Ruins of an old farm house stand rotting at the edge of the field that undoubtedly generations of farmers once tended. What happened to this family or why this once thriving home was abandoned is unknown to me. Certainly many factors, both preventable and not, caused the demise of this house.
The same can be said of people. Some seem to fall into the ruins of greed, jealousy, hate, and materialism. Paul explains inTitus1:10-11 (NIV) “For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, …. they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.”
We all know people, preachers, politicians, and others who claim to be Christians, but whose actions shout a different story. They actually do harm in the name of Christianity. Paul warns these hypocrites in 1Timothy 1:4-7 “…These promote controversies rather than God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscious and sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm”.
False teachers and their followers are living on unsound foundations. Those who truly strive to know God, center their lives around Him, and work to please Him; prevail.
I Found Him…in an old, abandoned farm house.