Did you ever see a person who was so angry that he was
frothing at the mouth? The Bible tells us of at least one such person.
His name
is Naaman. In 2 Kings 5,
we are told in verse 11 that he was furious, and in verse 12 that he
turned and
went away in a rage. Why was this man so angry? Had someone kidnapped
one of
his children or killed one of his friends? No! This man was furious and
in a
rage because a prophet of God had told him how he could be cured of his
leprosy. He couldn’t cure himself, but wanted to tell God how
it should be
done. It should be noted that as he went away in a rage, he went away a
leper.
As sad as this incident is, there is something that is
even sadder. Man is lost in sin. God provides the way to be forgiven.
Jesus
said, “He who believes and is baptized will be
saved.” Preachers don’t like
these words of Jesus. They want to be saved, but want to do it their
way. They
just want to say something they call “the sinner’s
prayer.” “Baptism has
nothing whatever to do with one’s salvation,” they
say. They get angry with
God. They are still in their sins. Do you get angry with God when
through His Word
He tells you what you must do to be saved, and how you must worship Him?
Living
in the Garbage Dump
By
Ernest S. Underwood
When you and the family go out to eat, do you go to the
nearest garbage dump? A few years ago, I was in Africa
doing some teaching. Near the school was a large garbage dump. The
vultures
came for their meals. There, also, young children dug through the filth
of that
place, looking for something to eat.
None of us would think of eating garbage when wholesome
food is available, yet there were those who were doing just that.
“For My
people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of
living
waters, And hewn themselves cisterns; broken cisterns that can hold no
water”
(Jeremiah 2:13).
Peter stated that God has given us all things that
pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3), yet many prefer to eat at
the
garbage dump of men’s doctrines, and of the world. Where are
you feeding
spiritually?
