First posted 12-10-2015
God commands the oceans and mountains to move. Earthquakes, tsunami’s, floods, droughts, are all active under His watchful eye. He allows the terror of natural disasters to happen just as He allows a beautiful sunrise and fruit trees to grow.
Minute to minute our benevolent loving God gives and sustains life from the womb to the grave. The world’s problem with terror is really a personal problem of facing death. People are not able to know the plans of God outside of Biblical teaching. At best we hope for heaven, at our worst we live silently in uncertainty about hell, the greatest of the faces of terror.
The spread and rise of terrorism is an awakening which becomes more valid with our admitting the obvious truth about our need for the Savior.
Our Savior, Christ Jesus the Most High God still reigns on the throne in total control.
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Christ alone is able to fully protect us from sin and the force of Satan’s many faces of evil.
Worldwide evil keeps twisting tighter as the mask of many sins is coiled on so many faces.
The terror of Big Brother watching, hearing and tracking our movements is in place.
We are constantly being reminded of the terror of losing our personal identity through theft or some form of cyber warfare disrupting our way of life in a major way.
Unity in the war against terror is seen in the living room of nightly news. But within the new unity of hostile nations looms the old terror of war and hate.
Without being at peace with God, while ignoring a possible sudden death or eventual old age, is to live with a subdued silent terror of hell which is sure to happen.
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Most countries endorse the terrorizing murder of killing babies and calling it abortion. Abortion is another face of terror and the height of hypocrisy.
To call killing an innocent baby the right thing to do, while calling bombings and shooting children and adults wrong, is a heartless guideline of double standards used in steering a nation.
So many voices, so many values are connected and rising like the tower of Babel. Finding the right words to pilot a country and help direct a world, without God at the center shepherding, will only lead to more chaos.
Terror victimizes lives in a lost world that has abandoned God for sin and all sins have consequences.
The One voice of God and His truth has never changed and it is only found in the Bible. God is real, He is the Absolute Sovereign, He is Jesus Christ the Holy Judge of all people. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
God is patient and longs for all to be saved and none to perish.
1 Timothy 2:3-6 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all,
How much pain and suffering will it take for any person in any country around the world to call out to God to be saved?
The most egregious sin is committed by denying the fact that God the Father has provided salvation through His Son Jesus as the only means to avoid hell.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Non-believers desperately need to be aware of the real enemy we are all fighting. Satan wants souls for hell, those not spiritually born again with the saving faith in Jesus are hell bound.
The Lord Jesus is the only strength for believers. He alone is able to fight against sin and Satan’s evil plans of terror, destruction and death.
Ephesians 6:10-11 …be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
To be in the will of God is to live obediently in His truth. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Christians are told to obey Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Whatever pain, trial or tribulation you are going through or will face, the help of Christ is there for the asking. Lovingly following Jesus is our purpose for living and that is the plan of God.
Psalm 80:3 Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
