Big Bad Idea: 2 Ambliopia

HALF-BLINDNESS:
Focusing is what Eyes do. Two eyes align on one location. Two eyes synchronize their individual depth of vision.
If one eye is on another location--focus blown. Double vision. Hazardous traveling with someone who's cross-eyed. the only fix is for the eye that's on the less favored thing to go BLIND.

Sadly, when we are cross-eyed in the spiritual life, with one eye far off, on where Jesus sits at the right hand of Glory, the eye that is on the concerns of this world usually stays strong and active. We become blind to the PERSON of Jesus and the Holy Spirit (both invisible) and we hone in and become able with the worldly/social concerns of the church... personally, we are not a christian anymore, since it's not about Jesus, but rather about the teachings of Jesus. We have gotten ourselves a New Law in another testament. We live by a letter and no longer by the spirit. Our lives are admirable to ourselves and men, and we often achieve great things, to some level or another of acclaim, but we have forgotten Jesus--the best friend we ever had...



This kind of half-blindness is all over the place. It is prevalent among pastors and teachers adn movers and shakers in the church who are accomplishing great things with the Purpose of the church at the center, but not the Person--Jesus, present by the holy spirit...





Think about this. Return to Jesus...
Plow up the fallow ground... Hoseah 10:12.
We aren't better than Jeremiah's Judah. Look at how religious they were--and how wrong.
Look at Amos' Israel. They had religion, buildings, programs, celebrations, liturgies, songs... by Grace they seem almost AMERICAN, or eveN CHRISTIAN!
but they were blinded. and lost.

Look at Revelation 3 and the last church: Laodicea.
we don't need another program, or an outreach. We need to repent and sell our stuff. We need to gather toJesus, open the door and let the Holy Spirit come and lead the church, again. There'll be trouble when He comes, though, since Ananias and Sapphira are often on STAFF. We leaders have much to lose in the move of God.