"3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.
4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”
5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.
6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.
7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed."
We live in a world that is growing increasingly hostile to the truth about God and those who have placed their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Sometimes we forget that this world is not our home and that we have an enemy that doesn't like us very much because we belong to Jesus. The devil is our enemy and he is stirring up trouble and hatred all around this world.
There are times I must admit that I am a little naive because I assume people like me, but sometimes that isn't always the case. Sometimes when people find out that I am follower of Jesus they ask weird questions and speak to me in a mocking way.
There is this young man who works at the grocery store where I work who seems to be mocking my belief in Jesus. He hasn't come right out and said anything, but I just get the sense that he doesn't like me by the way he acts and what he says.
The other day he found out that I was a Pastor and today as I was leaving work he says to me, "Praise Jesus." So, I thought that was a good thing so I said, "Praise the Lord!" to which the young man says to me in front of other people in line at the cash register, "I think hell will be much more fun." After he said those words he left and I just can't stop thinking about the way he said those words.
It was very chilling the way he said those words and there was such a coldness in his voice. There are many people who are spiritually dead all around us and they need Jesus. This young man needs Jesus.
I would like to ask you to pray for this young man. I want you to pray that the Lord Jesus would touch him in a powerful way and save his soul from the pits of hell. Would you pray for him for me?
Lord Jesus,
We praise Your Name.
I pray for that young man who is so cold and full of hate.
I pray that You would reach him with the gospel.
I pray for all of those in my family and my work place and in this community.
I ask that You O Lord would reach out to them in love and draw them into Your Kingdom.
There is only one way a person can be saved and that is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
Thank You Lord for saving a wretch like me.
Come Soon Lord.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen
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