CAN YOU IMAGINE?
CAN YOU IMAGINE a Bible book store that would
put up advertising on its bill boards,
for brothels, inappropriate contentographic books, places to buy drugs,
etc.???
Why would a Bible book store advertise for sinful businesses? Why would one want to shop for Bibles amidst sinful trash and temptations to do evil?
Some have been saved from inappropriate contentography. Some have had deliverance from drugs and alcohol. These should not be presented with temptation, and to allow oneself to be tempted is the sin of lasciviousness.
Churches should not give a food stand to Budweiser at the church picnic.
Bible book stores should not sell inappropriate contentography.
These things ought not to be even considered.
Can you imagine if suddenly they did do these things? What would you tell your pastor if the church did?
What would you ask the Bible book store if they started such practices?
What excuse would be adequate for such things?
What if they needed the money, and the offerings were not big enough?
What if the advertising department of the church wanted more money to build the new gymnasium?
What if the Bible book store was wanting to lower the price of their Bibles?
What if they were just ignorant of what advertisers were putting on their bill boards?
What excuses would be adequate to satisfy your upset at having dancing girls encouraging attendance at the next x rated movie at the theatre downtown this week?
Johns second epistle deals with the condoning, accepting, validating of false messages, and the messengers of such.
II John 10-11
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive them not into your house, neither bid him God speed; For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."
People would be partakers of the evil of the drugs, perversions, lusts, and crimes of the sins promoted, if they promote, or even wish God speed to such things and people. If we advertise the local bar, we would be partakers in the sins generated or encouraged by such places. If we sell inappropriate contentography, we would be partaker of the sins generated by that trash.
Would churches and Bible book stores want to partake in the sins of drugs, alcohol, sex magazines, etc.? If their reason was to raise money, for good purposes, would the partaking in sin, partaking in the wrath of God on sin, make that a wise way to raise money?
Churches, Bible book stores, should want to present truth, lead mankind to Jesus, save souls, make disciples. The truth of the gospel, the revelation of God through Christ, as revealed now through the Spirit of Truth, should be in all the saints, and we should never give aid and comfort to our enemy the devil.
Truth and righteousness is vital to Christianity. Jesus said that those who worship God must do it "in Spirit and in truth..."
We need a fresh awareness of truth.
We need to preach the truth, advertise the truth, and show forth truth to the world.
Our churches and businesses should be showing forth the message of truth that Jesus taught the disciples.
Loving one another is a commandment, and encouraging alcoholism, sexual sins, lust, and drugs, is not a demonstration of agape love.
If a Bible book store, or a church, is wanting to be a blessing to a lost and dying world, and wanting to win souls to Jesus, to disciple those who are already saved, we must beware lest our reward for those good works becomes nul and void due to sins which accompany good works.
II John 8
"Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, that we receive a full reward."
If the good works we do are un-done, nullified, and cancelled by sinful encouragements, we will lose reward.
We are to be hinderers to the sinful temptations of the devil, not condoners of such. Jesus saw the money changers in the temple and chased them out, for the Temple was to be a place of prayer, not a place of sinful cheating, deceit, and encouragement of sin.
Can you imagine if churches began advertising sinful things, to pay the bills?
CAN YOU IMAGINE a Bible book store that would
put up advertising on its bill boards,
for brothels, inappropriate contentographic books, places to buy drugs,
etc.???
Why would a Bible book store advertise for sinful businesses? Why would one want to shop for Bibles amidst sinful trash and temptations to do evil?
Some have been saved from inappropriate contentography. Some have had deliverance from drugs and alcohol. These should not be presented with temptation, and to allow oneself to be tempted is the sin of lasciviousness.
Churches should not give a food stand to Budweiser at the church picnic.
Bible book stores should not sell inappropriate contentography.
These things ought not to be even considered.
Can you imagine if suddenly they did do these things? What would you tell your pastor if the church did?
What would you ask the Bible book store if they started such practices?
What excuse would be adequate for such things?
What if they needed the money, and the offerings were not big enough?
What if the advertising department of the church wanted more money to build the new gymnasium?
What if the Bible book store was wanting to lower the price of their Bibles?
What if they were just ignorant of what advertisers were putting on their bill boards?
What excuses would be adequate to satisfy your upset at having dancing girls encouraging attendance at the next x rated movie at the theatre downtown this week?
Johns second epistle deals with the condoning, accepting, validating of false messages, and the messengers of such.
II John 10-11
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive them not into your house, neither bid him God speed; For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."
People would be partakers of the evil of the drugs, perversions, lusts, and crimes of the sins promoted, if they promote, or even wish God speed to such things and people. If we advertise the local bar, we would be partakers in the sins generated or encouraged by such places. If we sell inappropriate contentography, we would be partaker of the sins generated by that trash.
Would churches and Bible book stores want to partake in the sins of drugs, alcohol, sex magazines, etc.? If their reason was to raise money, for good purposes, would the partaking in sin, partaking in the wrath of God on sin, make that a wise way to raise money?
Churches, Bible book stores, should want to present truth, lead mankind to Jesus, save souls, make disciples. The truth of the gospel, the revelation of God through Christ, as revealed now through the Spirit of Truth, should be in all the saints, and we should never give aid and comfort to our enemy the devil.
Truth and righteousness is vital to Christianity. Jesus said that those who worship God must do it "in Spirit and in truth..."
We need a fresh awareness of truth.
We need to preach the truth, advertise the truth, and show forth truth to the world.
Our churches and businesses should be showing forth the message of truth that Jesus taught the disciples.
Loving one another is a commandment, and encouraging alcoholism, sexual sins, lust, and drugs, is not a demonstration of agape love.
If a Bible book store, or a church, is wanting to be a blessing to a lost and dying world, and wanting to win souls to Jesus, to disciple those who are already saved, we must beware lest our reward for those good works becomes nul and void due to sins which accompany good works.
II John 8
"Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, that we receive a full reward."
If the good works we do are un-done, nullified, and cancelled by sinful encouragements, we will lose reward.
We are to be hinderers to the sinful temptations of the devil, not condoners of such. Jesus saw the money changers in the temple and chased them out, for the Temple was to be a place of prayer, not a place of sinful cheating, deceit, and encouragement of sin.
Can you imagine if churches began advertising sinful things, to pay the bills?
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