The Helpless State of Man

GREETINGS,
 
THIS PAST WEEK, A FRIEND CASHED A CHECK AT WAL-MART, WENT TO HER NEXT STOP TO PAY A BILL, AND WAS CAUGHT WITH A COUNTERFEIT $20 BILL.  SHE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE FBI.  SHE'S OK, BUT PROBABLE WILL NOT GET HER $20 BILL BACK.  OUR COUNTRY IS FULL OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY AS WELL AS COUNTERFEIT GODS.  THE MOST POPLAR LADY ON TV, THE ONE THAT IS SO GENEROUS, IS LEADING MILLIONS ASTRAY TO A COUNTERFEIT BELIEF IN A COUNTERFEIT GOD.  WHY?  COULD IT BE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY, FOR THE MOST PART, IS BIBLICALLY ILLITERATE.  WE MAY NOT HAVE READY ACCESS TO MATERIALS THAT WOULD TEACH US TO IDENTIFY COUNTERFEIT MONEY, BUT DON'T WE ALL HAVE A BIBLE OR ACCESS TO ONE, ACCESS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL, OR SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES?  
 
THERE IS THE DIVIDING LINE THAT SEPARATES CHRISTIANITY FROM ALL OCCULTISM AND FROM EVERY KIND OF ORIENTAL CULT ANCIENT OR MODERN.  THESE ALL ARE BUILT AROUND THE SAME IDEAS, VARYING ONLY IN MINOR DETAILS, EACH WITH ITS OWN PECULIAR SET OF PHRASES.  SATAN WOULD NEVER EXPOSE HIMSELF AND SAY, "I HAVE THE POWER FOR YOU, I'M YOUR ANSWER."  INSTEAD HE WANTS TO DECEIVE THOSE INTO BELIEVING THEY ALREADY HAVE THE POWER THEY NEED.  BECAUSE THE CULTS ADVISE IS, "GET IN TUNE WITH THE INFINITE," OR "WAKE THE GIANT WITHIN YOU," OR, "TUNE IN TO YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIALITIES," OR "LEARN TO THINK CREATIVELY."  ALL THIS MAY HAVE SOME FLEETING VALUE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHOT IN THE ARM, BUT ITS RESULTS ARE NOT PERMANENT BECAUSE AT ITS BEST IT BUILDS ITS HOPES UPON THE FALLEN NATURE OF MAN AND KNOWS NO INVASION FROM ABOVE.  AND WHATEVER MAY BE SAID IN ITS FAVOR, IT MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT CHRISTIANITY.
 
CHRISTIANITY TAKES FOR GRANTED THE ABSENCE OF ANY SELF-HELP AND OFFERS A POWER THAT IS NOTHING LESS THAN THE POWER OF GOD.  AS MAN YIELDS IN HIS HELPLESS STATE, GOD HELPS.  IT COMES GENTLY TO THE YIELDED HEART, BUT IT COMES WITH POWER.  THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO BE SAVED, AND THAT IS BY HIS GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.  AND ONLY ONE WAY TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE POWER OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
 
"BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER."  EPHESIANS 6:10 LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU TODAY, BE BLESSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOVED!!!
 
HENRY