The King's Invitation

an uncertain sound

kingsinvitation | April 23, 2009 20:21

Christianity is so confusing. How many different versions are there?

Some versions are all about feeling good. Some versions are all about financial success. Some versions are all about legalism. We have watered down the one true gospel in a misguided attempt to make it more acceptable and appealing to the masses, to widen the gate. The result is a powerless, ineffective Christianity, that is a reflection of the world instead of the Word. Paul wrote, “You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all.” (Galatians 1:6-7).

He also wrote, “For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?” (1 Corinthians 14:8) An uncertain sound is one that is not distinct enough to be discerned from other sounds. In a nation such as ours, which is flooded with religious literature of all kinds, and TV and radio broadcast religious programs every day, we should be shocked to discover the overwhelming ignorance of the Word of God. The sounds are everywhere, but they are too vague.

Isaiah 56:10 reads, “For the leaders of my people – the Lord’s watchmen, his shepherds – are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes.” Have we become silent watchdogs? Do we really care enough to warn people about the coming danger? Or are we too afraid of offending someone? Jesus said, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!” (Luke 12:51). There will not be world peace until Christ’s return. Any preaching or teaching otherwise is not biblical. Strive to speak the truth in love, not to speak what people love to hear.

We are allowing people to travel down that broad path to destruction by not proclaiming “Thus saith the Lord”. God warned about these uncertain sounds. He instructed the prophet Habakkuk to “write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.” (Habakkuk 2:2) How many people are going about their daily lives, feeling they are ok with God, because they have not heard the correct message?

There is a battle on the horizon. We must proclaim the one true gospel to the world, loudly and clearly. We must run with the correct message. We must make a certain sound.

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