Judgement Must Begin at the House of God

For the time has come that judgement must begin at the House of God

1Pet.4:17

I get lots of emails and hear messages on the state of country; how we are no longer a Christian nation the emphasis is on “how terrible this is”. But let me ask the question; what is the state or condition of “church” in America? The Bible tells us that the “world and sinners will wax worse and worse” but what about us? I see affluent Christianity sitting by in her walled off church buildings and expensive homes living lives of luxury and pleasure, doing little or nothing with their lives for the cause of Christ.

Where is the love for Jesus? Where is the brokenness for the lost? Where is the compassion and mercy in our lives? Instead many Christians in their denominational molds, spend their time slamming each other’s beliefs, (so much for brotherly love). We not only don’t have time to win the lost to Christ but we don’t even have love for our brother, even though the Bible tells us to “BE our brothers keeper”.

I have been a Christian for 25 years now and I see American Christianity in her “lukewarm” state and I can see why the Bible says “He will spew her out of His mouth”. We are the ones who need to repent, “judgment must begin in the house of God”. We are the ones how are filled with lust for this world, for love of things, the pride of life, (for making a great name for ourselves all in the name of Christianity). We are the ones who take His name in vain and live our lives as hypocrites. We are the ones living in pleasure. Again, we are the one who need to repent! May the Lord open our eyes and wake us up to “OUR” condition!