Anyone with
children will know that these are dangerous times as everything from the
cartoons to music, fashion and the likes are daily threatening to take control
of their way of thinking. It is a constant battle as a good parent to be on the
lookout for such influences. What was seen as wrong and evil several decades
ago is now seen as normal. Behaviors that God-fearing societies will not
condone before are seen as normal behavior now; when anyone tries to raise
their voice and take a stand against such evil, the person is seen as
intolerant, blind, ignorant and retrogressive. A situation when whole nations
are cornered by the teachings of darkness and none in the nation is any wiser
is frightening. Godly principles are over turned on a daily basis; laws are
then enacted to support evil posturing; this calls for a lot of concern. President Eisenhower, former president of the
United States once said a people who value their privileges above their
principles will soon lose both. In the process of having privileges that border
on ungodliness, several principles are being jettisoned; no wonder there’s so
much anarchy and confusion around! This terrible encroachment that has become cancerous
in the psyche of people did not start now, but the enemy has been
systematically pushing its agenda determinedly across racial, religious and
class divides. Unfortunately, those that ought to know are blind to its moves.
A
man of God with great authority in one of the great denominations in the Body
of Christ said recently that churches should re-examine their stance concerning
some dissenting issues in order to accommodate the dissenting voices. According
to him, the church must learn to tolerate these dissenting voices and seek out
ways to assimilate them into the fold. The question I will humbly like to ask
this great, learned and authoritative man of God is where in the Bible did the
Lord say we should tolerate the practices of the world and seek out ways to
assimilate them? No generation in the past has succeeded in changing the
principles of God, why does this one think it can live and believe as it
pleases and still get away with it. The God of the Bible is true and alive. He
is the same yesterday, today and forever; and His word is immutable and forever
settled in Heaven! Friends, it is common sense that when a person is sick, such
should be treated and managed until he/she gets well; it is unnatural and
wicked to make the person feel others are sick as well, thus, making get
comfortable in his/her sickness without seeking help! If we claim to be
followers of Christ then we must take the stand of Christ at all times. We
never read that Christ in order to assimilate or tolerate the Pharisees,
accepted their customs and traditions. Rather, He rebuked them by saying: “…why do you also transgress the commandment
of God because of your tradition…Thus you have made the commandment of God of
no effect by your tradition” (Matthew 15: 3b, 6b). When we seek to assimilate these dissenting voices and doctrines we make God's word of no effect! This generation has made
unprecedented excuses for sins that God hates in which He destroyed whole civilizations
for in the past. In their myopic minds, these compromising men of God believe
they have the power to influence God to endorse these evil trends. Friends, if
we truly claim to be followers of Christ, we must walk according to His
pattern. The walk of Christ attracted thousands to Him. The walk you walk today
is it attracting people or repelling them? The reason the world is attracting
the sons of God today is because so many are walking contrary to the walk of
Christ. They seek to tolerate the evil practices around them instead of
standing their ground against it. Friends, we need to stand our ground against
every appearance of evil and proclaim the undiluted truth of God even as we see
the DAY draw ever closer (2Timothy 2:14-26). God bless you.
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