tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post7848408135970705968..comments2024-01-20T06:33:12.603-08:00Comments on Created to Give God Glory: The Worst of All SinsCreated to Give God Gloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298394573836878999noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-43986427550100968162013-02-17T18:48:01.357-08:002013-02-17T18:48:01.357-08:00There was a time when things were a lot, lot, lot ...There was a time when things were a lot, lot, lot worse. It was so bad that every inclination of the heart of man was evil from childhood (Gen 8:21). God brought The Flood. Yes, people do use this verse, Gen 8:21 to say that the end of the world will NOT come by a flood, for God said it, in that verse, that He would NOT destroy all living creatures the way He had done then, but there is nothing to stop the demand of holiness to mete out wrath in His time. Can things get more worse? The worse is yet to come!<br /><br />But there is an interesting point mentioned in Ps Prentis’ entry, and that is that he prayed, and prayed. In other words, Ps Prentis interceded. And Ps Prentis, through what can be seen, said that things (bad things) continued, and even got more worse. What is said of what is observed is NOT wrong. But who knows how much was divinely prevented from taking place because there were men like Ps Prentis who laboured in prayers, calling for righteousness. Our job often is to do the right thing, and leave the outcome to God. Pray on, I say, and pray on, I say. I find that many of us fall into this fallacy: <br /><br />“See, it is discernible from Scripture, what will take place; it is a sign of time-lah, don’t fight it!” It is NOT just this, evil getting darker, there are others, like the perversion of the Word of God. Concerning the latter, when I talked to people who can make a difference, what I got was they would throw their Bible knowledge at me, and said that it is written, in the last days, there would be people with itchy ears who would gather preachers to tell them things they like to hear, and then close the topic – don’t fight it or NOT our fight!<br /><br />Why would God tell us something or leave things to be uncovered by us in Scripture? It is definitely NOT just for fun. It is definitely NOT for us, at least NOT all of us, to do nothing about. It may NOT be everybody’s fight, but definitely some of us, are implicated to do something. At the least, it is to warn us, so that we be on guard; so that as many as possible can be spared. For many of us, we are to pray and intercede concerning such. At the least, if it concerns our community, we must care enough to pray. I mean fellows in the States got to pray for the USA; and fellows like me, in Singapore, got to pray for Singapore, concerning evil getting darker across the globe. Too often, we are adopting the attitude - it will be his house that is going to be burned! Now, if the Spirit shows you that it is your house that is going to be burned, let see, what you will do. Are you going to say, “The Spirit has shown that my house will be burned in 3 months’ time; so be it-lah. I will just pretend I don’t know anything-lo!”? Are you going to do nothing? I tell you straightaway, you will say there must be a reason the Spirit showed me that; and then you will go …. I will take out every precious thing from the house; I will buy or increase the insurance on the house; I will ……<br /><br />Oh, how we NOT care, that God is grieved by our indifference. Lord, forgive me that I say much, and still poor on record, to walk the talk.<br /><br /><br />Anthony Chia, high.expressions – The next time, before you say, “It is NOT my fight”, remember there is always a thing you and I can do - pray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com