Higher Standard

Jesus demands a much higher standard than most American Christians are willing to live. Shaped and molded by the biggest brain trainer and brain drainer in the history of mankind, the television, American Christians are unwilling to turn away from their idols, the big peeping, muttering ones that sit as the focus of every family room in America. Satan is winning this battle through deception, while his prey is crooning justifications and rationalizations for their sins of defilement. They continue to devour the defecation that passes for prime time programming and bite their nails until the next season packed with sins of the flesh. Repent? Repent of what? Turn away from sin? What sin? Thus goes the tug-of-war between spiritual and secular reason. Face the fact that the Christian conscience has been malformed through the constant taunting and tempting of the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life that never goes black. The time is fast approaching when milky reason will not suffice against the justice of a jealous God. So keep nourishing your spirit through ESPN, all the Movie Channels, ABC, CBS, NBC, and all the other initial combinations, then present the stewardship of your time before God, and see what He decides. Not only will it be a time issue but also a content issue. Held up in the light of Scripture, hope for mercy for intentional ignorance. Pray for grace to douse the flames earned by open rebellion and obvious disobedience. Ezekiel 14:1-11 was surely written for God's people of old as well as the 21st century. Turn away? Turn away from what?