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Galatians 1:6-9 ESV
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.”
So, before I even knew what passage of Scripture I was going
to be talking about, the Lord put a secular song in my mind called, “Tonight
You Belong to Me.” Now, the Lord will do that sometimes in order to illustrate
to me a particular message he wants me to understand and to share, and that is
what happened here. For, as I examined the lyrics to this song, I realized that
this was about a person fantasizing about a previous lover who is now with
someone else, but through his fantasy, that other lover now belongs to him, at
least in his mind and in his daydream fantasy, she does.
And then I thought about how many people, more specifically
Christians, are going to fantasies which give them some kind of emotional high
or exhilaration, or some fuzzy feelings inside their body, because they are not
happy with their marital relationships, because marriage is hard, and it has
issues, and so they would rather engage in a romantic and/or sexual fantasy
with some make-believe person who does not share with them the normal
difficulties of life than to show true love to their spouses and to work with
them through their issues.
Well, what I realized as I was thinking about this is how
this goes right along with this passage of Scripture, only this is in reference
to our marriage to Jesus Christ. And so many people who call themselves
Christians are forsaking the Lord Jesus, their husband, to go after “other
lovers” such as these other gospels mentioned here. And why? For the same reasons
people cheat on their spouses with imaginary lovers. It is because they don’t
want the real world, but they want the fantasy world because it makes them feel
better. For these “other gospels” say what makes people feel good about
themselves.
And so they get this false idea that these feelings are good,
but they are a lie. For at least one of these “different gospels,” which is the
one predominantly permeating the church here in America, gives you the light
and fluffy feel good false version of the gospel when it tells you that you can
make a profession of faith in Jesus, have all your sins forgiven, be on your
way to heaven, but that nothing else is required of you. And many people are
teaching against repentance and obedience to the Lord. So, it feels good, but
it is going to bite you in the end when judgment comes.
So, whether in a marriage relationship to another human
being, or whether speaking of our martial relationship with Jesus Christ,
either way it is adultery if we chase after “other lovers,” even if it is just
in our minds and not beyond that, other than to possibly include some videos or
images. For when our minds are given to other gods or to other humans in place
of our marriages to our spouses, or in place of our pure unadulterated
relationships with Jesus Christ, we are cheating on those people and those
relationships, and that is adultery, even if it is just in our minds.
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Broken Cord
An Original Work / August 29, 2018
Your bond is broken
with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony
is separate from Him.
Your words not
matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin
and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify
in truth always.
Purity’s lacking in
your life and witness,
For you profess one
thing, but other you do.
Not moral,
spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth
to what you confess.
Lying about it puts
you in a mess.
Living a lie is your
practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade
righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not
given to your Lord God.
Because of how you
live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin
and give your life to God.
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