You want SCARRY? REALLY SCARRY?

If you want to be scare, be scared of this:

In 1991 a very large denomination had over 290 THOUSAND decisions for Christ in one year. In that very same year however only 14 thousand of those folks who professed a decision for Christ could be found in a local fellowship.(1) Do the math..280 THOUSAND could not be accounted for! Now, that is scarry and infuriating. Why infuriating?

Because people are being decieved and lied to..and accepting false teaching as the 'gospel truth'. Today in many churches the message is a feel-good, prosperity-filled show! When is the last time you heard words such as "purity", "discipline" and yes, here it comes.."sin". God makes His gospel very clear. He loves you, but absolutely HATES your sin. What is sin? Anything that seperates you from Him. Need a quick list? Just start with the ten commandments. Have you broke even one? Of course you have..we ALL have. (There are none righteous, no not one Romans 3:10)
Today people are deceived into believing they are "saved" because they say a prayer. Being saved, which is having a personal relationship with God, isn't about words you say, but a change in who you are..or more precise, in Who's you are!
In 1990 I said the prayer thing..and meant it..I did want the love of God in my life. It was a very emotional time for me. And there I was in church for the next 14 years with a false sense of security. I should have seen the signs...struggling to behave like those around me, struggling with the same 'ol habits, same thought processes, no constant desire to get to know God...there wasn't a new me. I assure you, when you truely surrender your heart to God, you are new indeed! 2Corinthians 5:17-18 says " therefore if anyone is IN Christ, he is a new creation, old things have gone (passed away) and all things have become new!..All this is from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ..."

The other aspect to the astounding numbers of those who made a profession is that now, over ten years later..I think the situation is worse. This narsistic society we live in is incredibly blinded. People are creating their own gods because of what IT does for them...makes them comfortable and feel good. Confront a person with the ten commandments and hey..wait a minute! I'm losing my feel good here...lets not use that as a standard! Instead I'll go over here because they teach we should all accept one another..confusing loving one another with embracing the sin in their life. And now, instead of me be a great friend and sharing the truth, I'm perceived as being intolerant! Well, intolerant I am of anything that waters down God's Holy message to us. Want real? This is real: "But God, demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8. How much more of a display of love do you need?
(1)Hell's Best Kept Secret: http://www.livingwaters.com/listenwatch.shtml