Frogs in the Water

I am sure most of us have heard of the frog in the water but if you have not, here it is.

The story goes that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will immediately jump out, but if you put the frog in a pot of tepid water it will float comfortably. As you turn the water up slowly the frog will just sit there not realizing what is happening. Eventually the from will die from the heat. This is a story used by many Christians and non-Christians to tell people to be aware of your surroundings and the small changes happening all the time.

Well this story is not true. Scientists have said that if you put a frog in boiling hot water it will die and if you put it in a pot of water it can jump out of, it will jump out of it. A German scientist said that the story above could be true if you took the brain out of the frog. Now, I want to ask everyone a question. Are we frogs in the water, waiting for death? Are we just sitting by waiting comfortably, for our end? This could only happen if our brain was taken out, right? I don’t believe any of us have had our brain removed but we might just leave it on the shelf so we won’t have to use it. Ok now I know everyone is wandering where we are going with all of this.

This message is about the condition of our world. I believe we as Christians have sat by like the frog without a brain. We have allowed many things to happen in our homes that we should not allow. We do this because we want to be accepted by the world and non-believers, supposedly so we can minister to them and show them the love of Jesus. This is a lie whether it is conscience or sub-conscience. We cannot give the message Jesus gave us by not living the way Jesus told us to live. If we do this we will lead people astray, except now they will think they are saved only to find out some day that it was all in vanity. We are not going to help anyone unless we bring the absolute truth. Are you living by the truth or are you living by the world’s standards. This world we live in is not going to be here much longer and if you live by the standards of it you will not enjoy eternity. Let’s look at what the world finds important. We can do this by looking at what the news media has as its top headlines, because they want us to be attracted to them. This was a shocker for me because we do not watch or listen to the radio. This research made me seem weak and sad inside. Here are the results.

CNN 08/01/09

Latest News

· Dozens of horses poisoned at California farm

· Hong Kong teens caught in wave of drug abuse

· More photos of Air Force One flyover released

· Suspect in gay sailor's death commits suicide

· Al Qaeda changing, training, plotting

· Key House committee passes health care bill

· Philippine ex-president Aquino dead at 76

· Holocaust survivor, 90, found strangled

· Source: Hit suspected in Florida couple's killing

· Honda adds 440,000 cars to recall

· Legal battle puts Skype's future in jeopardy

· Ticker: Obama takes heat for 'beer summit'

· Dead boy, 6, bruised 'from head to toe'

· Venezuelan gov't shuts down radio stations 7 min

· Gang activity addicting 'like a drug'

· DNA may finally solve Earhart mystery

· 97-year-old golfer sinks first hole-in-1

Main headline is about horses dying due to poisoning, then teens and drugs, the President’s plane, homosexuality, terrorists, health care, a female president, holocaust survivor murdered at 90!, a couple murdered, cars recalled, court battles, president drinks beer, beaten dead 6 year old boy, government seizes control of radio, more drugs, An old man gets a hole in one

Fox News most popular stories 08/01/09

· Kentucky Man Charged in 1980 Murder of Wisconsin Couple

· Student Ordered to Pay $675,000 for Illegal Downloads

· Roseanne Barr Poses as Adolf Hitler in Shocking Photo Spread

· Skeleton Wearing a Suit Found at Ill. Cemetery

· Missing Idaho Boy's Disappearance 'Suspicious,' Police Say

· Full House of Morals: Candace Cameron Dedicates Life to Christianity

· Gates Sends Flowers to Woman Who Called 911

· GM Admits Error in Dealership Closings

Murdered couple, student theft, lesbian poses as Satanist, skeleton wearing a suit, missing boy, An actress dedicates her life to Christianity (something good), black scholar sends flowers to a Hispanic woman, and the largest car company in the world admits it should not have listened to the government.

ABC News

Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

The upcoming Disney film "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan and Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina. Disney is the parent company of ABC News. The film is based on the popular action adventure video game of the same name. The two stars try to prevent a nobleman from acquiring the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time. It is set to hit theaters in May 2010.
(© Disney Enterprises

This is the new Disney movie for all of our children to see. THE PRINCE OF PERSIA. Where did they get that name? I am so glad we do not have a TV. These headlines might not be that big to someone who is in the world every day or to someone who watches TV every day. These are pretty wild stories to me. I remember a time when they would not have been anything but normal to me though. So, what happened? To me this is boiling water and I want to jump out of the pot and never look at it again. To someone who sees this stuff every day it is nothing more than lukewarm water. It might bother some professed Christians to see some of these headlines but they have been desensitized to the sin that is in the world that they look past the other headlines. God has given us commandments and examples concerning these things.

