The Church Chases After Hell

I once heard it said that, "The American woman chases the whore." While this is not a flattering assessment, consider these facts. At one time, women who wore sleeveless dresses were considered "loose" women. At one time, women who wore knee-length skirts were considered "loose" women. And the list is nearly interminable. However, this article is not to examine the change in women's (or men's) fashion over the years, but rather to consider the change in the Church. The Church, as a whole, chases after Hell, not to send it back from whence it came, but rather to emulate it. Revelation 3:14-19 speaks of the way God Almighty views the Church today. The Church, so distracted and enamored with the latest technological gizmo that she cannot be the proper Bride God intended her to be, is completely revolting to Christ. The Church is supposed to be God's human instrument here on the earth to point mankind to eternal life. Only God can save, but God works through men. And God tells us that we, as Christians, are supposed to be the salt of the earth. However, if we Christians do not mirror Christ but rather the world, how will the unsaved realize that they have a need, and we can tell them how to fill it? Just like the list of things that "once upon a time" women did not do, at one time there were things that one was expected not to do just because he proclaimed to be a Christian. For example, Christians were expected to be in Church every time the doors were open. Christians were expected to act and be different from the unsaved in the world. Now, God's standards have not changed, but man's standards have changed and anything is tolerable so long as we all believe in God. We can't get specific, but we can believe in God. In the end, the Church is as ineffective as a dead battery because of compromise and the refusal to take a stand on the unchanging truths of God's Word. In fact, God tells us what He thinks of Christians in this state. He says, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth" (Rev. 3:15-16). Our actions are so sorry to God they make Him puke. He refuses to accept the actions of Christians who have one foot in the world and one foot in the spiritual realm. It will not work. Christ told the Apostles, "Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matt. 6:24), and the Church has made its choice. Now the only question left is how long God will be longsuffering and merciful.