In the Bible, we read about the many times that God’s people left their God and through their disobedience to God brought mischief upon themselves. As born again Christians, we don’t live in the Old Covenant anymore, but in the New Covenant that is sealed with the blood of Christ. Through the redemptive work of Christ and regeneration in Christ we entered the Kingdom of God and now it’s up to every one of us to stay in the Kingdom. Because if you refuse to submit and listen to God and Jesus Christ and disobey His words and don’t keep His commandments, you shall not stay in the Kingdom. Instead, you shall return to the kingdom of darkness (the world) and bring mischief upon yourself and a curse over your life.
That’s why it’s so important that born again believers and followers of Jesus Christ, do what Jesus commanded to do and live according to His will. Only then will Jesus Christ be their Lord and God will be their Father, and they shall be His people.
Who listens to the voice of God?
But unfortunately, not many people want to listen to the voice of God. Many Christians don’t incline their ears to the Word and listen to what the Word has to say, let alone to obey the Word. That’s because many Christians stay carnal and keep walking after their flesh; in the imagination of their evil heart.
They have hardened their necks so that they don’t hear the words of the Lord and do what He says.
Why many Christians don’t have peace and are not happy?
Many Christians have no peace in their lives and are not happy because they refuse to hear the words of the Lord obey them. Instead they listen to the world and live like the world under the authority and rulership of the devil.
They don’t speak the truth, but they speak lies and vanity to each other.
They speak with flattering lips and with a double heart. Yes, their tongues speak proud things.
They rely upon their sayings and say with their tongues that they will prevail and that their lips are their own.
Instead of consulting God and His Word, they consult the world for advice and answers.
They seek their salvation and solutions for their problems in the world and go to worldly institutions and organizations. Instead of returning to the Word of God and do what the Word commands them to do.
How people bring mischief upon themselves?
Through their behavior of pride and rebellion towards God and by leaving His Word, the people bring mischief upon themselves.
Instead of repenting and returning to God and admitting their foolishness, many people blame God for their mischief. They hold Him responsible for their troubles and the sorrows they experience in their lives, while they are the ones who are responsible.
When they shall cry out to the Lord for help, He shall not answer, but He shall leave them to their fate. Because, they have put their trust in people and in the knowledge and wisdom of this world, instead of God.
Can the wisdom and knowledge of this world save people?
The wisdom and knowledge of this world can never save people and help them in time of need. The world can’t give what people desire and need, nor provide salvation. No, the world can’t save humanity from destruction.
On the contrary, the world only causes misery, mischief and destruction in people’s lives.
But what many people don’t know is, that by consulting the world and by believing in what the world says and by putting their trust in the world(system) and her knowledge and wisdom, they insult God.
But Christians, who long for the Lord and spend time with Hima nd listen to His pure words and put their trust in the Word; Jesus Christ and don’t lean upon their own understanding, shall be save in the hand of God.
‘Be the salt of the earth’
