Today,
people want to make everything “fuzzy”. By doing this, right and
wrong become a matter of opinion; therefore , everyone can be
guiltless. Reality is a different matter. A lady can not be a little
bit pregnant; either she is or isn’t, period. And when a person
dies and is left unattended, there will be a stench after three days.
In other words, some things are absolutely right or wrong. Judgment
can be made. That is why we make plumb-lines; to determine if
something is straight or not. Now, plumb-lines are mentioned in the
Bible, in the book of Amos…
Amos 7 ( World
English Bible
)
Amo 7:1, Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed
locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and
behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest.
Amo 7:2, It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass
of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How
could Jacob stand? For he is small.”
Amo 7:3, Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says
Yahweh.
Amo 7:4, Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh
called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and
would have devoured the land.
Amo 7:5, Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could
Jacob stand? For he is small.”
Amo 7:6, Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,”
says the Lord Yahweh.
Amo 7:7, Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a
wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
Amo 7:8, Yahweh said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said,
“A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb
line in the midst of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them
any more. (emphasis
added)
Amo 7:9, The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries
of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of
Jeroboam with the sword.”
The
plumb-line is presented last in a series of judgments. It represents
the standard of judgment; a measurement of right and wrong. Israel
will be measured and apostasy removed.
Sooner
or later everyone will be judged by God. Walk the straight and narrow
to avoid punishment. Jesus has shown the way to do this; listen to
him and LIVE!