Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ah. To Know to the Doing!

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Wacka' Mole!

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I know how to tie my shoes.  I know how to feed myself.  I know a lot about the body and the world around me.  But what do I know about the Kingdom of God?  I want to know more.  But I don’t just want to know for the sake of knowledge.  I’m not intending to attend a trivia party.  I want to know to the doing.  I want to know what the Lord allows a man to know regarding holiness.  I want to be set apart from the ways of this world.  I want to honor His name!

Yet my heart is wicked and full of sins.  I quash one this moment, and another pops up a little later.   We are so horribly locked in a battle against what is pure and what is not pure.  I want to know to the doing of the Lord’s will.

by His Grace.

From Thought to Thought.

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The human brain

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What does the mind do when I’m not looking?  Listen to what’s being thought.   We are told to bring every thought under our control.  It’s not like I can stop the thoughts from coming.  But I can certainly nip them in the bud.  I see a person.   What thought responds to my eyes?  Does it need to be smashed by the self control Jesus affords me?  I see a commercial on TV or a billboard.  What does that sight inspire?  If it’s not a godly thought or response, then I need to address it immediately.  For it’s in the thoughts that a man begins a sin.  And if I can listen to what I’m thinking I have a better chance of avoiding great saddness later.

 

By His Grace.

Hidden Messages All Afoot.

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February 25, 2010 - Walking Feet

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I see the people moving with no noise of their condition.  Concealed beneath the flesh they wear is the condition of their soul.

I wish that they would speak what their heart is holding tight.  At least then I would know just what my lips might say.

“God bless you”.  “Prepare to meet the God you think doesn’t exist”.  That sin you harbor with delicate wanting is wanting to destroy you”.  “Yes!  Jesus is Lord of Lords!  And you are my brother or sister!”  “You didn’t mean to do what you did.  Why are you holding on to your guilt so hard?”

What are you feeling, you people of flesh?

Refinement? Not Likely.

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Cross on Week Down to the southeast of Chagfor...

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Today’s world has:

toasters, ovens without firewood, central air, cars, cellphones, TV, computers, high rise office buildings, asphalt roads, fashionable clothing, industry out the wazoo, and “refined” politics (if that’s not an oxymoron).

The day of Jesus’ visit to His creation had none of these things.  So some have said that the world is a better place.  Some have even gone so far as to say we no longer have need of a God who has become useless and ancient.  And in this foolishness they have dismissed the need for a savior.  For, after all, look at how wonderful man has become.  Fine.

But just mention the Christian faith in any circle today other than a church and you’ll get the same response Jesus and the Apostles got.  Try it, just for kicks and see.  Nothing has changed in the basic nature of man.

I posted a remark recently about how I live among a people who would gladly re-crucify the Lord of Glory.  And if any of these God haters ever read my posts they would balk at that statement.  But I speak the truth in this regard!  You think because you have all these human refinements that you are different people than those who lived in that day?  Ok.  Tell me then.  How do you treat the Lord’s people when they open their lips in public and praise the Most High God for what He has done in Jesus?  And if we are strong enough in His Love to continue to escalate the speech, we would endure beatings and imprisonment.  Death seems to be off the table for now.  Society has moved beyond that implement of hatred for God’s people, for now.

You are the same people!  You hate what is good and cling to what is evil.  As the Lord has said, “Woe to you”.  You attack public displays of prayer with a vengeance.  Some have even pointed out how “un-Christian” that is.  They say we should pray in secret and not parade our faith like that.

Well, I will speak with open heart about the Lord.  I will act according to the knowledge He has allowed me to own.  I will point out your faults before Him.  And I will not stop because you consider me a fool.  You might say that Christianity should not be offensive or a disruption to society.  You stir up rebellion and violence simply by trying to sweep the Living God under your filthy rug of human interest.  You, yourselves, are violence to the Most High God!  For you gladly live in the world He has created without giving Him the worship due His Glorious name.  You are to blame for the death and sickness you now blame God for foisting on man.  And, unless you too repent of all your evil, humble yourselves before the Lord of Life, and accept His singular method of entering life, you too shall die like those who caused the crucifixion of Jesus.

 

By His Grace.

Freedom?

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Freedom

For all of you who hate the Lord because you think He is unjust or unfair in His dealings with man.  You think He has no right to wage war against the godless.  Or you think death is unfairly dished out to some.  Or you attribute sickness and death to man without regard to the feelings of man.

You should consider something.  The freedom you wish will never come to you.  You won’t ever get loose from His mighty hand.  You are locked in a battle for your soul even now.  The freedom you seek is not complete.  Even now, you have a place in your life where you’re not allowed to enter.  There is an aspect to life where you’re not allowed to go.

God is.  And He will not be denied.  His people speak His name and praise His name and ways.  And look how you hate them.  The freedom you seek already had a place where there is no freedom at all.   He will never cease being.  And His people will never cease speaking His wonders.  So rail all you will to have the freedom you think you have now.  But what freedom is there that includes a place that is not free?

 

By His Grace.

Rudely Surprised? Or Growing Confident.

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Clouds

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If you are weak in your Christian faith, you stand a really good chance of becoming a prisoner of all that is against God.  Do you think I say this without cause?  The Lord told us to “come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins”.  Do you really think you can enjoy the baubles and trinkets the world offers and still remain strong in the Lord?  If the world won’t embrace you as its own, you’ll be left alone.  And this will be a double problem to you.  For the Lord has also warned us that if we are “luke warm” He will vomit you from His mouth.

Strengthen your standing before the Most High God while you still breathe in this place of testing.  This is the time to secure yourself before the Lord.   If you’re waiting to die to get some wings and float around on clouds, you’re in for a seriously rude surprise.  The Lord is building His people NOW.

 

by His Grace.