"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." Matt 12:41
Nineveh was the capitol city of the Assyrians, a vicious and evil people that persecuted their enemies, including the Jews. The famous story of Jonah centers around his mission to these people to whom he was sent to warn of their impending doom should they not repent of their wicked ways. The bible records that they heard him and made immediate changes in an effort to please God and avoid his wrath.
Today, even members of the Lord's body are being swept into the habits and activities of non-believers. We are seen listening to the same songs glorifying debauchery, licentiousness, and over indulgences of all types. We go places where the wicked go and do things the wicked do. We spend more time in front of the television and on the internet than we do attending to the things of God which have eternal implications.
Beloved, there are those whom the Lord will call from the lowest depths to be his children. They will come out of all kinds of sin, even as we once did, but they will understand the true meaning of obedience and love. They will not consider the pew the dwelling place of their Christianity, but will be as the Good Samaritan, the widow with her mite, the one evangelizing in the wilderness; they will be like Jesus. And it will be those who will rebuke those of us who are lukewarm and "playing church." The Lord has said, the last will be first and the first will be last. Let us heed him who is greater lest we be condemned by our children in the faith.
Loving Like Jesus,
Lee
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