“Would You Be One?”
The prophets frequently compared the city of Jerusalem to the city
of Sodom. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. God would have spared the
city if Abraham could have found 10 righteous people. They weren’t there. How
many would have saved Jerusalem from a similar judgment? only one (Jer. 5:1).
Jeremiah searched in poor neighborhoods, in the area of the leaders, but he
found no one righteous and following Gods way. People of Jerusalem had turned
completely away from God. Sin had crept into their lives to a point where they
weren’t even ashamed of their sinful ways; nothing embarrassed them (Jeremiah
6:15). Paul used similar words in Eph. 4: 17-19 when talking to the Christians
in Ephesus who had fallen away. Their hearts where hardened and they didn’t
even recognize evil.
Does one just wake up one
morning and find themselves this deep in sin? Maybe we start out with “G” rated
movies and progress to “X” (we fool ourselves about how this form of
entertainment influences us). Maybe we put ourselves in situations that we know
we can’t handle (alcoholics don’t go to a bar for a glass of tea). Maybe we Google
too much into dark areas. Maybe our zeal
to be entertained has become an obsession we can’t handle.
By God’s standard, do you think we have cities today in America
that would fail? Are they morally better or even worse than Sodom? How would
they compare to Jerusalem? If Jeremiah were to search our city would he find
enough Christians living their lives to please God to save the city from
destruction? Would you be one? If not, ask yourself what changes do you need to
make in your life?
Prayer
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