Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? 6

* Luís Alberto Alves

Some Christians, particularly teenagers and young people, classify older caretakers for spending a lot of time reflecting on the Word of God. They classify this gesture as a waste of time. They imagine that they can maneuver the Lord's will. Because of Grace. They think that everything is lawful.

The devil adopted strategies to slowly cool down part of the evangelicals. Before the praises of worshiping Jesus were very spiritual. Over the decades, subtly he turned it into hit songs. Most are lyrics of idolatry to man. Little is said of Jesus' sacrifice.

He infiliated professional singers selling the image of the professionalism of secular music, as if worshiping the Lord needed tuned voices, overmaked faces, slim bodies, cultivated in hard gymnastics sessions in the gyms.

Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? 5

 

* Luís Alberto Alves

Any kind of effort to obtain greater communion with Jesus is dismissed by the antichrist. Examples: why dating and getting married to get married? Met today, go live together soon. If it doesn't work, drop it and you're still single? Let go of honesty. Thief and corrupt get rich fast and honest people suffer to pay the bills of the month!

To worship God is not necessary to have church. Do this wherever you are. After all, God is love. In this tone, people start to distance themselves from the Lord. They imitate the worst of the world, as if it were normal. In fact, it became routine to hear the buzzword “nothing to do”.

The rule of darkness is to make everything easy, preventing people from thinking. Think about the future. It can become wonderful or terrible, depending on the choice that the person chooses in the present. The popular saying says that “everything that is easy is worthless.” How many pay attention to this detail?

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? 4

* Luís Alberto Alves

Few evangelicals perceive these sutures of the antichrist. It is not being opposed to technology, but using it rationally. Do not let it become something essential in life. Seek to escape the tentacles of this dark force.

In this detail, it is visible that the world has already prepared itself and accepted the invitation of the antichrist: “make life easier”. It is something so real that few pay attention. On December 14 of this year, Google failed in some of its platforms. Several people lost their way. Even companies.

The antichrist's move is to sell the facility. It is taking your sacrifice out of your life. It is making it easy. Without any effort. People getting any realization in the blink of an eye. Work without sweat, when the Lord said that “from the sweat on our faces we would earn our bread”.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? 3

* Luís Alberto Alves

One morning, in communion with God, I realized how much the human being is coming in, easily, the world idealized by the antichrist. Subtly, he designed and moved the pieces on his board. First by satisfying our vanities (Jesus satisfies our needs).

Then making them necessary. Why browse the Bible when I can read on my cell phone? Why keep books when I have the means to access the content over the internet? Something simple, even somewhat innocent, but slowly tying people up.

A process similar to that of drugs, which slowly catches the consumer until he becomes dependent. Someone capable of selling the appliances in your home and even stealing to maintain your addiction. In the case of women, plunge into prostitution in search of money to satisfy this crazy and demonic desire.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

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* Luís Alberto Alves

Families get together, when this happens, to lunch and each is plugged into the cell phone. Little is talked about. The concern is to post a photo on social media and see what others are doing. Family love has lost its glamor to technology.

Even the services in some churches have adopted the same scheme of social networks. Pastors encourage members to enjoy the day's sermon, that church's campaign, prayer, etc. Can you ask yourself what I mean by this text?

In addition to being a pastor, through the Lord's Mercy, I am a journalist, and as a habit of my profession I carefully observe what is happening around me. The actions of people, in the streets, in the Metro and even in traffic. Through gestures, we speak, even unconsciously.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ? 1

* Luís Alberto Alves

In music studios, now anyone would record a song. The highly computerized table turns the suffering voice into a good thing. It is also possible to copy timbres from any instrument and from any time. All in fraction of a second.

It is more a confirmation of what God said to Daniel, through his Word, millennia ago, when there was no pencil or pen. Today's civilization has adapted to these advances. Millions of people have become dependent on this technology, in the case of children, adolescents and young people.

Today, few of them are able to do calculations without using a machine or quote verses from books without resorting to Google. Even some pastors “plagiarize” sermons from the internet.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.

Is the church prepared for the return of Jesus Christ?

 

* Luís Alberto Alves

“But you, Daniel, holds the words and seals the book, until the end of time. Many will run from one part to the other and science will multiply. ” Daniel 12: 4

Technological advance is not new. In several sectors, Science moved quickly. Driverless cars and trucks, computer programs that monitor the exact amount of medication the patient needs in an intensive care unit (ICU), robot surgeons in hospitals handling scalpels accurately, missiles that accurately hit the target .

All this information confirms what Daniel wrote in chapter 12, verse 4 of his book. Today any biblical text can be found easily on the cell phone. Everything is fast. It is technology making human life easier.

In pandemic times, several evangelical churches held services online. Even the Holy Communion. Something impossible 40 years ago. When microcomputers were rare and there were no applications that made life easier for the population.

* Luís Alberto Alves is pastor.