Some Things Should Not Be Celebrated

 Some Things Should Not Be Celebrated

 

Matthew 24:35-39 (KJV)

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

 

Jesus said that, in the last days, just as they were in the days of Noah, unspiritual and unlearned/wicked men, would celebrate in the face of God’s judgment.

 

I fear we turn things that are meant to make us solemn and introspective into celebrations precisely so that we do not have to face the message God intends for them to give.

 

The Memorial of Our Lord’s Supper

It happens we are about to partake in the observance of the Lord’s Supper today. I was thinking of those churches that observe it weekly. Often I have seen them call it a celebration. consider that night Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper. It was anything but a celebration. Jesus knew what was about to happen. The apostles were confused, and troubled. Who would betray Jesus? One would deny Jesus. Two of them would fail Jesus when He had asked them to watch and pray. All of them would flee Jesus when the soldier came for Him.

The resurrection is something to celebrate. What comes before is something to remember.

 

The Death of the Unsaved

I received word today that my best childhood friend has passed away. He was the same age as me give or take a few months. We had not had contact for many many years, but I followed his career enough to know, as well as any man can know, that he was not saved. The announcement gave the time of his “celebration of life.” I do not like that term to be used for either lost or saved. I believe we need to face the fact. This man or this women has died. They have gone the way of all men. They have a soul that is now locked into eternity; either with Christ or in hell. We must face it. All of us will die one day. The funeral service is God’s way of reminding us again and again to make our salvation sure.

 

The Disobedience of the wayward Christian

What is it in man that, even those who profess to know Christ as Saviour, we are so prone to live “Not Thy will but mine be done.” O, we will claim to be Christians, claim to believe the Bible and even claim to obey the Bible - as long as it doesn’t interfere with what we want to do. And then the crazy part, they want to rest of us to rejoice with them when they have found a way to get out of the way of God.

 

I for one do not plan to celebrate those things God means to teach us hard lessons.