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“Weather Vane Christianity”<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: … And in the
morning, It will be foul weather to day: … ” Matthew 16:2b, 3a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Weather vanes have their place. They let one know which
way the winds are blowing. Lots of folk today spend too much
time trying to determine which way the wind is blowing
politically, economically, socially and worst of all, spiritually.
Politics, finances and cultural considerations may be helped if
facilitated by knowing which way the wind is blowing, but not
church or God’s work. Moses never asked for any man’s
opinion or ratification, even from Joshua or the 70, when he
descended Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments under his
arm! Elijah didn’t seek a forum or discuss his agenda with the
850 prophets and priests of Baal, at the “cook-out” on Mt.
Carmel! “Thus saith the LORD” eliminates weather vane
Christianity.
When Jesus spoke the words of our verses today, surely
there was no discussion with the rabble He was addressing.
The Pharisees and Sadducees were a constant “burr-in-the-
saddle” in regard to everything Christ did or said. He called
them wicked and adulterous in this righteous rebuke, thus,
reserving even stronger language for Matthew 23!
Weather vanes have their place, but are of little value when
matched up against God’s Word and Christ’s commands. One
very neglected portion of Scripture is the “I say unto you”
words of Christ in Matthew 5:18, 20, 22, 28, 32, 34, 39 and 44.
Jesus never offered a weather vane type of religion. His was
always, “Thus saith the Lord.” He spoke with His eyes
focused in one direction and His heart fixed like flint
on-Calvary and the cross! -T.G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the \u201cBaptist Bread\u201d March 14, 2023, devotional by author Dr. Tim Green, Revival In Our Time, Day Heights, OH. With permission from Tim Green, editor of Baptist Bread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Baptist Bread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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