God's Wrath on Complacency

Complacency is a smug or uncritical attitude of satisfaction towards one's accomplishments or achievements. This is nothing more than a hardening of the heart, an excess of pride, and a lack of love for the Gospel of God. It is easy to be satisfied with our walk in God, but this often puts us in a critical spiritual situations. Many Christians cry out to God in the midst of trials. When amazing things happen, we often praise God. However, there are times that are seemingly in between ,when life is ok and nothing short of satisfactory. When everything is going according to plan, do you still turn to God for ALL your strength? Beware the danger of becoming indifferent when life is "just fine".

Gardiner Spring writes, "What is indifference to the gospel, but a refusal to love it?... Though multitudes do this, who have no just impressions of the wickedness of so doing, yet is it their great sin, their damning sin, and the sin that binds  the guilt of all their other sins upon them."

You will be judged for how much you know. Jesus declares in Luke 12:48, "But the one who does not know and does things deserves punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Your walk with God should be different five days, five weeks, and five years from now. Do not be satisfied with what you already have.

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What God's Law Reveals

There is no such thing as a perfect person. We all make mistakes at some point or time in our lives. No one, not even the smartest person in the world, will score 100% on every test ever taken in life. This, however, is exactly what the law of God requires us to be: perfect in all our ways and thoughts (Matt. 5:48). Technically, we are without excuse. God has given us very clear directions on what to do and what not to do. God laid down laws for everything from what kind of clothes to wear and what type of animals to eat, to how to deal with murderers, thieves, and adulterers.

Anyone who does not fulfill the law perfectly is under the curse of the wrath of God. This should not come as a surprise to us. Those who are familiar with Christianity know that the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). If people are so aware of the consequences of sin, why don't people live their lives differently? J.C. Philpot writes, "And the very law of God itself, which threatens a solemn curse against all who are found guilty under it, revealing the wrath of God against all transgression and all transgressors-has it ever restrained men from evil? ... We thus find that no law, whether the law of the land, or the law of Moses, can restrain or subdue sin, or bring forth the peaceable fruits of righteousness."

The Law of God shows us who we really are: sinners before the Almighty God. It is important to remind ourselves of this so that we are humble and sober0-minded (self-controlled and alert) before our Mighty King.

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