"...God is not in all his thoughts...In all thy ways acknowledge him..."
(Psa.10:4; Prov.3:6)
I have spent much time in both pondering and discussing with those who don thinking caps how one would characterize our particular generation of professing Christians. My personal depiction of it, if it be worth anything, and if asked, would simply be to boil it down to four words, “The Categorization of God.”
God, it seems to me, is no longer the whole of the Christian’s life, but rather only a part of his or her life. They fit Him into their things-to-do list, like going to the grocery, dropping off their cleaning, getting the car serviced, and showing up at church each week. It is like their lives are divided into rooms. When leaving the one, they close the door to the previous, until next time.
This, no doubt, answers the question as to why there lacks conviction when they commit such sins as adultery, drunkenness, drugs, etc. That is another room, not the one which they are in presently. Each room is a life of its own, and whatever happens in that particular room stays in that room and is separate and independent of the others. Wherever they are, whatever they do, and whoever they’re with, they are always in character. I think the word I'm looking for is chameleon.
God, it seems to me, is no longer the whole of the Christian’s life, but rather only a part of his or her life. They fit Him into their things-to-do list, like going to the grocery, dropping off their cleaning, getting the car serviced, and showing up at church each week. It is like their lives are divided into rooms. When leaving the one, they close the door to the previous, until next time.
This, no doubt, answers the question as to why there lacks conviction when they commit such sins as adultery, drunkenness, drugs, etc. That is another room, not the one which they are in presently. Each room is a life of its own, and whatever happens in that particular room stays in that room and is separate and independent of the others. Wherever they are, whatever they do, and whoever they’re with, they are always in character. I think the word I'm looking for is chameleon.
By An Old Disciple
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