Clowns entertaining goats?
Jude writes,
"But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."
These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.
Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh." Jude 1:17-23
The apostle Peter also states something similar writing,
"First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires" 2 Peter 3:3.
The apostle Paul also warns,
"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." 2Timothy 4:3,4
Charles H. Spurgeon wrote,
"A time will come when instead of the shepherds feeding the sheep. The church will have clowns entertaining the goats." Charles H. Spurgeon.
This is happening in the church today. Now I can only speak to the actions of the church here in North America where I live. But many calling themselves Christians are perverting the scriptures to say what they want them to say. What they feel their congregations want to hear. A watered down gospel with little substance.
The apostles knew that such a time would come that’s why they wrote what they did to forewarn the church. That’s why when Paul writing to Timothy wrote,
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.” 2Timothy 2:15-16
So where do you stand? Are you a clown entertaining the goats or are you truly doing your best to be a workman approved of God?
Please think about it.
