Add Some Water

The soup is too thick. The coffee is too strong. The Bible is too harsh. Hell is too hot. God has too much control, and he expects too much from man. What is the answer? How can society solve these problems?

Add some water to the soup, and Goldilocks will be happy. Add more water to the coffee, and it will become weaker. Water down the Word of God, and sinners will feel good about themselves no matter what they do. Water down hell or extinguish it altogether from the pulpits, then everyone can live as they wish and still go to heaven. Water down the character and nature of God. Shrink him so that he will fit in little boxes, then we can control him and make him what we want him to be.

What happens when people do not agree with the sound teaching, the godly teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ?

“They become conceited and understand nothing.

They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions, and constant friction between people of corrupt minds, who have been robbed of the truth, and who think godliness is a means to financial gain. “ I Timothy 6:3-5

I don’t believe I have read anything that better describes what is going on in our nation today. Watch the news. What is being reported today? Controversies, malicious talk, constant friction, corruption, falsehood, suspicions, godliness and all sorts of evil. It seems people don’t care about showing respect for their adversaries, trying to work together in a civilized way, admitting when they are wrong or any of the godly values which used to be the standard for living. Good has become a ridiculous thing and bad has been twisted around to seem good. As Jeremiah 37:2 says, “Neither Zedekiah nor his attendants, nor the people of the land  paid any attention to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.”

We are adding too much water to the truths of God.