It has been observed over recent years, that something is troublingly amiss in the house of God, in particular, amongst the "priests"/clergy. We, as confessed and,allegedly, confirmed Covenant believers and servants of Christ have mutated into "desensitized- to- sin and iniquity", tolerant "clever" pulpit speakers and churchgoers. There is so much irreverence for the Lord and the things of God, compromise, and bold unrepentant sin spread abroad, that many are opting to forego the routine assembling together of habitual "transgressors" for the purpose of meeting their "end of the week spirtual obligation and ritual", and the soothing of their conscious for their last transgresson, and in advance for the ones they plan to commtt not long after the bendiction. I am not recommending or condoning such decisions, but letting the record show that, on some level, it's almost understandable, because Christ has pretty much opted to do the same! We have presented the very basic and clear tenets of our Coveant relationship with God, for private interpretaion, personal accomodation and satanic infiltration, and we have embraced, embellished and justified most of what God hated and admonished us to avoid. As we go about the business of 'working out our own salvation "with fear and trembling", one has to wonder exactly what it is that we really "fear", and what compels us to "tremble"? Are we unshakably assured way down in our 'sanctified souls" that we have a "heaven" to gain, and a "hell" to shun? It is evident that the revelation of God, as not just One who desires above all things that we prosper, and be in health, even as our souls prosper, but He's that God of swift and terrible judgement and wrath, who is intolerant of persistent iniquity and disobdience, and Who won't strive with any man always. Do we really believe that "He sits high and looks low?" Are we really persuaded that He's omnipotent and omniscient, and are we sure we want to justify our iniquities and lack of discipline in the possessing of our vessels in holiness, by confessing "He knows my heart?' If that's our only defense, then we might as well know we're well on our way to "gaining a hell", because, of couse, He knows your heart, He formed it and situated it in your chest, but He also let you know that He knows that you know that it's deceitful and desperately wicked", and that for this reason, when He gave you that heart, He also made a way of escape, and provided you with all things that pertain unto LIFE and "GODLNIESS". He warned you to GUARD it, and to hide yourself in Him, to flee youthful lusts, and to committ your way unto Him,"TO BE YE HOLY AS I AM HOLY!"



We are grateful for the "plan of salvation", and for the simplicity of all the 'confessing and believing", but has anyone noticed that after the inital process of "salvation," there's very little "doing" what was specified to evidence and sustain us in Christ, ad to assure that our name's written in the Lamb's Book of Life." It is dismaying that even amongst our ranking leaders locally, and corporately, little or no consideration is given for the "standard" we are supposed to be and set as repesentatives of a Holy God, and what we offer up to God in the rendering of our service as a "royal priesthood and in many of our church services is "dung" and strange fire. He was very clear in the expected end product , between salvation and "attaining the prize" and the "mark", when He said "If my people who are called by My name, would HUMBLE themselves and PRAY, SEEK MY face, TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, (then) I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND HEAL THEIR LAND. "LAND" is symbolic of "men", and this makes it clear that there re definitive, concrete reasons, many, why our "land" remains unhealed, and greater and more terrible afflictions and plagues are being released upon us day by day. The most profound part of this declaration is the comand to "TURN", which implies CONVERSION"! Conversion means "to change into another form" or to become the opposite of whatever you were. We no longer stress "conversion" as long as thre "right hand of fellowhsip" is extended, the "roll" is increased, and the assorted "new members" requiremnets are met, when we should be striving towards making them "another" member, converted and turned around and away frm their formerbeng. SALVATION IS A 180, BUT CONVERSION IS A 360! Having said that, what conclusion must be drawn when we see so many Reachers, Preachers, Teachers, "Levites", 50fold Leaders, etc.,yet scandalous, shady, crooked, greedy, whorish, mean spirited, selifsh, manipulative, cunning,egotistical, arrogant, judgemental,perverted, and heart-harded? Are we to assume that THIS is what they've been converted TO, or what they still need to be converted FROM? Remember that CONVERSION should've taken place a few hundred "sermons ago! There should be some things that genuinely CONVERTED people can not do, say, allow, or tolerate, not because they FEAR God's pronouncement of JUDGEMENT, but rather, because one has "tasted" of His "goodness" and committed to an intimate love relationship with the Lord of their salvation, and FEARS HURTING, MISREPRESENTING OR DISAPPOINTING SUCH A GREAT KING!

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