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Last night was our third evening of revival services. Our guest speaker, Reverend Dr. Melrose Rattary, spoke on Psalm 139 and Matthew 15.

The sermon revolved around a series of key truths:

-God knows us.
-God knows our hearts.
-God knows our thoughts.

And, in light of His holy knowledge of who we really are, we are cautioned to take heed:

-Does our lifestyle show the world that we know, and OBEY, the living God?
-Are our hearts repositories for the purity of Christian life and doctrine, or are our hearts filled with sin?
-If the thoughts in our minds were exposed to the world, what assessment would the world make of us?

There was a clear prophetic warning delivered to Bronx Bethany. The external exuberance of praise and worship, for some of us, is a false cover. In Matthew 15 Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah: "These people draw near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." (Matthew 15:8)

What do we do in light of this indictment?

-We repent.
-We plead for mercy.
-We ask the Holy Spirit to tranform us by His power, so that we can reflect the image and likeness of God.

Lord, help us to hear and obey so that we will not be crushed by Your judgement.