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 | | From: | Thomas Hankin | | Subject: | The Dividing Line | | Date: | Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:47:28 GMT |
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 | The Dividing Line
Lines are everywhere! There are lines in parking lots to
designate the parking spaces. There are lines drawn at intersections so
that pedestrians know where to cross the street. There are little, but
important, lines drawn on rulers to show units of measure. There are
lines drawn on baseball diamonds, basketball courts, and football fields
to help the players and referees know if the balls, and players, are in
or out.
Lines can be very important. They help us know where we stand.
We are either on one side of the line or the other.
Exodus 32 tells us that Moses drew a line. Here's why: God's
people had participated in a drunken party and had worshiped a golden
calf. Drunken idolaters! Moses knew that God demands that people love,
obey and worship only Him. In a very courageous move, Moses stepped in
front of all those people and drew a line by saying, "Who is on the
Lord's side? Let him come to me ...." (Exodus 32:26). That day, many
crossed the line by standing with Moses and the Lord.
Jesus, too, drew a line when He called those from the multitude to
follow Him. Jesus' words make a very clear line: either you are for
Christ or you are against Him. That same line exists today. We must
decide on which side of that line we will stand.
Many choose to stand on both sides of the line. And for those
individuals Jesus replies, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold
nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth"
(Revelation 3:15-16). There is no middle ground with the Lord. In
fact, for those who try, it makes Him sick to His stomach. Take a stand
on God's side.
from "2000+ Bible Illustrations," Decisions.
God Bless.
Tom.
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