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There is a intense assault on our faith around the world. People are desperate to hold on to Christ as culture, criminals, and crushing powers work to destroy Christian values. In these times we must chose to stay, stay with Jesus and continue to follow Him. The climate ahead may seem beyond endurance, but remember Christ promised these times would come: 


“Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” (Matthew 10:18) 


“You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 10:22)


“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (Matthew 24:9-13)


“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, in the hypocrisy of liars, having been seared in the own conscience. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” (2 Timothy 4:3) 


Our Lord asks us to hold fast, to stand firm to the end. Apostasy may be the trend, but you keep your faith in Him! Jesus is real and the only way to eternal life. Do not forsake him! He did not forsake you! When we were enemies of God and sinners he died for us, “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation,”(Romans 5:9-11). Let us keep faith, let us stay a faithful bride in these times! Do not let the devil let circumstances and culture or powers attempt to separate you from your First Love (Revelation 2:4-5). Keep the marriage vows to God! Endure as the church under the Romans did, who were feed to lions, and used as torches! Do not give into the liar who mocks God’s name in this antichrist age. Sing the Name of Jesus! The Name above all names! For those who mock him now will ask for mountains to crash down on them, “And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb” (Revelation 6:16). 


Do not let your faith depend on a denomination. We have seen the scandals of the Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics. Do not let your faith depend on a person, a spouse, a friend or leader who are all fallible. Let your faith depend on Christ, let him be your anchor in the storms we face now! Do not surrender the precious gift of grace because of fears from the human race! “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28)


Keep faith, trust in the Lord God Trinity with all your might, and lean not on your understanding. Amen. 



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