I was listening to the local Christian radio station the other day. It's a pretty good station, I really wish we had KLOVE in the area but this one will do for now. Anyhow, I was listening and they were talking about living in the end times and how it's coming and being prepared. This seems to be a large topic with them, I haven't noticed it as much on KLOVE, I don't know maybe I didn't pay attention. I had a couple thoughts about it.
1. I think it is very important in the Christian walk and Faith to know that Jesus, in fact, will one day come back.
2. This radio station seemed to be pointing out and trying to prove that we are living in the end times. This kind of bothered me. Not because I am scared of "the end times" but because the Bible actually says no one will know when the end times are. Even in the Bible the disciples thought they were in the worst of worst times, I am sure people thought Hitler was the anti-christ....but all of that has come to pass. Are things really that awful out there that people are so sure we are in the end times? Maybe they are bad...and I just don't see it...but I can definitely think of worse times.
3. Are we, as Christians, to focused on the end result? Are we so focused on the evil approaching our time that we are forgetting to reach people and love them. I am not saying it is bad to be aware of the end times and maybe even study up on them, but I feel as though this radio station was trying to scare it's listeners into believing and being prepared.I would rather live a life out of Faith than fear. I DO think it is important to be prepared in our hearts...but I think it is equally as important to be loving those around us and reaching the broken hearted and lost. The Bible also says not to worry about tomorrow...focus on today instead. What do you think about it? Do you think Christians dwell way too much on apocalyptic events than on the here and now?
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As an individual, I tend not to think about the end times at all. To me, I guess I'm not really worried about it (that, and I'm not sure if I entirely believe in "the end times" anyway.)
Someone once asked me to ask myself the question, if God came to you tomorrow and told you that heaven and hell didn't really exist, would you still follow God? If the answer was anything but yes, then I needed to ask myself what my reasons were for following God in the first place, and what kind of priority that took in my life.
Sometimes it worries me how much emphasis some Christians and denominations put on being ready for the end of the world. It's as if they're not content with where God has them right now, and it's disturbing how ready they are to leave their fellow human beings behind and carry on without them...
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