RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES...

RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES...

Many years ago I noticed that our youth group was being accepting of sin in their lives. So I decided to use an illustration that I had heard about. I baked brownies for the group and as they were devouring them, I told them that I added a special ingredient – dog poop. The group collectively began to spit out brownie, but I assured them that It was such a small amount that they would never taste it. The point being, you cannot combine brownie mix with a contaminate in even small proportions and have something that is safe to consume. The same with mixing God's truth with anything else.

There is a phenomenon that has been happening since time began; we take worldly ideas and Godly ideas and we interweave them into a new thing. What we end up with is a new ideology that does not resemble God's truth, but it sure “seems” godly. I am not talking about worshiping styles (contemporary vs. traditional). I am referring to taking God's immutable truth and diluting it with anything else.

In the book of Judges, God gave the children of Israel a specific task of wiping out the Canaanites, and possessing the promised land, but instead the children of Israel decided to cohabitate with the Canaanites. Eventually this led to the incorporation of Canaanite ideas and worship. The truth of God was combined with lies (... if it is not fully THE TRUTH then it is...fully a LIE). The result is distorted thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

If you read chapter 17 you will see the impact that a world view had on Micah and his Mother. They did some seemingly godly things, but they had no knowledge of the truth.

Doing what is right in our own eyes is very dangerous. Our feelings, thoughts, opinions, and logic have been contaminated by the world around us. Sometimes we confuse the things we feel passionate about with truth. There are many people who were motivated out of their own deep convictions, and did what was right in their own eyes.

Cultural examples: Hitler, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, terrorists, pro choice supporters, humanists, new agers, ….the list is endless.

Biblical examples: Adam and Eve (eating the apple), Cain(killed his brother), Sarah and Abraham (tried to help God by offering Hagar to conceive), Pharaoh (refused to set Israel free), Judas (betrayed Christ), Prodigal son, ….again the list could go on.

Now go look in the mirror, are you doing what is seemingly right in your own eyes... Or what God has established by His word, or by the leading of the Holy Spirit. The truth is not “in your eyes”, it is in placing the Word of God before your eyes...and living it out daily.

Deuteronomy 12:8“You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes—
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.
Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.