The
American Wisdom Series
presents
Pamphlet
#1014
& #9081
The
Cultural Church
Rich
or poor,
young
or old,
people
are seeking an anchor in a storm tossed society
that
threatens to overwhelm them.
They
feel inadequate and yearn to be a part
of
something bigger than themselves.
So,
where do they turn?
Within
most mainline churches,
and
even many evangelical churches,
rather
than demanding objective truth
about
the world around them,
too
many people are willing to believe
whatever
seems to agree with their preconceived attitudes.
The
popular 21st.century church
pretends
to adhere to the truth,
yet
quietly undermines it.
Experience
and emotion
are
substituted
for
the Word of God
as
its basis of faith.
Any
time we make emotional
"religious
experiences"
or
various signs and wonders the criterion of our faith,
we
thereby open the floodgates to every sort of delusion.
Although
they might not consciously recognize it,
these
same people know
there
is transcendent truth
that
they can't seem to find in church,
so
church becomes irrelevant to them spiritually
and
they attend much like going to the country club.
The
Church being largely absent
or
unavailable
to people
has
turned them to alternative beliefs,
drugs,
gangs, violence, promiscuity and suicide.
Given
the climate of permissiveness,
tolerance,
and moral relativity in today's culture,
it
should come as no surprise
that
young people lack judgment and direction.
Truth
at nearly all levels has been lost.
Children
know they have been lied to by their parents,
their
teachers, their school counselors,
their
pastors, the police, and their government leaders.
These
kids no longer know what to believe or who to believe.
We
can tell them that drugs are bad for them,
but
they've been lied to so often
they
likely see this warning to be a lie.
We
tell them that guns are dangerous,
but
they don't believe.
They
know that a gun, in and of itself, is not evil.
It's
not surprising to some of us
when
these senseless acts of brutality occur.
And,
as this country continues
down
the slippery slope of rejection of the Truth,
these
kinds of tragedies will only increase.
All
of the signs of the demise of our culture
are
with us today:
are
coupled with an federal government
on
the brink of insolvency,
whose
leaders are living off of society's moral decay
leading
to the loss of leadership and moral will.
In
the days of Noah,
God
warned a faithless,
immoral
and violent civilization
of
the imminent catastrophe that was about to take place,
but
few listened.
Today,
our
civilization is at the crossroads,
but
few are noticing the signs that are before us.
It
is time to take notice,
and
to
pray for spiritual awakening in this country,
before
the light of our civilization goes out.
Many
Americans,
and
people throughout the world,
are
experiencing spiritual enslavement and oppression.
These
people are crying out for answers
and
God's people must address them.
We
must always remember
that
we are not warring with flesh and blood,
but
we are actually fighting the forces
that
deceive and bind them.
Read
Revelations 6:1-8 -The
Four Horses of the Apocalypse
Religion(False
Teachers)
Government(Politicians)
Economics(New
World Order)
Education(Schools
and Media)
Regardless
of how deceived someone may be,
they
are the very ones our Savior gave His life to save.
For
decades the Church (The Rider on the
White Horse)
has
compromised its beliefs
to
appease the offenders.
This
tack will only make the ultimate cost
of
the inevitable changes much greater.
The
longer we compromise with them
the
more costly their ultimate removal will be.
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