Tough Pill to Swallow

I am afraid we are headed to the end of American Christianity.  Over the last couple of months I have personally sought after God like no other time in my life.  God has revealed to me that I am a disgusting sinful man.  I have allowed years of filth to enter into my mind.  I have spent hours that would add up to years of time worshiping the god of entertainment and sports.  Beloved he has made this so real to me that now for the first time in my life I recognize the sin of sexual immorality like no other time.  Every show on television and every commercial seems as the one key common thing that grabs our attention and holds on to us is sexuality.  I see it in our young people in the Church and out of the Church.  There is such a desire among people to look great and attract others.  Young boys are possessed by the god of fashion and girls are selling themselves by revealing more and more skin ad they serve the god of pleasure.

Who is praying?  Who is fasting? Who is weeping?  

Here in scripture we see that God judged the people of Israel.  His people and only by his sovereignty do they still exist.  God has made no covenant with our nation.  We do not have to exist.

Isaiah 1:9-11

⁹ Unless the LORD of hosts
      Had left to us a very small remnant,
      We would have become like Sodom,
      We would have been made like Gomorrah.

       ¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD,
      You rulers of Sodom;
      Give ear to the law of our God,
      You people of Gomorrah:

       ¹¹ “ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?”
      Says the LORD.
      “ I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
      And the fat of fed cattle.
      I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
      Or of lambs or goats.

Today Churches are losing ground quickly.  Our Churches are missing the mission.  People are dying and going to Hell.  Your friends, neighbors, siblings, spouse, children, and parents are facing HELL! We set and listen to the preaching and nobody moves.  Why?  Is it because the preacher did not study enough?  Is it because the music was not inspiring enough?  Is it because the service lasted too long?  I know what the issue is and so do many others.  SIN! We have a sin problem.  To make matters worse we know we have a sin problem, but we enjoy our sin so much that we are not willing let go.  We are not willing to give up on the pleasures that entertain us and give us pleasure.

Be not deceived God will not be mocked!  We are headed for judgment and the scripture says that judgment begins at the House of God.  This Sunday morning the altars should be filled with men and women crying and weeping for the lost.  You need to come to the altar and pour out your soul to God before he judges your own house.

We have seen nothing.  The storms over the past week are nothing.  The earthquakes are nothing.  The Terrorism is nothing.  When God judges us it will break men down.  You can see the apathy in men now.  They morn over the loss of things but will not mourn over the loss.  They will spend millions re-building structures, but will give nothing to rebuild their soul.  People will volunteer weeks and weeks of time cleaning up debris from storms, but will not spend five minutes in prayer cleaning out their own soul.  We will talk about the economy all day and forsake the economy of God!

Then there is the pathetic legalism among God’s people.  I am so sick of the hypocrisy of lukewarm religious Pharisees.  They criticize men in how they worship God and at the same time they are just as worldly.  They tell young people not to listen to certain kinds of Christian music yet they set in their own homes and watch shows that have nothing to do with exalting Christ.  They call other Churches worldly because they are active and are trying to reach at least one person for Christ in some non traditional method and yet spend hours on the lake or in the woods wasting time while men go to Hell!  They criticize outreach and all they want is wore out hymns that they don’t even believe and legalize everything from the opening prayer to the last prayer.  They spend hours working in their yards and on their homes, but yet they say oh I am so glad we are not worldly like the Church down the road.  Someday when their sons are selling dope and their daughters are having sex with multiple partners and half their congregation is gone at least they will not be worldly.

I believe the reason you are reading this is because it is meant for you.  God hates the sin you love.  You cannot please God and be in love with sin.  Kill sin!  Fight sin!  Make war with the sin in your life!  Call on the name of Jesus!  Plead with him for help!  Fast, pray and seek!  Time is running out, but Jesus is the Lord of hosts, and He desires you!  Give yourself to him!

Jesus Saves,

RR