Evening Prayer 10-3-11

Scripture:
Matthew 7:13-29


"Not everyone who say to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."  Matthew 7:21


In today's pluralistic society, it is very difficult to find the truth.  Many will tell you that the truth is whatever you think it should be.  I wish somebody had told me that prior to taking many different exams that I did not do so well with.  If I had known that rule then, I may have been a straight A student.

But belief in Christ is not a choice that you get to decide if it is true.  Many will tell you from within the Church even that sin is not sin, that marriage is not necessarily between a man and a woman, that a child in the womb is not really life.  These are cultural sins that lead  a society astray.  But these same people will call themselves Christians.  These beliefs though speak to a Christ that is different than the Christ in the Scriptures.  If marriage was not important then why was the first miracle of Jesus performed at a wedding, why did Jesus himself quote the Old Testament that for this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife.  When the Church loses it prophetic voice to speak about sin, it diminishes what Jesus Christ did on the Cross.  He did not go to the cross and die for us so that we could stay in filthy sins, NO, He came and died and rose again so that we could have life more abundant.  He came to set us free from our sins so that they no longer have a hold on us. 

If you are in a Church that has departed from the traditional understanding that the Scriptures are the inerrant and inspired Word of God, that Jesus Christ is the perfect God Man that came and lived a perfect life and then offered Himself on the Cross and died and rose again.  If you are not hearing the you are saved by Grace through faith on account of Jesus Christ.  Then you need to assess if you are in the Church that Jesus will recognize when He returns.  Our Lord speaks with Authority because He is God in the flesh.