May 2, 2013
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Judgment Comes (rerun)
For the next few days I will be reprinting several old posts. There is a reason for this, and I do feel it necessary to rehash old material before proceeding with new thoughts. I have done some minor editing, so this is not entirely a rerun. New thoughts will be in italics.
In any case, this was originally posted on September 6, 2011 as “Judgment comes” and began an unplanned series of posts which I will soon finish. Expect Parts 1, 2 & 3 to be reprinted soon, and then I will finally conclude what was started nearly 2 years ago.
Leonard Ravenhill once asked “Where are the Elijahs of God”? That was nearly 40 years ago, but it led a generation to ask the same thing… who will trust God so completely and thoroughly as to stand up against the prophets of Ba’al of our age. Keith Green took that message to heart and his incendiary (RE: On fire — Give Christ all or give Him nothing) preaching led thousands of Christians into a deeper relationship with Christ.
Today I am looking across modern Christianity and I am led to wonder “Where are the Jeremiah’s of God?” Where are the preachers stating plainly “prepare yourselves, for judgment comes”? Where are those like John the Baptist who would stand toe to toe with a king and tell him face to face “You’re sinning!”? Where’s the Jonathan Edwards willing to preach “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” to the masses — stressing the fact that we have offended God’s holiness by our complacency and sinful living? Where are the preachers of righteousness of our day?
Lately my Facebook commentaries have been bold and blunt. I’m growing tired of the complacency I see around me that tolerates sin and allows blasphemous and foul things to be preached from the pulpit as though God did not see. I hear preachers saying that black is white, wrong is right and bad is good…. and no one (is) willing to speak up for fear of being shamed. It is better to be shamed before men, say I, than to be shamed before God. It is better to speak the truth, though unpopular, than to say nothing and pretend that nothing is wrong. It is better stand on truth than to be caught by the shifting waves of this world’s faulty philosophies.
I have also seen the trend in Christian circles that disclaims accountability to anything other than the little voice in their ear that pretends to be Christ. I recently actually had someone say to me “I don’t listen to you, I only follow Jesus” — this after I pointed out several scriptures regarding matters in their lives that needed addressing. While it’s true, I am no authority, I would hope that as a self-proclaimed “believer” they would at least have the decency to acknowledge the Scriptures place in their sanctification. If we’ve come to a place where we live as we desire and claim that Jesus “condones our sinful lifestyle” —- Judgment comes.
I’m not through with this topic yet — but for tonight I have said what I needed to say and asked what I needed to ask….
Where are the Jeremiah’s of God proclaiming to one and all “prepare your hearts — Judgment comes”?
Comments (2)
The Bible says today’s day would be like the days of Noah, where men’s thoughts were evil continually…….a lot of preachers are in it for the money these days so they like to preach better days ahead to their congregations……….it’s not that it’s a lie……but it wont get better until it first gets worse…….hope you are having a good day.
I quite agree that the “little voice inside” had better agree with and strengthen for us the scriptural truths we already know rather than skirting the edge and looking for justifications (rationalizations) for the obvious disobedience of our souls. That “little voice” could easily be from the enemy if it tells us things like that.