Wednesday August 25, 2004

 “But let no man bring a charge,
let no man accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.
 You stumble day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother-
 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
 The more the priests increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged  their  Glory for something disgraceful.
 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.
 And it will be: Like people, like priests.
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.

— Hosea 4:4-9 (NIV) —

== EXCUSES, EXCuses, excuses… ==

Don’t point any fingers. Don’t keep pointing fingers at your leaders. It’s not the pastor’s fault… or the preacher’s fault. or your Sunday teacher. You are at fault along with them. So you will experience grief and despair, because you rejected what was true.

In sin, you will reap what you sow. You take my truth and hear what you want, your children will pay a price for your denial of me. The more blessings I give to your leaders, the more they violate me. They took something wonderful and made it shameful. Instead of helping my people follow me, you made then sin more. With each sin, your worldly gains increased and you looked forward to each new sin. There is no difference between the people and their leaders. Each will be punished for their misdeeds, justice will be done.