[font="Tahoma][size="5"]1Sa26:23[/size][/font][font="Tahoma][size="5"] And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and hisfaithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my handto-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.[/size][/font]
As we are speeding towardthe Day of the LORD people are refusing to resist temptation and tohold themselves separated to live a holy life in service to our LORD. The problem is a many faceted and a very complex matter with a verysimple solution. As we live our lives we look at the people aroundus and we seek to blend in, to look and to sound, more like them! All in God's face and for our convenience.
A young lady on a forumwas recently distressed because she thought she needed to be in aChristian School because of circumstance. She is a Baptist andattends high school at the local independent school district. Shehas attempted to follow the Word of God and to seek out others oflike faith to hang with. She has found others naming the name ofChrist and she has found others that are called Baptist. They dressin the manor of the world, drink alcohol and thrive on the music ofthe world and cuss, just like the music they prefer.
Some of the responses toher cry for help were to ask her to describe exactly what it is thatshe is unable to adjust her attitude to and perhaps they could helpher then. They, themselves, appear to have already compromised tothe point that they are not separated from the world. In the past, Ihave been told that not everyone can live a holy life like “I”do! That is a sad statement! I am not a man without sin! I mustrepent daily and crawl back the my LORD on my hands and knees becauseI have sinned. In Romans 12:1,2 we find that we are to live ourlives resisting temptation in the same manor that David did, no lessthan twice, in the matter of King Saul.
Saul had alreadyattempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, no less than threetimes as David played the Harp to sooth the King's nerves and toquiet the Demon in him. Saul had already murdered a Priest and allbut one of his family for allowing David five loaves of bread and asword, the same sword David had removed from Goliath when he killedhim in battle. Johnathon, the son of Saul, and David had tested Sauland had proven that there was no good in the heart of the King forDavid and even though it made perfect sense to cut Saul down when hewas asleep, David would not touch God's anointed to save his own lifebecause it would be a sin against God.
If any person needs to betold that dresses, skirts and shorts that bare the lower cheeks areoffensive to God, someone is not studying to know God and is rootedmuch to deeply in the worlds life-style. A large portion of thereason we can hear filth spoken of women today is because of theircompromise to look sexy. The filthy mouths of commentators and?musicians? And the worlds acceptance of this filth, is in part dueto the filthy appearance of young women today. Yes! You can makethe argument that the reverse is true and that the music and thecomments are the reflection of filthy young women but to argue thatpoint is akin to the stupid argument about Adam's and Eve's bellybuttons.
The single point is this,you can choose to follow God and for your effort spend eternity,fellowshipping with God and the rest of the saved or you cancompromise with the world and spend eternity, alone, in Hell.
As we are speeding towardthe Day of the LORD people are refusing to resist temptation and tohold themselves separated to live a holy life in service to our LORD. The problem is a many faceted and a very complex matter with a verysimple solution. As we live our lives we look at the people aroundus and we seek to blend in, to look and to sound, more like them! All in God's face and for our convenience.
A young lady on a forumwas recently distressed because she thought she needed to be in aChristian School because of circumstance. She is a Baptist andattends high school at the local independent school district. Shehas attempted to follow the Word of God and to seek out others oflike faith to hang with. She has found others naming the name ofChrist and she has found others that are called Baptist. They dressin the manor of the world, drink alcohol and thrive on the music ofthe world and cuss, just like the music they prefer.
Some of the responses toher cry for help were to ask her to describe exactly what it is thatshe is unable to adjust her attitude to and perhaps they could helpher then. They, themselves, appear to have already compromised tothe point that they are not separated from the world. In the past, Ihave been told that not everyone can live a holy life like “I”do! That is a sad statement! I am not a man without sin! I mustrepent daily and crawl back the my LORD on my hands and knees becauseI have sinned. In Romans 12:1,2 we find that we are to live ourlives resisting temptation in the same manor that David did, no lessthan twice, in the matter of King Saul.
Saul had alreadyattempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, no less than threetimes as David played the Harp to sooth the King's nerves and toquiet the Demon in him. Saul had already murdered a Priest and allbut one of his family for allowing David five loaves of bread and asword, the same sword David had removed from Goliath when he killedhim in battle. Johnathon, the son of Saul, and David had tested Sauland had proven that there was no good in the heart of the King forDavid and even though it made perfect sense to cut Saul down when hewas asleep, David would not touch God's anointed to save his own lifebecause it would be a sin against God.
If any person needs to betold that dresses, skirts and shorts that bare the lower cheeks areoffensive to God, someone is not studying to know God and is rootedmuch to deeply in the worlds life-style. A large portion of thereason we can hear filth spoken of women today is because of theircompromise to look sexy. The filthy mouths of commentators and?musicians? And the worlds acceptance of this filth, is in part dueto the filthy appearance of young women today. Yes! You can makethe argument that the reverse is true and that the music and thecomments are the reflection of filthy young women but to argue thatpoint is akin to the stupid argument about Adam's and Eve's bellybuttons.
The single point is this,you can choose to follow God and for your effort spend eternity,fellowshipping with God and the rest of the saved or you cancompromise with the world and spend eternity, alone, in Hell.
