A MESSAGE TO AMERICAN PASTORS AND THEIR CONGREGATIONS
These words ‘Never Again‘ are inscribed at the Auschwitz memorial in Poland, where so many died. During the slaughtering of the Jews, many Christians looked the other way, they did nothing…never again.
My friends, it is happening again.
It is happening again today in our beautiful America, so richly and abundantly blessed by a gracious God.
It is happening today as the innocent are slaughtered in a holocaust that has seen well over forty million little boys and girls brutally done to death.
It is happening again as families are fractured and marriages are broken, while self-obsessed people pursue the immediate gratification of their every desire.
It is happening again as militant homosexuals pursue absolute approval, complete acceptance, and preferential legal treatment for their perversion.
It is happening again as our young people have lost their way, and often their lives, in a maze of alcohol and drugs; and the corridors and classrooms of the high schools of our land are littered with the bodies of murdered teenagers.
It is happening again as the nation’s leaders wallow in decadence and deceit, while the people look on in apathetic indifference.
“If the professed convert distinctly and deliberately declares that he knows the Lord’s will but does not mean to attend to it, you are not to pamper his presumption, but it is your duty to assure him that he is not saved. Do not suppose that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to the worldlings and telling them that they may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their Savior, while they are wedded to their idols, and their hearts are still in love with sin. If I do so I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel, insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.” -C.H. SPURGEON
Those kinds of words fall on deaf ears today.
They are not cool, contemporary, relatable, winsome, attractive. They sound too harsh, too judgmental, too defining, too narrow, and…too biblical. Compare the above with the following attempts in addressing a lost world.
“The fact that the world can so easily tolerate us, the fact of the almost complete absence of reproach, let alone of persecution is itself a shameful testimony that we are so like the world that we cannot be distinguished from it. We have lost even the difference, the sense of the difference, between that which is sacred and that which is profane.” – Art Katz
What is this being proclaimed from our pulpits? Never have I heard such a conglomeration of psychology mixed with paganistic beliefs! These purveyors of false doctrine continue to spew their vile regurgitations of Hellenistic half-truths to the multitudes.
Do our American pastors pray and seek God for their messages? Or do they surf the purpose-driven websites to find their prepackaged sermons? What works this week may not be what works next week. After all, we must stay in tune with our culture.
However, no matter what our culture tells us, the Word of God (the Bible) is still the correct tool to use to discern both good and evil. It is a mirror that reflects our thoughts and intentions. It is a sword that divides truth from error. It is the very breath and life of God that we should judge all our actions by.
If there ever was a time that we must be careful what we listen to, it is today. Seducing spirits and doctrines of devils have invaded the pulpits without much contention from those who should be students of the Scriptures. The sheep continue to swallow this great tasting poison without so much a flinch.
The Lord Jesus never tried to coax men into a glib profession of faith. Neither did He seek to attract a large following by preaching a popular message.
In fact, whenever people began to swarm after Him, He would turn to them and sift them by setting forth the sternest terms of discipleship.
On one of these occasions, our Lord warned those who would follow Him that they should first count the cost. He said:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, “This man began to build, and was not able to finish.” Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace (Luke 14:28-32).
Here He likened the Christian life to a building operation and to a war.
Why is holiness so important? Why does the Apostle say, “Without it no man shall see the Lord”? Let me set out in order a few reasons.
A) For one thing, we must be holy, because the voice of God in Scripture plainly commands it.
The Lord Jesus says to His people,
“Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Mt. 5:20).
“Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Mt. 5:48).
Paul tells the Thessalonians,
“This is the will of God, even your sanctification” (1 Thess. 4:3).
Get prepared to hear a strong word in this short video. I am thankful to see people from every denomination returning to the truth of the Gospel. This is what this blog was created for and I will join arms with all those who preach the full counsel of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“If the professed convert distinctly and deliberately declares that he knows the Lord’s will but does not mean to attend to it, you are not to pamper his presumption, but it is your duty to assure him that he is not saved. Do not suppose that the Gospel is magnified or God glorified by going to the worldlings and telling them that they may be saved at this moment by simply accepting Christ as their Savior, while they are wedded to their idols, and their hearts are still in love with sin. If I do so I tell them a lie, pervert the Gospel, insult Christ, and turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.” -C.H. SPURGEON
