Speaking of impure, would our relationship with sin change at all? If we knew that God had agreed to give us 15 more years to live would we view what breaks God's heart in a different light? As Paul Washer once said, you cannot have a new relationship with God if you do not have a new relationship with sin. The truth is that most of modern Christianity wants their cake and they want to eat it too. The false doctrines are popular because everyone wants to hear how they can walk into heaven arm in arm with the devil. But if we knew that God had just given us 15 more years would this finally change. Would we walk away from the sin we know we have. Would we finally stop circling that mountain? Would we finally see that stronghold come down? Would we finally abide under the shadow of the Almighty?
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this
inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses
the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness." -- 2Timothy 2: 19 (NIV)
Would we finally turn from our wickedness? Would we stand firm on God's solid foundation, forsaking all else for Him? Would we finally come down from the fence we sit on between this world and our God and pick a side?
Would we finally get rid of all the distractions plaguing Christianity? Would we stop the nonsense about wars on Christmas, God in the schools or any other dominionist thinking the devil has fooled us with? Would we put down all the books we pick up to avoid having to pick up the Bible? Put down the books of prophecy when you hold the greatest work of prophecy ever in the Bible. Is there anything terribly prophetic about saying we live in the end times? Would we finally understand that the biggest problem in this world is that the majority of it does not know Jesus Christ? Will we finally put down the purpose driven nonsense and the Circle Maker heresy long enough to pick the Bible back up again? Would we walk away from the show long enough to feel the Spirit once again?
Would we start valuing the eternal life instead of this temporal one? Would we start to save riches in heaven instead of storing them up on this earth? Would we start thinking eternally instead of carnally? Would we stop being fooled by hustlers and snake oil salesmen pretending to be speaking for God? Would we finally learn to discern? Would we start to value our relationship more than our religion? The Kingdom more than our church building? Our Savior more than our pastor? What would we do?
We live in uncertain times in a world that is passing away
with each day. Wars and rumors of war on the television daily. One natural
disaster after another; the likes of which we never heard of just a generation
ago. The love of most indeed growing cold. Horrific stories such as the
Reverend Anthony Wade -- May 29, 2013
