Sunday Bulletin – 07 September 2025

Reverend Wilfred Lim | Sep 07, 2025

Dear worshipers of the Most High,

The clock is ticking. Let us pause and examine our hearts this morning.

In Ezekiel’s day, God revealed to His prophet that people enjoyed hearing him, but had no intention of obeying. They treated God’s Word as entertainment—sweet to the ear, but powerless in their lives. Sadly, this is still true today. Many approach church with a “what’s in it for me” mindset rather than a desire to hear and obey God. The Message Bible (version) puts it bluntly: “They flatter you with compliments, but all they care about is making money and getting ahead. To them you’re merely entertainment.” What a piercing description of our times.

History warns us. Israel craved meat and despised the manna; God gave them their request, but He was not pleased. They demanded a king, rejecting God’s rule; He allowed it, but it was not His will. Likewise, do we also come before God craving what pleases us, instead of asking what pleases Him? We sing, “I live to worship You,” “I only seek Your face,” “I don’t want anything else,” but do we live these truths? Jesus said true worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). God is not deceived by lifted hands if the heart is far away.

Paul warned, “The time will come when people will not endure sound doctrine, but will heap up teachers to suit their own desires” (2 Timothy 4:3). That time is now. Many congregate to hear what scratches their itching ears, chasing after the “meat” and the “king” their hearts demand. But God is sifting His people—the wheat from the tares, the sheep from the goats. He answers according to the idols in the heart (Ezekiel 14:4).

Beloved saints, this is a time for deep self-examination. Have our hearts drifted back toward Egypt? Have money, promotions, and worldly cares overtaken us? Or are we pressing on—more obedience, more surrender, more faithfulness, more holiness and more conforming to His image? The falling away is real, but so is God’s promise to preserve a remnant. The Lord still calls us to be among those who overcome, who keep their garments pure, who shine as lights in the midst of darkness and who will love Him.

Let us therefore pray: “And the Lord our God will circumcise our heart and the heart of our descendants, to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul, that we may live” (Deuteronomy 30:6).

Maranatha,
Rev. Wilfred Lim