Few There Be

Beloved, my heart is grieved over the current state of the Church! Sin is looked upon so lightly, commitment to the the things of the Lord are considered optional, most of those who have been in church for years know so little of the Bible's teachings; yet, everyone feels that they are on the way to God's Heaven!

As God is my witness, it is not my desire to to just be critical, but it is criminal that more "preachers" are not addressing the backslidden state of the Church today!

In my recent reading of the Bible, I have been reading 2 Kings, which is basically an historical book. In this book we read of several of Judah's kings who endeavored to follow after God, but they did not remove the high places where the people continued to offer sacrifices to pagan deities. It seems that the people wanted to keep the Temple observances which the Lord had given through Moses, but they wanted their activities "on the side" also.

This is a picture of much of the church world today: They go to church, "get their praise on", get their blessing; then it's back to their "high place" to pollute their vessels with the grossest of verbal and visual contamination that they call entertainment!

Because of this their thoughts and conversation are increasingly corrupt, but they do not recognize it as such; and, they will even defend their "freedom" to engage in such like!

Please hear me: The strait and narrow way that Jesus said leads to life, is a holy pathway! We cannot enter in thereat unless we willingly lay aside the sin which so easily besets us and receive His cleansing!

Many who engage in sinful activities today have memories of a time when evil was disdained and avoided! But, somehow, the things once despised have become comfortable involvements!

Please hear me! This is not a result of the Lord having changed His mind: It is, rather a result of the heart becoming hardened! God still directs us to avoid even the appearance of evil!

If we are to be among the "few" who find and enter the strait and narrow way, it will be because we have determined to let the word of God be our standard, and we are mortifying the flesh, feeding the spirit, being transformed by the renewing of our minds, taking up our cross and following Jesus every day!

Not a salvation of works, but the Biblical expression of having been born again and becoming a new creation in Christ!

May we have ears to hear.

God bless