Living in a World of Lies
1 Timothy 4:1-2 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Jesus said to Pilate: John 18:36 My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
The kingdom of God has always been built around people who are struggling through
spiritual issues,
life issues
going to the Lord
It’s not meant to be in a microwave mindset
Snap your finger, type in your question and there it is
That is not the way the kingdom of God works
We are driven,
The desire for happiness
The desire for comfort
for sex. for food,
and many others desires that shape us
and dictate our decisions
one of the strongest desires inside every human being is the desire for knowledge we have the unprecedented ability to indulge in any information we want
modern man has access to an almost limitless amount of information
And we don’t even have to get out of bed to get it
this limitless progress makes it all attainable for us
But at what price?
especially when almost all of it is coming
from a world of lies
Today we are surrounded by mass media
we live in very confusing, perplexing times
the issues that is facing us
seem to be coming quickly
and with such intensity
things like the coronavirus virus
Alarming tensions about injustice
these are very unsettling to people
and so we spend a lot of time
trying to keep up-to-date
with what we should know
to make sense of the world we are living in
Let’s face it
the news is just another form of entertainment
when you have a TV show you want people to watch
because the higher your ratings the more you can sell your advertising
so, the way the news keeps people coming back
is constantly putting big stories that titillate your senses
and get you excited
so, you know all these big things are happening in the cultured
think about the realities of what’s happening in the world
some of these things are NOT big stories!
ILLS: Think about hurricanes:
the constant reporting of what might happen….Brings fear
This corporate Consciousness
Is being established and run by a newspapers and/or media outlets
They are trying to control your mindset
Let’s look back into the unseen realm for a minute
you’ve got the kingdom of God
with the culture of kingdom living that is involved there
and then you have the kingdom of the world
with Its culture and attitude/mindset of living
Christian who should be all about the kingdom of God
Is instead in the mindset of this world’s corporate consciousness
that is established by the kingdom of THIS World
they are taking their attention
and their hearts and their minds off of God’s kingdom
and getting them all into the kingdom of this world the devil is creating
We are being drawn away from the things of God
into this whole drama
that the news organizations are pushing
All of this, is taking us away from the things of God
1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- The love of God and the love of earthly things are NOT compatible.
If you give place to the love of the world,
the love of God cannot dwell in you;
and if you have not His love,
you can have no peace, no holiness, no heaven.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Simply put, love for the world is NOT compatible with love for the Father.
Therefore, if you claim to love God
and yet love the world,
there is something wrong with your claim to love God.
I agree, cigarette smoking
Drinking, drugs,
Rioting in the streets, lawlessness, backstabbing, lying, false accusations
are all terrible.
BUT, it’s all coming from a temporal perspective
the bigger issue is;
that the kingdom of God is looking at things from an eternal perspective
and that should be the most important thing to us as Christians
God’s perspective is always taken into account in the eternal
Whereas, all you can expect from people of the world is
that they are going to look at what is important right now
what is important for this temporal mindset
and so, things that are important to the world
are going to be pumped up
and made to look enormous in order to distract you
away from the things of God
Matthew 6:31-34 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
So, don't worry about tomorrow.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Tomorrow will have its own worries.
AS CHRISTIANS:
we should be set apart
we should have a completely different mindset than that of the world
we should be over here saying yeah, that’s bad
but there is no comparison to a lost soul in the hell…
that is what should be important to believers
It’s not that understanding these issues in the world are wholly wrong
it’s just that all the things that are left out -is what makes it a deception
You are only receiving half-truths
Whether you are getting your information from CBS, CNN or Fox
It doesn’t matter,
It’s all the world
If the enemy is keeping your mind off God
that’s the important thing to him
The devil doesn’t care if it’s CNN or Fox
as long as is keeps your mind from issues effecting the kingdom of God
Colossians 3:12-17 (KJV) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
