Interesting question. It could very well be that this is the case in your life and might not be the case in someone else’s.
Its visibility is certainly intensifying.
so...how old is she?
Yes, and evil is winning in this world right now. However I read the end of the book, good wins in the end.
It’s not intensifying, it’s that we’re losing the battle.
There does seem to be a wide divide between what is right and what is wrong. What is wrong seems to have almost totally taken over this country and maybe the entire world.
Before Clinton, I never in my wildest nightmare would have dreamed that this country would have elected a Marxist, racist, Muslim, monster as president then reelected the same one.
This guy is what the Anti-Christ sounds like to me.
Since we cannot see the sprit world empherical data must suffice. Are the people of the world now living more or less in agreement with the ten commandments than the people of fifty years ago? By this I mean living in conformance with the requirements and cutting across religious lines. I believe we are a more evil people than we we were fifty years ago and I believe the people of the world are also. So we could conclude the evil side of the sprit world is more active and successful than it used to be or we are simply weaker at resisting it than we used to be.
I have struggled with staying as vibrant and close to God as I’ve felt in the past. My mind wanders when I read the Bible and again when I pray. It seems I really have to work at maintaining a close and intimate connection to Him. It has caused me to wonder if the Holy Spirit (The Restrainer)is slowly leaving this old planet and that . . in due time . . true Evil will be revealed as never before. God is holding back right now. Once he removes the holding back “then the lawless one will be revealed†(2 Thess.2:8)
Having been quite successful in several ways, I am curious what circumstances you think would lead to less temptation. After marrying my beautiful, fun, nice, and smart (one and only, forsaking all others, until death do us part) wife, I encountered far more feminine temptation - women who were shockingly more forward because I was married. Where were they when I was single???
After becoming financially quite well off, I encountered even more temptations (both female and financial), again apparently because of my good fortune. Everything that has gone well has led to more temptation. So far, even when it was a struggle, I have resisted the temptations that have increased. So far I have not regretted choosing to let God guide my life (okay, brief regrets a few times, but not in the long run).
I hope you are similarly blessed. I hope that your circumstances are also positive, and that you have the strength to do the right thing.
The harder you work at leading a Godly life, the harder Satan is going to try to lead you away.
The answer to your question is yes & it’s going to keep getting worse until the Lord Returns.
Many times, when a person feels like they’re at a high point in their faith- & they actually are, that’s when the devil comes after them the hardest. And he is relentless.
God Never Leaves you. Never. When things get really hairy, sometimes He Will Answer what you need (which is to know that He Is There) right away.
No matter what happens- how things ‘turn out’, you & people who believe on Jesus Christ are going to be MORE than okay.
God Bless. Hang in there.
Yes, rampant corruption.
Evidence #1: Washington D.C. (District of Corruption.)
Evidence #2: Wall Street.
Evidence #3: Collusion between Big Government, Big Business.
Evidence #4: Waste, Fraud, Abuse of every single "benefits" program in this country, enabled by the Government, taken advantage of and exploited by otherwise able bodied people.
Evidence #5: Those who walked away from their mortgage obligations because their homes were financially under-water and decided to stop paying their mortgages, which hurt the rest of us, while benefitting them.
I can keep going. To ignore the rampant corruption in this country at every level of government and business, and frankly, at an individual level is a fools errand.
You want a good Christian fiction book that explains what's been going on recently in story form, read Frank Peretti's book, This Present Darkness
It's fiction but shows what's happening all around us, everyday.
You rarely start taking flack until you are close to the target.
You are probably doing something right that is bringing you closer to God...and someone is not happy about it.
I will pray for strength for you Matt. Yes, it is increasing, evidenced by nothing more than the destruction of marriage (but a ton of other things).
Remember though, Paul says, where sin abounds, grace abounds even more. What an awesome promise!
Your question grabbed my attention. I tried to have a discussion about that very topic with my mom just today. She is as solid a Christian as you’ll ever meet, but she wanted nothing to do with that topic. So, not only do I think that the spiritual battle is intensifying, I think there’s also a reluctance from the good guys to consider the consequences of said battle. Ultimately we win, but I fear our road to victory will be quite trying.
Not by me, I hope.
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Luke 17.26
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Isaiah 5.20
This world is turning towards darkness as man more and more follow the way of evil versus what God has taught us and for this nation it is excelerating under this evil administration with his executive actions and the supreme courts legitimizing the gay agenda attacking God’s sanctity of marriage.
The war in Heaven is heating up on Earth. Fleshly death is a assured, whether you side with Christ or not. and you will likely be the target of corporeal destruction sooner rather than latter if you choose Christ, but eternal salvation of your soul is only ensured if you choose the right side in this war.
Take courage from the One who died for us.