From Whom Are You Seeking Approval

"I [Paul] am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." - Galatians 1:6-10

I am certain that you are as concerned as I am by the moral flat spin that the Church seems to be in. 

A flat spin in an airplane is a dangerous flight condition that can be impossible to recover from. Thankfully, it’s not likely to happen on any routine flight. It occurs when the plane has no forward airspeed as it spins towards the ground around its vertical axis. (In a helicopter it is called "settling with power")

During a flat spin, the aircraft usually pitches down and begins spinning in a corkscrew-shaped spiral toward the ground. The forward airspeed is very slow since the aircraft is stalled. But the sink rate towards the ground can be very fast, and the rotation rate can be violent and disorienting to the pilot. How did the plane and pilot get there - very likely the pilot has made an error in judgement. Probably several decisions that led him to that calamity. The sky (and gravity) can be very unforgiving. (In a helicopter your only option is to do what is counter-intuitive - you are rapidly descending and want to increase power but that is the opposite of what you must do which is reduce power and fly out of the disturbed air column that you are in)

What does that lesson in aerodynamics have to do with faith.  Paul said that the motivation for preaching a false gospel was that the preachers or purveyors of the false gospel were trying to please men and not God. Today there is so much pressure to conform to the world. To agree that what God has made plain is wrong is, in fact, right as deemed by man. We are tempted to go along to get along - but that is the worst thing we can do. And it is not just one bad decision we make that finds us spinning out of control. We are to be light in a dark world and the darkness hates the light. 

"Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed." - John 3:19-20

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone