Adam, Adam, Where Forth Art Thou, Adam

God is calling out to the church the body of Christ. However, we are hiding. We are hiding behind our traditions and rituals. We are hiding behind or diplomas and degrees. We are hiding behind the safety of our four walls because it is dangerous out in the streets. Nevertheless, God is still calling out, “ Onward Christian solider, marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before.” God is calling out to the church members. However, we are hiding. We are hiding because someone will call us a religious fanatic. We are hiding because we think no one will listen to us. We are hiding because we have hired someone else to do our job. Nevertheless, God is calling, “ Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus, the Christ is born.” God is calling out to the unsaved, but we are hiding. We are more concerned with tires and rims than diapers and food. We are physically present in our homes, but we are no more than a hump on the couch. We are present in our communities, but we are no more than a bump on the highway of life. Nevertheless, God still calls out, “ Come ye disconsolate, wherever you languish. Come to the mercy seat and fervently kneel. Bring your wounded hearts, tell your anguish, earth has no sorrow that heaven can not heal.” God is calling out to our country and nation, but we are hiding. We are hiding because we have listened to, agreed with, and are acting like Lucifer. We no longer protect God’s creation. We try our best to destroy them. We no longer trust in God. We got Buddha, Mohammed and the psychic hotline instead. Nevertheless, God is stilling calling out, “ Adam, Adam, where forth art thou, Adam.”

Although, Adam and Eve sinned, God still loved them. Although He corrects them, He did not abandon them. Although, justice demanded for them to die, “ For the day you eat of this tree you shall surely die.” He gave them mercy instead. We, too, will continue to receive God’s love in spite of our sins. Although, He will and does discipline us, He will never leave us nor forsake us. Although, justice calls for us to die, “The soul that sins shall surely die.” God gave us love, grace, and mercy. He wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and places Him in a manger. Although, we stand before God in nothing but our filthy unrighteousness, He sheds the blood of the only Lamb of God and washes away our sins. Still, He calls out to us, “ There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins. And sinners plunge beneath the flood lose all their guilt and stain.”

When we hear the voice of God calling us, we must realize that He requires an immediate response. As we walk in this present day civilized wilderness, God calls us to respond in spite of our turmoil, despair, or sin. He requires us to respond immediately to His call, “ I am thine oh Lord. I have heard thy call as it told thy love to me. And I long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer drawn to thee. Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord to the cross where thou have died. Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord to Thy precious bleeding side.” When we hear the call of God, the question is will we respond. Will we come from behind our denominational church walls and compel the lost to come. Will we get up off our do nothing and start to do something in the highway and byways of our society. Or will we just continue to hide afraid that God and the world will discover our sin.