Have you noticed that the "blessed hope" isn't really much of a hope for most church folks nowadays? It seems to be all about eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, etc. In other words, business as usual is the order of the day.
Remember when living in light of eternity was a major theme in the church? Sermons regularly challenged people to live godly, separated lives, and sin was soundly rebuked and warned against?
Today, people seem to pride themselves on the fact that "their" preacher is not one of them hell-fire and brimstone preachers! It's as if being polite and socially acceptable is of more importance than warning people to flee from the wrath to come!
The collective Christian mind in America is occupied with working less, making more money, accumulating more material goods, and learning how to feel good while the mandate of the Lord to reach the lost is somewhere on the back burner of the church!
Beloved saints, God is sending a wake up call to all will hear! Eternity is rapidly overtaking us! Either Jesus is coming or we are going by way of death! Either way, we will stand before the King and be constrained to give an account for the way in which we have spent our time, energy and resources while here on earth!
Perhaps it is time to dust off the lyrics of the old spiritual that says "This world is not my home, I'm just a passin' through...".
God bless
Welcome!
My prayer is that you will find something here that will encourage you to love the Lord with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength. In this day of cheap grace and easy and crossless discipleship, I have a sense of urgency to challenge Christians to make their calling and election sure by examining their life in light of the teachings of God's eternal word.
These entries are not intended to be strictly of a devotional nature, rather, my burden is to issue a challenge, or a wake-up call, if you will, to a Church that is, at present, more closely aligned with the world than with the teachings of the Lord.
I invite you to contact me via email with questions or comments that you may have
web-rev@sbcglobal.net
God bless you as you seek and serve Him.
These entries are not intended to be strictly of a devotional nature, rather, my burden is to issue a challenge, or a wake-up call, if you will, to a Church that is, at present, more closely aligned with the world than with the teachings of the Lord.
I invite you to contact me via email with questions or comments that you may have
web-rev@sbcglobal.net
God bless you as you seek and serve Him.
