Deeper Life #365

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

—Matthew 24:6

SAINTS ARE AS THE PROPHETS of God: They portray in their individual lives what God’s purpose is for their community. The events of our day point toward an unparalleled catastrophe which marks the sudden coming of the Lord and the birth of a new epoch, known as the kingdom of God, visibly established on earth. God’s people are to be harbingers of that new age.

By contrast, the sin of this age has peculiar and definite characteristics. It is true that we still have the sins of all the other ages. But the dominant characteristic of the sin of our age is imitating the Holy Spirit; first, by attempting to impose an organized interpretation upon the gospel; second, by insisting that each individual’s responsibility is based upon that interpretation; and third, by boasting about the infallible certainty of having the mind of God.

Prayer Thought: Deliver me, Lord, from ever attempting to usurp the ministry of Your Holy Spirit!

SUGGESTED READING: Matthew 24:1–31