IT IS LATER THAN YOU THINK!

I noticed this year that most of the Christmas cards that I received were either Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings or something like that.

Many of the Seasons Greetings cards had (Merry Christmas hand written to me).  I know that those strongly objecting to Merry Christmas, had that regular card with Seasons Greetings sent to them.   I also know what Jesus said about denying HIM before men in this world.

Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

 Many parts of the Bible apply to the LAST DAYS and this is one of them below from First John 2:15-29                        
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       Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love these things you show that you do not really love God;

       for all these worldly things, these evil desires--the craze for sex, the ambition to buy everything that appeals to you, and the pride that comes from wealth and importance--these are not from God. They are from this evil world itself.

       And this world is fading away, and these evil, forbidden things will go with it, but whoever keeps doing the will of God will live forever.

       Dear children, this world's last hour has come. You have heard about the Antichrist who is coming--the one who is against Christ--and already many such persons have appeared. This makes us all the more certain that the end of the world is near.

       These "against-Christ" people used to be members of our churches, but they never really belonged with us or else they would have stayed.  When they left us it proved that they were not of us at all.

       But you are not like that, for the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you know the truth.

       So I am not writing to you as to those who need to know the truth, but I warn you as those who can discern the difference between true and false.

      And who is the greatest liar?  The one who says that Jesus is not Christ.  Such a person is antichrist, for he does not believe in God the Father and in his Son.

      For a person who doesn't believe in Christ, God's Son, can't have God the Father either.  But he who has Christ, God's Son, has God the Father also.

      So keep on believing what you have been taught from the beginning.  If you do, you will always be in close fellowship with both God the Father and his Son.

      And he himself has promised us this: eternal life.

      These remarks of mine about the Antichrist are pointed at those who would dearly love to blindfold you and lead you astray.

      But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, in your hearts, so that you don't need anyone to teach you what is right. For he teaches you all things, and he is the Truth, and no liar; and so, just as he has said, you must live in Christ, never to depart from him.

      And now, my little children, stay in happy fellowship with the Lord so that when he comes you will be sure that all is well and will not have to be ashamed and shrink back from meeting him.

      Since we know that God is always good and does only right, we may rightly assume that all those who do right are his children.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 From . . . First John 2:15-29

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.