If You Don't Know The Lord

Then It's Easy...

If you don't know the Lord, then it is easy to say that all religions are equal.  That there are many ways to "God" and none more valid than another.

If you don't know the Lord, then you won't bat an eye at denying His words, perverting them, or just completely disregarding them.

If you don't know the Lord, then you can laugh whole-heartedly when the things of God are mocked, as people in ignorance demean spiritual gifts or spiritual authority.

If you don't know the Lord, then you will find it amusing when men are are depicted as buffoons, are emasculated in the media, or cross-dress for fame & money.

If you don't know the Lord, then you will champion a woman's "right" to be depicted as a whore, to be sexually promiscuous, or to kill her own children.

If you don't know the Lord, then you can call sin a mistake, a "wreck", or simply a lifestyle choice.

If you don't know the Lord, then you can exert more energy in conforming others to yourself and your ideals than to Jesus Christ.

If you don't know the Lord, then you can esteem the acceptance of men more than the favor of God.

If you don't know the Lord, then you can afford to invest your all into maintaining the here & now, and worry about eternity later.

But how many truly desire to know the Lord...and be known by Him?

Are you willing to stand for Jesus, even when it is not popular?  Are you willing to lose homes, cars, jobs, friends, and family for the sake of winning Christ?  Are you willing to lay down your life as a sacrifice so that others - even those who may currently be your enemies - might be saved?  If you know the Lord, it may not be easy, but it is worth it.

Worth it to be made whole, to be made new.  Worth it to be delivered from bondage and truly set free from sin.  Worth it to not be blinded & ensnared by the deceits and allures of this present, temporary world.  Worth it to be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ, having your identity restored in Him. Worth it to be able to cry out, "Abba Father" and know that you are loved with an unfailing love.  Worth it to always be with God, who desires to fill you with His glory and bless you with an eternal inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading.

"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, IF we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." Hosea 6:1-3