The Bible is very clear that in the last days men will be lovers of themselves.  What does this statement mean?  What is it that God is telling us?  It seems that God wants us to know that spirit that is now at work in the rebellious ones will havoc the world, and men will be exceedingly violent as in the days of Noah.  God is bringing this hard and heartless age to a close by visiting judgement on the arrogant and rebellious ones.

The Holy Spirit of God intimately knows our sorrows.  He knows our unique needs and problems.  Many times we maynot be able to articulate what is going on in our hearts because of the pain we bear.  Sometimes the wound or wounds are too great to tell others.  However, there is One who does not need tobe told about the sorrow and pain that eats our souls because He is the Soul-Knower.

The works of believing ones will be judged by Jesus.  This specific judgement is called the Bema.  At the Bema or the Judgement Seat of Christ the works of each believer will be judged by fire.  We are cautioned by the Apostle Paul to take heed how we build thereupon.  We must give an account to God for the deeds done in the flesh.  Have we lived our lives by the power of the indwelling Spirit or have we lived in the flesh?

This cosmos is the enemy of believing ones.  The person of Jesus is held in contempt by many , and yet he gave himself as a ransom for many.  God so loved the cosmos that he gave his Son to die for it.  Those who follow Jesus for real will be persecuted.

The Word of God is our compass.  The Word of God is our guide book.  The Word of God does not lie to us or attempt to deceive us.  However, the cosmos is designed by the Enemy to do maximum harm to the lives of believing ones.  We follow the Word of God because his Word is our only light in this dark world.  If you life lacks meaning you need get back to following God.

Christ Jesus came into the world to give his life as a sacrifice for sin.  He died on the cross for you and me.  It is through Jesus that we may have eternal life.

The fruit of the Spirit is the normative spiritual life for believing ones.  The works of the flesh hinder and destroy appropriate spiritual fellowship with God.  Walk by means of the Spirit and you will fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

We are called by God to walk by faith and not by sight.  The life of faith can only be lived by the resurrection power of Jesus.  You and I have available to us God's own power that brought Jesus back out from the dead.  Through his resurrection power you are enabled by God to live a life of incredible faith and focus.  This life of living by the resurrection power of Jesus is the normative life for believing ones.

The Word of God teaches that our minds belong to God.  Our minds fall under the lordship of Jesus as our Savior.  When our minds are given over to Jesus we grow in Grace.  When we begin to grow in Grace we mature in the Faith, and our minds become sanctified.  A sanctified mind is set aside unto the Lord.  This type of mind has a marvelous mental attitude, and is capable of great things for God.  This type of mind is the Mind of Christ beacuse it is filled with bible doctrine.

The cosmic system is the "empirical lie."  The empirical lie is the world system that seeks to supplant the faith-walk of believing ones.  The empirical lie wants believing ones to stop depending on God and depend on self.  When believing ones depend on self they no longer walk by faith, but according to the elemental principles of this age.  When believing ones walk by sight they become spiritually dull, and insensitive to the things of the Spirit of God that give life.  When we walk by faith we give up the derangments and abuses of the cosmic system.