Who is Right?

Isaiah 50: 10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of His servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon his God. 11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourself with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

"Well, that may be right for you but don't you think God gave us a brain to reason with?"

"I know that may be what the Bible says, but I just feel different about it."

These are the two most common rejection statements that I hear when I am trying to extend the mercy of God, through the word of God, to people I know and have compassion for. "Great and Wise" prophets like Oprah, Dr.Phil, Barrack Obama, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck now have greater influence on American life than God. The odd thing about it though is that most of these "new prophets" and their disciples use vague references to the Bible and God. Why?

I believe it is clear that since man hit the face of the Earth, we want to be like God. Our own God. As we start down that path, we realize that we are far from it, so we throw in a little "God -talk" into our dialogues and discusisons as a hedge to our bet. When this happens in 2011 ,Jesus is a partioned part of our lives, talk and actions but mostly as a fall back plan in case our Kingdom we are building for ourselves caves in.

Modern man is busily trying to convince himself that there is not one true God worthy of all worship. Why? Because most refuse to worhip Him and desire tow orhip themself. In response, they just make their own God, set of rules, and throw in just enough aspects of the True God and Worship derived form the bible that it has some magnitude and half-truths so it will seem right. That is idolatry in the clearest since. The problem with that equation is that if we get to define God on our terms in place of His, then we are creators of God. That allows us to be like God, a Creator and master of ourselves and our destiny. Or so we think.

I love what the Lord says through Isaiah in the verses above. If you Fear the Lord, obey the Voice of His servant, trust in the Lord and rely on God that path will lead you to true worship of the true God. Look at the dire warning of inventing your own truths and light to follow. "Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you shall have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

If that is not crystal clear, I do not know what is. If you are not leaning into God's word in humble worship of Christ and are relying on man made, look-a-like half truths it will not end well my friend.

If you are in a spot where these words seem right, but you just don't belive there is enough evidence to Worship Christ. Do a couple of things today:

1) Look at your calendar. The calendar we use in Roman in origin and it's foundation is the birth of Christ. His birth bi-sected history. No other religion can make any claim like this one.

2) If you are a man. Look at your circumcision. No philosopher or anti -God basher has ever produced any other valid reason for this mark upon men, except it being a covennat marker of promise to Abraham from God.

3) Look at a map. If you were God (and you aren't as we discusssed), and you wanted to plant a nation that would demonstrate your glory to the world in the nation of Israel, where would you put it if you think in terms of the known World until the last 500 years. Israel is in the middle, of the Middle East for a purpose. That purpose will be fulfilled one day as all will bow the knee to witness the glory of God.

Have you plunged from the high dive into a full submission of Christ, or are you standing on the side of the pool dipping your toes in the water and testing it?