Cod upon sinful man (Revelation 9:21). The Tribulation will be a pe riod of unprecedented universal trials and troubles. I cannot help but feel we are closer to that than we have ever been before. The occult is related with drugs and demons. All of this is going to in crease. It is not going to get any better. That is why we need to be prepared, equipped to understand what is taking place. People today flaunt their sensu ality and immorality. How grateful we can be as God's children He has made a way so we can be foundation and understanding of His Word. If you do not know Christ as your Saviour, what has been keeping you from making this most important of life's decisions? Throw out those flimsy excuses and surrender your life to Christ. You will experience what Jesus promised in John 10:10, namely, real life, and that more abundantly. Confess your need as a sinner, be lieve that the Saviour died for you on the cross, and receive Cod's free gift of eternal life. In this way you will be prepared not only to die, but also prepared to really live!
be looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12 : 2 ). It is our privilege to come into the very presence of Cod without fear of consequence through our great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Why fool around with a counterfeit when you can have the real thing? We can make our wants and petitions known to Him know ing that He hears as we ask and pray. Such is not applicable to the life of the unbeliever. It is no won der that we find such bizarre ac tivities today. People are desper ate, they are grasping at anything that might provide even a slight ray of hope. Satan comes along with all of his demons offering a substitute and people fall for it "hook, line, and sinker." Search the world over and, apart from Christ, there is never any reality. The answers come only through faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12). There is no room in our lives as Christians for any form of the occult. This includes fortune-tell ing, horoscopes, ouigi boards, tea- leaf reading, and the like. The Bible reminds us that Cod is absolutely pure, unadulterated light. Satan's realm on the other hand is dark ness. Our responsibility should be to see how close we can get to the Lord. The fourth lesson we learn from Saul's experience with the witch of Endor is that the interest and in volvement in the occult will in crease and become even more wicked as time goes by. The book of Revelation shows this. After the Church has been raptured to meet the Lord in the air there will break lose upon this world the wrath and judgment of a holy, righteous
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