Our security now is not based on pretending everything will be all right in this world of chaos and evil. Our security is in knowing Christ, depending on Him every day as we seek to honor Him by obedience to His principles.
The greatest worship we can offer God is our "reasonable service." That is to serve Him the way He wants to be served.
So many people think they can make up their own way and God is suppose to love it and bless it. However, if our way is not what God told us to do then we are out of His will even if it seems like a good deed.
God is more about our obedience to Him than all our selfishly concocted ideas of what we an do our own way.
Jeremiah 6:20 "“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba
And the [a]sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable
And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me.”"
Isaiah 1:11-16 "“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
12 “When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?
13 “Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
14 “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 “So when you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,"
All the good deeds of this culture are to glorify self. We know this because those who do them make sure everyone knows about it. Feeling special about self is far more important to most Christians today than seeking God for His Will.
If you would like to test this simply tell the truth of the Word of God to a cultural Christian and watch them become agitated even rage when exposed. They are sweetness and light when they are being validated and praised but turn into angry vengeful monsters when told perhaps they ought to evaluate their own heart to see if their motives are pure. The phrase you will hear is "don't judge me." In modern terms what they are really saying is "don't tell me what to do."
The "don't tell me" generation does not tolerate correction, rebuke or admonishment to seek the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
God clearly commanded the church to keep one another accountable every single day.
Hebrews 3:12-14 "12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.…"
The "don't judge" mantra comes out of a generation that will not listen to correction in violation of God's own word. We are living in the end times in which it is considered unkind and rude to correct anyone at any time.
In our day the one who corrects to help bring people to the truth is the one who is chastised while their character is maligned. That's alright, they did it to the apostles and to Christ too, why should we escape it?!!!
We must obey God and do it anyway always according to the principles of the Bible. What others do with it is not on us, their response is on them.
May the Lord make us strong in these difficult times and may He bring people to us who want to hear the truth and would be encouraged themselves by our boldness in Christ to become bold too.
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