Leaving God? 1

INTRO: In the last while a number of things have come my way, and as I prepare for some other messages on several chapters of Scripture, I felt burdened to speak on what I see. Martin Luther King junior said, “I have a dream.” Well, every once in a while I have a burden. When I read the OT and I come across this phrase, ‘the burden of the Word of the Lord came…’ I cringe. I feel for the man of God upon whom that burden comes. That burden, if it is from the Lord, comes when the people of God have backslidden to such an extent that God will have to send warning. And almost all people who backslide into sin hate exposure and reproof. And the man of God who is a true mouthpiece for God endangers his well-being or acceptance among those who profess to be God’s people when he delivers that message.