Franklin Graham: "I Can't Help But Wonder If We Are In The Last Hours Before Our Lord Jesus Returns"

Franklin Graham: "I Can't Help But Wonder If We Are In The Last Hours Before Our Lord Jesus Returns"- breakingchristiannews.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Jesus warned His disciples in Matthew 24 when they asked Him about the signs of the end of the age. He said there would be wars and rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, and pestilence. He told them, "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name's sake" (Matthew 24:9, KJV). As I read the news, I can't help but wonder if we are in the last hours before our Lord Jesus Christ returns to rescue His Church and God pours out His wrath on the world for the rejection of His Son. I don't know if we have hours, days, months, or years—but as Christians, God calls us to take the truth of the Gospel to the ends of the earth."

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Recommended reading: 

Peace and Safety - thereclinercommentaries.com

Rev. Graham: Christ's 'True Followers' Can't Endorse Gay Marriage, Regardless of What President, Media, Courts Say - cnsnews.com

Rev. Graham: Christ's 'True Followers' Can't Endorse Gay Marriage, Regardless of What President, Media, Courts Say  - cnsnews.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Rev. Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said that 'true followers' of Jesus  'cannot endorse same-sex marriage' regardless of what President Barack Obama, the Congress, the Supreme Court, or the media say about the issue, adding that marriage was 'settled by God Himself' and cannot be modified by man."
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In the past I have blogged about Billy Graham and his evangelistic organization, and usually not in a favorable way (see my posts: Billy Graham, Pope Francis, and the Doctrine of Total Depravity, Is it Time to Label the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) a Cult?, Puff Graham Murray). And a podcast by Pastor Ralph Ovadal seamed to just reenforce what I already believed concerning the Grahams (See: Franklin Graham's Rock the River Abomination).

But the article I quoted from above makes me stop and consider whether I've been too harsh on Billy and Franklin Graham. At least Franklin Graham is willing to take a public stand against gay 'marriage', rather than just put their finger to the wind to see what is 'itchy ear' followers want to hear (such as World Vision and Jars of Clay).

Our Lord Jesus said:

"And John answered him saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us. and we forbad him because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part." - Mark 9:3-40

Billy Graham Sounds Alarm for 2nd Coming

Billy Graham Sounds Alarm for 2nd Coming - wnd.com

"Famed evangelist sees signs converge for the first time."

I'm not a fan of Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham (See my posts: Billy Graham, Pope Francis, and the Doctrine of Total Depravity; Puff Graham Murray!).

And I'm not a date setter. Our Lord Jesus could come in the next 5 minutes. Or he could come in a thousand years. But having said that, I think Billy Graham is probably right in sounding the alarm for the 2nd coming.  As I get older, I find myself looking through the obituaries more frequently. It's morbid, I know, but it just reminds me of how short life is.

Every time a person dies, they go to meet Jesus. If they are saved, they will meet him as their Savior and their friend. If they are lost, they will meet him as their judge. The Bible says:

"It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgement." - Hebrews 9:27

Recommended sermon:

The End is Come, by Dr. David Murray

Recommended reading (my posts):

What Do Dr. Tim LaHaye and Glen Beck have in Common?
Is Obama the Antichrist? I Say Yes!
That Old Time Religion

Is it Time to Label the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) A Cult?

Many years ago I read an article by Dr. Lester Dekoster, one of the former editors of The Banner, in which he made the statement: "Billy Graham is going to have to give an account to God for all of the keys to the kingdom he has handed out over the years."

What Dr. Dekoster meant was that Billy Graham has led millions and millions of people into believing they were 'born again,' and thus on their way to heaven, when in fact, many of his converts will eventually wind up in hell.  The Bible says:

"But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand..."When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand." (Ezekiel 33:6,8)

Dr. Dekoster's words caused a 'crack' in my belief in Billy Graham and his ministry. That 'crack' widened years later when I learned that Billy Graham was quoted as saying:

"I've found that my beliefs are essentially the same as those of orthodox Roman Catholics." (Billy Graham and Rome).

But that crack burst wide open today when I listened to Pastor Sean E. Harris' podcast Franklin Graham: Mormonism Will Never Be Labeled a 'Cult' Again.

This podcast is in response to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's decision to remove 'Mormonism' from their list of cults on their website.

Because My Gospel Project is dedicated to spreading the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth, I have been compeled to list Mormonism as a cult on this site. And I won't be taking it off. But now, I have added the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to my list of cults as well (see My Gospel Project/Cults/Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)