Operation Save America National Event
The first day of the event, being a Sunday, God sent us to the church. After all, that is where judgment begins. The church I went to was the The Family Church at Sugar Hill. The Pastor of this church has openly renounced the calling of the church to stand in the gap on behalf of the unborn child. He apologized for the tiny percentage of the church that actually does stand. He basically said that our “intolerance” was not something that God approves of.
Anyway, we went to The Family Church at Sugar Hill, not as their enemies, but as their friends. You see, their pastor says that what we do is hate. Leviticus 19:17 says “You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.” We loved our brothers and sisters in Christ, as we became a living rebuke to them.
We showed them, in the Word, that we are called to be watchmen. Ezekiel was called to be a watchman for the house of Israel, in Ezekiel 3:17-19 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself.” Just as Ezekiel was, we are called to warn the wicked and speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways. That was the call on Ezekiel’s life. That is the call on our lives. But what is the message?
In Ezekiel 22:2-5, he received his message, “The word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.” We, too, are called to judge. The world, along with Sugar Hill Church, says that we should not judge. But, the Bible is very clear that we should. We just need to remove the log from our own eye, before removing the speck from our brothers’ eye.
Now, Ezekiel was a watchman over the house of Israel. But, does God have watchmen over the church of Jesus Christ? Absolutely. Paul was a watchman over the church. Acts 20:22-27 says, “And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.”
Paul understood that if he did not declare the whole counsel of God, if he did not warn the wicked to turn from his wicked ways, he would be held accountable for the sins of that wicked man. Paul said that we should follow him, as he follows Christ. Just as Paul was, we are called to be watchmen over the church of Jesus Christ. We must go to the abortion clinics and to the homosexual parades to warn the wicked of their evil ways. If we do not, we will be held accountable for their sins.
The pastor of Sugar Hill Church said that he wants sinners to know us(Christians) to be known for the God we are for, not the things we are against. The only problem with that is that the God we are for is also against sin; and he wants his church to boldly proclaim the things he is against. Romans 10:14-15 says, “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” Sugar Hill Church is called, by God Almighty, to send Christians outside of the four walls of their church to preach the Word of God; to preach the good news. We know we are to preach the good news, yet we also know that the good news cannot come until the law is preached. Gal. 3:24 says, “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” Prov. 3:34 says, “He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.” The sins of homosexuality and abortion destroys lives. The wages of sin is death. Yet, they will not know this unless we, Christians, preach it. And we can’t preach it unless we are sent. Sugar Hill Church is in sin; not only for misrepresenting God in an apology for something he calls beautiful; but for not sending the church to preach the truth. Just as if we try to give a cure for cancer to someone who doesn’t know they have cancer, giving God’s grace to a sinner who doesn’t think he is a sinner is foolish. We must confront sinners with their sin before we give them the cure for their sin.
Finally, I would like to revisit Ezekiel to show you what God is looking for from his church, and, unfortunately, what he cannot find in his church. Ezekiel 22:30 says, “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.” God is looking for us to stand in the gap on behalf of the unborn. Yet, most of the church sits at home and watches television while thousands are being slaughtered in abortion clinics all over this nation. Our apathy will stand with us, and condemn us, on Judgment Day and God will spew many out of his mouth.
Oh God, may it not be so with your church any longer. Oh God, thank you for sparing us another day.
In Christian love,
Adam Tennant
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