But since you rejected me when I called and
no one, gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
since you ignored all my advice and would not
accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when calamity overtakes you-when
calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster
sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress
and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me
but I will not answer; they will look for me but will
not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did
not choose the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 1:24-29
God will judge mankind's sin! The opening verses may cause us some measure of apprehension as to our own failures and our failure to live according to God's instruction that He has given in the Bible. Those opening verses are very serious. The Bible does not need our affirmation that it is the truth. We all can see that the world around us demonstrates the truth of Scripture that there is a sowing and a reaping of destructive nature that ignores the Bible's teaching. All things have consequences, both good and bad things and it is not hard to see for ourselves the destructive consequence due to our sin(s).
If this is true, what are we to do? Is there any hope? Is judgment our only destiny? Let this bring to you hope, and a solution to our problem due to our fallen nature. First, we must come to grips with the true state of our condition. Only then, only be coming to grips with the true state or our nature will be ready to appreciate what God has done to rescue us from ourselves. We must come to an imperative serious acceptance or our true condition as human beings. If we do not, then, we will not come to an understanding and acknowledgment of ourselves and will have a poor foundation on which to build our faith. We must change from the inside/out and this can only be done with prayer, with study of God's word, with putting into practice that which God has instructed for us. How can we have Authentic Christian Faith is we do not do all that we must? If we do not take this problem seriously we will not seek the solution offered by God. What is write about is not babble some theological babble, it speaks to the practical as it is a practical issue.
When I come to know that I am ill, will I not as a sane (some question this:ha ha ha) thinking person go and find a solution for my illness? Speak to one who is dying from a disease and you will find that they take the problem serious and seek a cure. Some seek a cure from the wrong source, but the critical and commonsense person seeks the right source. There is a cure for our fallen nature and this cure is not forced on us: it is given and offered freely.
Do you understand how much we are defective? If you do then you are on your way to shake off false security, as some "Churches" off: i.e., The Supernatural School of Bethel here in Redding, CA; and other so called "Churches offering special healing, etc., that when this fails faith is so often destroyed. We must be willing to take advantage, to be open, not open-minded without thoughtful examination, but honest searching and coming to the knowledge as found in Scripture rightly interpreted, that is Scripture alone interprets Scripture, no other way is true. We have no excuse if we are in denial.
We can experience this solution in our lives now seeing how our new attitude, or new understanding as how to live according to Scripture has a positive affect on you, and on others, except those who will ridicule (let them: they are in denial and ignorant to find the truth). We may struggle, but the struggle is worth all and we may have problems, this is life, is it not? What we is that day by day we become more and more aware not only of our condition but as to the solution and we will grow spiritually.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,
and be more ready to hear, than to give the
sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they
do evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Spiritual growth may be slow: but it is growing
Richard L. Crumb
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