IJLED; The Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The writers of these books of the Bible are called major prophets. Yet, these men would not be popular preachers in today’s world. The woke culture would cancel them. Talking heads in the news industry would call them religious kooks. Most politicians would label them as right-wing terrorists. The elite denominational leaders would shun them and call them conspiracy theorists.
Major Prophets
Isaiah was a visionary, and Jeremiah was tenderhearted. God gave Ezekiel a hard head, and He blessed Daniel with the gift of diplomacy. These men were called by God, led by God, and answered only to God. They knew that it was not their responsibility to please people. They were called to say, “Thus says the Lord.” Their responsibility was to speak God’s truth regardless of the consequences.
A pandemic of stupidity has infected the world today. It is a direct result of religious leaders who are controlled by the prevailing winds of popular opinion. Many churches have decided that putting rear ends in pews is more important than putting truth in people’s hearts. They would rather disobey God than offend people. Instead of standing on the word of God, they listen to news media, entertainment figures, and politicians. This is why churches are dying, and souls are being lost.
God’s people need to be like the great prophets in the Bible. All of us need to be visionaries with tender hearts and hard heads. We should, like Daniel, be diplomatic but willing to brave a den of hungry lions. The world does not need any more smiling preachers or tolerant Christians. It needs prophets whose feet are planted on the foundations of righteousness. It needs followers of Christ who are rooted and grounded deep in God’s Word.
That old long con artist Satan has stung society into lunacy. Now, it is time for Christians to stop going along with anything to get along with everyone. We must take the old prophets as our mentors and be willing to suffer anything for our God and Savior. We are God’s watchmen. Let us exercise our right and responsibility to be salt and light. We must shine in a dark and rotting world.
“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent. Where is the one who is wise? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached. For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.”
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 CSB
https://bible.com/bible/1713/1co.1.18-25.CSB
Douglas & Deborah Huff
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nailed it again – strange how some say the Christians don’t need to tithe or say forgive me of my sins ( because Christ already died on the cross ) bring on the fire of Scripture .