The most extreme man in the church today is the man is the one who stands on God’s Word alone.
He is the “voice crying in the wilderness” of modern churchanity.
It is he who dares to ask not, ”Is this okay? Can we “get away with it”?”, but “Is this honoring to God Almighty?”
Here is one who refuses to engage in frivolity while the world slides to hell.
Here is the man who isn’t afraid to stand before men and be laughed at; he is afraid only of standing before God and being condemned.
He stands for truth in a time of compromise.
He constantly searches out the Word of God and demands a “thus saith the Lord” in a time of me-centered, watered-down, cotton candy teachings.
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I’ve been hearing many warm and fuzzy things about Jesus. It would seem that, to some, He is nothing but a cuddly stuffed animal with some special abilities thrown in: comfortable, warm, able to keep us safe. To others, He’s like a doting Grandpa: forgetful of what we’ve done wrong, but remembering that He wants to make us happy (and seeking to do so by passing out pretty things that sparkle a lot and bring the happiness we seek). If we don’t know the Real Jesus, we get confused; worse, we spread forth our confusion.
Things that should never be uttered, have been. They go along the lines of:
“Jesus is like a cup of coffee: He makes me happy, fills me up and makes me warm all over.”
Or…”Jesus just wants us to be nice to each other and to be happy.”
Or, “Jesus said, “Judge not,” so stop judging me.”
Well, Jesus did say, “Judge not” but it didn’t (and doesn’t) mean what so many take it to mean today. While we are at it, Jesus also never said that He just wants us to be happy (or to be nice). Holy and truthful, yes; nice? No.
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“There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors but it touches them too closely to disown themselves.”-Meister Eckhart
Are you following God’s faintest whisper? Can He trust you to obey no matter how much He asks of you? Does He know that here is one, who, though others may falter and fall, will stand secure?
A person like that only comes along once in a while. Having looked at the world and all it has to offer, they turn away, not in resignation but in disgust. They don’t want it–not any of it. Their lot has been completely cast in with God.
They walk, stumbling and falling sometimes as we all do but, instead of staying fallen, they get back up and seeking the Lord’s help, they continue on their journey towards holiness and Home. Read the rest of this entry »
Hosea 5: 4, “For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away and none shall rescue him.”
Jesus isn’t just the “meek and mild” Savior that many imagine Him to be.
He is the Lion of Judah, and, as such, He shares some of the lions traits:
He powerful and strong; unrelenting and uncontrollable. He is harsh and outspoken when it comes to God’s Truth. He is prone to righteous anger when God’s interests are at stake. He is severe with those who would play at Christianity.
Jesus expects, no, demands, that He be absolutely first in your life. It is necessary, in the end, that He be the ONLY thing that matters to you. If you had to choose between Jesus and your very life, Jesus and your family, Jesus and your personal happiness and comfort, Jesus and your reputation, Jesus and your job, Jesus and your freedom…you must choose Him.
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I’ve been hearing many warm and fuzzy things about Jesus. It would seem that, to some, He is nothing but a cuddly stuffed animal with some special abilities thrown in: comfortable, warm, able to keep us safe. To others, He’s like a doting Grandpa: forgetful of what we’ve done wrong, but remembering that He wants to make us happy (and seeking to do so by passing out pretty things that sparkle a lot and bring the happiness we seek). If we don’t know the Real Jesus, we get confused; worse, we spread forth our confusion.
