"The Call"; Is it the right move?

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV

Are we doing the right thing in the church? Will going to Washington, D.C. to pray, fast, and repent cause a shift in the spiritual climate of America?

Not if we don't heed the right mandate of Scripture!

It's our responsibility, not God's, to turn ourselves around. This is a seeded root lie that was planted by a Calvinist doctrine. However, the truth is that God expects mankind to choose justice, righteousness, and life.

Listen carefully again to the mandate in 2 Chronicles 7:14 above. "if my people... humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then, I will...."

Repentance and prayer are only the beginnings, "turning from wickedness" is a strong mandate that commands action on our part. This doesn't mean for us to just cease from doing what's evil, but to continue the turn until we are now doing what's right.

At which point God promises that "I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land." But listen, He says that in order for Him to enact the promises, we must first enact our part.

So, we're not going to receive a blessing from God by showing up for a rally. This is a very serious matter. The church is filled with adultery, fornication, lust, pride, and greed. Crying out to God to change us isn't the answer. Why?

Because God is crying out to the church to first change herself!!!

It's time for God's leaders to start leading rightly before God's eyes and not man's!

It's time for the men and women of God to open their mouths and speak out against sin in God's church!

It's time for those who refuse to repent and yet profess to be lovers of Jesus Christ to get rebuked for being hypocrites and liars!

It's time to discipline the rebellious according to their sins and ordinances given to us by Jesus (Matt. 18:12-17; Luke 17:3-4) and the Apostles.

It's time for the church to stop being humanistic and putting men's concerns on a higher plain than God's ordinances! There's more fear of offending men and women than offending God by not calling one another out on our sins. God's not an idiot, He knows how to deal with the hearts of men better than we do. Listen to Him!

The Word of God tells us to flee from sin (1 Cor. 6:18). When was the last time you fled from a tempting situation. Where you even aware that you were being tempted or sinning? How many wicked movies have you seen and even enjoyed? How about getting drunk with your Christian friends?

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
James 4:7-10 ESV

It's not always the devil's fault. Too many Christians are acting like jellyfish washed up on the beach. Crying out for God to rescue them from their sinful situations, and blaming it on the devil. Like he's more powerful than the blood of Jesus.

You're not a helpless jellyfish! You have the power of the Holy Spirit living on the inside of you (Romans 8:10-12). The real problem isn't Satan, but your unwillingness to flee from temptations or to learn self-discipline.

It's about your laziness in regard to your purity and faithfulness to your savior (Jam. 1:13-16).

It's about your faithlessness in God's faithfulness and immeasurable love (Duet. 31:6; Jos. 1:5; Matt. 6:25-34; Heb. 13:5).

-Selah