Don’t Be Misled

Posted: March 17th, 2011   Category: Christianity, Common Sense

A recent comment on a prior article published here, got me to thinking. The comment questioned the continuous deterioration of human behavior, when compared to the inflexible ways of God as recorded in the bible. The examples cited were sexual promiscuity and children born outside of marriage. Clearly these can be expanded exponentially to include many of our current societal rules and practices, which are now so prominent. For us to continually self-validate our “goodness” as people, we must somehow justify these behaviors, because the bible certainly doesn’t. This perceived justification of our unGodly practices in no way justifies us in God’s eyes. So in essence we are just kidding ourselves, which is at best foolish and at worst is eternal life threatening. What pleases us in this life, more often displeases God. We think of Jesus Christ as a loving, forgiving “of all” deity and this is true to a point, but the Lord is also the King of kings, the Prince of peace, the Lamb of God and the all powerful Commander and Ruler who will battle and defeat evil and injustice, including those practices referenced above. Jesus will also judge us as we attempt to justify our lives before Him.

The Lord’s understanding far surpasses our understanding of ourselves. “Our Father, who art in heaven…” serves us in many ways, not just as judge, but as a provider, mediator, guardian, role model, counselor, guide, mentor, savior, redeemer and teacher, long before He ever comes to our final judgement. The earth is biblically described as Satan’s kingdom (read Job 1:7), so what generally feels good to us here is what we’ll never be able to justify later on to God. Understanding this is the road to redemption, while denying this is the road to perdition. Free Will let’s us choose our road and our final destination but being blind to righteousness and in-tune to pleasure will totally screw up our choices.

So what’s the answer? Virtually all of God’s ways are the right ways, not just when it’s convenient, but all time time. We do tend to pick commandments that we’ll follow while ignoring others that are downright (carefully chosen word) inconvenient. There are perfectly sound reasons for every commandment. Our inability to discern that logic at various times in our lives, does not reflect God’s antiquity, it reflects our short sightedness and shallow faith. “If it feels good it must be right,” isn’t scripture, it’s a carrot on a string, supported by a pole held firmly by the prince of darkness. Don’t be misled.

JC Calkins with COMMON SENSE 4 UNCOMMON PEOPLE

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