While I have pointed to the ancient Jews as an example of
the folly that men practice when they knowingly reject the
truth of God's Word, Paul's words hold a very stiff warning
for our current generation as well.

Please notice that in the Scriptures I shared earlier, Paul
provides us with a specific time frame for when this period
of rebellion, unbelief and apostasy would occur. Notice that
he uses the phrase "latter days". In other words, he appears
to be talking about the Last Days, or the Endtime; and that
is the time in which many of us Christians believe we are
now living. Paul's words appear to be prophetic in nature.
It seems that God allowed Paul to peer into the far distant
future, to a time when men would fall away from the faith,
and would embrace all kinds of strange ideas and doctrines
of devils.

Paul's words perfectly describe our current time. Consider
the facts: Today, while God and His Word are steadily being
pushed out of our lives, to the point that some Christians
are being ridiculed and chastised for daring to speak about
their faith openly, on the other hand, believing in aliens
and UFO's is really nothing of which one has to be ashamed.
People might look at you in an odd way if you claim to have
seen a UFO, but just dare to be a little aggressive when it
comes to sharing your Christian faith with others, and some
people will automatically accuse you of being a cultist, or
an extremist, or a dangerous religious fanatic; or else they
will reprimand you, and preach to you about the virtues of
the separation of church and state, or some other nonsense.

Accepting gay and lesbian "marriages" is also being viewed
more and more as a, ahem, "healthy" sign of our adapting to
the times. Cold-blooded abortion and embryonic stem cell
research are embraced as acceptable medical practices, even
though they involve the murder of real human beings. In the
curriculum area, our children are aggressively being taught
that we are all the descendants of apes, and are not really
made in the image of God, as per the Biblical account. And
of course, we all need some spiritual depth in our lives, so
having one's personal psychics, gurus and so-called "spirit
helpers" has become the norm, rather than the exception. And
the list goes on. As Paul would also later write to Timothy
in his second Epistle:

"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;"
2 Timothy 4:3, KJV

Who can honestly deny that Paul's words have been fulfilled
in our modern day? From teachers in our public schools, to
preachers in our pulpits, society is being flooded with all
kinds of bizarre theories and doctrines; none of which can
stand up to Scriptural scrutiny. It is mass deception such
as we have never experienced before, and the mass media is a
partner in the game. In describing the Roman citizenry of
his own time, and how they had exchanged the truth of God
for the practice of worshipping nature and the human form,
through the construction of idols crafted in the shape of
animals, humans, and other things, the Apostle Paul made a
statement which again can be equally applied to our modern
society. In his Epistle to the brethren at Rome, Paul wrote
the following:

"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And
changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image
made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted
beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up
to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to
dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed
the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.
Amen."
Romans 1:21-25, KJV

Notice what Paul says there. He says that they "changed the
truth of God into a lie". Amazing! Man hasn't changed in two
thousand years, has he? Many foolish people today are doing
the very same thing. They claim that God doesn't exist, and
that His Word, the Bible, is just some made-up fairy tale.
Others claim that the Bible was a fabrication of the church,
in order to exert influence and control over the ignorant
masses. While there is a certain truth to this accusation,
please understand that those who make such statements, are
referring to organized religion, such as the powerful Roman
Catholic Church; which did in fact do many things which were
contrary to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and they should
definitely be condemned.

However, we need to recognize that the failures of organized
religion are not sufficient evidence to deny the existence
of a Divine Creator, or to cast doubt upon or to refute the
truthfulness of His Holy Word. Some ungodly people, such as
the so-called "Jesus Seminar" for example, go so far as to
claim that Jesus Christ never truly existed as a historical
figure; and on and on they go with their lies. But let us
not forget what God's Word plainly tells us regarding such
false accusers:

"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
Numbers 23:19, KJV

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as
it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."
Romans 3:4, KJV

"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;"
Titus 1:2, KJV

In contrast to God's truthful nature, speaking of the Devil,
God's chief adversary, consider what Jesus had to say to the
unbelieving Jews of His own day:

". . . He [the Devil] was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it."
John 8:44b, KJV

The Apostle John was also rather direct in his Epistles when
it came to exposing the sin of unbelief. Not only did John
expose such rebellion, but he outright said that such people
are both liars and antichrists; that is, against Christ, as
we see here:

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."
1 John 2:22, KJV

"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he believeth not the record that God gave of his
Son."
1 John 5:10, KJV

"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his word is not in us."
1 John 1:10, KJV

So, my point is, the ungodly time which Paul predicted, most
definitely appears to be upon us in our current day; and it
has created the perfect atmosphere for believing in strange
things such as aliens and UFO's. If you have personally read
some of the bizarre UFO material which is available all over
the Internet, then you will already know that some of it is
literally the "doctrines of devils", and very antichrist in
nature. It is full of lies and deception.

Returning to my previous comments, as I pointed out in part
two, when I first began researching the UFO phenomenon, I
was rather skeptical. For the most part, I dismissed it as
being nothing more that the fabrication of a lot of people
with imaginative minds, or people who just wanted to belong
to something special, unique and different, regardless of
whether or not there was any truth to it. And of course, I
also reasoned that there were those people who were simply
habitual liars, or who found humor in inventing UFO stories,
or who really did have some serious psychological problems.

One particular incident which comes to mind, which is still
debated to this day, concerns Ed Walters and the so-called
Gulf Breeze UFO, which occurred in late 1987 and 1988. You
will find plenty of information regarding this controversy
on the Internet, and I will leave it up to you to form your
own opinion concerning it.

So the point is, there are in fact quite a few charlatans
and deceivers out there who are skilled at taking advantage
of people's gullibility for the sake of personal profit, or
so that they can gain their moment of fame, or perhaps for
some other reason. A few verses which come to mind are the
following:

"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro,
and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
wait to deceive;"
Ephesians 4:14, KJV

"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived."
2 Timothy 3:13, KJV



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