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The Holy Spirit has prompted me to bring a solemn warning to the body of Jesus Christ! The warning is this: There is a sin raging in the church right now that is causing the fall of multitudes of Christians. This particular sin is leading many believers to the very brink of the abyss!
Here at Times Square Church a number of dear, Christ-loving people have already begun slipping left and right. Others are on the brink of a serious slide. I pray this message will open your eyes to your condition — and that the word God has given me here will set you free.
The awful sin I’m writing about is dangerous because most Christians have not taken it seriously. It is not considered to be a major sin; its evil has been either underestimated or ignored. And yet it is affecting multitudes of believers — causing the shipwreck of numerous pastors, evangelists and laypeople around the world.
This sin is not what we would call a sin of the flesh, such as adultery, fornication, lust, homosexuality, gambling, stealing, or drug or alcohol abuse. Nor am I talking about a sin of the mind, such as anger, covetousness, ambition, rebellion, unforgiveness, slander, gossip or even pride. In fact, the sin I’m referring to is far more serious and seductive than pride itself. Yet when this sin is indulged, it is capable of leading to every other sin listed here.
I am not trying to be dramatic. This is a soul-damning sin that must be exposed and and dealt with — in every one of us!
Let Me Reveal to You This
Serious, Seductive Sin!
Not long ago, I was sitting at my desk in our ministry offices when I heard loud sobs coming from the reception area. I walked out of my office and saw my secretary consoling a twenty- four-year-old Nigerian girl. I recognized the young woman: She has attended Times Square Church for about four years now. She has been wonderfully faithful — a beautiful witness for Jesus who comes from a Christian family. But now her face was lined with grief.
“What happened?” I asked. My secretary answered, “She just received word from Nigeria that her father and mother have been killed in an auto accident.”
The girl was absolutely crushed. She told us she had six brothers and sisters, all under seventeen years of age, who now were left with no support. She could get only temporary work, and she regularly sent money back to Nigeria to help support her family, even though she was barely able to make ends meet for herself.
The distraught girl cried, “I don’t understand! I have served the Lord faithfully for years. I tithe consistently. I walk upright before the Lord. And now this! Why would God allow such a tragedy? I don’t have any money to fly back to Nigeria to bury my parents, or to take care of my six siblings. This makes no sense to me!”
Then she looked up at me through tear-stained eyes, almost like a child, and asked, “Pastor, why is it so hard to do right? The closer I get to Jesus, the more I suffer. My life has been so hard, so painful already. I’ve had all I can take. And now my troubles only increase. Why has God put me in this condition?”
Her grief was absolutely overwhelming. She even told us she had just thought of suicide. “There is no more reason to live,” she wept. “Why go on?”
We happily provided the girl with a round-trip ticket and money to bury her parents. We later learned that when she arrived in Nigeria, she rejoiced to hear that her father’s last words were, “The battle is over. Light has overcome darkness.”
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David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God.
David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers.
Posted with written permission of Time Square Church
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