How will the antichrist gain power over the world.
The Antichrist spirit is preparing the world and the church for his coming
What people commonly believe about the antichrist is that he will simply appear and take over the world.
He is not going to come into the world and overwhelm the world with his demonic charisma
The bible tells us that the spirit is in the world and his spirit is hard at work preparing the hearts of man for him preparing society and culture for him
1 John 4:3
And every spirit that confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of god: and this is that spirit of antichrist , whereof ye have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world.
Thessalonians 2:7
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work is already at work but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out the way .
It has already started but people don’t see it yet the verses tells us that the spirit of antichrist world has been looking for antichrist himself to take center stage Satan has been pouring out the spirit of the antichrist to go out into the world and prepare the way for him.
To create a society and culture that ids ready to worship him have said this once and I believe it is worth saying again I believe one of the biggest supporters of the antichrist will be the church
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirit and doctrine of devils: speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience scarred with a whole iron .
The doctrine of devils this is the type of the church that will welcome him and support him and will embrace him when he comes because this type of church is not apart .
The doctrine of devil this is the type of the church that will welcome him and support him and and will endorse him when he comes because this type of church is not apart at the body of the antichrist have you not seen how churches are cropped up teaching things completely and ulterly against the word these churches are not birthed by the spirit of the antichrist
I could go as far as saying that the antichrist is going across the world planting churches.
The antichrist wants to integrate himself fully into the world system especially the church
By the time he comes people will be ready he will reveal people’s hearts would have recleared him he wont be an alien to the world he will be a part of the culture he will be part of the very fabric of society a lot of believers of these days think the antichrist will just come and overpower the world but his spirit will prepare the world and the church to accept him when he comes
We are going to focus on how the spirit of the antichrist is going to prepare the way for the antichrist in the church.
The technique of the ANTICHRIST:
The first method is through the false prophets:
Matthew 24:4-5
And Jesus Answered and said unto, them, take head that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name , saying I am Christ ; and shallm deceive many .
Matthew 24:11
And many false prophets shall rise , and deceive many
Jesus said beware of false prophets not everyone that stands up on the pulpit is a follower of Christ .
Be careful who you listen to don’t just allow anyone to preach to you don’t open up your ears to everyone
What is the spirit behind false prophets?
When they are preaching to you what spirit are they filled with they are filled with the spirit of antichrist .
Now imagine time after your constantly listening to these false prophets sponsored by the spirit of the antichrist .
The spirit of the antichrist will slowly move you away from the right path and this is happening to so many people .
Jesus said many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many
Ensure you are not a part of those that will be deceived
The second method the spirit of the antichrist will force himself into the hearts of many churches because many will have itching ears
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not end we sound doctrine ; but after their own lust 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.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths
We are in the days that people will chase after their desires shamelessly their ears are blocked to the truth and their hearts repel conviction from that originating from god’s word they prefer to be taught lies they want pastors who tell them they have the liberty to sin rather than being taught the fundamentals of the christ like believers faith they prefer to be taught
The ten rules of success
Freedom to sin and all sorts
People want to hear things that make them feel good and appeal to their sensory desires.
Doesn’t matter if its in according with gods word what matters is how it makes them feel.
The gospel message is not the for your self esteem it is thee for your self-glorification.
The gospel message is not there for you to buy a Lamborghini but the gospel message is there to deliver you from sin the power of the gospel message is true.
If Jesus Christ is alive you can’t live as thought he hadn’t if the bible is true you can’t put yourself in a place where you don’t read it or listen to it .
If the gospel is so you can’t live like anybody who thinks it isn’t so /do you submit to Jesus Christ.
Do you accept the message the message as true
Do you accept the message in such a way that you put your whole weight upon it.
For your acceptance any your standing with god if the gospel message is about sin and it is then you can’t love sin if sin is so awful that god must condemn it either in the sinner or in his son then you can’t live life loving sin any church that avoids the subject of sin or encourages a sinful lifestyle is energized by the very spirit of the antichrist it is energized by the very man of sin
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come , except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed , the son of prediction .
There is nothing that surprises me and astonishes me anymore about so many people within the church about the way in which they dislike the doctrine of sin and they say why must you always be pressing sin
Sin is a problem.
The son had come into the world from eternity and had to go through suffering of the cross to deal with sin as god’s children we must always walk in discernment by god’s spirit we should sensor our thoughts and desires
What are those things we long to hear
Why do we listen to the preachers we listen to it so because they make you feel good
They develop our relationship and make you motivated to prepare the world for his imminent reign the antichrist has dispensed numerous false preachers into the world to satisfy the craving of many people false prophets who don’t speak sin false prophets who encourage the congregation to live and stay in their sin
The antichrist is on a mission to saturate the world with his system as much as he can
If we the saints are not sensitive as we ought to be we will be blown away by the devils deception
The final method as the antichrist spirits is using to prepare the church for it to accept him is through persecution.
