I'm thinking today of Jeremiah 23, 14. And it
says, Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I
have seen a horrible thing. That's the first
part of it right there. The prophets were the
people who were supposed to be speaking for God.
And Jerusalem was supposed to be the holy city
of God. And instead, God's saying through Jeremiah
that he's seen a horrible thing. And then there's
a colon. And now we're going to hear what that
horrible thing is. And it says, The committing
of adultery. intimacy outside of marriage relationship,
and walking in falsehood, and that is lies, living
lies, telling lies, and they strengthen the hands
of evildoers, that's supporting those who are
doing wrong things, so that no one has turned
back from his wickedness. That's the result of
all of that. All of them have become to me like
Sodom and her inhabitants like Gomorrah. Sodom
and Gomorrah were those cities that God outright
destroyed because of their wickedness. So what
was going on was the people who were supposed
to be representing God weren't. They were encouraging
other people to do wrong things and doing wrong
things themselves. That's not going to be us.
We know what's right. We can figure out what
God wants from us. We can work together in the
local church and listen to his word and study
and grow and stand up for what's right. It's
not a militant war, but it's a spiritual war.
And we can stand up for what's right even in
this day when so many people are pushing what's
wrong. I don't want to be like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Do you? No. I don't want God to say there's a
horrible thing in me. Do you? No. We're going
to stand up for what's right and do the best
we can, loving others and working for God.