Christians Are Losers

They never appear to

be satisfied with the way things are. The

continual discontent plagues them. There’s

always more to be done – within themselves,

others, governments, institutions. Their

Bible presents a pattern for holy living that

is impossible. Only God could live according

to this pattern. But many try, nevertheless.
Hebrews 11:13 describes the fate of the

saints of old: “These all died in the faith, not

having received the promises.” In the end,

all they had left was their faith. They had

lived in full expectation of seeing the fulfillment

of God’s promises, yet they did not see the fulfillment.
The world will not improve very much. The

efforts of all Christians will culminate in a massive

apostasy at the end of the age when fewer people

than ever will still believe in Christ. The Bible

predicts that conditions in the world will be at

their very worst just before Jesus returns. People

will be scoffing (2 Peter 3:3-4). There will be an

onslaught of brutality, hatred towards goodness,

unholiness, hedonism, greed and haughtiness

(2 Tim. 3:1-4).
Jesus said that if he didn’t return at the appointed

future day, there probably wouldn't be any who still

believed in him (Matt. 24:22). There will be so much

helplessness and hunger for evidence of his existence

that many will be successfully impersonating him.

They will have great success deceiving many because

knowledge concerning his true identity will be very

scarce. As it is, few Christians study their Bibles

anymore, anyway.
The career of the great Apostle Paul ended with

his being beheaded. Prior to this, he was imprisoned.

He wrote of his loneliness and isolation in 2 Tim. 4:9-11

at the end of his life, from a prison cell. It appears that

he was a loser. Just as all of the disciples of Jesus left

him in the dust at the end, Paul was basically alone at

the time when he needed encouragement the most.

He had to get it all directly from God
It is worth remembering that out of all the thousands

of people who escaped from Egypt, only 2 (Caleb and Joshua)

entered the promised land. Perhaps the remnant is always

much smaller than we think and expect. Ultimately, the

remnant are the only winners.