consider: if an economic crash comes to the U.S., won't many think that the Great Tribulation has come!? If social upheaval comes, won't people surmise that the Great Tribulation has begun? If persecution comes, it's likely that many will suppose that the Great Tribulation has surely come.

Per Jesus Christ, such difficulties would but be part of beginning of sorrows. But that is NOT the Great Tribulation! Per Christ, No one yet has experienced how bad the Great Tribulation will be!

It will be worse than the Dark Ages and the Spanish Inquisition. It will be worse than the Black Death of Europe in which it is estimated that 50,000,000 died of the plague! It will be worse than the Ten Plagues of Egypt during the Exodus. It will be worse than any calamity in human history.

The good news is that God has not appointed believers to wrath, 1 Thes.5:9. The good news is that we CAN escape all these terrible things, Lu.21:36; Heb.9:28; Rev.3;10. Notice Romans 10:9, and call upon the Lord today.

Note that if we take part in the lawlessness that is rising up, or if we let our love for Christ grow lukewarm, our future is endangered! Rev.3:20.

My exhortation is that we take our attitude from Psa. 112:6-10. Our God reigns, and He will deliver us in the time of trouble if we follow Jesus.

Jude verse 24: "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,"

I love you.