There is much wickedness in the land.  The church was the one place where people desired to follow the Lord and His Ways, where you could find men and women who held the standards of doing what was right no matter the cost.   Following Jesus meant that we were to be holy as He is holy.  The word righteousness means to do what is right in the sight of the Lord.  We know what is right.  The Word Holy means to be a carrier of His Nature, which has no sin. By Grace and hunger, the saint possesses this, never out of our own works. When we do what is wrong our conscience warns us that this is not right.  We have hardened our hearts  so many times that we no longer hear the warnings not to lust, steal, commit adultery, speak against our neighbor, forgive others, so that we might be forgiven.

We as a people have lost our way.  The church is to be the salt of the earth. If the church has lost it’s heart to preserve the truths, and the holiness of God, the world has no standards to observe.

The church has just as many divorces, and those that are in immoral acts as the world.  We need to cry for mercy.  We need to repent and turn from our wicked ways so that the world might have a chance.  Without the church having a standard,  the world does not have a chance. We are to be the children of Light, the people of hope.  Our lights should shine so bright that those in need of hope can watch our holy living and not feel condemned, but find hope.  To see us is to recognize there is an anchor, there is a shelter from the storms of their lives, but if we live like the world there is no hope for a future.  We must turn back to Jesus with all our hearts and be holy as He is Holy. We must DO what is right in the SIGHT of the Lord.

There is a need to CRY FOR HOLINESS!!!

Jurena Cook