Picky Eaters

Do you have any picky eaters in your house? How about in your church? Instead of devouring God's Word they pick and choose what verses they want to consume and leave the rest on their plate.

"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." - 2 Timothy 4:3

Picky eaters don't want to taste the perceived yuckiness on their plates. Picky eaters in the church don't want to adhere the verses they don't like. and therefore ignore them . . . yet still professing faith in Christ.

"Inconvenient Truths" I heard someone once call them and that's just about right. We want to follow God's rules but then we come across those verses that rub us the wrong way so we just ignore them.

Being a picky eater when you are a kid is forgivable. Not so with Christians who pick and choose which verses they like.

"The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." - Isaiah 29:13

There are "gay-affirming" churches. There are Christians who will vote for abortion. Why? God's Word is pretty clear in those areas.

There is a list of "seven abominations" to the Lord in Proverbs 6. Number 3 is "hands that shed innocent blood." Abortion is the law in our country. Do you think the fact that abortions are legal makes God angry? I'll wait.

We are ALL picky eaters of some sort. Are we picky about anything that goes against God's word? Perhaps we should pick up our fork, swallow hard and do what is right in God's eyes.

Moms and dads might punish their picky eaters. God punishes those who only obey parts of the law. His punishment is eternal. However God has provided a way out for all of the above. His name is Jesus. He is the president of the Clean Your Plate Club.