The Danger Of Complacency — Don Currin

Well, good morning, everyone, it's a joy to be here and to be around so many fine people that the Lord has done a work of grace in your hearts. I'm very thankful to be here on the platform with so many men that have had such a significant investment in my life and my ministry.

And last night, Denny certainly was used to the Lord to stir my heart once again, so grateful for his ministry and thankful for what God is doing in these days. I just came from Bucharest, Romania, and the Lord is doing such a glorious work there among many of the national church planners, the missionaries there, and especially among the young people.

It seemed like the Lord had just really given us favor in the eyes of the young people, and they responded to the message in tears and brokenness and then came to Niagara Falls, New York last week for a series of meetings.

And once again, among the young people, there was such a brokenness. So it seemed like in my age at 53, the Lord has given me more and more favor among the younger generation, and God is doing a good work.

And I'm very thankful to be a very small part of it. With that in mind, let me just mention something to you. We have a very small table out there in the foyer, and basically it's representing Heart Cry Missionary Society.

Perhaps some of you have heard of Paul Washer. We relocated our ministry from Gainesville, Georgia to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to be a part of Heart Cry Missionary Society and to work alongside of Paul Washer.

We'll continue to do our ministry, but when I have windows of time, I'll be representing Heart Cry on the mission field, taking groups of pastors with me as well as groups of young people. And our church, First Baptist Church of Muscle Shoals, is doing a true church conference in February of next year.

And we have Brother Paul Washer speaking, as well as Jay Adams, the New Thetic counselor father, as well as other good men. If you like the tenor of this setting, then you'll certainly appreciate the tenor of that setting as well, because it's intense preaching, fervent praying, and very passionate Christian living.

And I tell you, it has a contagion effect on you to be around some of these great men. Men, as Paul says, not really great men, but men of a great God. And I tell you, I've been blessed and ministered to and benefited through that influence.

So anyway, the brochures are out there, true church. And the theme this year is church discipline, the real key to church growth. You know, if I run my head into a wall, my head's not going to grow, it's going to swell.

And sadly, many churches across the land today, the churches are swelling, they're not growing. And when the trials come, and the intense pressure from the world begins to be applied, and problems arise in the church, oftentimes those churches are not sustained because it's superficial growth.

We've filled our churches full of a mixed multitude that are made up more of goats than sheep, because we've used the marketing strategies of the world to advance the kingdom of God, and God will never bless it.

So God is giving, much like Denny said last night, us the lust of our own desires. He's turning us over to those things, and we're seeing superficial growth, which is not legitimate biblical growth. And I believe that the catalyst for real biblical growth, church growth, is church discipline.

So the whole theme of the conference will be underscoring biblically the importance of church discipline. If you'd be interested in this conference, the brochures will be out there on the table in the foyer.

The Danger of Complacency in Amos

I want you to take your Bibles, if you would, this morning with me and turn to the book of Amos. The book of Amos. And I want to speak this morning on what it seems as if these days has been an ongoing leading of the Lord as I go from church to church and conference to conference.

It seems like there have been more messages that God has burned into my heart to address this great need in the church in this hour. I want to speak this morning on the subject of the danger of complacency and how to restore your spiritual passion.

If you would, let me direct your attention, please, to Amos chapter 6, and perhaps it would benefit us not only in reverencing the word of God, but maybe keeping some of us awake this early in the morning to stand in reverence to the word of God.

Amos chapter 6 and verse number 1. The scripture says, Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came.

Pass ye to Colnath and see, and from thence go ye to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Be they better than these kingdoms, or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seed of violence to come near, that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall.

That chant, that chant to the sound of the vial, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David. That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments. But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive. And the banquet of them that stretch themselves shall be removed. We'll stop there. Shall we pray together? Dear Father, we come to you in the name of your Son.

Very grateful, Father, that you have put grace in our hearts. That's the only reason we're here today, is because, Lord, your grace has taken root in our hearts by the power of your Holy Spirit. Father, we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you that he is the reviver. We bless you today, Father, that potentially, Lord, he is the one that we desire to have preeminence in this revival conference. Lord, we want no man to get glory. Lord, some of these men are very polished speakers.

