FLATLINED

       

   Jesus said, "Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 
   Pilate saith unto him, What is truth."  (John 18: 37, 38)
   Jesus never answered.    
    Whether Pilate was interested in knowing the truth, or whether he was mocking the Lord, we know not.
   Turning to the Jews, Pilate said, "I find no fault in him at all."
   But a  short time after saying those words, however, Pilate's heart flatlined.  There he stood face to face with the Son of God and his heart for the truth died within him.
   Judas Iscariot went to church with Jesus for three years, sat on the pews and heard Jesus preach, and watched as Jesus performed miracles in front of his eyes.  But on the night before Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, the heart of Judas Iscariot died within him.  For as Judas was celebrating the Passover meal with Jesus and the other disciples, as soon as Judas took his first bite of food, "Satan entered him".  (John 13: 27)
   Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life:  no man cometh to the Father, but by me."  (John 14: 6)
   How many people are like Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot?  How many, like Pilate, work for a government, and how many, like Judas, go to church?  But when confronted with the truth of the Word of the Lord, what do they do?  Do they awaken to "walk in newness of life" (Romans 6: 4), or do they continue to sit on the pews like Judas?---"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." (2nd Timothy 3: 5) 
   How many churches have also flatlined?  We know this is true by the fact that more than three hundred Protestant denominations have betrayed Christ to join the World Religion that will arise in Jerusalem in September, 2016.  As long as they remain on the pews, like Judas, instead of standing with Christ, their hearts have flatlined.
   Jesus also said,
      "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."  (Matthew 7: 15)
   Even now, there are false prophets among us, for we now know that Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Nick Hall, Kenneth Copeland, and T. D. Jakes have met with Pope Francis and agreed to lead their congregations and followers to this World Religion that will arise in Jerusalem next month.
   For these men, their hearts have flatlined, and they are leading their followers to embrace Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Witchcraft, which is the hidden religion  within this World Religion.  In truth, these men are leading people to meet Lucifer  face to face in Jerusalem, which is the exact place where Jesus was crucified for the sins of the world.
   Writing this post today has been difficult for me to do, for I know that my heart could have also flatlined years ago, so that today I could easily be one in that number which is heading to Jerusalem next month to meet Lucifer. But God, who is rich in mercy and grace, gave me the strength and the wisdom to kneel to Him and accept the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Thus, I have learned that when God's Word strikes the hearts of people, something truly amazing happens---or, as Jesus said,
      "He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."  (John 7: 38)