The Days of Elijah Part 9

8. Our prayers may lead us to confront sin in the church and the world.

It is never easy to confront sin. However, the Christian is called to be a light set upon a candlestick. Light dispels darkness and reveals the dirt and decay around it. If a Christian is a light to the world then the dirt and decay will be revealed. We must remember thought that it is not enough just to reveal the sin but we must speak out against it. Sometimes it is easier to speak out against the injustices and the immorality of the world than it is to speak out against the sin in the church. Jesus spent more time condemning the Pharisees than any other group of people. The Pharisees were the religious leaders of their day but as Scripture tells us judgment must begin at the house of God. The sins in the church that need to be revealed are pride, disunity, bitterness, grumbling, complaining, unbelief and immorality. The sins in the world that we need to speak against are injustices and lack of compassion. We cannot expect the world to be like the church so it is important that the church be the church and show to the world what the kingdom of God really is.