I spoke to a man tonight who is a professional computer engineer.  He works for a company that is developing scam and spam killing programs.  We spoke for awhile and I broached the subject of the evil in our world today.  He said, “I mean no offense to you, but you really have no idea how evil the digital world is.  Did you know that only 1% of the billions upon billions of messages in the world are true messages?  The rest are either scam or spam”.  I asked for a definition of these two terms as to how they differ one from the other.  He replied, “scam is email intended to deceive and to steal by deception.  For example, scam is disguised to look like, say, Amazon, when it is not.  If a person opens it, thinking it is Amazon, it triggers a gimmick aimed at getting a person to buy a deal.  The problem is you give your credit card information and get nothing in return.  Sometimes it develops into identify theft.  Spam is advertising email that nobody asked for.  It is almost overwhelming, the amount of it posted daily.  Scam is called Pfishing, and spam is called “digital junk mail”.  After discussing this for awhile, he finally said that most people have no real idea of just how evil the whole world has become through internet access.  

That brought to mind what God said about the world of Noah, just before He brought judgment in the form of overwhelming flood.  “Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”.  That is true of our world today.  Greed has such a hold on the thoughts and intents that people are unmercifully scammed at every turn, except for strict enforcement of laws preventing it.  Even so, much damage is done.  Pornography made easy by internet access has invaded so many homes, even “Christian” ones, that it is being called epidemic in its scope.  Computer games have dumbed down almost the entire young generation through computers, iphones, ipads, cell phones, etc.  Lying is commonplace and bullying is also epidemic.  These lead to robberies, embezzlements, and even murders.  Gossip has done a great deal of damage in the world’s church congregations as well.  

No wonder God, who sees the heart, has pronounced his judicial finding on today’s world as He did in the days of Noah.  And remember Lot’s world, the world of aberrant sexual behavior and idol worship.  God sent nuclear fire on his cities in order to destroy such abominable things from before His eyes.  And Christian, remember Lot’s wife, whose heart did not go with God, but stayed behind, her body becoming a pillar of salt.  “Love not the world, neither the things of the world” (1 John 2:15).  God is almost through with this world.  He is preparing even now to restore planet earth to the pristine condition it first had when He created Adam and placed him in the garden called Eden.  I believe it will be a pole shift which will trigger earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, etc.   The earth is going to be restored to prepare for the coming Kingdom Age.  That is all there is to it.  And God will use the destruction to judge sinful, Christ rejecting humanity.  So, the message is “Prepare to meet thy God”.   

Remember, God sees the heart, not what we do, but what we intend to do, whether we ever carry out those intents or not.  That is why you can’t fool God.  He will not waver or set aside His rules for being worthy before Him.  The worthiness MUST BE IN THE HEART.  You must want to obey God, and then try your best to do it.  His words will instruct you as to how.  READ THE BIBLE.

For those who love the Lord Jesus Christ, His demands are not hard.  He declared that His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.  It brings joy to the doer, but the doer must have the right heart.  To have the right heart requires the new birth.  

Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart.  I implore you, live for Christ and prepare to escape this terribly spiritually dark world before it is too late.  Make your election sure.

Blessings

Gerry Almond