Is sure is, since we are making it better every day, with every act of faith and obedience. Our lives matter. The small contributions we place in the Lord's hands, when He blesses them, have a disproportionate effect.
Which brings me to a question that is urgently relevant to this conversation:
Do you have children?
OTOH, according to the most recent surveys, evangelical kids raised to regard secular humanism as a legitimate faith[1] walk away from God. Perhaps as many as 95% of them.
I'm just wondering -- do those who "write off" the future also "write off" kids?
Well, I don’t usually reveal if I do or not have children in cyberspace and I would suggest most people wouldn’t....especially to inquiring minds of people who want to know who are unknown.
Futher these questions appear to be canned from a script and very much insulting at that. The Holy Spirit does not operate in my life this way.....Additionally, the arrogance presented here flies in the face of many churches across the Christian community who are effectively spreading the Gospel and understand fully that calling, regardless of which line of endtimes they adhear to.
I can understand now why some might find certain posters offensive ...there are scriptures which encourage us to test the spirits to see if they are of God....some fail that test.
In light of this finding I will move onto other topics here on FR where dialogue is less insulting and without script.
HAve a good day.
Where do you get this stuff?
We(which by the way is the majority of Christians spanning many denominations) look forward to Christ Second coming have not “written off the future”. We are not doom and gloomers. On the contrary, we eagerly wait for his return, and the fulfillments of the millenia and the New Heaven and the New Earth, and the final punishment for Satan and his demons. And most of us feel that the time is drawing near and there may be anxiety because of the job we have to do to get ready. Reaching out to the lost, renouncing sin in our own lives, remaining steadfast. If we are afraid of anything it may because we fear there is not enough time to complete that job.
The message coming out of the pulpt in OUR chuurches is not one of dispair like you seem to think it is. We are to Be encouraged! Be anticipating! We are secure; we belong to Christ. And as the old gospel song says, “Soon and very soon we are going to see the King!”
JAMES 5:7 7-9
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. Don’t grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS
"IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST, SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH." (Colossians 3: 1,2).