In the midst of reading, listening and watching God's Word I find myself at an impasse. What I think I see is progress of the Church and God's people but what is becoming clearer to me is the scales that are over the eyes of America. We are buying into the fallacy of these false teachings. We are believing the subtle changes in the truth of God's Word. We are allowing the enemy to corrupt, pervert, and manipulate the very truth that brought you to the Cross.
What do you think when people make jokes about the spirits that oppress and possess? Maybe you scoff at the idea of demons among us! How about the ones who claim angels being the incarnation of a loved one? What about the teaching of health, wealth and prosperity? What about that is OK to do what you want because grace is our ticket to sin? Are your eyes open?
God's truth brings one thing to life; God is all you need and the only way to Him is through Jesus Christ! Why do we add more to it? Why do we make it so complicated? Why do you think it is so hard to reach the world with His message?
It is because it is not His message!
We have taken the very Word of God and made it ours! We do it because it makes us feel better and easier to live with. I mean the Sermon on the Mount is what it is (THE TRUTH) but we take bits and pieces and try and make it comfortable for us to live with. We interpret things so that we can live the lives we want instead of the lives God wants. We are a self-serving, self-worshiping generation that has only us on our minds. What a narcissistic people we are!
Though that sounds harsh there is hope. There is grace and mercy! All we have to do is open our eyes! God calls us to a love that is greater than all things imaginable. A love that rivals any possession, any person, any currency, anything!! A love that gives us life and freedom. A love given as a gift in Christ. This is not a gift attained by purchase or works. A gift that is freely given on our faith to believe that He is God who died and rose for our very lives. He did this to fulfill the law and take His place at the right hand of the Father so we could have a place there as well.
So why do we still live in the world? Because we are not in Him! We need to see life as the battlefield and choose a side. This life is war but the victory is won as long as we choose the right side.
I once was asked how can we be sure of knowing that we are saved and I said simply look at the Word of God because that is the only place to find assurance. Then the second question was where do I find the answer; and I said look in 1 John 2. Now I didn't make a big stink about the lack of time this person put into reading the word because they had just accepted Christ but if as a Church we spent time there in His word we would not be fooled by the enemy's tricks.
People the war is at hand and your only weapon is the Word of God. Read it, study it, obey it, and use it. Do not let the enemy defeat you!!!
