A Time Of Darkness

A Time of Darkness

If you have your bible, please open it to Genesis Chapter 6 and when you get there, place a marker, and turn to Matthew Chapter 24. One day a young boy was driving a load of grain to the market. He came around a corner too fast and his trailer load of grain tipped over. A farmer was watching nearby and asked the boy to come into his house for lunch. The boy replied, “my father would not like it.” The farmer insisted and told him it would not take too long and afterwards he would help this boy reload the grain onto his trailer. The boy agreed and went into the house for lunch. The lunch was wonderful and was exactly what he needed. When the farmer and boy went out of the house, the farmer asked why the boy said his dad would not like for him to eat lunch with him. The boy replied, “well, my father is under the trailer!”

Today, we are going to look at a very serious topic and if your Bible has section titles like mine, you see that Matthew 24 talks about the end of the world and the return of Jesus. If you were in Mrs. Lynda`s Wednesday night class, she just did a whole series on the signs of the End Times. She is now teaching a class about living in the final days before the rapture and return of Christ so, if the message today intrigues then make sure you come back on Wednesday night. Let us look at Matthew Chapter 24 starting in verse 36.

READ MATTHEW 24:36-40

Look back at verse 37.

“For as were the Days of Noah”

This is primarily where my message comes from today. Jesus said that the Earth will get so bad in the last days that it will resemble the Days of Noah. Folks, if you have not been able to tell, our world today matches the Days of Noah. Flip back over to Genesis Chapter 6 starting in verse 5.

READ GENESIS 6:5-13

The Days of Noah can be described as nothing but days of evil. The Days of Noah were completely evil, and sin was rampant across the planet, and nobody cared. In those few short verses, we find a few characteristics of what the Earth was like in the Days of Noah. Here are 3 Characteristics:

1. Days of Wickedness

READ GENESIS 6:5

God looked at His creation and all that He could see was the wickedness of mankind. Wickedness can be described as this:

“A mental disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honor, and virtue.”

The people at that time had no regard for what is just and what is right. They did whatever they wanted to do whenever they wanted to do it. Does that remind you of anything today? People today have no regard for what is just and what is right. In today's age, people base what is true and right off their own personal feelings. Listen folks, this book right here is the absolute truth whether you like it or not. God`s word is the only absolute truth no matter how you feel about it. It does not matter if it offends you. It does not matter if it upsets you. It is the absolute truth, and it tells us what is right and what is just.

Wickedness is rampant today like it was in the Days of Noah. Not only are people today wicked, but they are also doing their best to promote it, spread it and shove it down everyone's throat. As of May 29th, 428 major companies including Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Best Buy, and Coca-Cola have openly expressed their support for the LGBQ community and many have even changed their logo to show it. Everywhere you look, there they are broadcasting it everywhere. Listen folks, if the Bible calls it wrong, then it is wrong. There is no debating that. I am not sure who said it, but I saw quote that said:

“The rainbow is a sign of God`s mercy not a symbol of humanity`s confusion.”

People today have taken what God designed as a symbol of mercy and a promise and used it as a symbol of confusion, evil, and wickedness. The devil has trapped these people and most of them either do not even know it or they know it and do not care. They are a lost and hurting community. This next part might confuse you and some of you may not like it, but we are supposed to love and share the Gospel with them too. The Bible tells us to love everyone and loving them requires you to share the Gospel with them. Romans 8:38-39 says this:

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”