Posted on 10/14/2021 10:09:33 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous” (Proverbs 15:29 KJV).
There can be no relationship whatsoever between a lost man and a Holy God. This is one thing that men do not consider when they are lighting their candles and praying their beads. Somehow they are convinced in their own minds that everything is okay between them and God on the basis of some extrabiblical religious rites. What they fail to realize is that even one sin in their life makes it impossible to God to look upon them: “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?” (Habakkuk 1:13 KJV).
Only on the basis of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ can any lost man approach a Holy God, and that is through the Person of the Son. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5 KJV).
Do you see why the Devil is working so hard to destroy man’s faith in a perfect Bible? As long as he can confuse the issue with so many different variations on God’s message to man can he keep man from believing the Word of God. And some of the biggest champions of an imperfect Bible are found in conservative, fundamental Bible professing colleges.
Yet, the fact remains, “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), and death in it’s most basic meaning is “separation.” Isaiah said, “Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness” (Isaiah 59:1-3 KJV).
Man’s wickedness puts “distance” between himself and God. God hears the prayer of the righteous, but His face is against the wicked. The godly person finds joy in walking with God, and when he needs special help, he can call upon Him. The ungodly relinquish all this to their sin.
“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit” (Psalms 34:15-18 KJV).
It is no easier to publish a dire warning such as this as it is for a doctor to look across his desk at his patient and inform them that they have a malignant form of cancer that is inoperable and will claim their life within a matter of months. However, the form of cancer that the lost sinner has is not terminal if he is willing to take God’s only medicine – the Lord Jesus Christ.
“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy” (Psalms 145:18-20 KJV).
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