"For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah
entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came
and took them all away..." Matthew 24
Seldom do we hear messages from the pulpits of our home church, or on radio or "christian" television admonishing us for the sins that have so easily beset us. Sermons pleading for repentance and a turning to righteous are replaced by ecumenical messages of tolerance and acceptance of our differences. Heart cries for the lost among us have become a thing of the past.
Rarely do "christians" acknowledge their sins committed against the Righteous and Holy God -
"Against You and You only I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge..." Psalm 51:4
Salvation cost us nothing.
We add our relationship with our LORD to the thousand and one other things that occupy our daily lives. Grace is cheap, mercy taken for granted. Ignoring the words of our LORD:
"...no servant is greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will persecute
you also..."
We deny ourselves nothing as we work to elevate our status in life. Grabbing for the brass ring we attempt to keep up with the Jones while striving to get a bigger and better trinket we hope will make us feel better about ourselves...
Forgetting: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and
follow me."
We the church, His church, glide aimlessly through our daily lives paying lip service to God while our hearts remain cold, distant and hard. Church attendance has become rote for the bride. His Word is almost unrecognizable as sermons spew forth from worldly pastors teaching their flock about gentle Jesus, meek and mild or the Jesus who loves them just like they are and wants all to be happy, lacking nothing.
Luke ask us:
" when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"
If we are honest we realize the answer MUST be NO.!!.
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Yes - and sadly, we continue to call ourselves a "christian" nation.
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