ASLC Devotions - Wednesday

Mark 13:21-23 And if anyone says to you at that time, “Look! Here is the Messiah!” or “Look! There he is!”—do not believe it. False messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. But be alert; I have already told you everything.

Whenever people talk about the end, sometimes we get really nervous. We try to figure out what it will be like and when it will happen and which side we'll be on. Because of the nature of human beings, this inevitably leads to some folks popping up who pretend to have all the answers. You could Google "end of the world" right not and get lots of answers. Don't do it - bad idea. From one way of reading the Mayan calendar that says we have a month left today to any other way of reading current events and the Bible, you'll have folks who are willing to tell you exactly when it will happen and what exactly "it" will look like. Let me quote Jesus: do not believe it. 

Jesus assures his disciples here that he's already told them everything. He's already told us everything. He's already told us everything we need to know. He's already told us that the way to the kingdom of heaven is through him. He's already told us that we are claimed irrevocably in our baptism. That's all we need to know. The rest is just details - salacious details, mind you. But details. Jesus loves you. And the whole world. That's all we need to know.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

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