I bear sad tidings of a revelation I have received, we have forgotten the name of God.
Now I don't mean literally but we have forgotten it's meaning which leaves us in grave danger. The common names for God are obviously, God, Christ, Lord, and Saviour. I don't think people even realize what these words mean anymore. What all these words have in common is that they emphasize a Master and a servant. And I'm sorry but we are not the master. We are servants, we are people who have failed and should be humbled by are weakness. Yet these words God, and Lord slide off our tongues so easily. We don't even realize what we are saying anymore. If you think about it words like God and Lord have even more personal effect then if their was a king of the entire world. If you have a lord or master you would be a slave to his every whim, Now God is not calling us to that but yet we call him Lord yet deny what he asks of us with saying things like not now lord I'm busy, Or I want to finish this first. If he is truly our Lord and and he is truly our master and truely our God How Dare We refuse him.
God is even higher then that. Your God is infinitely higher then any man made position or king. If God is truly your God then you worship him, you sacrifice everything you can for him, you'd do anything in the world to please him because he is your God your ultimate devotion. With modern Hollywood today people idolize certain people they dress like them talk like them and act like them, they even study them, these people are their idols. Yet we can't even do the same thing for Our GOD?
And the small difference my friends between an idol and a God, is that an idol is fake and temporary, and God is real. How dare we not have the same curtsy for our God, The person who saved us, who loves us, who cares for us, who never leaves us, who will never forsake us, who died for us, who created us people.
Where do I get this you ask? first of all from the divinely inspired word of God, the Bible. Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Or Romans 2:24 As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
So you want more then biblical proof? Well then listen to how many times people say "O my God."
We have fallen away from the true meaning of God and Lord, and we are in grave danger. It is time that we restored God to his rightful place as a holy and righteous God who is coming out of his way for us, Not us making time for him. Think about this next time you say the words Lord or God. And think about if you really mean it.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Mutilation of Words
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I would rather see people mentioning the word "God" (non-defamatory) than not mentioning it at all. This means that somewhere in our unconscious mind, there's still a belief in God. There are too many atheists in the world.
Actually... I think Atheists are a very small minority. Roughtly 33% of the entire world claims to be Christian. Whether they truly are or not is a different question. And just think of how many people believe in other religions, things like Hindu, Shinto, Islam, etc. etc. Atheism seems so prominent because the minority is so loud, and the rest kind of sit still and do/say nothing.
I don't see where the atheism comes in?
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