Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over the soul.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Romans 12: 2
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
This morning’s news has a wonderful picture of a young girl who won the National spelling Bee contest. She became known for her big smile after spelling each word. What word did she spell to win? Laodicean, which many say is the age that we are living in, the age of the Church of Laodicea, which is the church of the end times.
Peter says in 1 Peter 4:7 “Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be clear-headed and disciplined for prayer.” Now that is the clue for us as Christians to go about in an attitude of end time thinking, we are to remember we are living in the last days. We have been since the resurrection, and we are to live expecting Christ’s return at any given minute. We must not let conformity to this world dull our spiritual senses.
Voltaire, the French historian put it this way, “Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.” Christ gave us a new road, but there is a world which calls us to the ditch of conformity each day of our lives. Peter tells us the way to stay on track, it happens with a clear mind that calls us to prayer. The Holy Spirit will keep us on this “New Road” that leads to a time with no end…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Romans 12: 2
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
This morning’s news has a wonderful picture of a young girl who won the National spelling Bee contest. She became known for her big smile after spelling each word. What word did she spell to win? Laodicean, which many say is the age that we are living in, the age of the Church of Laodicea, which is the church of the end times.
Peter says in 1 Peter 4:7 “Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be clear-headed and disciplined for prayer.” Now that is the clue for us as Christians to go about in an attitude of end time thinking, we are to remember we are living in the last days. We have been since the resurrection, and we are to live expecting Christ’s return at any given minute. We must not let conformity to this world dull our spiritual senses.
Voltaire, the French historian put it this way, “Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.” Christ gave us a new road, but there is a world which calls us to the ditch of conformity each day of our lives. Peter tells us the way to stay on track, it happens with a clear mind that calls us to prayer. The Holy Spirit will keep us on this “New Road” that leads to a time with no end…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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