How Bad Will It Get?

Last week I heard of another senseless murder of a little five year old girl and her mother. I know that this seems to be happening more frequently. And the real question is why is our society turning so ruthless and unloving? We know that it is because we are all sinners and until we turn our lives over to Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to guide our actions, this is what we can expect. Oh, it may not be this cruel, but it will still be against the moral laws of God. God has told us that the heart of man is continually bent on evil. We can go back to the book of Genesis when God brought the flood on the earth and destroyed all of mankind except Noah and his family. After the flood, Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis; 8:21
(And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.)

We see that this is not something new with the heart of man. We are told that as we draw near to the second coming of Jesus, that things will go from bad to worse. We read this kind of thing everyday. God has warned us that in the last times perilous men and times will come.
Mark; 7:20-23
( And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.)

When look around, this is going on everywhere. Not to be surprised though, because we have been told to expect this sort of behavior.
2Timothy; 3:1-5
(But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!)

I know that we need to stay close to our God, and to be ready for His return. He tells us that He will return when we least expect it.
Matthew; 24:44
(Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.)
If you have given your life to Jesus and ask Him into your heart, and put all your faith in Him, then you can look forward to His coming. If you are not ready, then pray and ask Jesus to come into your heart and give you a new life in Him. If you don't have Jesus in your heart, you are spiritually dead. When you are born again, Jesus gives you new life and you are made spiritually alive because you have the Holy Spirit living in you. You have become a member of God's family. There is only one way for you to do this, and that is through Jesus Christ.
John; 14:6
(Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.)

No matter what the world tells you, Jesus said that He is the only way. You cannot work your way in to heaven, you cannot be good enough, and at the judgment, you cannot talk your way in.
Romans; 8:9
(But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.)
Don't wait, you don't know how much time you have. Give your life to Jesus now and become member of the family of God. How can you do this?
Romans; 10:9-10
(that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.)

God Bless You!