I'm on an spiritual information overload; even though that is awesome, I still need to get some of these thoughts out onto paper :)
I was listening to Ravi Zacharias for the past few weeks and lets just say God's been using His servant to speak to me via sermons.
Let me preface what I'm saying by first verbalizing my love for my brothers and sisters in Christ. You are a manifestation of Gods love for me and its a blessing.
Now, I can start.
Habakkuk cries out to God in words that very much reflect the current state of the world.
"How, Oh Lord can you explain your sovereignty when there is such violence, injustice and evil?"
In all reverence to the scripture, the answer God gives is strange; He answers Habakkuk by telling him that He will deliver His people into the hands of the evil Babylonians.
If I seem to be hasty its only because I'm trying to move on quickly.
In a similar way, we, the children of God, have given ourselves away time and time again. Our actions reflect that of promiscuity. Our actions have told our Maker time and time again that we want nothing to do with Him. He listened to our incessant begging and allowed us to chose our path. This path which we gave ourselves into is clearly described in Romans, chapter 1, verses 24 through 32.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
I apologize for the length but not for the content of the scripture because this is pivotal in making my point.
That point is this:
The fundamental problem with humanity is that people are lost. In their lost-ness they have become decapitated from Christ, the head of the church, the head of man; coincidentally, their disconnection from Christ has made them hostile to the gospel, the only TRUE way of gaining insight, wisdom, and direction, and FINALLY their hostility to the gospel is not only because it preaches the truth, but because it is entirely EXCLUSIVE.
The problem in case you didn't catch it is three fold: Problem one: Man is lost. Problem two: Man is cut off from the head, Christ. Problem three: Man is hostile to the gospel of Jesus Christ because it is exclusive.
The subsequent blogs will address the above stated problems, but first, a prayer.
Gracious God,
I ask that you fill me up with your word. That you give me wisdom to speak truth to my friends. I ask humbly that use me effectively as a servant. This isn't possible without You.
I love you.
In Jesus' powerful name, AMEN.
Hope you enjoy it.
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