Comment from Understand the Times:

This article provides interesting insight. Greg Laurie makes a statement in the article below that is almost word for word to what Rick Warren wrote in his book Purpose Driven Life. Rick stated that when Jesus was asked by his disciples what the signs would be that would indicate his return, Jesus supposedly said: "It is none of your business."

Anyone who has read Matthew 24 knows that Jesus DID NOT say that - therefore Rick Warren has misquoted the Bible on purpose.

While Greg Laurie states that he does believe in Bible prophecy, he seems to indicate in his article that when Jesus emphasized spiritual deception as a sign of the apostasy that would take place in the last days that it is not important in comparison to witnessing.

It is also interesting that many leaders in Calvary Chapel and other churches who once emphasized Bible prophecy are not interested in exposing apostasy in the days in which we are living. Is this because they don't see apostasy as a problem that needs to be dealt with? If so, why?

While it is important to be given the power to witness, it is even more important that we be a witness and tell the whole truth. If we are not going to warn those who are being deceived that they are deceived, then we are being used as tools of the devil. The Bible warns about a coming One World Religion for the cause of Peace - the 6-6-6 Peace Plan.

July 19 - Power to Change the World - BY GREG LAURIE

Article: Unbiblical Christianity

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere-in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
- Acts 1:8

There are people today who are always studying Bible prophecy, trying to figure out the date of Christ's return or claiming to have discovered some special Bible codes, hidden codes that no one has ever seen before.

While I am a student of Bible prophecy and believe that we have seen signs of the times and have seen Bible prophesies fulfilled before our very eyes, Jesus said, "No one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows" (Matthew 24:36).

So rather than focusing on when Jesus is coming back, we should focus on what we are to be doing as we await His return. Prior to His ascension, Jesus gave His marching orders to the church:

"Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)

The apostles were in no way ready for such a task. How could they "make disciples of all the nations"? They would do it with a power they had never known before, a power to change the world.

Jesus told them, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere-in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). That same power is available to us today: Power to share your faith. Power to do what God has called you to do. Power to change your world.

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