There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
-Proverbs 30:11-14 (King James Version)
Yesterday, I had stated that I found a lot of interesting stuff reading Proverbs 30. Today, these verses immediately brought my attention to us today. I'm talking directly to Christians. These verses paint an accurate picture of us today, I believe.
The writer says, in verses 11-12, "There is a generation that curseth their father, and does not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness." Look around us today. Families are broken, children are rebelling against their parents, and the term "estranged" from the family is used almost daily. Satan has gotten into our families and into our minds and caused tremendous damage by the tearing apart the family. Verse 12 says, "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness." This, pure and simple, is our generation. We want the appearance of being right with God, with the ability to live how I want to live, and no one will tell me different. People today are sitting in churches across our land, living in blatant sin, and think they are right with God. It's like we are smacking God right in the face. We want to worship God on our terms, but it's not like that. We think we are pure, when in reality, we are still filthy dirty in sin.
Friends, do you want the mere appearance of being right with God? For me, I want the assurance that I'm right where God wants me to be. We need to come to Him, confess our filthiness, and get made clean. Think About It.
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