WHEN WILL THE MADNESS STOP??

The other day, while I was doing my morning walk, I was listening to a message by Anthony Carter in which he was stating that the Church has this problem with wanting to be like the world when it comes to faddish things.

Well, on the heels of the VitaminWater, Fiji, and Dasani water crazes, there are companies springing up trying to "Christianize" the water business. For example, a company right here in Florida is now promoting an item called SpiritualWater, which they classify as Holy drinking water that encourages you to "stay focused, believe in yourself and believe in God" (notice what is last on this list!!!). Another company in Chicago is promoting water called Liquid OM, which claims to have "good energy" that can be transferred to the drinker well before they drink the water itself. And finally, there is a company in California promoting Holy Drinking Water--which is blessed in the production warehouse by an Anglican and Roman Catholic priest. The purchase of this water is to remind people to "be kind to others" when you purchase and drink it.

Now, I don't think it takes a person with the IQ of a Neurophysiologist determine my feelings for such resources as these, but I do wonder why (1) Christians feel the need to promote such propaganda?, and (2) the Christianity promoted in these items fall far short of authenticity? For instance, true Christianity would promote that goodness comes from God and God alone (Luke 18:19), and that naturally "there is no one that does good" (Psalm 14:3). In addition, Scripture states that all of man's righteousness is like "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6), and that it takes God to work in us (or in Greek, energize us) to both "will and do for His good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). In short, a bottle of natural water can never make a man holy because natural means can never solve a spiritual problem. There is only one water that can cleanse the heart of men and make them righteous in the sight of God--the fountain of blood that flowed from the LORD Jesus on Calvary's mountain for sin. If one has not drank from this fountain, there is no other water that will make them acceptable in God's eyes.

So while there will be some Christians (and sadly, non-Christians) buying this water thinking that it will give them some burst of power, much like Spinach does Popeye, my faith will be rooted and will rest in the perfect, finished work of the LORD Jesus on my behalf. It is he who is my solid rock, and truly all other ground is sinking sand.

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