Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not."Behold, I have told you before." So there's no excuse for buying into any of the false wonders to come. We have His word. Some find that to be ... unsatisfying:
(Matthew 24:23-26)
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.We however are like Peter at the conclusion of the Bread of Life discourse:
(2 Timothy 4:3-4)
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.To whom else shall we go, indeed. That is the question ...
(John 6:67-69)
Amen