Dear Church Person;
I have heard people say that Halloween evening is the time when the Devil is most active. It presents the view that Satan is less active when society is not honoring demons, goblins, witches, or zombies. Have you ever wondered what he does on Sunday? I mean, since most professing Christians are religious on that day, it stands to reason that he may take a break from his wickedness. Or does he slum in his pajamas, lounge on a sofa, surf TV channels, and yawn with boredom while waiting for Christians to get home from the restaurants?
I believe that Sunday is the most satanically active day of the week. It is historically infamous as “the morning after.” It is hangover day, a holiday for sinners, the day millions of people wake up in bed with a stranger after a night of riotous revelry. It is their Funday, Sinday, Slumday, and Vainday. People head to the lake, the beach, mountains, flea markets, golf courses, ballparks, with no thought of God.
Sunday is when most heresy is spewed and the most people are listening. It is the day when the majority of professing Christians have their false spiritual status confirmed. It is the day when sugar-high, caffeinated, “seekers”, “emergent”, and clueless millennials, find their “groove.”
Sunday is the day when seed-collectors gather by the millions. Their “wayside, stony, and thorny” spirits open like a baby bird’s mouth. WST professing Christians intend to lose every seed. Some will lose it all before they leave the church building. Other ones will leak it all out before committing Sunday lunch gluttony or gradually by indulging in hours of sports.
Sunday is also “The Lord’s (half) day.” The fact is, in all honesty professing Christians can only claim one half of Sunday. The second half is totally dedicated to the flesh by “saint” and sinner alike. They bond with the same activities, feasting on the same content, their spirits kowtowing equally to the flesh, and their adrenal glands releasing simultaneously. The world system captivates them all—eyes focused, ears tuned in, brains receptive, distraction complete.
Sunday is the day when professing Christians pilgrimage to a building, sing words they don’t believe, listen to sermons they never intend to apply (unless it is heresy), and depart in the same spiritual condition they arrived in. However, “going to church” is what Christians do, but it is not Christianity. Some people would be surprised to discover that Christ never went to church. He is the Head of the church, which is His body. Christianity is daily expressing the God’s will, love, and power through one’s life to the lost and spiritually empty masses about us. That is what Christ did. If we wish to be true Christians we have to do what Christ did.
Yes, we should go to church meetings (not “go to church”). But we should not believe that action is the crux and sum of Christianity, because it is not. If we are going to attend church meetings, there should be a purpose beyond performing a ritual. We should receive with joy the engrafted word of God. However, we should not then act as if we simply drove by a billboard. God’s word is not secured merely by hearing, but by pondering and praying about what we have heard.
Furthermore, just because Sunday is the day set aside for attending church meetings does not mean that Satan sleeps in and lounges about in his jammies waiting for Monday to arrive. Sunday is his most active day. He doesn’t sleep. He works all Saturday night and through the dawn and beyond.
Thus, we should ask ourselves, “What is Satan doing on Sunday afternoon while we are enjoying our religious holiday?” While we stuffed our mouths with taco chips, salsa, guzzled soda, and screamed at the referee this past Sunday, what do we think Satan was up too? How much ground did he gain, or progress in deceiving people, or convincing a teenager alone in his or her bedroom to reject Christ?
Too distracted to notice, too bloated to pray, too worldly to care, and too uninspired to change, but not too lifeless to despise the message and the messenger? Good. Therein remains hope.
Alive in Christ,
C. H. – a messenger
Right.
It is like a spectator sport. I will use my church as an example. It is small, and they are pretty much all too asleep to look at websites like this, so I don’t think anyone will recognize me despite my pen name and I’m pretty safe. ( ;
I like the sermons since they actually are biblical, and the worship is lovely and sweet and your eardrums are still intact afterwards. But, alas, that is about all. When it comes to church life, there is none. Sure, they have some programs involving homeschool and stuff, which is good. But, it’s all kept between the four walls. There is no evangelism team, no collective gospel sharing outreach, no outreach to the needy in any way. The typical family is just focused on their ‘own little kingdom,’ and often even there, all is not paradise. Over time I have discovered assorted sins of various members, sins that are bigger than just minor imperfections. During the service I have witnessed members: looking at their ipads (not the bible online), looking at items they received as gifts, looking up the football score, having conversations and laughing, kicking up their feet on the chair in front of them, and they think nothing of it. “It’s just worship, right? It’s just the sermon, no biggie, right?” I wonder how God feels about that. Hmm. No wonder they walk in and out in the same spiritually ineffective condition Sunday after Sunday, week after week, month after month, year after year. There is no growth, no sanctification, no passion for the Lord. They never assimilate the Word so that it changes them. They go through all the motions of a ritual of communion, but an hour later they are still in the same dead spiritual state. Why do they bother? If they never mature to holiness, it is all dead religion for them. I also notice that any conversations they have are never about the things of God. It’s always anything but; their house, their kids, their jobs, their lives, their purchases, their problems, and… sports. And this is a place that is informed about the apostasy in the church today and those issues. But when it comes to the spiritual life of the people, there is no pulse. What they get excited about is everything else; trips to Las Vegas, TV, local sports teams, etc. But sharing the gospel? Eh, not so much. They don’t realize that like that church in Revelation, they have a name but they are dead. As long as they keep it between the four walls on Sunday morning, the devil has rendered them ineffective as Christians. Either they are victorious, or he is, it’s that simple.
Oh, I have to share this, it’s so sad it’s ridiculous. I was looking online for a church once and saw an ad for a new church starting in the area. It looked like the totally ‘hipster’ emergent rock concert neon lights backstage party type church and their slogan was, “be your own awesome”! I wish I were joking! Now that is a slogan hand picked by satan! Just worship yourself… for them it’s all about ‘self.’ But you don’t really begin to truly live until you are set free from self by Jesus and you live for others as He tells us to; first God, then others.
God bless!
Thank you, for your good work, we are encouraged, edify & uplifted by your work.
Blessings, Favour, and Peace brother.
#RealTruthTalk
I should have to say, if we are spiritually dead on Sundays, just going through the rituals, what shall we be like when the apostasy comes? What are we like when we celebrate Halloween? We act like the devil.
Those of us that say, “there’s no harm in it,” or “what’s wrong with dressing up like a witch?” are spiritually blind. The things we think about during the week will influence our Sunday gatherings, and our Sunday gatherings will influence what happens on the weekdays. Do we really believe what we say?