What Is the Biggest Challenge a Believer Faces in This End Time Age?
1) Direct Answer
The biggest challenge is end-time deception—religion mixed with the world, a lukewarm Laodicean spirit that looks right, talks Bible, but denies the full Word and the life of the Holy Ghost.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus warned that in the last days there would arise false christs and false prophets with signs so close they would deceive the very elect if it were possible (Matthew 24:24).
- The age is Laodicea—rich, increased with goods, and yet wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, not knowing it (Revelation 3:14–22).
- There will be a falling away and a strong delusion upon those who do not love the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:3–12).
- Many will have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof; seducing spirits and doctrines of devils will abound (2 Timothy 3:1–5; 1 Timothy 4:1).
- “Come out of her, my people,” says the Lord—separation from religious Babylon is commanded (Revelation 18:4).
- The Bride stands washed in the Blood and faithful to the Word, overcoming the beast’s pressure and the world’s systems (Revelation 7:9–17; 20:4).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
Now notice, the last days are not chiefly marked by open atheism but by polished religion without the new birth. If numbers proved truth, why was Noah a minority? If signs alone proved truth, why did Jesus warn of false signs? You see, the test is the Word and the life of the Spirit in that Word. The only safety is to be born of the Spirit, sealed by the Holy Ghost, and to measure everything—feelings, traditions, leaders, and experiences—by the written Word. Stay hot, not lukewarm; separate from mixture; love the truth; keep your garments unspotted; and hold the testimony of Jesus and the commandments of God.
4) Reinforcing Statement
The Bride in this hour overcomes by clinging to the pure Word and walking in the Spirit. Deception is the challenge; the full Word lived out by the Holy Ghost is the victory.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
To take on the whole armor of God
62-0701 §97
I think, like Elijah said that time, "Why didn't you send...?" If you didn't have the faith to do it, there's plenty of them here that does have it. Oh, brother, I might have been defeated, but I'd never let that infidel stand there, or that unbeliever, and make fun out of the Word of God. If I'd had to go down in defeat, I'd have went down trusting the Word of God. Like the Hebrew children said, "Our God's able to deliver us from this fire. But, however, we'll never bow to these priests." That's right. You need th...
The End-time Evangelism
62-0603 §107
leaders of this day again is saying, "Number, numbers, numbers!" That's all that counts today, is numbers, decisions. Now, that's such a big word today, "decisions." I wish somebody would make some deciding to serve God instead of join a church. "Make a decision, come in, put your name on the book," send a whole big bunch of people down there, would write. "What's your name?" "John Jones." "Do you accept Christ as you Saviour?" "Yeah." "You believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God?" "Yeah." Satan does the same thi...
The End-time Evangelism
62-0603 §99
That's when the man comes, say, "Well, they don't live any different than I live. Well, certainly not. I'd be as good as they are." It's a stumbling block. That's exactly right. See them say, well, some sinner walk up and say, "Jesus said this here." "Ah, that wasn't for that. That don't mean that. He didn't mean that right there. That was for another age." Why you unbeliever! See? What's the matter? You put a stumbling block in that person's way.
The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §191
There is your believer, your make-believer, and your unbeliever. There is a genuine Word standing out, vindicated; there is the make-believer impersonating it; and there is the unbeliever rejecting the whole thing. But it shall be Light about the evening time; The way to glory you will surely find. (That right?) Nations are breaking; Israel's awakening; The signs that our Bible foretold, And the Gentile days numbered, (Sodom!) With horrors encumbered; Return, O dispersed, to your own. The day of redemption is near,...
The oneness of unity
58-0128 §42
Now, united! On the day of Pentecost ... or, just before it, the disciples had all been cleaned out. All of their sins had been forgiven, and Jesus the Shepherd---the old hen as it was, as He said He would have gathered them as a hen her brood---then when the spirit of the devil was kept away, waiting for the filling time... And yet in all that---just twelve men---one of them got the anointing of the devil. After he had seen Jesus do all those fine works, he was the very one that led the soldiers to put a rag aroun...