DAY 56: CAN WE KNOW THE FUTURE? [3 of 7] The Apostle Paul warned that—in these last days—we will see a mindset in the Church where Christians will hire pastors who only preach pleasant things and stories made up. We won’t just see problems out in the world with all the wickedness, wars, earthquakes, famines, and pestilence; Paul says the Church will present this major issue of not giving their followers the whole Bible, and in a lot of churches they will get almost none of it. Hey, it’s a good thing we see no signs of that, right? Wrong! It’s everywhere today! Regularly these days we get calls from here in the US as well as Canada, South America, Europe, and as far as Australia, always with the same legitimate complaint:; “I can’t find a healthy church!” or “I can’t find someone who will preach the Bible.” Sometimes they’ll add, “Now I’m the weird one for asking my pastor to preach the other third of the Bible (prophecy) he’s been leaving out.” And with many supposedly Christian churches, they don’t even give the other two-thirds. All their people hear is: “Hey, we’re going to help you become a better you,” or “Let’s talk about how to be financially successful,” or “Let’s build up your self-esteem.” But the Bible says we need to esteem others more than ourselves. We are to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Christ every day. Oops! Today’s congregations gather fluff preachers around them, which is a major sign we’re living in the last days!