A Prophetic Look

If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed. But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:6-8

The Scriptures before teach that people will depart from faith, be deceived by spirits and doctrines of demons, speak lies, have seared conscious, forbid marrying, ask for foods to be abstained from, despite nothing being forbidden by God that is sanctified with the word of God and prayer.

This was a prophetic look into what we actually are seeing now. The world has been slowly creeping into God’s people. We look good on the outside but our faith is weak because it is not the faith of the Son of God. Instead it is a watered down, worldly, politically correct, faith. Doctrine has also been watered down and false concepts are taught as real.

One only need to look at our world and realize our small compromises overtime have led to decreased or seared conscious. We are not as sensitive to how our actions impact others in the short or long term. We often don’t even consider how our actions impact others.

Lies are often more accepted than truth in our society. News outlets who are once great at finding the facts, no longer report truth as a standard. Instead, the seek sensationalism to bring attention, regardless of the cost to those they serve. Truth is said to be relative, despite Jesus being the Truth.

There’s less marriage now than before. There has been a push for all people to be able to marry to provide rights in the name of tolerance. This has led not to a forbidding as in “don’t do it.” Rather it is acknowledging that the certificate no longer holds to the value of one man and one woman as defined by the Word of God. It is a redefinition, a way of telling someone not to act in a certain way. 

And every week there is some diet or health recommendation saying “don’t eat this food or that food”. It is easy overlook this, but it is also prophetic look into our times. Food was created to nourish our bodies, leaving out whole food groups is not what God intended. We rarely think about the way that our “natural” foods are processed that could impact our health.

These warnings instruct us. When we take a prophetic look at His Word, we can see if we are carefully following His Word, or being led astray by the doctrine of the world. We can be equipped for godliness things through Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

Lord help me to only follow your doctrine. Help me to not permit myself to be sidetracked with false doctrines. Let me follow your path, and not be led astray. In Jesus name Amen.