Have we forgotten our heritage? Have we forgotten what the Christian Church really is, and fallen into the trap of the world? What do the trials of Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, and Elijah have to do with us? The prophet puts us right into their shoes as he reminds us who we are in the sermon, “Spiritual Amnesia.” Here are a few highlights.
Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Not always prosperity is a sign of a spiritual blessings, but sometimes on the contrary. People think maybe you have to own a lot of worldly goods, and shows that God is a blessing you. That's not true. Sometimes it's the other way.
Worry has no virtue to it, at all. Yeah, just--just--just skip worry, and accept faith.
And we forget, sometimes, what the Christian Church is. We act like the world. That shows that we got spiritual amnesia, because that you don't act like the Christian. You act like the world. You receive the heart of the world, and it causes this.
So has God's people, in these last days, has forgotten what the testimony of being a Christian means. It's again, this amnesia has become upon the people. They can't identify themselves.
He said, "I am holy, and you must be holy, and without holiness no man shall see the Lord." God said that, Himself.
We should conduct ourselves as Christian men and women. We should act like it, dress like it, talk like it, live like it. Though we be an alien, yet we are children of the King.
Sin is pleasant to the unconverted heart. It looks good to the unconverted mind, but it's the way of death.
Your life shows, tonight, where you are identified. You are identified either in Christ or out of Christ. You are not half way.
You must be identified with Saint John the 14th chapter, the 12th verse. "He that believeth with Me, the works that I do shall he do also." Don't forget it. If you do, then you've got spiritual amnesia. You forgotten who you are. You forgotten what your testimony means.
When you become part of God, you become God, in full. His whole Word, you believe all of It.
Listen, when a man marries a wife, he doesn't trust in her beauty. No. He trusts in the loyalty of her vow, her word. He doesn't trust in her beauty. He trusts in her loyalty.
And that's the way when you marry to God, you don't trust in some big beautiful church you can build, but in the promise that Jesus Christ made, that, "I am the same yesterday, today, and forever."
But, remember, you're getting your last warning, so flee while you have time to flee.