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Well... sometimes modern day Christians need to hear the TRUTH, which is often very uncomfortable for them... but TRUTH is TRUTH. In the meme above, the "they do not advertise it because they are lost" is entirely inaccurate, while the next part that says "demonstrate it by how you live" is the actual key... take these two verses, among many I've collected on the matter:

1 Thessalonians 4:11:
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

1 Peter 3:4
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

Which serves the Lord better? The person who runs around making a lot of noise about their faith, or the person who lives quietly, successfully, decently, and then asked how they manage it profess it as a result of their faith?

The first person, who are often referred to as the "Bible Thumpers", can't go through a day without making as many people aware they ARE a good Christian as they can, and can't have a conversation without inserting as many "hallelujah"'s and "Praise God"'s as they can muster. They have to insist on "praying over" people who at one look you can see they are uncomfortable with it. They'll invite you to Church with them and jump up and down and be the loudest ones in the sanctuary. GREAT JOB! How many people did they have think they were a nutjob in that day? Wonder how many people THAT drew to Christ? Wonder how many it pushed further away.

Then there's the person as described in the scripture above... the quiet guy down the street who often says hello with a smile. Every once in a while he'll run into someone he knows and have a conversation with them. Tell them about his work, his family, and just general things of every day life. Seldom misses a day of work, and never complains about the hardships of life, and always seems content in his ways. When it comes up about how he manages to have that peace, he won't shy away. He'll say plain and straight, I owe all I have to my Lord!

He'll invite a friend to Church, all the other "good" Christians turn and look at him, thinking (as they often gossip with others) "He never says anything! He doesn't even sing at worship! I've never even heard him say Hallelujah or Praise god! Thank God I'm saved and not like him!" What they don't realize is the friend he brought to Church with him was led to the Lord that day, and was led there by the example set by the one they mock. I don't think I'd want to be them in the eyes of the Lord.

Ya wanna know the kicker? That quiet servant of the Lord has NO IDEA if anyone else is saved, or if he is even saved himself... but he prays vigorously that he will be... and that those who proclaim their salvation by deeds may one day be, too.

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Well... sometimes modern day Christians need to hear the TRUTH, which is often very uncomfortable for them... but TRUTH is TRUTH. In the meme above, the "they do not advertise it because they are lost" is entirely inaccurate, while the next part that says "demonstrate it by how you live" is the actual key... take these two verses, among many I've collected on the matter: 
  
1 Thessalonians 4:11:  
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,  
  
1 Peter 3:4  
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.  
  
Which serves the Lord better?  The person who runs around making a lot of noise about their faith, or the person who lives quietly, successfully, decently, and then asked how they manage it profess it as a result of their faith?  
  
The first person, who are often referred to as the "Bible Thumpers", can't go through a day without making as many people aware they ARE a good Christian as they can, and can't have a conversation without inserting as  many "hallelujah"'s and "Praise God"'s as they can muster.  They have to insist on "praying over" people who at one look you can see they are uncomfortable with it. They'll invite you to Church with them and jump up and down and be the loudest ones in the sanctuary.  GREAT JOB!  How many people did they have think they were a nutjob in that day?  Wonder how many people THAT drew to Christ?  Wonder how many it pushed further away.  
  
Then there's the person as described in the scripture above... the quiet guy down the street who often says hello with a smile.  Every once in a while he'll run into someone he knows and have a conversation with them.  Tell them about his work, his family, and just general things of every day life.  Seldom misses a day of work, and never complains about the hardships of life, and always seems content in his ways.  When it comes up about how he manages to have that peace, he won't shy away.  He'll say plain and straight, I owe all I have to my Lord!    
  
He'll invite a friend to Church, all the other "good" Christians turn and look at him, thinking (as they often gossip with others) "He never says anything! He doesn't even sing at worship! I've never even heard him say Hallelujah or Praise god! Thank God I'm saved and not like him!" What they don't realize is the friend he brought to Church with him was led to the Lord that day, and was led there by the example set by the one they mock. I don't think I'd want to be them in the eyes of the Lord.  
  
Ya wanna know the kicker?  That quiet servant of the Lord has NO IDEA if anyone else is saved, or if he is even saved himself... but he prays vigorously that he will be... and that those who proclaim their salvation by deeds may one day be, too.

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RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS - Political, Economic, Religious, Spiritual, Moral Social! - Today's society and its institutions are becoming increasingly corrupt and violent. It's like it was in the days of Noah.

"And the earth was corrupt before the Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence. And Elohim looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupted. For all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth. " Gen 6:11-12.

The apostle Paul also described conditions in the endtimes:

"Realize this, that in the last days perlious times will come. For men will be lovers of self, (self-centered), lovers of money....unholy....brutal...treacherous, reckless, conceited .... lovers of sensual pleasures rather than lovers of Elohim/God; holding to a form of godliness (spiritual life), although they have denied its power." 2 Timothy 3:1-4.

Society was once generally conservative and restrained; now it is permissive, godless, with fast declining principles and morality, and with an intolerance of the Gospel of Messiah/Christ.

There are widespread drug and alcohol addictions, increasing lawlessness, abuse and sex crimes. The cities of the nations are becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Increasing Rejection of the Word of YAHWEH: Today, newspapers and journals do not hesitate to stimulate doubts about the Word of Elohim/God, as we see in TIME front page sometime ago. "Is the Bible Fact or Fiction?" The question itself raises doubts. But of course, the modern generation dismisses the Living Elohim's/God's Word.

President Barack Obama declared in one of his campaign speeches, "Nobody should be concerned with a few obscure Bible verse." (In fact, there are quite a few Bible verses Mr Obama is not concerned about!)

A commentator said: "Obama's very poignant statement will go down in infamy as the US government implodes from within." President Obama also said:

We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation."

Instead, he said, "We are a nation of citizens," essentially assigning loyalty to 'the state' rather than loyalty to God.

Well, the US is still a "Christian" country, and it has a lot of true believers and sadly a lot of wolves in sheep's clothing too.

But while the US government proclaims liberty of religion for all, the increasing requirement is that one's faith should be kept private. There should be no public display of Christianity or sharing of it. True born-again believers have already been arrested in the US for evangelizing. Christian students have been reprimanded for making a Christian comment.

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