And Lord, many of these dear brethren out here are more qualified to speak than myself. But Lord, all of our talents and abilities and accomplishments and feats and our list of accomplishments for the kingdom of God's sake, we don't want any of that to take precedence over Christ.

And we would pray in these next few moments, Lord, that you would reign, take your truth and exalt your name. Make your name great among your people. Lord, make us passionate for Christ. Lord, much like John the Baptist, I pray, God, that you might make us burning and shining lights in these days of darkness and apostasy.

Lord, I'm not going to be duped into believing, Lord, that you can send another spiritual awakening. Lord, in spite of the gross carnality and the profound indifference and, Lord, the way the world is corrupting itself, Lord, even as David said, I would have fainted if I had not believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

But God, I believe that you can do it again. And I pray, God, that you might give your people a time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Lord, God, would you come this morning? Even as Denny said last night, oh, God, if you do not come, Lord, this will be a boring conference.

So, Lord, may it rise above the academics of revival and may, Lord, we enter into the reality of the presence of Jesus afresh. Come in our midst, Father. We ask these things in Christ's name. Amen. You may be seated.

Spiritual Complacency and Religious Self-Sufficiency

You find in this text that we just read in our hearing that the prophet gives a solemn warning to those who have become spiritually careless. Their reliance on their religious heritage and prosperity has produced a deadly complacency toward God.

Like those in the New Testament church of Laodicea, they are increased with goods and have need of nothing, especially God's. Their trust in their wealth has led to a neglect of God. And you'll note something from the outset, brethren, that Amos does not issue this warning.

Woe be to those who are at ease in Zion. He does not issue this warning to the drunkards, to the adulterers, to the God-haters of his day. This is issued to those that are spiritually complacent. They're indifferent toward God.

Tragically in our own culture of affluence, we live Christianity on a lounge and we forget that it was born on an old rugged cross. We have become so consumed with pleasure that we see the life of self-denial a threat to our happiness and certainly something that is unnecessary for eternal salvation.

It was Charles Spurgeon who warned, Doeth that man love his Lord that would be willing to see Jesus wearing a crown of thorns while for himself he craves a chapel of laurel? Shall Jesus ascend to his throne by the cross and do we expect to be carried there on the shoulders of applauding crowds?

Be not so vain in your imagination. Count you the cost and if you're not willing to bear Christ's cross, go away to your farm and to your merchandise and make the most of them. Only let me whisper this in your ear.

What should a man profit, be profit if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul? You recall the hymn writer George Bernard who penned the words that blessed him the old rugged cross. One of those stanzas goes like this.

Oh, that old rugged cross so despised of the world has a wondrous attraction to me. For the dear lamb of God left his glory above to bear it on dark Calvary. No friend, my fear is today that the cross of Christ has lost that wondrous attraction to the average professing Christian in the church.

Sadly, the cross no longer possesses that attraction. It is looked upon with such contempt within the church in this day and hour that many are ashamed of it. Those who sought to forget the ultimate judgment of God by immersing themselves in the affluence of the mountain of Samaria here in our text are like the vast multitude in the church of North America.

Our generation has attempted to remove coming judgment from its thinking and preaching so that lost people are made to feel comfortable in church. Now, please don't misunderstand me. I think we need to minister to lost people.

I think we need to go out of our way to accommodate them and help them in the spirit of gentleness. The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men. But I tell you, friend, sometimes it seems as if many churches are watering down the influence of the word and apologizing for the effect that their lives have upon people that are dead in trespasses and sins.

Our generation has attempted to remove judgment from its thinking and preaching so that these lost people feel comfortable in church. Tragically, many, not a few, but many are sleeping the sleep of spiritual death because of the unwillingness of preachers to proclaim the reality of impending doom.

Listen to me, brethren. The day the tsunami came and swept tens of thousands of people away there in Indonesia and the surrounding countries, many people were unconscious of the potential devastation because they were intoxicated on pleasure.

That is the picture we have here in Amos chapter number six. Now, I want to make this very simple this morning, and I agree with Spurgeon, there is a blessing in brevity, but I want to share with you some things that God is burning on my heart, and I trust that He, in turn, will burn upon your heart this morning.

