The blurred lines have people crossing them constantly. The fading fast commitment to Christ, has fallen followers filling seats, as they return weekly for the gobbledygook that is spoon fed to them, by hireling pastors pretending to be gospel messengers. Adherence to the Word of God is a thing of the past; what remains, is a skeletal sketch of days gone by. The book of Acts faith is no where in sight; that is to say, it is not evident to Bible believing Christians witnessing mass apostasy; and what used to be a willingness to die rather than betray the Saviour, has been replaced by a casual and easy blending of Christianity, with pagan practices. We are witnessing syncretism.
Syncretism is defined as: the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. This is what humans are unwittingly doing when they mix and mingle superstition, idol worship, pagan practices, and other religious beliefs, with doctrine clearly presented in The Bible. They are attempting to amalgamate, to get the most out of all proffered carnal, and supposedly spiritual, opportunities.
I recently learned of a church that is planning on celebrating halloween inside their building, with popcorn, candy and costumes, and the showing of a movie with a church family feel. Church members are encouraged to help with an outreach event, of handing out candy to trick or treaters in the community, and gospel tracks too. This writer pronounces these actions as blasphemous, defined as: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane, "blasphemous and heretical talk".
It reminds me of the book of Daniel, and king Belshazzar, Daniel 5:2-6:
Belshazzar, whiles he tested the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wind, and of stone.
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his knees smote one against another.
While you, dear reader, may not be familiar with this account of the sacred being used and mixed with the profane, churchmen are. Professing pastors know these passages from scripture, and they know what unfolds from where I left off: go to The Bible to learn what happens next. NOTE: the idiom, the writing is on the wall, to signify the end for something or someone, comes directly from this account of the demise of king Belshazzar in Daniel.
I pose this question to you dear one. Do you long for purity, for devotion, for such evident commitment to Christ, that it is unquestionable, from those that profess him as Saviour of their soul? I do, and I will not mix what is sacred with the profane. I will not abide what God forbids.
Make no mistake, the Devil has his sights on professing Christians, and it delights him and his demonic legions, to see us entertaining what God condemns and commands us not, to do. Belshazzar could have learned from his father Nebuchadnezzar's example, and gone the way of the Lord, but rather, he went directly into pagan and demon god worship; and he goes down in history as one whose knees knocked together in terror, at the thought of what God was about to do to him, for his disobedient flaunting, and flouting, of what God deemed sacred, namely the golden wine vessels, crafted according to his divine instructions, for worship use in the temple in Jerusalem.
Dear reader, wine represents the shed blood of Jesus Christ, and his sacrifice upon the cross for the sins of the world. It is no light thing, to raise a golden cup, in praise of gold, silver, brass, iron, wind, and stone gods. Dear reader, it is no light thing, to welcome godforsaken satanic halloween, into a church that is dedicated to the worship of the Lord. This mixing of the sacred and profane, is an invitation to have the hand of God write his condemnation above altars and modern day podiums, in churches everywhere, that engage in syncretism, for socially acceptable entrée into many circles, including the ones pagans move about in.
In the image I have included, Walgreens delivers a message so obvious as to sicken the soul. They know their work includes drugging people, even to the point of death: does the dressed up for halloween skeleton frighten you at all, dear reader? or have you acclimated to the death culture, and think nothing of what happens to souls, when they no longer reside in the body.
My driving point is this: Christians must figure out what their message is, and make it so obvious, as to be salve to suffering souls. Jesus is our Redeemer, and faith in Christ must be backed by biblical doctrine. Churches that in any way play ball with paganism, are letting the watching world know, that they do not fear God, or his wrath, but rather, they are not only in the world, but also, of it.
Remain steadfast, never forsaking the Lord your God, dear reader, and he will never forsake you.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of the times, or an enchanter, or a witch. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee
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