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Matthew 6:24, "No
man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or
else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
This morning, there are many
people that are guilty
of not following this teaching
of Christ. This is a
commandment that even Primitive
Baptists fail at from time to time.
This is a commandment that
leaves no room for
flexibility. Today there is a
prevailing thought called
"moral relativism." Basically,
folks say that
whatever you feel to be right is
right. The truth of
the matter is that what God says
is right without
question or exception. In
addition to that, God will
not be served along with
anything else.
Today, more often than not, when
I have a religious
conversation with an individual,
somewhere in the
conversation they will say,
"Well I attend so-and-so
church, but what really is
important is that I'm a
Christian. The differences
between churches don't
matter as long as we all follow
Jesus." Most of the
time, since I am just flowing
with the milk of human
kindness, at this point I really
shock them when I say,
"Obviously, you and I don't
serve the same God." God
will not tolerate for worship of
Him to be mixed with
anything else.
The people of
Israel in the land of Samaria were taken into captivity for their mixed
worship. They served God, but
they served Him with
all of the other so-called
deities of the other
nations. Today, many people are
still serving God and
mammon. Their job, family,
social clubs, etc. are
coming before their worship of
the one true and living
God of heaven. We MUST worship
Him in spirit and in
truth. He says it is a must, and
if we serve Him, we
must hold Him in
high regard as well.
In Hope,
Bro Philip
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