Today’s culture say that it is useless to serve God.

Malachi 3:13-15

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 “Your words have been harsh against Me,” says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ you have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of hosts? So now we call the proud blessed, for those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’” Malachi 3:13-15

We live in a world where today’s culture, which is global, speaks harshly against God, as quoted, “Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:6-8 The “he” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast. The masses of people around the world who speak harshly of God boasts in their attitude, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Revelation 13:4

Today’s culture lives by the principles of humanism, which is the fig leaf worn by the atheistic entity that gives people what to think, feel, say and do. They say it is useless and has no benefits to serve God and to live according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They honor human beings and human authority but give no honor to God and His authority. Humanism is “…an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems…” Our Lord Jesus Christ says, “How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?” John 5:44

Today’s culture feels proud and blessed in allowing the image of the beast to speak and live through them as they welcome the entity that gives them what to say, do, think, and feel. Blessings, flattery, and smooth words are bestowed on them to build up their dignity, esteem, and respect. “For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.” Romans 16:18 They are raised up in their wickedness of denying God the Creator, scoffing at the need for the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ, and oppressing the presence of the Holy Spirit. They even tempt God and go free. This means they deliberately and consciously go against the word of God as in their demeanor they boast, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” Revelation 13:4

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11