What It Means to Be at Ease in Zion

First of all, I want us to consider what it means to be at ease in Zion. That's our text, verse number one. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion. What is the definition? What is an applicable definition?

But what is, first of all, the biblical definition of being at ease in Zion? It means to be careless or secure. You see, the idea here is these people were resting on their religious laurels, their religious traditions, and their prosperity, and this affluence had bred a deadly complacency.

John Gill said, Zion was a stronghold, the city of David, the seat of the kings of Judah, where their court was kept and the princesses and chief men resided and thought themselves safe, the place being well fortified with walls, towers, and boards.

And ease here is referring to an easy, prosperous, comfortable circumstance of life. That is a picture of our churches in North America. The idea is that they were resting on the laurels of their own tradition.

Now, what does it mean more personally to be at ease? Listen carefully. When one is at ease, they neglect God. They neglect God. You know, my problem with coming to conferences like this is that oftentimes all this does is jumpstart some cold, carnal people that have been that way for years.

Can I say this to you? If you've been cold and carnal, if you've been dabbling in things that are wicked and abominable in the sight of God, if your life has been the living example of a hypocrite, friend, I tell you, perhaps you don't need a touch of God in revival.

You need to be born again. I agree with J .C. Ryle. Where there is no holy living, there is no holy ghost. And if you're in Christ, I tell you, he will make you holy. Doesn't mean you're perfect, friend.

We're not talking about perfection. We're talking about perseverance. We're talking about rising up when we do stumble, when we do sin, when we do grieve the Holy Spirit. But to stay in a constant state of complacency and apathy for month after month after month and year after year is not a good sign that we've ever been born again.

Perhaps you're seated there today and you're a stranger to the grace of God because God's grace will make you holy, make you like his beloved son. What does it mean to be at ease? It means to neglect God.

It means to live indifferently toward him. It refers to a people who profess to know Christ but live carelessly. There is a neglect of prayer, holiness, obedience, family worship, and the life of consecration.

You see, when one is at ease, biblical truth is not altogether denied but neglected. God's word no longer governs what they do, where they go, what they watch on television, or how they think. Guarding their hearts, their tongue, and their time is often looked upon as legalistic.

They desire a savior that delivers from hell but not one that delivers from self and sin. It's interesting, friend, that one of the purposes of Jesus dying on the cross, and by the way, oftentimes we only glean the benefits that man receives in Christ's death on the cross, but there are stores of redemptive purposes in Christ laying down his life on the cross.

And one is found in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 15. The Bible said that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him. You see, Christ saved us to deliver us from a self-centric life into a Christ-centric life.

And if you're in Christ, friend, I tell you, you can't remain in a carnal, careless state very long. God, whom he loves, he chases and scourges every son that he receives. To be at ease in Zion is to live carelessly, to neglect God.

The Effects of Spiritual Ease: Judgment, Pleasure, and Indifference

But there's a second thing I want you to see from our text, and that is the effects of being at ease in Zion. The spiritual effects of being at ease in Zion. In Amos chapter 6, verses 3 through 6, we find four different things that we should expect to see when we are in a state of spiritual ease.

Number one, there is a complacency toward approaching judgment. Now, look with me, if you would, at verse number 3. The prophet says, Ye that put far away the evil day and caused the seed of violence to come near.

Now, what was the evil day? It was the day of reckoning. It was the day of judgment. It was the day when all mankind would stand before the bar of God and give an account of themselves before God. It's a day where God will go through the books and judge the world by his Son, Jesus Christ, in truth and in righteousness.

And what you have here is a people that have become so indifferent, and in their indifference they had dismissed from their mind, put far out of their thinking that there was a day of reckoning, a day of judgment coming.

And as a result of that, there was no fear of God before their eyes. Therefore, in their judgment seats, in their places of court execution, wickedness was running rampant because there was no sense of God and no fear of God in the lives of those who had leadership positions to lead and to judge the people.

They had caused the seed of violence to come near the cause of their complacency and the deficiency in fearing God. Does it bother you like it bothers me that there is so very little preaching on judgment these days?

Brethren, when's the last time you heard a message on hell? When is the last time you heard a message on the wrath of God? Can I tell you, can I just stir up your mind in a way of remembrance this morning?

Our loved ones are headed for a judgment that is indescribable if they've not cast themselves upon the mercy of Christ. Where are the Jonathan Edwards these days that preach such messages as sinners in the hands of an angry God?

Where are the Asal Nettleton's? If you study his book, the sermons from the second great awakening, I tell you, friend, the titles themselves are hair raising. The man saw over 30 ,000 people converted, not decisions, not praying prayers, but converted in his day in the second great awakening.

And you read through some of those titles there. And such a title as abandoned by God exists. And a sure destruction for the impenitent. We're not hearing messages on wrath. That's why there's so much psychology in the church.

People have got to be constantly helped up and propped up because God's never changed the hearts. At best, the house has been swept and garnished. And all of it comes as a result of such a dearth of preaching on wrath and judgment and hell.

They asked Martin Lloyd-Jones on one occasion during an interview with Christianity Today. They said, Dr. Jones, tell us, in the light of the plight economically and politically and ecclesiastically in the church in the British Isles, what do you believe that God is saying to the Christians there?

What do you believe God is saying to the country? And Lloyd-Jones, without hesitation, said, I believe that God is saying flee from the wrath to come. Every round of questions. Everything they brought up about the problems in the British Isles.

His same answer was flee from the wrath to come. And then he closed the interview. They said, do you have any concluding word, any parting word for us? And once again, he spoke very succinctly. He said, flee from the wrath to come and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Can I tell you something? Revival preaching, I'm finding, is gospel preaching. The reason we're not seeing genuine revival and sustained revival, as Denny mentioned last night, is because there is such a dearth of gospel preaching in the land.

And sadly, even as my friend Paul Washer said, the reason for that is not that we're not preaching the gospel. We don't understand the gospel. We don't understand the nature of the gospel. And you see, gospel preaching is not only gospel promises, friend.

It is gospel warnings. I like the words of Solomon Stoddard, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards. What a great heritage he had. But Solomon Stoddard said that the purpose of preaching is not to strut our wit or eloquence, but to set the consciences of men on fire.

Can I ask you something, friend? When's the last time you heard preaching that sets the consciences of men on fire? You don't hear it these days. Rather, we have preachers who sugarcoat the message, who prophesy smooth sayings, who say, peace, peace, where there is no peace.

That's where we are today. And that's why our churches in Canada and the United States are in such a pitiful condition. We have overlooked, we have dismissed intentionally judgments from our minds, and even in our preaching.

Whatever happened to the days of men like Leonard Ravenhill, who used to say, if in heaven they sing worthy is the lamb, in hell they will sing the harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.

I tell you, friend, if you've ever had the privilege of sitting under preaching like that, that is the mercy of God. Don't ever scorn it. Don't ever back off of it. You welcome preaching with intensity that will not only preach gospel promises, but also gospel warnings.

Because I tell you, some people are going to have to be awakened out of their sleep. As Whitfield said, the church is in a deep sleep and only a loud voice will awaken it. Thank God that God is raising up some men today with a prophetic message.

There's a second thing you find in our text here. Another effect of being at ease in Zion is there's a love for pleasure more than a love for God. Look at verses 4 and 6. Chapter 6, verses 4 and 6. The scripture says of these people, they lie upon beds of ivory, this priceless furniture they have had imported in.

They're stretched out on their beds of ivory. They stretch themselves up on their couches. They eat the lambs out of the flock, the choicest of meats, and the calves out of the midst of the stall. Look at verse 6.

They drink wine in bowls, not in cups, not in goblets, but in bowls. You see the picture of overindulgence here. And they anoint themselves with the chief ointments. These people are given to pleasure.

Isn't it interesting what Paul would say in 2 Timothy chapter number 3? That one of the marks of the last days is that men will be lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Then would it surprise you if I were to tell you that last year professing Christians spent billions of dollars on entertainment?

Would it also surprise you if I were to tell you that professing Christians in North America spent more money on cat and dog food than they invested in missions? Isn't it a sad commentary? You can see where our priorities are and why we so desperately need a touch from God.

A wife and I went out to dinner one night. We're standing in line to be seated. And in this particular restaurant, they had television monitors throughout the restaurant. As we're standing there talking, I looked up and apparently someone had missed their cue.

Because most of those restaurants, they have sports or they have news. They have something that's entertaining, perhaps some type of a sitcom of some sort that people love to watch. But on that particular occasion, someone had missed their cue.

And the channel there throughout the restaurant on all these monitors was a documentary on global starvation. And the commentator and the cameraman would pan these cameras back and forth from child to child.

And you could see the malnutrition. You could see their noses were running and their lips were parched. And saliva had just dried in the corners of their mouth. And the corners of their mouth were cracked.

And their flies were caked all over their faces and their heads. And their bellies were terribly inflated from starvation. And suddenly I looked down below and I saw people. They were drinking and they were eating and they were laughing.

And everyone was oblivious to the need of the world. And I thought, what better picture of the church in North America? Even in the church, friend, we're so given to pleasure. It seems as if there's such a gross insensitivity to the needs of those, even physical needs of those in the world, the world in which we live.

I don't know about you, but I'm 53 years of age and I have determined more than ever not to waste my life. I do want to finish in a blaze. Much like Jock Troop, he said, oh God, I was born in the fire, don't leave me standing in the ashes.

He saw a glorious revival. He longed to see it again. But he wanted to live passionately for God's glory. To be a zealot for Christ. But I tell you, friend, it's amazing to me. You know, it's something that I am quite taken back with.

Of the things that people are delving into and becoming consumed with to waste their lives. It's like the couple, 58 years of age, the man and the lady was 51. They retired early so they can move to the beaches of Boca Raton, Florida.

And they live on the beach and daily, seven days a week, walk the beaches to collect seashells. Can you imagine these people standing before Jesus Christ one day and saying, Lord, see my shells. And I think of how I sat right here in the state of Ohio at a pastor's table one night.

And he had invited a man and his wife to have dinner with my wife and I. And the lady, she boasted and she talked about for 30 minutes how she spent six and a half hours every day on the internet playing the stock market.

And I thought, what a waste. What a waste. But you see, this is one of the effects of being at ease, friend. We're given to pleasure. I mean, we spend no expense for creature comforts. As long as it accommodates my desires.

Entertainment, Music, and the Loss of Biblical Discernment

But there's something else I want you to see here in verse number five. There's an increased desire for entertainment that leads to sensual music. There's an increased desire for entertainment that results in a sensual sound of music.

Look at verse five. It says they chant. The Hebrew word there means mindless worship. They engage in a mindless worship to the sound of the vial and invent to themselves instruments of music. And then they justify by saying, well, David did it.

But the sound that David composed was an entirely different sound than what these people are composed. I know some of you are probably sitting there and you say, Brother Curran, he's a legalist. He's narrow minded.

Man, nothing could be further from the truth. I will say this. I believe everybody that's on the narrow road is narrow minded. Friend, I tell you, if Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul were living today, they'd be the biggest legalist in the world.

Hard sayings. But I have some flexibility in music. I think there's some tremendous choruses that have been composed today. And I think they're written to some wonderful music that makes the spirit soar toward God.

I don't have a problem with that, friend. I love the old hymns of the faith, but I love many of the present day choruses that are God centered and biblical. But there is much of sounds that are coming out of the contemporary church today that are soulish and sensual and do nothing but cater to the flesh.

You know, I suppose sometimes I'm tempted to ask some of these people that are so caught up in their music. And the only reason it seems like they come to church is for the music, this question. If they took the music away, would you still follow Jesus?

And I tell you, I've been in some meetings before that you've got some performers that come in and they will sing and they will play their instruments. And they're rocking and rolling up there. And I'm sitting there and I'm grieved on the front row.

And as soon as it's over, their performance is over, they move out the side door, they pack up their vehicle and they move on. They won't even stay for the preaching. Something's wrong. My former pastor, T .P. Johnston, said the message we preach today is walk in the spirit.

But our music says walk in the flesh. Have you ever thought about the importance of trying the spirit of music? Can I give you just some things? Once again, I don't think that these things are narrow.

I think they're very biblical. But here are some good tests for music. Just in passing, number one, can I hear the word of God clearly over the music when it is sung? Matthew chapter 13, verse 23. Everybody talks about the importance of gospel music.

But listen, friend. Before a sinner can come to Christ, there are two things that they must experience. Number one, they must hear the word of the gospel. And secondly, according to Matthew 13, they must understand it.

My concern is how can they understand something that they cannot hear? Do the lyrics take precedence over the music itself? Fannie Crosby said it is never right to take the lyrics of Zion and put them to the tune of Babylon.

Secondly, here's another test. Does the music enlarge my vision of the glory of God? Exodus chapter 13. After the Israelites had been delivered, you recall that they engaged in that glorious song, that praise to God as their Redeemer, as their Deliverer.

And it's interesting, friend, as you study that, it's completely God-centered. It's full of God. Does the music enlarge my vision of the glory of God? Third question, does it produce the fruit of holiness in my life?

Romans chapter 6 and verse 19. Number four, does the music communicate sound biblical doctrine? Colossians chapter 3 and verse 16. And here's a final test. Does the music tend to sedate the mind and make it insensible to God's truth?

In other words, friend, to which part of my being is the music most ministering to? Romans chapter 13, verse 14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof.

Yes, Martin Lloyd-Jones warned, we can become drunk on music. There is no question about that. Music can have the effect of creating an emotional state in which the mind is no longer functioning as it should be and no longer discriminating.

He said, I have known people to sing themselves into a state of intoxication without realizing what they were doing. Music. But there's a fourth thing I want you to see, and that is in verse number six.

You find here there is a growing insensitivity to the needs of those around them. Look at the little phrase there in the latter part of verse six. They are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Now, it's very important to note, friend, who Joseph is here.

It's representing, it's a title for the common people. And during this day, these common people were poverty stricken. They were struggling to make ends meet physically while these people were living high on the hog on the Mount of Samaria.

And those that were so victimized by their affluence, their prosperity, were insensitive to the needs of these people that were struggling just to survive. Can I tell you something once again? It seemed like sometimes we're so inundated with our creature comforts in the church that we're insensitive to the needs of those around us.

Perhaps those in our neighborhood, perhaps those around the world, perhaps those in our own congregation. The story is told of a fishing village that was just inside a cove off the ocean. And ships would come and they would try to deliver their cargo.

There was no problem as long as there was no turbulence. But if there was any measure of storm, the ships were imperiled. The story goes how many times the ships would crash on the rocks during the storm.

And the people in the village, the fishing village, could hear the cries of the perishing. One day someone got the idea. You know, perhaps we need to do something. There are many men losing their lives.

It would be good if we built a very sturdy platform there just inside the cove. So if the ships are dashed on the rocks, we can reach out and we can rescue the perishing. And wouldn't you know it, it seemed to work for a while.

And then someone said, you know, at times our lives are imperiled because the wind is so brisk. It would be good to put a wall around that platform. And so they did. And then somebody suggested a roof over that thing.

Because, after all, at times the rain comes down in torrents and the visibility is nonexistent. And so it would be good if we had a roof over it where we could still reach out and rescue the perishing.

Someone suggested a door because, after all, it got cold and damp at times. So they put a door on the structure. And then somebody said, well, we've got some carpets. And they laid down this beautiful carpet on the floor.

And then someone said it would be nice to have a TV because, after all, while we're waiting for the next ship, it would be good to stay abreast of current happenings. And so they bought a television. And then it wasn't long before somebody supplied it with a refrigerator and then a bed and other creature comforts.

And wouldn't you know it, friend, it was a sad story. The ships continued to come. They entered that cove. And when the storms would brew, the ships were dashed from the rocks. The sailors were cast into the sea.

But the people in that little room could no longer hear the cries of the perishing. And that's where we are in the church today. We're way too pleased in our local churches. We're too consumed with pleasure.

The Judgment Awaiting Those Who Remain at Ease

You see, they had become insensitive to the common people. They were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Well, let me move on. I want to give you a third thing just in passing here quickly. The judgment that awaits those who are at ease.