Danger, Danger......Saints of God

Back in the early days of TV there was a program called "Lost in Space", a crude look into the future. One of the characters , Will Robinson, had a "personal robot" that would warn him of impending danger by shouting out "warning, warning, danger, danger Will Robinson. I always thought that was pretty cool, to be able to walk through the "unknowns" of outer space securely.

Today as Christians, we are facing some very dangerous and uncertain times;

2 Timothy 3:1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

The word "difficult" has the expanded meaning of "tumultuous" of "dangerous". The rest of the verses in the chapter go on to explain the condition of the apostate church with a final warning from Paul to "avoid such men as these".

2 Timothy 3:5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

Will Robinson had his robot...........Timothy had his teacher/mentor, Paul........who do we have ??????

This is where God Himself steps in through the Holy Spirit who resides in us, not on the outside shouting at us......"warning, warning".

John 14:17 {that is} the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, {but} you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

By keeping this verse in context you can see that Jesus had just given His disciples some very unsettling news..........."I am going away, and where I am going you can't come". Then comes the most wonderful "BUT" in the scriptures. He was going to put the greatest "warning system" in us, not next to us, but IN US. Wow.............what else could anyone ask for as we face these unsettling times ahead.

So.............as the world looks for their "robots", let us, as true disciples in Jesus Christ, put our complete trust and weight into Him and rest in the guidance of God's Holy Spirit.........and..........let us live our lives like we know it!