The Book of Revelation reveals a harlot church that marries the spirit of the world instead of waiting for Christ as a pure, chaste virgin. As we see in Revelation 18:4-5, a voice will come from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, My people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.”

         Our first takeaway from this is some of God’s people are in this harlot church. The second is a time is coming when they...

         Christian maturity is growing up into the Lord. When we become disciples, by seeking Him and His kingdom above all else, day and night, in all we do, we are building our life on the Rock which cannot be shaken when storms come. Those who have been so trained will not fear the increasing shakings of our times but see them as opportunities for the greatest hope the world has ever heard preached—the gospel of the kingdom.

         The Lord said the times will be especially troubling for those who “nurse babes” or keep those they are responsible for...

         After the believers in Acts were scattered, they started leading, boldly preaching the gospel, and making disciples. They may not all have been apostles, but they started churches that produced apostles, like at Antioch. This is the nature of Christian maturity. Leaders produce leadership in those they lead, even to the point their leadership is no longer needed by them. Isn’t this the kind of delegation our ultimate Leader; the King of kings demonstrated?

         One of the main warnings the Lord gave us about the end of this age was, “Woe to those who nurse babes in those...

         As the world gets closer to having the ultimate totalitarian control through a one-world government, and with the increasing darkness, every act of faith will be an increasingly bright light. Keep in mind: God does His best work when things seem most impossible to us. Jesus predicted the end of this age to be the greatest time of darkness and trouble the world has ever experienced. Yet He tells His people to “look up and rejoice because your redemption is near” (see Luke 21:28). So, never lose your joy in the Lord and in His kingdom.

         We can...

         The first thing God said about His creation that was “not good” (see Genesis 2:18) was for man to be alone. Loneliness is not good, and it is not the normal state for anyone. We were not created to navigate through this life alone. We can learn to endure it, and even prefer it, but we can never attain to the highest level for which we were created independent of others.

         However, neither can we attain to the highest level of spiritual maturity—interdependence—without going through the stage of learning independence. Just as team players cannot relate to or...