There is a clarion call to all children of God to awaken from their slumber to what God wants to do for them in areas like holy living, soul-winning, and service to mankind. It is earnest and imperative to regard this bring in obedience to our Father in heaven and to bring glory to His Holy Name.
Realizing that we live in perilous times, quickly heeding this call has turned into even more necessary. At the point when the Holy Spirit made the call in Ephesians 5:14, things were not even however awful as they seem to be today. Thusly, as the Church of God, we should awaken from our sleep. The Holy Spirit says we ought to arise from the dead, with a promise that Christ will give us light. In other words, a large number of us are dead spiritually. All things considered, thank God that Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, is alive to His obligation of reestablishing us.
How do members from the body of Christ become dead spiritually, and what is really killing them? 1 King 13:11-22 the narrative of an old prophet who resided in Bethel, which is the translation mean house of God. Ironically, this old prophet residing in the house of God was backslidden. There was also another man, a youthful prophet who had not compromised his faith in the Almighty God. God sent him to prophesy against the idolatrous activities in Jeroboam, with a warning that he must not rest alone until he got back from delivering God's message. Also, he was instructed not to eat anything or return the same way he went.
This young prophet did by what the Lord had told him, then again, actually he felt so drained and chose to take a rest under an oak tree. Tragically for the young prophet, it was at this resting spot that the old prophet met and tricked him to go against God's instructions. There are many old prophets around us in this present world. In their backslidden state, they actually educated and loaded with experience when they teach.
To innocent young men and women of God, their words are loaded up with wisdom. You must anyway be careful with their wrong teachings. Their position on diverse issues can trick young minds. Unknown to the young prophet, he believe the old prophets lie, and he ended up taking destructive spirit siesta. Unfortunately, this same old prophet was the one who delivered God's message of judgment upon the youthful prophet. So be careful! The old prophet wanted to go to hell but all they wanted is that they want to alone with many people. Awake, and don't fall to the foe's tricks!
