Are You Prepared to Die (for your faith in Christ)?

James F. Gauss, Ph.D.

September 1, 2022

Not trying to be melodramatic, but it is a sobering thought.  Admittedly, the first part of the title represents a question every human being is likely to contemplate.  Most people know their birth date, but few know their date of death. The parenthetical thought is for the followers of Jesus Christ. It is a thought that I never believed I would have to ponder living in America.  Likely, neither have you.

However, as my wife and I were dining, my mind drifted to thinking about the rapid deterioration of life in America and the assumed powerlessness of the Church in America to stand up against it and realized that our (believers in Christ) time may be shorter—much shorter—than we realize.

My thoughts brought me back to the World War II quote of Pastor Martin Niemöeller, a contemporary of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who penned:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemӧeller

German Lutheran Pastor during the Nazi era in Germany

Niemöeller’s quote is highlighted in my book, Revelation 18 and the Fate of America (2021 Edition), pages 331-332.  The statement is both insightful and revealing for our time, especially if you insert yourself into it and modify the “players” slightly to make it relevant to our era.

Sadly, we (myself included) have abdicated our God-ordained calling and responsibility to be guardians of the society in which we live.  We have given over our children—those that they allowed to live—to perverted, evil educators to warp the sensibilities and morals of our youth.  We have chosen to worship at the altar of the “American Dream” and the almighty dollar of prosperity, rather than at the altar of Almighty God.  We overlooked sin in our own lives, in the Church and in our leaders for the sake of our own prosperity and comfortability, both of which may soon be taken from us.

After our freedoms, the rule of law, our health care, our food chain, our wealth, our children, our futures are taken from us, what will be left? Our faith.  And, make no mistake about it.  They are coming for us one way or the other.  Followers of Jesus Christ are the last stumbling block to the Socialist/Marxist agenda of the destruction of America and the establishment of the One World Government of the Great Reset.  If you do not believe so, you have not been paying attention for a very long time.

It is clear that the current administration and the political left have adamant disdain for Christian and political conservatives.  Our very presence or words causes them to go into seething fits of rage.  If Christians dare stand up for the rights of the unborn, or defend their children against sexual perversion in the classrooms, or insist pornographic books be taken out of school libraries, the other side explodes with unimaginable epithets for a sane and civil society.  According to them, no gentile discourse is acceptable, only their outrageous and demented mindset and beliefs are warranted.

How long before it is demanded of us to surrender our faith in order to comply with their demands and demonic vision of the future?  What are we willing to sacrifice, if not for ourselves, but for our children, our grandchildren, the survival of American society and most importantly, the very nature of the Biblical Church in America?  What will our answer be?  What will your answer be?  The decision may be required of us a lot sooner than we think. 

If you are part of the group represented by the first half of the title, you should be asking yourself two questions.  Where will I spend eternity, and when will I die?  The first part can be determined by you, the second not likely. 

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).  Later, in the same dialogue, Jesus proclaimed, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:16-17).

Although most people who claim to be Christians they call upon Jesus as their “fire insurance”, to be saved from hell.  However, a true Christian wants Jesus to be the Lord of their life as well.

Jesus made it clear. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:21-23).  True believers not only call upon Jesus to save them from their sins, but also submit their lives to Him as their Lord.

Where do you stand during these hellacious times?  Are you prepared to die?

 

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