Is This the Beginning of The End?
6 Signs This is the Beginning of The End
1. Deception is increasing
Matt 24:4-5 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. (NIV)
Matt 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. (NIV)
2. Disaster is increasing
Matt 24:6-8 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. (NIV)
3. Difficulty is increasing
Matt 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. (NIV)
4. Denial is increasing
Matt 24:10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, (NIV)
Matthew 13:20–21 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. (NIV)
5. Darkness is increasing
Matt 24:12-13 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. (NIV)
6. Dominance is increasing
Matt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (NIV)
Matthew 24:33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. (NIV)
Acts 2:17–18 ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. (NIV)
1. People of the spirit are full of the Spirit
Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, (NIV)
2. People of the spirit are full of the Word
John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. (NIV)
3. People of the spirit are full of power
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (NIV)
4. People of the spirit are full of mission
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (NIV)
