"“Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD : “Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn away and not return? Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return. I listened and heard, But they do not speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his own course, As the horse rushes into the battle." (Jeremiah 8:4-6 NKJV)
THIS is where we are today.
"They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return. I listened and heard, But they do not speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’"
Compromise! We are in the world, but the world should not be in us, but it is. We have made excuses, we have winked our eyes. We refuse to deal with our sin and so we get comfortable with it, embrace it and make excuses. Like children whining to their parents: "Well everybody else is doing it!" We are indistinguishable from the unbelievers! We are not set apart. We are not a peculiar people, we are the same. We "talk the talk, but we do not walk the walk"! We are hypocrites and the world knows it.
"“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us’? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood. The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have? Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely." (Jeremiah 8:8-10 NKJV)
Our leaders; from the largest denominational mega church to the smallest assembly; you shepherd -where is your heart? Do you get on your face and cry out to God to bless your flock, then get up and compromise The Word of God in your own life? Excusing yourself and your family, because it's easier that way, and anyway, "God understands", "He knows your heart", after all "He is a God of love".
"For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; In the time of their punishment They shall be cast down,” says the LORD." (Jeremiah 8:11, 12 NKJV)
We are held to a higher standard! Our desire to be used of God, is not enough.
As our country, because of our fallen leaders, is floundering, so is the church.
Revival starts in our own heart, and spreads outward. If we examine our own heart and then look at our family and determine we are all "okay" with God; we are deceived!
The hypocrisy in words preached and lives lived will be addressed from the likes of me, on up! God is no respecter of persons. Let's be quick to examine, confess, and repent!
Let's seek The Truth and set the standard high! Extend mercy and grace where needed, but never compromise with sin. The cross made the way for us, but we have to get on it, or we, like the world, are just looking at it from afar, and THAT won't get us to heaven!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 6/20/14, 10/31/15
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