METAMORPHOSED CHRISTIANITY

"His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children – this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation" (Deuteronomy 32:5, New English Translation). 

The piece is titled "METAMORPHOSED CHRISTIANITY". I got it from one of my pastors. I wouldn't know whether he wrote it himself or he also got it from someone else. But I am sharing it because it clearly underscores how far today's church has departed from the faith, having completely lost the identity of the early church. It shows how indeed, the Christians of today have not acted like God's children, being so different from the examples that our Lord Jesus Christ and the early apostles left behind. But God wants us to follow Him, not just as His children, but as "dear children" (Ephesians 5:1). 

Please read and meditate:  

"The modern Church has metamorphosed [into] something different from the early Church.

The thrust in the early Church was moral purity and piety, today it is material prosperity and possessions.

They sought GRACE to fulfil God’s requirement, today we seek FAVOUR to obtain our requirements.

They sought to be transformed by the Gospel and please God, we seek to transform the Gospel and please ourselves.

The early Church sought obedience to God, today the Church seeks abundance from God.

The original goal of DEVOTION and sanctity has now been replaced by the modern goal of DERIVATION and success.

“What shall I render to God?” [has been] replaced by “What shall I receive from God?”

Before, the giver was the more blessed; today, the receiver is the more blessed.

The old Church sought brokenness before God, today’s Church seeks breakthrough from God.

Before, ministrations gripped people with penitence; today, ministrations grip people with excitement.

Their holy prophets spoke the agenda of God; our costly “prophets” speak the agenda of man.

The old Church sought after God for sacrificial worship, today’s Church seeks after God for beneficial relationship.

The early Church fought to differ from the world, today’s Church begs to conform to the world.

The God of the early Church was the Judge of all, the “God” of today’s Church is judged by all.

They would obey God rather than men; we would obey men rather than God.

Are we still the Church of Christ and His Apostles?" 

We could go on and on, but the above is sufficient to show that we need to repent urgently before the wrath of God comes upon us. The piece ended by urging us all that it is time to seek the Lord and save ourselves from this perverse and crooked generation (Act 2:40). I pray that we will all hear what the Spirit is saying to the church today.