THE OLD PATH 

7/9/06  Brother Lee Dotson

Jer. 6:16. Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. It is to a nation who has lost its way that these words come from the mouth of God. This exhortation is given to redirect Gods people, To awaken them to their personal responsibility to stand, to see, to ask for and to walk in the old paths, the good way. Many of Israel’s prophets and even the priests had lost their fear of God and their love for God, they had become greedy and materialistic. They were performing their services out of covetousness. They were prophesying falsely and deceitfully, They were saying what the people wanted to hear and not what God had said, In doing this it had produced a spiritual cancer that was destroying Gods people, they were covering their sins with religious activities. It is very easy to get caught up in a religion that is a religion of convenience and comfort, a religion without a cross, and a religion that permits you to think, say, or do anything you want. A religion that denies the grace of God, and exalts self to a status of Godhood, so that anything self chooses is considered right and acceptable. Paul said, Ga 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Today as never before we must heed this admonition to stand in the ways and see, consider, compare, Do you see the cross? Do you see the blood? Do you see the son of God dying for your sins? Do you see him raising from the dead? Do you see him coming to live in his children through the person of the Holy Spirit? Do you see the requirement to crucify the self life with its affections and lusts? Do you see Jesus Christ as the only door and way to God the father? Do you see clearly the dividing line between sin and righteousness?