Mark 13 : 9-13
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to council, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. The gospel must first be published among all nations but when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that how, that speak ye for it is not ye that speak but the holy ghost now the brother shall betray the brother of death and the father and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death and ye shall be hated of all man for my name’s sake but he that shall end we unto the end, the same shall be saved of this world
A man who will be friends with god will definitely be an enemy of the world
John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the would love his own but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you
If we give into the pressure here we’d share the same fate as unbelievers in the end. Our reward lies in enduring the persecution and rejection from the world therefore let your focus be on the reward ahead and not the present pain how do you prepare against this as our lord Jesus left the world he promised us the gift of the holy spirit to guide us and help us walk through the world
These last days is by drawing from the wisdom and strength of the holy spirit when we are sensitive to him and led by him it will be impossible for us to fall for the scheme of the spirit of the antichrist as all activities on earth wrap up for the coming of the antichrist we must also sit and firm and remain on the alert for the coming of our lord Jesus.
This is a consciousness we have to maintain as we sojourn on earth even as we consciously put in the effort we should also put our trust in the one who has called us.
He is faithful to uphold us
Jude confirms that this in his epistle to the church now to him who was able to keep from stumbling and will present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy to he only wise god our savior
Jude 24 :25
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy
To the only wise God our savior, be glory and majesty dominion and power, both now and ever Amen.
2nd Timothy 3:1-4
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection true breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good traitors, heady, high minded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Matthew 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of mary shall wax cold.
1 Timothy 5:6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth .
What is pleasure seeking
What is a lover of pleasure
A lover of pleasure is someone who id in love with this world and who is in love with the pleasure sin brings for a time.
World and sin has a bucket of pleasure
The delicacy of sin that is appropriate way to describe sin and this world.
Sin has a wide range of delicacies all sorts of pleasure of different kinds.
The pleasure of sin never last and they take more than they give this is why you keep going back to them but the high these pleasures give are only temporary they only last for a minute while but takes a place of you each time and they leave you empty.
For men shall be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of god this is the things.
This is the thing of God will be treated with contempt and they will be seen as burdensome men and woman detest God because his instructions and commands are against the practices of the world which they want to engage in.
The bible says we should walk in the spirit so that we would not fufill the desire of the flesh it is impossible for us to be lovers of God and lovers of pleasure at the same time we cannot serve two masters love one and attest the other.
1 John 2:15-17
Love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but of the world and the world passeth and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of god obideth forever.
If anyone loves the world the love of the father is not in him so the increasing love for pleasure in these last days is what referred to as the lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh.
Have sense of security in yourself everything is fine right now there is no major crisis in your life .
You have money in the bank to the rich fool
The parable of the young rich fool clarifies this
Luke 12:16-21
And he spake a parable unto them, saying the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentiful: And he thought within himself , saying , what shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
And he said , this will I do; I will pull down my barns and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruit and my goods.
And I will say to my soul , soul, thou hast must good laid uo for many years ; take thine ease .
Eat drink and be merry
But God said unto him thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided ? so is he thou layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God .
Rich fool made plans in his life he said take thy knees eat, drink and be merry .
He made no account for god but all the while this real fool did not recognize that there was a God in heaven who is watching him . make plans for his life.
All the while this fool did not realize that there was god
He was excluding.
he wasn’t aware that god who allowed his business to grow .
the God who blessed him with the abundance that he was about to enjoy watching him. All he was concerned about was the pleasure of this like and god call him a fool because of this to have a successful business isn’t what made him a fool having money in the bank isn’t what made him a fool . the simple fact that he wanted to eat drink and be merry wasn’t what made him a fool . The man completely disregarded god.
He lived his whole life without preparing for eternity 5 times this man said my fruits my barns my fruits my goods my soul not once did he mention the sunshine of god that allowed his crops to grow not once did he mention god giving him the ability to work.
It was all him and even his plans of the future were all about him and that is a lesson to you and I we are not to forget that every good thing we have in our life is because a god we are not to forget that god is the one who gives with our next breathe, heart beat because of him
We live because he permits us too
nothing exist without God
We are nothing without God
When someone forgets about the goodness of god they begin to live pleasure more than god look at the goodness of God n your life all he has done for you and doing for you .
If god did nothing else but die on the cross that is more than enough to give him your everything .
When you see billions of people cast in the lake of fire you will thank god for his goodness and mercy the simple fact that he sat his only son to die for you.
So we will spend eternity with him.
Shows the goodness of god
God is a good God
God has to be our first love and not pleasure.
Revelations 2:4-5
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee because though hast left thy first love .
Remember therefore from whence thou art, fallen and repent , and do the first works; or else I will come unto the quickly and will remove thy candlesticks out of his place except thou repent
Remember it is crazy to love anything else more than you love God (idoltry)
Our love must be geared towards God .
If we invested in anything anything else we are guilty of idolatry because God is a jealous God .
We all need to evaluate our walk with god to know whether or not we all need to evaluste our walk with god to know whether our love for pleasure has not taken over our love for God .
When is the best time you fasted and prayed on your own risk to ask god for something but just commanded with hints to fellowship with God.
Do you still have the same hunger and thirst you had for the things of god
When you gave your life to Christ
What is the most time you spend doing on a daily basis .
Are they’re things to promote self -pleasure and glorification.
You need to examine whether the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes have crept into your life .
If you are satisfying the demand of your flesh and your eyes at all times
You are alone of pleasure if you have never deprived yourself of something in order to please god it proves that the pleasure of love is more than the love for God.
Denied themselves of pleasure of this world in order to accomplish God’s people for their lives in these last days man and woman will be lovers of pleasure , Man that lovers of god be we can choose to live differently .
