Catch the Wave
Pastor Ricky Kurth
(A 10 Minute Video)
As I write these words, the cause of Christ has suffered yet
another embarrassing setback, as yet another prediction for the
Rapture has come and gone without fulfillment. The damage that
has been done is far too extensive to fully document in this brief
space, but you’ve all heard the stories. The faith of sincere
believers has been shaken. Some who spent their life savings to
warn the world of the end are now left to pick up the pieces of their
shattered financial lives. And since the media referred to the
man who made this prediction as a “Bible scholar,” unbelievers
now have yet another reason to scoff at Christianity, laugh at the
Bible and Bible teachers, and dismiss anyone who tries to share
anything from the Bible with them.
In the past, those who have tried and failed to date the Lord’s
coming have sought to account for their failure in two ways.
Some have explained that the date they set was accurate, but that the
Lord’s coming was a “spiritual” coming. Others have
scrambled to cover themselves by admitting to a miscalculation, and
setting yet another date. The Bible teacher behind this
latest debacle has resorted to both excuses, and now warns
that the end will come in October.
Thankfully, we serve a God who proved He can bring good out of bad
when He took the worst thing that ever happened, the crucifixion of
Christ, and turned it into the best thing that ever happened, the
salvation of our souls. And so we trust that you will join us
in prayer that the disillusioned followers of this discredited
ministry will now begin to question its leader, and that grace
believers everywhere will be able to use this sad event to lead these
brethren to an understanding of the truth.
There is something we can learn from
all this. Christians who believed that the Lord was coming on
May 21st were spurred to live for Him as never before,
enthusiastically telling their friends and loved ones to be ready.
While this failed prediction has no doubt left some questioning if
the Rapture will come at all, we who “love His appearing” still
believe that we should be “looking for that blessed hope” (II
Tim. 4:8; Titus 2:13). With that in mind, may each of us catch
the wave of this misguided enthusiasm, and may His coming find us all
busily redeeming whatever time we have left in the service of the
Christ that loved us, and gave Himself for us.
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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