“There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Prisoners in misery and chains,
Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And spurned the counsel of the Most High.
Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was none to help.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.
Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His wonders to the sons of men!
For He has shattered gates of bronze
And cut bars of iron asunder.” (Psalm 107:10-16 NASB1995)
When I read this passage of Scripture today, what
immediately came to mind is the judgments of God on this world and on our
individual nations, and on the adulterous and idolatrous church of these last
days.
For if you read the Scriptures, any of which describe the
events of these last days before the return of Christ, but especially in the
book of Revelation, you will see that there were warnings given to the
idolatrous, adulterous, and/or complacent and worldly church, with regard to
God’s judgments and of their need to repent of their wickedness and to obey God
with their lives. And this is much like what was taking place when the people
of Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and the majority of them did
not enter into God’s eternal rest because of their disobedience, which God
called unbelief.
There is a time of tribulation now upon us, or soon to be
upon us, for the purpose to humble the hearts of those who dwell in darkness
(live in sin), who are in slavery (addition) to sin, who have rebelled against
God, and against his teachings, and who have spurned the counsel of the Most
High God. And many of them are those who profess faith in Jesus Christ with
their lips, and who give service to the institutional market-driven “churches”
(businesses) which are in an unholy union (partnership) agreement with the
ungodly via being incorporated (merged) with the state (the world).
We need these judgments of God to bring people to genuine
faith in Jesus Christ and to bring back the wanderers who have drifted away
from their walks of faith and obedience to our Lord in order to go after the
ways of the flesh and of the world. For there is a darkness that is hovering
over this world which is blinding the eyes of so many people who are following
after the lies, and who are rejecting the truth. For so many who call
themselves Christians either have never truly believed in Christ or they are
those who have drifted from their faith walks to merge with the ungodly of the
world.
For so many who call themselves “Christians,” at least here
in the USA, are accepting a very diluted and altered character of God/Christ,
and of his church (the body of Christ), and of his gospel message, much of
which does not teach death to sin and walks of obedience to God as required of
God for them to be of genuine biblical faith in Christ as their Lord. And so “the
church” has largely become complacent, worldly, and apathetic to God’s
commandments and to his requirements of those who profess the name of Jesus. So
it is largely indistinguishable between the church and the world.
And so something has to happen to turn them around and to
bring them to or back to biblical God-gifted and God-persuaded and God-honoring
faith in Jesus Christ which dies with Christ to sin and now lives to God and to
his righteousness in walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands, and no longer
as slaves (addicts) to sin. For a great deception has swept over my nation and
over much of the world, if not all of the world, whereby few people, it seems,
are committed to following Jesus Christ with their lives in absolute and total
surrender to the will of God for their lives, in death to sin.
And I believe that it is going to take the judgments of God,
and many hardships and trials and tribulations, to bring the rebellious and the
complacent and the worldly to their knees in humble surrender of their lives
now to the will of God. And the book of Revelation does talk about people
believing in Jesus during the time of tribulation and of people making
themselves ready spiritually for Christ’s return, so I do believe that, during
this time of judgment, that there will be people who repent of their sins and
who follow Jesus in obedience to his commands, until their very last breath.
And, although I hate that it has to come to this, for I know
these are going to be horrible times of much suffering, if this is what it
takes to bring people to genuine repentance (death to sin) and walks of
faithful obedience to the Lord, in preparation for his return, then I pray that
God will do what is necessary to bring them out of darkness and to break their
bonds of sin apart and to free them from their addiction to sin so that they
will now serve God in obedience to his commands with whatever time they have
left on this earth. And it seems as though this time is fast approaching us,
too.
[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:1-51; Luke 6:22-23; Luke
12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; 1 John 2:18-25; Jude
1:17-23; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 2 Peter 3:1-18; 1 Timothy 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation
11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18;
Revelation 14:1-13; Revelation
18:1-24; Revelation 19:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Revelation 21:1-27; 1
Thessalonians 4:16-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52]
Professionally recorded in Nashville,
TN
Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger
An
Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s
Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.
Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.
He Humbled Their Hearts
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