How Far The Modern Church Has Fallen

Do you remember David Wilkerson's Sword and the Switchblade? It was the story of a street thug's conversion to Christ. That former thug was Nicki Cruz, and here is what he has to say about the modern Church....

"We stink more of the World than we stink of of Sack Cloth and Ashes. A lot of Contemporary Churches today would feel more at Home in a Movie House rather than in a House of Prayer, more afraid of Holy Living than of Sinning, know More about Money than Magnifying Christ in our Bodies. It is so Compromised that Holiness and Living a Sin-Free life is Heresy to the Modern Church. The Modern Church is, quite simply, just the World with a Christian T-shirt on!"

Hmmm...

Discontent

Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!" so that we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me." Hebrews 13: 5-6 [Emphasis mine]

Tracy, an emailer to Chris Rosebrough's Pirate Christian Radio program noted that seeker sensitive / prosperity preachers are actually sowing discontent into the minds of their followers by suggesting they have more stuff available to them than is in their present possession.

She posed the question, "Were not the Children of Israel also discontent in the wilderness on their way to the Promised land"? "Was God", she asks, "pleased with their discontent?" A very apt association and a very insightful observation.

Instead of resting in Christ and the assurance of His salvation this mesmerized THRONG of deceived people (with friends) are being trained to hunger for more than God ever made available to them.

They are told to 'dream', 'envision', 'earnestly desire', use the 'force of faith' to bring that thing into being.

Ummm... Idolatry... hello?! ... Don't care?

Believers are instructed to be content with what they already have. All this incessent seeking after the things of this world, its friendships, its temporary trinkets, earthbound successes and personal prominence betrays the participant as to whose kingdom they really belong.