Wednesday, June 3 2020 Devotional
"...๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐จ."
(II Peterโฌ โญ3:3)
We are living in unsettling times, but God warned us all about it from the very beginning. He told us what to expect and how to respond to it.
Years ago Christian churches began abandoning the Word of God and making up their own doctrine based on opinion polls. I remember hearing discussions about the need to โstay relevant to a changing society.โ They abdicated the God-given prophetic role of speaking to the world on behalf of God and instead let the world dictate to the Church what she should teach. They became popular but ironically were rendered irrelevant, since they no longer had anything to offer that the world wasnโt already saying.
Then the scoffers arose; some in Christian pulpits, others in the news media, the entertainment world, and the education system. Emboldened by the fact that so many who should have been standing up for the truth were cowering in a corner, trying desperately to be relevant to the World, they ridicule anyone who still believes the Bible. Biblical morality must give way to a more progressive human ethics, they say; Bible history must bow to evolution. Faith must be replaced by โreason.โ ย Light must be replaced by darkness.
Now we are told that the Biblical view of the nature of man, of human relationships, family, marriage, parent and child, all must be destroyed in the name of โscienceโ and โprogress,โ They call it reason, science and progress, but they are simply the scoffing of men and women who are determined to follow their own sinful desires.
How should we respond?
"๐๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ."
(II Peter 3:17)
"๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐,
๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค."
๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ โ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.โ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
Pastor Dan Giles