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 2 Cor 6:14-18 (KJV)

The more my family separated itself from the things of the world and the system of the world the more the scriptures make sense. This passage above is so easy to understand yet most professing Christians want to say “yeah I believe this but if I just can’t do it, or if I do this I might miss a witnessing opportunity”. If you live a life according to God’s word you will always be a witness and you do not have to look for the opportunity. Righteousness, light, Christ, believers, and the Temple of God (which you are) do not have anything in common with unrighteousness, darkness, Belial ( or any other god), infidel, or idols. As a matter of fact things cannot coexist with each other. Look what God told Moses.

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Lev 18:3 (KJV)

Why did God command this? Surely some of things weren’t that bad. You know everyone was doing them. God wants His people to be different. He does not want us to be the same as the world. Moses was told not to do the things of the place he was, or the place where he was going. He was going to a foreign land and was told to not walk in their ordinances. We must not be different when we go somewhere else. It is kind of like modest separated dress. My wife and daughter wear a dress and an apron. They should wear a dress and an apron no matter where they go. If I think wearing broadfalls or pants and suspenders is how I should dress, this is how I should dress whether I am going to a Mennonite church, an Amish church or to a shopping center. Of course if I joined one of these churches I would dress according to the unity of the brethren. This is how I would show that I agree with this group of people. God wants us to be who we are all the time. I shouldn’t put on a pair of kakis because everyone else is wearing them. Especially if I do not agree with the unbiblical stances they take. I should not walk in their ordinances.

24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Heb 11:24-25 (KJV)

Moses chose to suffer rather than to be accepted by the world. He chose the rough path, the one least taken. He did this because he had an eternal perspective of life. Many Christians will say that it would be easy to make a decision to DIE for their faith. This is a dream because if you can’t live for your faith then you will not be called to die for your faith. God wants people who have already chosen to die for the faith in their life applications. Moses made this decision while he was still in Egypt. He probably would have never been called to go back to Egypt if he had not made this decision to turn to God while still in Egypt.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:26-27 (KJV)

Where does the word say to compromise our salvation to find unbelievers? Where does it say to allow people who refuse to turn from their sin into your home or church? Where does the Word of God say or even insinuate that it is ok to watch a little tv, play a couple of video games, watch the good wordly movies, wear a modest style of the world, or anything else that almost all Christians refuse to give up because they are captivated or should I say held captive by the world because of their own lusts. The WORD OF GOD TELLS ALL OF US TO KEEP OURSELVES UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD!! When you allow the things of the world in your house, church, family, etc. you are sitting in a pot of warm water and you do not have a brain.

So why have I said all of these things? I wanted to explain the answer before I presented the problem. Our world is in the last days. Evil has taken its place as ruler. It is time to make a decision to either follow Christ or follow Belial. Just look at the statistics below and see if there is a trend.

· Over half a million TVs are sold each day

· Almost 3 million cellular phones are sold each day

· Over 95 million dollars is spent on video games each day

· Over 22 thousand people will die from hunger each day

· There have already been over 26 million abortions this year 700,00 due to maternal health, the rest murder

· The current divorce rate is 40%-50%. Some say the rate is higher among Christians and others say it is the same.

These are just a few of the many startling statistics that can be found. This is the state of our world. This is what we must turn from and not accept. We must not be tolerant of the ungodly things that we see and hear on a daily basis. We must turn from evil and follow the examples of the godly people before us. Abraham, Moses, Jesus, The Apostles and many more all took the path of righteousness and suffering. They chose to give their lives for God. They chose to live Holy lives regardless of the earthly consequences.

1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor 7:1 (KJV)

We must be aware of the evils around us because we are called to stay away from them. How can we stay away from something if we do not know what it looks like? Christians everywhere must call evil, evil. Let’s cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit. Don’t hold anything back from the Lord, give Him everything. God Bless.