Smals Viewpoint Piece Published in Ohio
Posted by Terry White on May 30, 2009
Pastor Ron Smals (pictured) of the Woodville Grace Brethren Church in Mansfield, Ohio, has a viewpoint piece published in today’s Mansfield paper. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here.
Viewpoint by Ron Smals: Bad news points way to good news
By RON SMALS • Woodville Grace Brethren Church • May 30, 2009
The news lately has been bad, very bad, even worse. We hear that our prisons are overcrowded. There are problems in our schools — drugs, guns, knives, fights — and in our homes — domestic violence, not just between mom and dad, but child and parent. Respect is no longer to be expected, even of authority figures. Courtroom dockets are full to overflowing; there are just too many cases! The economy is a mess. We hear of corporate greed and mishandling of funds. What is going on? Stop the world, I want to get off here!
Should we be surprised by what we read and hear? The Bible is filled with prophecies of what will happen in the last days. God says, “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power” (2 Timothy 3:1-5).
Why is all of this happening now? Could it be “the last days”? I think so. If the Apostle Paul thought so about 2,000 years ago, how much more should we think the same today. In fact, God says, “But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13).
What does the last days mean?
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