What was wrong with the nation?
According to Isaiah, ordinary citizens were what was wrong with
the nation. They were embracing pagan customs: they practiced divination
and bowed down to the work of their hands.[1]
Isaiah prayed:
Oh, that you would rend the heavens
and come down … The nations would tremble before you; then your enemies would
learn the reason for your fame! … But we are not godly; we are constant sinners
and have been all our lives. Therefore, your wrath is heavy on us.[2]
What is wrong with the church?
According to Jesus,[3]
ordinary church goers like me are what is wrong with the church.
I am what’s wrong with the
church when I practice loveless doctrine.
I am what’s wrong with the
church when I expect to be rescued from the unjust or cruel use of power.
I am what’s wrong with the persecuted
church when I excuse sexual immorality in the church or embrace pagan customs.
I am what’s wrong with the serving
church when I think social justice requires the endorsement of sexual
immorality or paganism.
I am what’s wrong with the
church when my faith is dead.
I am what’s wrong with the
church when I don’t walk through the door Jesus has opened for me.
I am what’s wrong with the
church when my worship is lukewarm.
What’s wrong with the church?
Me! I am! I am what’s wrong with the church.
Jesus asks the church – me! – to repent.
From the album
“Sing” this video is scrolling playback of the song.
Kathy
Click here to
read how today’s social justice movement differs from the teachings of Jesus.
“Was Jesus
just a spiritual leader like Buddha, Krishna, Confucius, and Muhammad? Or is he
something more – something else entirely?” Ken Samples evaluates these
religious leaders in God among Sages and shows that Jesus is more than a
spiritual leader. He is God himself.
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