"At
that time many will turn away from
the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false
prophets will appear and deceive many people.12Because of the
increase of wickedness, the love of most will
grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
(Matthew 24:10)
I bet you
have some great friends, I know I do. I believe they would drop everything to
be there for me just as I would for them. Local churches are full of groups
that consider themselves close. Yet Jesus says in the end times that MANY
of these “friends” will betray and hate each other.
I bet you know some
sweet believers, I know I do. I believe they would take a bullet rather
than deny their faith. Local churches are full of believers that would not
for a moment think that they were vulnerable to falling away. Yet, Jesus
says that MANY of these believers will turn away from the faith.
What could
cause people who love each other to betray and hate each other? What could
cause people who are excited about being believers to turn away from the
faith?
I bet you know some sweet
believers, I know I do. I believe they would take a bullet rather
than deny their faith. Local churches are full of believers that would not
for a moment think that they were vulnerable to falling away. Yet, Jesus
says that MANY of these believers will turn away from the faith.
What could cause people
who love each other to betray and hate each other? What could cause people who
are excited about being believers to turn away from the faith? We could
contemplate the circumstances that might bring that about. What
about worldwide famine, worldwide persecution, or both with people being
rewarded with food to turn in the remaining Christians? Would that be
enough to cause the great falling away? Well, those things certainly wouldn't help the situation. But no, the answer is Shallow
Roots are the culprit.
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