Is God’s Word lost in your church?
4/25/2021
Day we have a serious problem in the Christian Churches across this land. We have the same problem today that they had in the days of King Josiah. We read in II Kings 22:8, that the high priest, Hilkiah, found the book of the law which had become lost in the House of the Lord. It was a terrible thing in the days of King Josiah for the Word of God to be lost, and even worse, it was lost in the house of the Lord. How could this have happened, you ask? Well, I am here to tell you that it is happening all too often even today. Churches that use to be the keepers of the flame of God’s spirit are today the keepers of the ashes of what they once were.
We see churches on every hand that are trying to live on what they used to possess, what they used to have with God. Preachers, teachers, God is still the same as He always was, so the problem lies at our feet. How many churches do you know of that no longer preach and teach the full gospel message? What has happened? How have they lost the pure and true Word of God in their churches? When the full gospel message stops being preached om the church all you have left is a form of godliness. To which scripture tells us to turn away from.
God has shown me, and you will find this true, that a church will never be more spiritual than its Shepard. There are so many today that are saying, well we might as well become like everyone else. When this happens what you are really saying is, that if everyone else is going to Hell then you might as well go with them. God forbid!
The only hope for the church today is for you and I to purpose in our hearts and souls that we are going to standup for the truth. My mind goes back to the service in which I was ordained. Brother Ray J. Smith preached the service, and he said the following:
“Brothers, above all else preach the truth, never back away from it. In doing so you will find that many will reject it and say no to God. But there are those precious few that will accept it and give their hearts and lives to the Lord. One more thing, you must never preach from your head knowledge for in so doing you will reach their head. Always, always preach from your heart. Because, when you preach from your heart you will reach their hearts for Christ.”
Ministers, teachers, what ever we do, we must never let the Word of God be lost in our churches. When the full truth of the gospel stops being preached and taught in our churches, we are no longer the keepers of the flame of God’s power. We have become the keepers of the ashes of what once was the burning power of God in our lives.
Brother David Wilson