HAVE YOU BEEN UNWITTINGLY INITIATED?

2 Tim 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. KJV

It shouldn't surprise us when we see people, including believers, more attracted and infatuated with fables than the Truth of God! It's a sign of the Last Days folks!  What's more, the word fables, as translated from the Greek word "Muthos",  is literally defined as fiction, myths, tales and stories. This word "muthos " is derived from two other Greek words that refer to a form of instruction that initiates the one pursuing it, or caught up into it, enticing that individual with secrets or mysteries from the kingdom of darkness. Furthermore, these fables are often influenced by some unseen spiritual force, generally demonic in nature, camouflaged by any sort of fictional plot that, even poorly written, attacks the carnal appetites for fictionalised and romanticised adventure, lust, and death.

Paul's letter to Timothy warns how both the saved and unsaved will prefer ideas that seduce them away from the genuine truth of God's Word, doctrine and spirituality, being designed to ensnare them with unseen spiritual, and often demonic dynamics. In other words, Satan is looking for initiates into his mysteries.

I am therefore not surprised when I hear of Christians caught up into even poorly written tales that masquerade as difficult to support, godly metaphors, while often dancing around various themes of death.  Furthermore, the more that a believer embraces myths over truth, the more that he or she settles for a feeling and intellectual expression of living, ignorant that the very real powers of darkness cackle in their victory.

Have we become so entertainment-driven and spiritually shallow that we feel we should to turn away from what is genuine  truth to those things that contradict the stability and life God desires to give us through intimate relationship with Him? I believer that many saints are guilty of that very thing. I am weary of the superficial and stupid excuses for tolerating and reasoning away the affect of  the lies bombarding our lives and the Church. I'm burdened for the souls who poo-poo the gradual seductive severity of this end times symptom and pray you won't allow your heart to be ensnared by some of the most recent poorly-written secular books and the movies they've generated that are capturing the minds and hearts of unwitting believers. In years past, if these, myths stood alone under scrutiny, without the invisible devilish reinforcements behind them, I honestly believe they wouldn't be of any interest to the educated and discerning individual. But we are living in a time when we try to be nice to the devil  without even realizing we are doing it. Moreover, until a Fear of God meters our carnal appetites, we will see this increasing myth-seeking drive overtake many believers.

Guard your heart in what you read, see and hear.  You have no idea how dangerous this time is and how you could be being initiated into satanic mysteries!