(Jude 3, 5-7)
"Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints . . . Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, He has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day--just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire."
Though these are difficult verses to read, the Lord is speaking to my heart about America. My heart has been burdened for many months now regarding two great evils in our country, and both of them stem from the sin of sexual immorality--abortion and homosexuality. I need not state my opinion on these because, as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word, I align myself to my Lord and His opinion.
But today He is speaking to my heart about my complacency and the complacency of most of my brothers and sisters in Christ. While I know what I believe, and I am ready to stand with my fellow believers and discuss the sin that is so prevalent in our country, I don't know that I want to "contend for the faith." Loving the sinner, but hating the sin quietly is my typical mode of operation. Maybe it is yours, as well.
So today, I am challenged to pray many more prayers of repentance, for my own complacency, yes, but also for our collective complacency as a nation. I will be praying repentant prayers for the Body of Christ, too. We are all responsible, in part, for the downfall of this great nation, as we have continually turned a blind eye to the sin in our own camp.
It is time for sorrowful, heart-felt, repentance, my dear brothers and sisters. Will you join me?
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