Whats wrong with that? Day Three

As we continue with the thought of the question posed on day one, “What’s wrong with that?”.  Lets remember that we are accountable to God, we are accountable to His Word and we are responsible for sharing His love to a lost and dying world. So the final thought is this…

What’s right with it?

To me the question is faulty for the Christian.  Why are we looking for an out when we should be looking to honor the Lord in all we do. 1Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. The world sees enough hypocrisy in Christendom as a whole.  Comics make a living mocking religion and religious inconsistency; whole movies have been made regarding the false gospel preachers of the day. (See Wednesday blog for further detail.)  Yet we are called to be salt and light in this world. 

In our ranks today there is a mentality to step away from the clear teachings of God’s Word and move from the crystal clear commands that He has given us.  I realize that we do not find Sunday night church in the Bible but is having church on Sunday night a bad thing?  How many people are saved on a Sunday night service?  I know that Wednesday night service is not in the Bible, but is having a mid week service a bad thing?  We have come to the place as Christians where we can excuse anything.  Too busy for Sunday night church, too much to do to go soul winning, after all shouldn’t we be home with our family? 

So let me end with this thought, the next time you ask the question, “What’s wrong with doing this or that?” switch it around, look and see if it is pleasing the God that saved you.  Check and see if it lines up with God’s Word and the doctrine of the Bible.  Then ask “What’s right with this or that?”  I believe if all of us as followers of Christ would live by this simple thought then we will become the Salt and Light that we should be in our world. 

Whats wrong with that? Day two

Second thought on the question, “What’s wrong with that?” bids me to pose the question,

What is your moral guide in life?

 Everyone has a guiding compass in their life.  God created all mankind with a conscience.  Paul writing to his son in the Faith describes it this way. 1Timothy 4:1 “ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron”.  In other words coming to the place to where they are numb to the fact that they are not only speaking lies to others in the name of God but they feel no remorse for leading people to a false holiness or false worship of God.  While the context of this scripture is speaking primarily to preachers of the gospel it also declares unto us that God created us with a conscience or knowledge of good and evil.  Mankind as a whole understands this but there are those who come to the place where they cannot fully grasp the fact that they are accountable to God. 

So as a preacher, am I declaring the Word of God to those who hear me as their moral guide in life?  Am I sharing His standards, His teachings, His doctrine or am I combining it with my personal preferences and personal position on certain subjects.  The Bible is mankind’s moral guide.  Whether a person is a believer or not, the Bible is our guide and by it we are held accountable.  But for the Christian more so, James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

In conclusion, who is your governor in life? Who do you allow to control your thoughts your actions, who are you accountable to?  Yourself…no man lives unto himself; we are all accountable to God.  And what is your moral guide in life?  Your conscience…that’s good but does it line up with God’s word?  Your preacher or some spiritual mentor, that’s good but do their teachings line up with God’s Word?  The Bible is our ultimate authority and litmus test for the question, “What’s wrong with that?”