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However, I am afraid that there are many more “false alarms” on the horizon, many more cries of “Wolf!”
that will eventually lead to a total disgust and rejection for things prophetic. How else do we explain the
contents of prophetic parables like this one:

“IF THAT SERVANT SAYS IN HIS HEART, ‘MY MASTER IS DELAYING HIS COMING,’
AND BEGINS TO BEAT THE MENSERVANTS AND MAIDSERVANTS, AND TO EAT AND

DRINK AND BE DRUNK, THE MASTER OF THAT SERVANT WILL COME ON A DAY
WHEN HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR HIM, AND AT AN HOUR WHEN HE IS NOT AWARE

AND WILL CUT HIM IN TWO AND
APPOINT HIM HIS PORTION WITH THE UNBELIEVERS.”

Luke 12:45-46

Why has this “servant of the Master” developed the conclusion that, “My Master is delaying His
Coming”? Can it be from a multitude of false alarms, of “crying wolf” so often that discouragement
replaces fervent zeal? I personally saw this happen vividly in 1988! Unless we carefully guard our hearts
against being overly zealous for preaching Christ’s return, it can happen again!
May we keep in mind that Satan is “…more cunning than any creature…that the Lord God has made”
(Gen.3:1). Jesus called him, “…the evil Genius of this world…” (Jn. 14:30 Amplified). Satan is the force
behind “false alarms.” It is a clever ploy to discourage the hearts of God’s people so that they may
become like the servant described above who has come to believe, “…my Master delays His Coming.”
The moral to this story for me is to drop the word “possibility” altogether from my teaching vocabulary.
God has not called us to calculate the date of His coming. What He has said to calculate is our
readiness:

“BUT TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, LEST YOUR HEARTS BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH CAROUSING,
DRUNKENNESS, AND CARES OF THIS LIFE, AND THAT DAY COME ON YOU UNEXPECTEDLY.

FOR IT WILL COME AS A SNARE ON ALL THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
WATCH THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS THAT YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE ALL

THESE THINGS THAT WILL COME TO PASS, AND TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.”

Luke 21:34-36

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