The false god that society has created

And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’” (Exodus 32:7, 8 ESV)

There has been a lot in the news lately about what the Bible clearly defines as sin and what the world has deemed acceptable.  Many liberal groups have been saying that "true Christians" would never preach a message that condemns, but rather a message of acceptance.  This view of Christianity is false and is not in alignment with scripture.  The Bible teaches that ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and that we must repent of our sin and accept Christ as our Saviour in order to receive salvation.  The idea that we can continue to habitually sin and never change our ways or our attitude towards sin and still receive salvation does not line up with scripture.  Will we make mistakes, yes, but it is the issue of a repentant heart that makes all the difference.  

Tonight, I went to Exodus and read because the story of the golden calf reminds me of what is happening right now in our society.  Our culture has become disenfranchised with the God of the Bible, so instead, our culture has made up their own god as a replacement.  This god that they have created has no judgement and it's definition of "sin" changes to match whatever society feels it should be.  In other words, they have created a god that changes constantly to fulfill their desires and eliminate their feelings of shame, guilt, and condemnation.  What a terrifying thing...trading the Almighty God for convenience.