Sunday, October 2

Liars

Pastor Chris' message really hit me. We were continuing the series of talks on Revelation, and it really is some seriously scary stuff. Today's sermon was on 'Visions Of The End', check out Revelation 15 and 16 to read the context.

Thought I'd share a bit on the false prophets bit, although it isn't the main point of the message.

In this week's sermon and the last by Pastor Boon Yong, both spoke briefly on false prophets. The danger is, false prophets don't usually say blatant lies, they usually speak half truths, so it's tough to distinguish what's right and wrong. On the topic of false prohpets, Pastor Chris specifically spoke about certain people that speak so much about the blessings that God wants to give us, that they forget to bring in the wrath of God. Worse still, some even say that if you believe in Jesus, you will never fall sick, and if you do, it's because you don't have enough faith. LIES!

Such messages are twisted and fail to give people the complete picture of God's Word to us. We really have to discern and flee from the false prophets who deliver them.

I can understand why the prosperity message is so popular though. Who wouldn't want to hear that God wants to bless them? And who wants to hear about judgement, punishment, hell. Who wants people to tell them to change the way they live? Sometimes, the truth is a bitter pill to swallow. The prosperity message is easy for people to accept, because it's WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR. Nobody likes to hear about suffering.

God loves us all. So why is there suffering in our world? Come on down this Friday, 5pm at SMU to find out. SMU Christian Fellowship is having a talk on "God and Suffering". It will get interesting.