"There is no fear of God before their eyes."
(Romans 3:18)
Once upon a time, a committed Christian was known as a God-fearing man or woman. When did you last hear that expression being used? Fearing God has long ceased to be a feature of the average person proclaiming themselves to be a follower of the Faith, and we have increasingly reaped what we have sowed as a people who have so largely and so wretchedly failed to uphold the FULL counsel of the Living God.
What's happening in Wales is the same as what's happening throughout the UK. And what's happening in the UK is the same as what's happening throughout Europe. And what's happening in Europe is the same as what's happening throughout every Continent on this Earth. It is the time of the great Falling Away, and the common denominator in the global avalanche of apostasy we are witnessing is the dearth of reverential awe and proper respect for our Creator, the One who has the power in His Hands to save unto eternal life, or to condemn unto everlasting damnation. As Jesus declared in no uncertain terms:
"Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
(Matthew 10:28)
How often now do you hear a sermon preached on such a theme as this? Judgement, Hell and damnation have everywhere been banished from the Book to the bin, and "seeker-sensitivity" is the order of the day. Sinners are to be made to feel comfortable in their sin, not utterly alienated from a God of unutterable holiness.
Hireling shepherds and straying sheep alike are saying and doing just what they want to, with frightening disregard for how the God they purportedly serve might view those declarations and deeds. They can flatly contradict His Word in every which way, with no concern whatsoever for the consequences, for a healthy fear of the LORD has no place in their faith, which has become classic Orwellian double-speak for unbelief.
Evangelical Christianity, or more correctly what passes itself off as being Evangelical Christianity, is now flooded with the "philosophy and vain deceit" of man and drenched with the doctrines of demons. It is speedily drowning in the vomit of its own unfaithfulness and it simply doesn't care, for as it has abandoned all fear of God it has no interest in abiding in Truth. Though it continues to pay lip-service to Him, the King has been effectively toppled from His throne; God is no longer Sovereign, but must Himself be made subject to the "democratic" opinions and processes of men. It has happened again as it has happened before:
Hireling shepherds and straying sheep alike are saying and doing just what they want to, with frightening disregard for how the God they purportedly serve might view those declarations and deeds. They can flatly contradict His Word in every which way, with no concern whatsoever for the consequences, for a healthy fear of the LORD has no place in their faith, which has become classic Orwellian double-speak for unbelief.
Evangelical Christianity, or more correctly what passes itself off as being Evangelical Christianity, is now flooded with the "philosophy and vain deceit" of man and drenched with the doctrines of demons. It is speedily drowning in the vomit of its own unfaithfulness and it simply doesn't care, for as it has abandoned all fear of God it has no interest in abiding in Truth. Though it continues to pay lip-service to Him, the King has been effectively toppled from His throne; God is no longer Sovereign, but must Himself be made subject to the "democratic" opinions and processes of men. It has happened again as it has happened before:
"In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes."
(Judges 17:6)
As Solomon declared, there is nothing new under the sun! It was also Solomon who pointedly observed that:
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
(Proverbs 1:7)
HEREIN IS CONCISELY CONTAINED A VERY GREAT TRUTH, WHICH MEN IGNORE AT THEIR PERIL. IF YOU HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STEPPED ONTO THE FIRST RUNG OF THE LADDER OF SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, LET ALONE STARTED TO CLIMB. THIS IS WHY SUCH THINGS AS THE "PURPOSE-DRIVEN" PRONOUNCEMENTS OF RICK WARREN OR THE "EMERGENT" EMBROIDERIES OF BRIAN McLAREN ARE JUST SO MUCH CHAFF IN THE WIND. SADLY, WE ARE IN AN AGE WHEN MEN ACTUALLY PREFER THE CHAFF TO THE WHEAT.
MEN ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH GOD. DANGEROUS GAMES. THEY THINK NOTHING OF CHANGING ALL THE RULES AS THEY GO ALONG, AND IN THEIR FOLLY THEY STAND TO LOSE ALL. ETERNALLY. GOD IS INDEED A GOD CHARACTERIZED BY IMMEASURABLE LOVE. HE IS MOST CERTAINLY "GRACIOUS, AND FULL OF COMPASSION, SLOW TO ANGER, AND OF GREAT MERCY" AS PSALM 145:8 TESTIFIES. BUT HIS PATIENCE, WHILE ALSO GREAT, IS NOT INFINITE. IT HAS BEEN SORELY TRIED, AND THE DAY IS VERY FAST APPROACHING WHEN HE WILL SAY, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" AND MEN WHO DO NOT FEAR HIM NOW WILL CERTAINLY FEAR HIM THEN!
IN PHILIPPIANS 2:12, THE APOSTLE PAUL URGED BELIEVERS TO "WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING." JUST HOW MANY OF US ARE HEEDING THOSE WISE AND WEIGHTY WORDS TODAY?
MEN ARE PLAYING GAMES WITH GOD. DANGEROUS GAMES. THEY THINK NOTHING OF CHANGING ALL THE RULES AS THEY GO ALONG, AND IN THEIR FOLLY THEY STAND TO LOSE ALL. ETERNALLY. GOD IS INDEED A GOD CHARACTERIZED BY IMMEASURABLE LOVE. HE IS MOST CERTAINLY "GRACIOUS, AND FULL OF COMPASSION, SLOW TO ANGER, AND OF GREAT MERCY" AS PSALM 145:8 TESTIFIES. BUT HIS PATIENCE, WHILE ALSO GREAT, IS NOT INFINITE. IT HAS BEEN SORELY TRIED, AND THE DAY IS VERY FAST APPROACHING WHEN HE WILL SAY, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" AND MEN WHO DO NOT FEAR HIM NOW WILL CERTAINLY FEAR HIM THEN!
IN PHILIPPIANS 2:12, THE APOSTLE PAUL URGED BELIEVERS TO "WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING." JUST HOW MANY OF US ARE HEEDING THOSE WISE AND WEIGHTY WORDS TODAY?
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
(Ecclesiastes 12:13)
