Our paragraph topic is: (Christ warns them not to be led astray) Part 2.
Their hearts were racing and their minds were wondering what was to come. They could imagine all sorts of possible outcomes, all sorts of disasters, all sorts of horrors to come, but they needed to know from Christ himself what was to happen. He wanted them to know but did not want to fill their minds with such horrors that they would not be able to withstand the nature of the truth.
Do not be led astray, he told them. Let no one come and tell you all sorts of stories to lead you in the wrong direction. Be wary of anything that you hear. Do not believe all that people speak of because there will be much spoken about the coming end. He told them: "For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' "
What would we believe today? Would we follow someone who called himself the Christ if he came to earth today and declared himself to be? What proof would he give? What words would he speak? What knowledge would he have for us? What miracles would he perform to show us that he is the true Christ? Would we believe? Would we follow such a one?
In his own words, in this book of witnesses, in this gospel of Matthew, Christ tells us not to be led astray. He tells us that many will come in his name and declare themselves as the Christ. None will be so. For only the Son of Man will come on a cloud for all of mankind to see with awe and majesty with angels and sounds of trumpets. And no imposter will come in such a manner except him. So if anyone else declares himself as the Christ do not believe. Do not be misled. There is but one Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, son of the Father, God.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Their hearts were racing and their minds were wondering what was to come. They could imagine all sorts of possible outcomes, all sorts of disasters, all sorts of horrors to come, but they needed to know from Christ himself what was to happen. He wanted them to know but did not want to fill their minds with such horrors that they would not be able to withstand the nature of the truth.
Do not be led astray, he told them. Let no one come and tell you all sorts of stories to lead you in the wrong direction. Be wary of anything that you hear. Do not believe all that people speak of because there will be much spoken about the coming end. He told them: "For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' "
What would we believe today? Would we follow someone who called himself the Christ if he came to earth today and declared himself to be? What proof would he give? What words would he speak? What knowledge would he have for us? What miracles would he perform to show us that he is the true Christ? Would we believe? Would we follow such a one?
In his own words, in this book of witnesses, in this gospel of Matthew, Christ tells us not to be led astray. He tells us that many will come in his name and declare themselves as the Christ. None will be so. For only the Son of Man will come on a cloud for all of mankind to see with awe and majesty with angels and sounds of trumpets. And no imposter will come in such a manner except him. So if anyone else declares himself as the Christ do not believe. Do not be misled. There is but one Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, son of the Father, God.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
