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DAILY DEVOTIONAL SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2006
( Isaiah 53:7, Matthew 26:62-63, Psalms 22:6-8, Matthew 27:39-40
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It is OK to mock Jesus. The "Insurgent" is the student newspaper on
the
University of Oregon campus, and in a recent edition this paper ran
two
cartoons of Jesus. In one, He was hanging on the cross naked with
an
erection. In the other, Jesus is shown kissing another man and they
both
have erections. One of pop music's biggest stars is Madonna.
She is
currently on her worldwide "Confessions" tour, and at one point sings
while
hanging on a huge mirrored cross in a mock crucifixion complete with a
crown
of thorns. One of the biggest movies of the year was "The
DaVinci
Code," a movie that denies the deity of Christ, reduces our Lord to a
con
man, while calling the Christian faith a lie. My friend, in Nov. of
2006 it
is perfectly acceptable and even applauded to mock, demean, and debase
the
Lord Jesus Christ!
I wonder what would happen if that same newspaper ran similar cartoons
of
civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King? Can you imagine the
uproar
there would be? Or what if they ran cartoons depicting Mohammed as
a
homosexual? Those responsible would be in fear for their very
lives. Or
what about if they ran cartoons that mocked and demeaned people who
choose
to commit the sin of homosexuality. There would be marches and
protests by
every pro-homosexual group that exists. The fact is, nobody would
dare to
publish these types of disgusting representations of ANYONE other than
Jesus
or Christians, since the public outcry would be deafening. People
would be
fired, students expelled, and millions would be spent to appease those
who
were offended.
Let there be no mistake, mocking Jesus is not a new phenomenon. There
were
people who lived at the same time as our Lord who rejected Him, just
like
there are people who reject Him today. We know from the Bible that in
the
fulfillment of Scripture He was mocked and scorned in the last hours of
his
life. So many of the supposed "lost books of the Bible" and these
new
"gospels" are nothing more than the anti-Christian writings of men
who
rejected the message of Christ and who He is. Those anti-Christian
writings
have always existed throughout the last 2000 years, right up to today
with
the modern day heretics like Dan Brown, the author of "The DaVinci Code"
and
Michael Baigent , who wrote the equally blasphemous "Jesus Papers."
People
have mocked our Lord since the days He walked this earth.
What is new is the bold and fearless public attacks on our Lord
throughout
the world today. I have told you often that the United States is no
longer
a Christian nation. A classic example of that fact is the way those
who
hate Jesus publicly mock Him. Just 10 years ago, no legitimate
newspaper,
even those on major college campuses which tend to be more liberal
and
radical, would have EVER had the audacity to publish cartoons
depicting
Jesus in the way the University of Oregon paper recently did. Ten
years
ago, a blasphemous book like "The DaVinci Code" would have never sold
tens
of millions of copies like it has today. While Madonna has made a
career of
mocking Christ and His church, even she has taken her blasphemy to a
new
level by mocking the crucifixion.
I have done many Devotionals over these past 7 years on the boldness
of
satan versus the timidity of Christians. Do you believe me
now?
The natural question of course is what do we do about it? First, you
can't
blame those who put out these disgusting and blasphemous representations
of
Jesus. Oh, don't get me wrong, God WILL hold them accountable, but
these
are people who have clearly rejected God, His Truth, and Jesus, so what
do
you expect? They have given themselves over as instruments of
unrighteousness so they are actually only doing what comes naturally
to
them. How can you really blame those who hate and reject the Lord
from
expressing that rejection and hatred? Hear me carefully. They
are not the
problem, WE ARE THE PROBLEM!
Maybe now you can understand why I hammer relentlessly on how
Christians
have abandoned the marketplace for the comfort, safety, and oh yes,
the
profitability of this Christian subculture we have created for
ourselves.
In reality, we are in rebellion to God since the Bible doesn't say
separate
yourselves from the world, it actually COMMANDS us to do the exact
opposite!
What we are seeing with the open and public mocking of Jesus is one of
the
results of our abandoning the culture of our day and leaving it to
the
devil. He operates virtually without any opposition so why are we
surprised
that he has taken his hatred and scorn for Jesus to the extremes we
witness
today? Let me warn you my friend, it is only going to get
worse!
The answer to this blaspheming of our Lord is to get back into the
marketplace and start taking a stand for Christ. Each follower of the
Lord
can do their part each day where you live, where you go to school or
work,
where you shop, in the recreational activities you are involved in, and
with
the people God brings across your path. You take your stand by living
a
Godly and holy life. You take your stand by not being afraid to speak
up
for our Lord when you are around people who are speaking against Him.
You
take your stand by finding ways to serve Him You can't stop the
mockers,
but you can make sure their message of hatred for our Lord does not
go
unchallenged!!!
I love you and care about you so much. For anyone who loves Jesus, it
has
to break your heart to see how our Lord and Savior is portrayed by those
who
hate Him. I have no doubt Jesus is looking down and saying "Father
forgive
them, for they know not what they do." The reality is, those who
were
responsible for creating and publishing those horrible cartoons in
the
University of Oregon student newspaper, Madonna, Dan Brown, as well as
Tom
Hanks, Ron Howard and all those involved in the "DaVinci Code" movie
will
die one day. At that moment they will be standing before God their
Creator
to be judged. If they die rejecting the Lord, the Bible says they
will be
cast into everlasting darkness.
I believe the last thing they will see, the picture that will be with
them
as they suffer for all eternity, will be that of King Jesus, the One
they
openly mocked and scorned!!! Pray for these lost souls. Without
the Lord
in their heart, they have allowed their lives to be used as agents of
satan.
Don't forget that there was a man named Saul of Tarsus who persecuted
the
early church, killed Christians, yet that same Saul was visited by Jesus
one
day and his life gloriously transformed. He became Paul and went on
to live
one of the greatest Christian lives ever documented.
I pray that this will be a wake-up call for all Believers today. A
wake-up
call that we have got to get back into the marketplace where we live
each
day and boldly, without shame or compromise proclaim our faith in
Christ.
If this doesn't motivate you, nothing will. For too long, we have
been
intimidated into keeping our mouths shut while those who live in
rebellion
to God speak loud and bold without fear or conscience to promote
their
ungodly lives and choices.
Maybe this will give you some insight into my drive and passion for what
we
do each day here at Liveprayer. Our number one goal is to bring the
lost to
the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Getting people saved is the
ultimate
answer. In addition to proclaiming the Gospel to the lost and
bringing the
hope of Christ to the hurting, I am here to bring Biblical Truth back
into
the marketplace. I can't stop newspapers from publishing
disgusting
representations of Jesus, I can't stop pop stars like Madonna from
mocking
the crucifixion, I can't stop people like Dan Brown from writing
anti-Christian books, but I can go out into that VERY SAME marketplace
and
reach those VERY SAME people with the fact that their only hope and
their
only answer is faith in Jesus Christ!
Those who hate our Lord are bold and courageous in taking their message
of
hate to the masses. I challenge you today that if you love Jesus,
you
should be even bolder and more courageous in taking the message of His
love
to those same masses! While the world mocks our Lord, we have got to
praise
Him!!!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
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