{"id":3763,"date":"2023-11-11T02:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T02:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2023-11-11T02:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T02:13:46","slug":"outwardly-religious-inwardly-bankrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/outwardly-religious-inwardly-bankrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"Outwardly Religious, Inwardly Bankrupt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
<\/a>We chafe at the idea that we Christians today are behaving in any way like the chosen people of God- the Jews – in the time of Christ. We would never! Self-righteous? Not me! Blinded by pride? Impossible! Reject the Messiah? Not a chance! Yet, on closer inspection, we shudder to discover that the parallels are uncanny. The similarities are fearfully undeniable. History seems to be repeating itself. The warning sirens are blaring right here in America \u2013 for those who care to listen\u2026<\/p> What are some of the parallels between the Jews in the time of Christ and Christianity in America?<\/p> <\/a>According to the Bible, we can expect that fallen \u201cChristian church\u201d will eventually persecute Jesus\u2019 true followers, just as God\u2019s chosen people persecuted Christ and His followers! In John 16:2 we find: \u201cThey will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service\u2026\u201d This verse not only applies to the time of the Apostles but also to our day. When Paul warns us that in the last days, many in the church would have a \u201cform of godliness but deny its power,\u201d we are warned that church would be outwardly religious, but inwardly bankrupt. Yet, the scary part is that they would not be aware of their condition! Here is Jesus diagnosis to His last day church: \u201cBecause you say, \u2018I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing\u2019\u2014and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked- \u201c (Rev 3:17) Wow, that\u2019s bad! But praise God! Jesus lovingly points us to antidote we desperately need, that we may not be a part of the false last day church! \u201cI counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. May we humble ourselves and heed Jesus\u2019 warning today!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We chafe at the idea that we Christians today are behaving in any way like the chosen people of God- the Jews – in the time of Christ. We would never! Self-righteous? Not me! Blinded by pride? Impossible! Reject the Messiah? Not a chance! Yet, on closer inspection, we shudder to discover that the parallels … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3778,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/3778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibleprophecy.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}