Christianity and the decay of the world

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Christianity and the decay of the world † 06/27/20 (Sat) 18:55:28 2fef58 No.839472

I'm tired. Every time I see the newspaper or watch social media, I can only feel that the world is doomed and that there is nothing we can do to save it. People and society have become dry, I cannot think of any form of a favorable future, including for the followers of Christ, my hope is in the death and rebirth that is to come. As I complain about the hypocrisy of others, I keep brooding over my own, committing the same sins as always and feeling unworthy to give the hope of Christ to others, for I myself can no longer feel this. As for sin, I know it's just asking for forgiveness and correcting my way, but what about the world? Should the Christian accept a destiny that seems destined to be destroyed and put his hopes in the next life, or should he face the same, despite knowing that society's chances of salvation are minimal?

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† 06/27/20 (Sat) 19:28:18 6c0047 No.839473

>>839472

Indeed, we cannot do anything to save the world or "society". It is God's will that it shall die.

We only hope for the resurrection of the dead and live in and for eternity.

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† 06/27/20 (Sat) 19:49:10 06febd No.839475

You should never give up hope for the people in the world. Discouragement is natural though. Even Jesus asked God to spare him from the brutal death that he knew awaited him. But discouragement leads to an oppressive hate of the world and all the people in it. The kind of hate that feels like you're trapped under a giant boulder and can't get free.

A lot of churches equate an emotional high with salvation and Christians in those churches chase that high and feel like they are being rejected or tested by God when they don't feel it. But that isn't the case. Just because you feel all sorts of negative emotions doesn't mean God is angry with you or leaving you behind. God has given us a very difficult time to live in and all you can do is do your best. The world will get darker but soon Christians will draw closer to God than they have in thousands of years. The petty divisions will melt away and the Holy Spirit will draw us closer to him and closer to each other. This will happen even as the political power of the church and worldly wealth melts away.

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† 07/07/20 (Tue) 05:08:01 32a6f1 No.840205

Its because European man, which held stewardship over the entire planet grew spoiled, degraded, and infected with revolutionary fever. Now the white man is facing racial genocide on orders from certain individuals.

>And Mordecai said to Hathach, "Go and say to Esther, Do not say to yourself that you alone will be saved in the kingdom apart from all the other Jews. For if you choose not to heed this request at this time, help and deliverance for the Jews will arise elsewhere, but you and your father's house will perish. Besides, who knows whether it is for this occasion you reign as queen? (Esther 4:13-14)

https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=a_2Wxs5pCb8&bpctr=1594099488

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† 07/07/20 (Tue) 12:22:50 09c296 No.840222

>>839472

>Every time I see the newspaper or watch social media

Q: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.

A: Then don't do it.

>Should the Christian accept a destiny that seems destined to be destroyed and put his hopes in the next life, or should he face the same, despite knowing that society's chances of salvation are minimal?

Society's chance of salvation is zero and always has been because society does not want to be saved. When the Faith was banned the wicked took up swords and slew Christians in the city square. The Faith had scarcely been legalized when the wicked took up cassocks and slew Christians in the nave. Is it really such a big threat to us, if we should return from the latter to the former?

We are here to get ourselves and our shipmates off the wreckage of the world and into the Ark that is the Church. Just do the right thing yourself—including politically—and do not be anxious about the future. Know that the hour is late and if it should come to that, we will even be starved to death or worse for refusing the mark. If this is your fate rejoice for having been given such a crown. If not then rejoice for the Lord in His mercy did not let you live until an age of temptation beyond what you could bear.

Glory to God in all things.

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† 07/10/20 (Fri) 05:57:33 c700cb No.840500

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>>839472

I've known that feeling, but I have to say that though I understand it, it isn't true. Think differently, first about your own sin.

Do you want to get to heaven? Do you have faith? If so, it will move mountains. You are just impatient; God will steal into your heart when you are utterly exhausted by your own failures. Loving God guarantees this kind of suffering, unfortunately though you aren't really a hard drinker or gambler or a thief, your sins are comparatively minor. Being stiff-necked goes with minor sins like bread goes with butter. Minor sins are elusive, and your desire to get the better of them leads you to feel more defeated than the sin itself, because it's so minor. You are forgiven already, so just keep on going, take each day as a lesson in humility.

As for the state of the world, don't let it into your mind, other than to try to forgive as much as you can. Try to get in everyone's shoes, and if you can't do that see if you cannot bring yourself to say a good word about them, some way in which they are bringing God's plan to fruition even though they don't intend to or just plain stupid. Also have mercy on all repentant people, whatever the severity of what they did. Think also of terrible situations where all hope seems lost, and deciding to live on for God's glory. These things are better moral exercises than self-consciously worrying about your own sins, although there is time for that too.

I think it's very important to mentally fortify yourself for a lifetime of forgiving other people, and also against the possibility of suicide (which personally has scared me stiff ever since I converted). Not that I'm considering doing harm to myself, but the thing I've learned from this is that life is a matter of perspective, and that it's very important to God that we have Him at the center of that perspective. In fact, it's the only way we can serve Him, but faith also wards off all evil.

Occasional doubt is only natural however.

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† 07/10/20 (Fri) 08:57:32 453ee5 No.840508

Social media represents a VERY small portion of the population. But its influence is magnified by its bigger side, the actual media.

The media is a reality distortion field. You will glimpse reality thru the lens of opinion and agendas. The truth has always been bizzare. Evil and degeneracy has always been present. Now its being magnified and normalized. Those who are pure of heart, lives in Spirit and strives to be Christ like, they all see the evils of the world.

Our part remains in spreading the Truth and the Word of God. To be exemplars of Christ. Dont be discouraged friend. Jesus will sort out his sheep in the end times.

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