“Jesus said to him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me.”
(John 14:6)
“Seek the LORD while He may
be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And
the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have
mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts
are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My
thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from
heaven, And do not return there,
But water the earth, And make
it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the
eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return
to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the
thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:6-11)
“Blessed is he who reads and
those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are
written in it; for the time is near.” (Revelation 1:3)
“And he said to me, “Do not
seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.”
(Revelation 22:10)
These are only a miniscule
sampling of the Word of God declaring the authenticity of God’s right to say,
“This is the way it is, period.” Only God can declare a ‘command’ as opposed to
a ‘suggestion.’ God’s statements are very definitive. He leaves no room for
opposing thought. There is no doubt in His position as God.
Most people in this world
today, even those who ‘profess’ Christ, disregard the clear and irrevocable
Words of God. They want to ‘make a deal’ with God, or twist His Words to cover
their sins. Another large crowd, among our 21st century ‘wise men’
declare, “There is no God!”
God says, “The fool hath said
in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable
works, there is none that doeth good.” (Psalm 14:1), (also found in Psalm 53:1)
This 21st century
society is so far from God there is not much remaining for us but severe
judgment, and it is coming (the Tribulation for those without Christ). Those
who love God and respect His Word see this and cringe as the evils of our
society worsen by the day.
Dr. J Vernon McGee commented
once concerning how much our society has fallen away from God into sin. He died
30 years ago. If he could only see us now. If any of those who have died before
us could see what we have become today, they would be shocked.
All the ‘brilliant’ ideas our
leaders, both political and religious, have forced upon us have not improved us
one whit. Instead, we keep sinking further into the bottomless pit of
corruption.
One simple thing has caused
our demise, and that is our refusal to listen to Almighty God. Even for those who are not Christians, they
too need to listen to God. He is not their Father, but He is their Creator, and
He means exactly what He says.
God says there is only one
way to be saved, and that is through Jesus Christ. He says we will become
exactly what we have become prior to judgment. He says Jesus will return at any
time and remove His own, then judge the world. Is anyone listening? Very, very
few are hearing anything He has to say.
God is longsuffering, but He
will not allow our obstinacy to continue indefinitely.
One segment of our society
that is causing much damage is those who think they are Christian, but are not.
They are religious, but they are not Christian. These wolves in sheep’s
clothing rape children, have illicit sexual affairs, support and commit
homosexuality, deny critical issues concerning Jesus Christ, etc. The lost
world watches this religious crowd, considers them to be Christians, and sees
that there is no difference between them. Then when they look at true
Christians who will not compromise what God says, we are considered
troublemakers.
Another segment of our
society that is causing much damage is true Christians who are weak in the
faith. They need to grow up. Most Christians do not communicate with God daily
through Bible study and prayer. Oh, but when they have a need, here they come
pleading for help!
Every true Christian should
be standing up for the Truth, instead of sitting quietly in the fetal position
way, way back in the corner. We should cry out to our God as did Isaiah.
“Also I heard the voice of
the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here
am I; send me.” (Isaiah 6:8)
However, when we are
listening to man instead of God how can we really know what God is saying? Most
Christians rely on the man behind the pulpit to tell them what God is saying.
Look folks, Moses is in Heaven. He isn’t behind your pulpit. He is not down
here speaking for God today, and he doesn’t need to. Now why is that? The
Israelites did not have a Bible, so God spoke to them through Moses for a
while. We have the entire written Word of God. It is called the Bible. This is
where we hear the Truth.
I venture to make a
prediction. If every true Christian would do as the Bereans did, most would be
very surprised at the conflict coming from the pulpit and what the Bible
actually says.
“And the brethren immediately
sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the
synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in
that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” (Acts 17:10-11)
We need to know what God
says, and we need to believe it, no matter if it conflicts with what we have
been taught for years and no matter if it conflicts with our opinions. Forget
what man says. Forget what we ‘think.’ Accept what God says. He says what He
means, and means what He says. It’s all in His Word, the Bible.
Grant Phillips
Email: Phillip5769@twc.com
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