{"id":54265,"date":"2020-03-31T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T11:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=54265"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:58:16","slug":"you-thought-i-was-just-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2020\/03\/31\/you-thought-i-was-just-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU THOUGHT I WAS JUST LIKE YOU."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThese things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that I was altogether like you; but I will rebuke you, and set them in order before your eyes.\u201d<\/strong>
\u2014Psalm 50:21 (NKJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Greetings to you in the glorious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Welcome to the study of the words of life.<\/p>\n

Why is it that sometimes we are quick to sin, quick to gossip about our neighbors, quick to commit adultery\u2014even though we claim to be saved or close to God, we still easily indulge in watching pornographic images online and engage in masturbation?<\/p>\n

It is because we assume that God is like us<\/strong>. We think, \u201cHe understands\u2014it\u2019s just the normal weaknesses of the flesh.\u201d Worse still, when we notice that God does not immediately punish the evil we\u2019ve done\u2014like the time we watched filthy images online and He remained silent, and the next day we did it again and still nothing bad happened, then later we committed sexual sin and yet life went on normally\u2014we continue going to church, singing in the choir, praying, and everything seems fine. When we begin to accept bribes, and see that nothing bad has happened to us, it becomes a routine\u2014even though we say we are Christians.<\/p>\n

This continues year after year, and in your heart you think, \u201cEven God understands these things, that\u2019s why He hasn\u2019t punished me.\u201d<\/em> You believe He is just like you. You think He sees evil the same way you do. You treat Him like a fellow human who overlooks these \u201csmall things.\u201d You think He could never leave or punish you for things like that.<\/p>\n

But today, listen carefully to what the Word of God says:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Psalm 50:16-22 (NKJV)<\/strong>
\u201cBut to the wicked God says:
\u2018What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother\u2019s son.
These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Look again at verse 21:
\u201cThese things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought that I was altogether like you.\u201d<\/strong>
Do you see that when God remains silent about the secret sins you are committing, it doesn’t mean He is pleased with you!<\/p>\n

You say you are saved, yet you harbor secret sins that you know are an abomination before God. But because God hasn’t spoken to you or struck you down, you\u2019ve become comfortable. You think God is just like you and that He will always tolerate your ways. No! He says, \u201cI will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

God doesn\u2019t just say He will punish or correct you. No\u2014He says He will tear you apart<\/strong>. And we know that to be torn is something a wild beast like a lion does. That means He will destroy you severely\u2014so much so that you will not be able to stand again, no matter who prays for you or preaches to you. That is why He says:
\u201cThere will be none to deliver.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This message is to those who have forgotten God<\/strong>\u2014those who once belonged to Him, but became too familiar with Him, thinking He is just like them and ceased to fear sin before Him.<\/p>\n

If you are one of them, then this is your moment to repent sincerely<\/strong>. You may have just a short time left before you encounter those claws of God. (Do not seek to experience the other side of God\u2019s wrath\u2014it is terrifying.)<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been secretly repeating sins that displease God for a long time and He has remained silent, it is better you stop now. Because His silence does not<\/strong> mean He is like you.<\/p>\n

So take this moment to strengthen your salvation<\/strong>, and God will forgive you and withhold His wrath from you.<\/p>\n

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2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV)<\/strong>
\u201cThe Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Remember, we are in the last days<\/strong>. There’s no need for more proof that we are living in the season of the Lord’s return. The current state of the world says it all. This is not the time to have one foot in Christ and the other outside<\/strong>. This is the time to go all in for the Lord<\/strong>, because the Rapture can happen at any moment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2 Peter 1:10 (NKJV)<\/strong>
\u201cTherefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

May the Lord bless you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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