b'END TIMESCan You See The Day Approaching?By Michael Forti There will be terrible times in the lastraised from the dead-Jesus who res-days. People will be lovers of money,cuesusfromtheWRATHtocome." boastful proud, abusive(2Tim 4:3). It appears that there will soon be a T heWordteachesthatintheveryYettheLordteachesthatevery- reward for those who are separating LastDays,thosewhoaretrulyonewhoconfessestheNamethemselves from the greed and idola-savedwillbeabletoseethattheoftheLordmustturnawaytry of this world.Coming of our Lord is imminent. fromwickedness(2Tim2:19).1Manyintheseverylastdayswill The main sign of the times will beThessalonians teaches, "They tell howbe ready to steal and kill so that they the way that people are living. Greedyou turned to God from idols, to servecan have what they want to include and idolatry will be the main motiva- the living and true God, and to WAITmaterial possessions. They can\'t wait tor for godless living. But mark this:forHisSonfromheaven,whomHefor mom or dad to drop dead so that they can inherit more worldly wealth. Their parents most likely had a Bible inthelivingroomwhiletheirkids weregrowingup,butthecaresof thislifedrewthemawayfromthe seed that was planted."For the love of Many in these very last days will be readymoney is the root of all kinds of evil. Somepeopleeagerformoney,have to steal and kill so that they can have whatwandered from the faith and piercedMichael Fortithemselveswithmanygriefs"(1Tim 6:10 NIV/KJV).they want to include material possessions.Even within the four walls of manyIn closing, I want to share the chal-They can\'t wait for mom or dad to dropchurches we find preachers who arelengethatIalongwithotherfellow more sold out for money than for thebelieversarenowexperiencingright dead so that they can inherit more worldlyLord Himself. "Many will follow theirherewhereIlive.Imovedintomy shamefulwaysandwillbringthewonderful Townhome July 2020 only wayoftruthintodisrepute.Intheir wealth.GREED these teachers will exploit youto find out that a female board mem-berwassuingthePresidentofthe with stories they have made up. Theirboard. She was not convinced that she condemnation has long been hangingtrulylostthelastelectionalthough over them, and their destruction hasthecourtprovedotherwise.Shenot not been sleeping" (2Pet 2:3NIV).Continued on Page 54 MAY 2021 BOCNEWS.com'