Baal worship and paganistic activity is saturating our society ever where we look. And the Church is following suit. Watching who we drool after, seek after and who we want to mimic reveals who and what we worship. Leaders and pastors are paving the way to hell as they focus and saturate themselves with the worldly and fallen idols they worship with their time and attention. The flock follows the shepherd – good or bad. So, both shepherd and flock have lost their First Love.
But, God said this season of the Church would happen. He also said that a great falling away would also occur as hearts would grow cold and people in the church would follow doctrines of demons. It should burden followers of Christ that sin and witchcraft is being invited and promoted in His churches. Holiness and obedience to His will and commandments are true expressions of pure worship. The Church as a whole is mimicking Israel, by:
Mat 15:7-9 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, “This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
Each day we must ask ourselves, “Who are we trying to follow and imitate (and emanate) in our deeds and actions. Words are cheap, actions flow from the heart. The fruit of our life (words, lifestyle, actions, etc.) reveals the heart just like the health of a tree can be seen by its fruit, leaves, etc. We don’t have to cut a tree down to see that it is diseased.
Jesus said the world will know us by our love. First is our love for Him by loving what He loves and hating what He hates. Seeking first His kingdom and righteousness, and being set apart as living sacrifices and living testimonies of His goodness and grace. Then, we can love the world into this same love, forsaking all other (loves) of this world just like we do in marriage.
We have moved from a culture of legalism into a culture of lawlessness which feeds the lust of the eyes, lust of flesh and the pride of life. Satan tempts us the same way he did Jesus in the desert. But, we desire the worldliness more than God’s holiness. We will not attain perfection or perfect holiness on this side of this side of eternity but our heart’s desire will be revealed by what we desire and the corresponding path that we are following that molds us into either looking more like Christ or more like the world and its people. Each of us must do heart checks each day and even throughout the day. There are symptoms like the fruit of the Spirit and other signs as revealed in scripture (both good and evil) that either are reflecting God, or the satanic ways and rituals of the world. God’s love is being poured out upon this world to convict it of its sin and for repentance that leads unto salvation. God doesn’t need you, but He wants YOU!
His people are being destroyed for a lack of Truth knowledge and Spiritual vision of who He is (the same yesterday and forever). Don’t be one of His casualties of war or your generational line. There are good consequences (blessings) for being lovingly obedient to His Word, and negative consequences (curses) for living a lawless lifestyle that seeks out the world’s ways and the prince of this world – satan.
There is an old saying we used to say when I was in school, “wake up and die right!”
Wake up Church to His providence and truth being revealed through scripture and the Holy Spirit. Die to yourself and the desire of the flesh that craves to feed the flesh. For if we die to ourselves, we will be able to live for Him enabling us to overcome the temptations of this world and the feelings that destroy us. This is dying right!
Dying wrong is to believe you are going to heaven but live to feed the flesh and eyes. Then finding out He never knew you because you weren’t His.
His people are slaves of righteousness and sooooo much more. We fall short but get back up in grace and mercy and press onward towards the goal. He has equipped us to overcome our flesh. That is the Good News too. Die to Live! This is the power of the Gospel to transform US from what we were, into who He has called us to be in His image.
Church, Press towards the goal and the Prize that awaits us – JESUS CHRIST!!!
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