The Danger of Lawlessness as Jesus Returns (48 min)

The return of Jesus is promised to offend many...just like Jesus offended many in Israel the first time He came.  Offense will cause many to cast off Jesus' leadership at the worst time!...just as He is coming to be the one world leader forever.  This is a trap and a promise.  It is easy to avoid this trap with humility and talking to Jesus. 

2 Thessalonians 2:7-11  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.  8  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.  9  The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,  10  and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  11  And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,

 

John 16:1-4  "These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.  2  They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.  3  And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.  4  But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. "And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

 

Matthew 7:21-23  "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  22  Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'  23  And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'