Jer. 5:20-22a “Make this announcement to Israel and to
Judah: Listen, you foolish and senseless people---who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear. Do you
have no respect for me? Why do you not
tremble in my presence?
Most have eyes to see
and ears to hear, but they do not see God or hear Him when He speaks. Most are so caught up into sin that God has
no access to their souls. Most have no regard
at all for God, let alone respect or fear Him.
Most live as if God doesn’t exist at all, while at the same time
professing to believe He does.
You do not respect God when you take
sin lightly. God has consistently and
clearly declared war against sin ever since it entered into the heart of
man. God declares that sin is an
abomination to Him. He hates it and will
never tolerate it in His presence. Yet,
most live like it doesn’t matter to God at all when we sin. Most live like what God has spoken is not
true and that there is no consequences for sin.
You do not respect God when you mix
sin with godly living. It never has
worked and it never will. Jesus saves us
from our sin so that we will go and sin no more. We are not forgiven so that we can live less
than godly lives. He changes our heart
nature so that sin becomes for us an enemy to our souls, not a friendly
companion.
You do not respect God when you take
your salvation for granted and the spiritual disciplines that keep the soul
right with God. God commands our heart
loyalty. He must be our first love. He must be the passion of our hearts. We must value our relationship with Him more
than anything else in life and live like we do.
Most have very little fear for
God. We have so conditioned our souls to
believe in His love that we no longer fear His justice. We have conditioned ourselves to believe that
God would not allow us to go to Hell under any circumstance. Most like to believe that God will deem us
fit for heaven as long as we try to do good, or as long as our good outweighs
our bad. Most do not look at their souls
seriously and consider godliness as a prerequisite for heaven.
It is foolishness and makes no sense
at all to not respect who God is and fear what He will do. Every person will stand before God and give
an account for his life. It will not
matter then how good of a person one may be in his own eyes. All that will matter is one’s relationship
with Christ. All who do not have Christ
as their righteousness will go to Hell.
God’s love for them will not keep them out of Hell.
Listen now. Open your eyes and see that Jesus is the way,
truth and life. He is your only hope for
eternal life with God. He is the only one
who can keep you out of Hell.
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