Attack On True Christianity

King James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Saturday, September 04, 2015
Chapters: Ezekiel 26-28 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-248.html
Message Title: Attack On True Christianity

Hello My Friend,

There is no doubt that there is an attack on true Christianity, I am talking about those who choose the Word of God as their authority over any laws and regulations made by man. Here is a question, if discrimination of any other race, religion, or lifestyle can get a person fined and even jailed for breaking the law, why are Christians being persecuted to the fullest extent of the law? The reason, the living Word, Christ. Of all the things that are in the world, nothing is more powerful than God's Word, it is life, it is truth, and it is convicting, it exposes sin at its core, the pride of the heart. “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” - Hebrews 4:12.

Scattered all over the world is a nation, a nation of people who love the Lord Jesus Christ and are not ashamed to say it. This nation is not perfect, in fact, it is full of people who were murderers, cheats, adulterers, and liars, but they are now new creatures. Does that mean they never sin? No. Does that mean they never get in trouble for sin? No. Does that mean God wants the world to mock, condemn, and disgrace them? No. God is our judge, not man, and yes He uses the judicial system to convict and chasten His children when needed, but make fun of them and see what happens. Through Ezekiel, God points to out all the nations who were gloating over Israel being judge that their time was coming. The nation of Tyrus was very powerful and prosperous, God warns them of the judgment they faced for mocking Jerusalem.

“Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.” - Ezekiel 26:2,19-21.

God loves His people too much not to use just judgment on them, and yes, if He has to He will expose their sins to the world, but they are His, He will defend us if the world makes a mockery out of us. No one is without sin, sooner or later we all pay the price for it, at least with Christ that price is not being cast into the pit of hell, never to be found again. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;” - Romans 3:10-12,23-25.

Good, complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind. No one, except the Lord Jesus Christ is perfect, no matter how much we try, we all fall short of being perfect, and that is why we need Jesus. God is not just the God of the Jews, He is the God of all, and if there are any other gods before Him in any nation, judgment will come one day, including man made gods created in the image of God through false religion. God continues upbraiding Tyrus for their gods, wealth and power, they thought they were invincible, especially since they were still around while Jerusalem fell. God tells Ezekiel to take up a lamentation for them, not for any sorrow they felt, but for their pride.

“Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.” - Ezekiel 27:2-4,34.

Sometimes it's not by death that people are destroyed, but by taking their possessions or wealth away from them. The biggest reason so many people are quick to persecute Christians is because they do not want to lose their fame or fortune by supporting them. How many celebrities are mocked who stand up and say they are a Christian? Oh, but tell the world that you are gay or transgender and you get praised. God will allow them their time, but one day they are the ones who will be persecuted to the fullest extend of His law. “To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.” - Jude 1:15,16.

This time, God singles out the prince of Tyrus. Why? Because he thought himself to be a god. “Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.” - Ezekiel 28:2,6-8.

Of all the sins one can commit, the one that gets God's blood boiling is a person making themselves a god. The devil, Lucifer, himself, once one of God's archangels, he thought himself to be god, he exalted himself above God, and because of that he was cast out of heaven. Just like the prince of Tyrus was killed, so will the devil, he will be cast into the lake of fire, along with anyone else who was too proud to admit their sin and receive Christ. “But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:” - 2 Peter 2:12-14.

Today's Prayer: God, You love us so much, You want to see us prosper and give us everything we want and need, all You ask in return is that we worship only You. Lord, with the world constantly trying to scare us into going against Your Word it can be difficult to live by faith and walk by sight, but we can do all things by Your power. Lead us and guide us, give us Your power to stand up to the world when You tell us it's time to fight, give us the strength to endure the persecution we face, and put Your hedge of protection around us to keep us from getting caught up in the middle of this battle. In Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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