{"id":1063,"date":"2021-02-14T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2021-02-14T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T20:55:55","slug":"do-you-seek-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/do-you-seek-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you Seek the Lord?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cCan two walk together, except they be agreed?<\/strong>\u201d
Amos 3:3 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

God sent a man named Amos to deliver an important message to\nthe people of Israel.\nThe people were living contrary to the Word of God, worshiping idols, and were\npracticing an empty religion. Amos asked them an important question: \u201cCan two walk together, except they be\nagreed?<\/strong>\u201d (Amos 3:3). He proceeded to remind them of the sin in which\nthey were walking that was contrary to God and His Word. He wanted the people\nto understand that they would not live in peace or prosperity when they chose\nto reject God\u2019s Word and live in sin. Judgment that was coming was the result\nof the sin of the people. God told Amos what would happen, and Amos was\nfaithful to warn the people. The condition of the people was getting worse and\nworse. The problem was the sin in the heart of man. That is the same problem in\nthe world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of Israel\nhad been dealt with before because of sin. Nevertheless, they had returned to\nthat sin. God wanted them to understand that there was a limit to His patience\nwith them. Amos had a message for them. \u201cSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of\nhosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken<\/strong>\u201d (Amos 5:14). Sure, they had a religious practice,\nbut they were not serving the one true God in that religious practice. Remember\nwhat Jesus called the religious rulers seven times in Matthew chapter 23. \u201cWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,\nhypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear\nbeautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s<\/em> bones, and of all\nuncleanness<\/strong>\u201d (Matthew 23:27).\nJesus called them hypocrites! They looked<\/em><\/strong> like they belonged to\nGod on the outside, yet their hearts were contrary to the teachings of God\u2019s\nWord. Jesus saw their hearts \u2013 they were dead and unclean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How often do people today claim to be a Christian, yet their\nlifestyle is contrary to the Christian life recorded in the Bible? What is even\nworse, how often do people think<\/em><\/strong> they are a Christian, but God\nknows their heart is \u201cfull of dead\nmen’s<\/em> bones, and of all uncleanness.<\/strong>\u201d God has left an\ninvitation to any who would turn from evil and seek after Him. However, many\nhave not. They hear the truth from the Bible, yet they do not receive the\nGospel message of salvation. Moreover, many who say they receive that salvation\ncontinue to live in the same manner as before \u2013 contrary to the teachings found\nin the Bible. God sent Amos with a message for the people to \u201cseek good, and\nnot evil, that they may live.\u201d It is to be the mission of the church, and all\nChristians, to make that invitation known. It is then left for them to choose to\nbelieve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith in Jesus must be real. See what Paul wrote: \u201cI speak after the manner of men because of\nthe infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to\nuncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members\nservants to righteousness unto holiness<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 6:19). Faith is to be\nappropriated in the life of the one who claims to be a Christian. All who see\none called <\/em><\/strong>a Christian must be able to see <\/em><\/strong>Christ\nin that life. Remember what James wrote. \u201c19. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils\nalso believe, and tremble. 20. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith\nwithout works is dead?<\/strong>\u201d (James 2:19-20). It isn\u2019t enough just to\nbelieve, one must live out that faith, showing that Jesus is there. One may be\nable to put up good front or show here on earth, but understand that God can\nsee the true heart. Remember that Jesus knew<\/em><\/strong> that the Pharisees\nappeared beautiful on the outside, but within they were full of dead men\u2019s\nbones and all uncleanness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember what David told his son, Solomon, before Solomon\nbecame king: \u201c\u2026<\/strong> for the\nLORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the\nthoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him,\nhe will cast thee off for ever<\/strong>\u201d (1 Chronicles 28:9b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you seek Jesus? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can others see Jesus in your life every day?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to be Saved<\/a><\/blockquote>