๐๐๐ญ ๐๐:๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ! ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
Today’s Devotionalโฆ
Christianity today is more focused on preparing men to appear perfect before men than before God. And Christians today are more focused on what people say about them publicly than what God holds of their private lives.
There are many Christians (and even pastors) today who hide skeletons in their cupboards and are not even bothered so long as they continue to appear “holy” before men.
In many quarters of Christendom today, a holy person according to their denominational norms is simply someone who can successfully hide their evil from the eyes of men.
Many people a contented with the watered-down version of the gospel which teaches that when your good acts outweigh your bad acts, then you are righteous before God. Laughable.
Most churches in the world today claim Jesus died for sin, yet they emphasize righteousness by the law and by works. Even then, no particular church has an exhaustive list of sins that is universally accepted.
With this ordeal in place, the universal church body has resulted in a compromised system of worship called denominationalism, whereby sin is subjectively defined by every denomination according to their understanding of scriptures or the cultures passed down to them, and this is quite sad.
Your conscience may be pure according to the norms of your church, but remember that God does not judge based on your conscience of what your church thinks is correct. It is only by the finished works of Christ, that God judges.
May the Holy Spirit lead you to find the truth that is beyond denominational norms or religious rituas, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen