Matthew 7:24-29
24 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and its collapse was great.”
28 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
A lot of people, who call themselves Christian, have started to say things like, "the Bible really isn't inerrant on theology," or, "I think they translated it wrong," or even, "that's just Paul, not God." They build the foundation of their relationship with God on the shifting sands of the fickleness of mankind's emotions, and yet they never realize how terrible such a thing is.
You see, if God's view of right and wrong is subject to the approval of man, or even if He just rubber stamps whatever it is that man wants to do, then we have a God who is capable of change, or even worse, who is subject to the whims of man.
That is not to say that man's prayers and supplications do not sometimes change God's mind through His love for us, but it is to say that even though he sometimes relents on our temporal discomfort, it never changes the fact that sin is sin, and that if we are allowing it to roost in our hearts we are not truly born of Him.
If God's view of what is, and is not, sin can change without an intervention (like Moses at Sinai or Jesus on the Cross) which re-works the covenant, then we can have absolutely zero assurance of our salvation because God might change his mind tomorrow and then we're all up a creek if we die with these new sins.
It would also mean that we could never trust God because today being gay might be ok, but tomorrow it might not. Today being straight might be ok, and tomorrow it might not. You see when man is the one calling the shots of right and wrong, then it is as fickle as the wind, since man can be swayed by an emotional argument that makes them "feel bad," or commiserate with someone who enjoys their sin and does not want to give it up. After all, we all have a pet sin that we do not want to have to give up.
The only hope that we have for Salvation at all is that God's immutable law does not change. It is an iron clad contract that requires a visible act of God to change it. What Jesus taught, and ratified in His raising from the dead, was the last change, and as the scripture says, it will be the last change. From here on out, we know the right and wrong of the Bible as spelled out in the covenant of Messiah and enumerated by the disciples in the epistles.
So what about those who do not follow God, but who rather live life as if man can determine what is right and wrong?
Well, they are like a person who built a sand castle house. It might work for a short time, but when the consequences of such a decision come crashing down, you are left with nothing, and may God forbid that you find that out in eternity...
So build upon the solid foundation of the Bible, and make your spiritual house sturdy and strong so that when the rains of life come, or the final judgement, you are ready for them and your house may stand.
Amen.
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