Lord's Day Morning

                It is the Lord's Day morning and as I speak in the Eastern time zone pastors are right now probably leaving for church....their sermon prepared at the latest last evening. My prayer for years now is that as they step behind the pulpit that God might bring a heaviness upon them....a conviction that in spite of all their efforts and their own prayers.....they have failed in their calling to continue to reform when necessary....and to listen to the leading of God's Spirit....and that we in the pews might collapse in conviction as did those who were present for Jonathan Edward's famous sermon.
                These are good men that I'm referring to.....not the many who are ministers of the gospel in name only. They have never been lacking in passion for souls. It's not that they would not be willing to give up their positions in their churches.....for they would....but they are human like the rest of us....and susceptible to the tremendous sway that this culture....the Bible would call it the world.....has upon even the elect.
                There are probably few evangelical churches in America at this time....where if the pastor was to warn the congregation of this man Donald Trump....that at the very least a portion of the congregation would either leave or cause problems of some sort. The tendency it appears has been to attempt to avoid the issue....and hope that it goes away.....but in reality it only gets worse.....much worse.
                I have never advocated bringing politics into the pulpit....in fact I've warned that it must be kept out.....but this is not politics. Trump's name never even need be uttered from the pulpit.....only a clear and distinct warning about false prophets who come in among us.....pretending to be our friends....friends of the gospel....but who never were part of us....who in effect prophesy peace and security.....when the opposite is true....as they flatter us as if we need no self-examination....for we obviously are doing God's work.
                 These pastors really need do no more than read Paul's warnings of those who are...."lovers of self".....or Jude's warnings of...."brute beasts"....or John's of...."antichrists"....or Peter's to be vigilant.....or our Lord's command to...."beware." We need the whole Word of God....and this is a time when 'warnings' are of the utmost importance to us.