In May, 1983, Charlotte Huddelston died after breathing argon gas mistakenly pumped into the oxygen system at Fort McLellan's Noble Army Hospital making her the third victim of the mix-up. Apparently, the five-foot white tank of odorless, nontoxic argon resembled those that usually contained oxygen. Although the argon didn't poison anyone, it displaced the oxygen supply and suffocated its victims. The Bible talks about the time when the world as we know it draws to an end and the main adversary to God and his people is the Antichrist. It is the one who is the direct adversary of Jesus Christ. When we hear “anti” the usual response is that is something that is “against”. But the literal meaning of that means simply “in place of”. The Apostle John wrote that the Antichrist is coming…but already many such antichrists have appeared. What we see happening in our world is that the aim is to just substitute something, someone, anything for this Jesus of the Bible. And one of the ways is to proclaim a Jesus that doesn’t match up with what is in God’s Word. Another is to just fill that space that is in humans meant for God with all kinds of things that are not necessarily bad in of themselves, but like the argon, displaces God’s presence and power in our lives and we die inside from spiritual suffocation. Like that tragic substitution back in 1983, it is designed by the enemy to seem harmless and in and of itself non poisonous, but it blocks out that which the Bible says that humans have to have to live now and to live with God eternally. Make sure that you and those you love are not being quietly and unknowingly suffocated by simply blocking the God who created and redeemed us, out of your lives. The key to help start is with you reading for yourself that Bible and seeing what God says to we who journey on this earth and will all one day leave it. Your job is to investigate and make your own decision. But remember that everything depends on what you decide. Choose wisely. Here’s our Bible verse for today…
1 John 2:18-20 NLT Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. (19) These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. (20) But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.
Remember I’m praying for you…
PJ
1 John 2:18-20 NLT Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. (19) These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. (20) But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.
Remember I’m praying for you…
PJ