Devils in the Pulpit?

Devils in the Pulpit?
Brad Reiches
Apr 3 2007 10:35AM

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
GodThoughtsWired!

"Devils in the Pulpit?"

"You say, 'I am rich, and have become wealthy,

and have need of nothing,' and you do not know

that you are wretched and miserable and poor

and blind and naked."

Revelation 3:17

Jesus speaks this to the church, but who in this church could possibly hear?  How is it possible to be "blind and naked" and not be aware of it?

"The church of Laodicea has prepared the way for the great apostasy. 

It has kept Christ out of the Church and from His people. 

It has stood for nothing for so long  that it has little effect on society,

while at the same time it has allowed anything contrary to Christ’s teachings to come in.  

This Church became lukewarm, seeking unity with everyone,

showing tolerance for any doctrinal aberration and interpreting it as love." 

A.W. Tozer

"Many will say to Me on that day..." (see Matthew 7:21-23).  The Bible says that "many" think they are going to Heaven but are not.  These "many," the Bible says, ARE IN THE CHURCH!  They do not know...   

"The apostasy of professing Christianity has increased with a momentum

that is stunning to those watching its growth. It has gone off the Richter scale. 

In the absence of the lampstand ( the presence of Christ),

devils have stepped in and taken over in many churches."

A.W. Tozer

That's not a very nice thing to say...