“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.” (Proverbs 1: 28-30)
When ungodly men call upon the Lord, He has no obligation to answer them (unless they are praying a prayer for forgiveness of their sin). Even when they expend great effort to reach God, He says that they will not find Him. Why? Because they hated knowledge, chose not to fear the Lord and “refused his counsel and despised his reproof.” (Complete Jewish Bible). The world has myriad ways and paths to god; however, God says there is only one way to Him and that way is through His Son Jesus Christ. Since God is the One who has been offended, He is the only person who has the right to say what could atone for our transgression. The shedding of Jesus' blood on the cross is what reconciled us to God. (Colossians 1:20). The world has no right or authority to speak on God’s behalf. When we become men of God after our new birth, we become enemies of the world. We will be persecuted just as Jesus was. Believers are no longer bound to the world but have become the bondservants of Jesus Christ: we are His ambassadors. We should no longer allow the world to dictate how we should live or what we should do. Our allegiance belongs to a new King, and we are to conform to His standards. When faced with a conflict between what the world says is right and what God’s Word says is correct, always stand on the side of God. No matter what the world tosses our way, may we always say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)
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