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1 I have a message from God in my heart
concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:
There is no fear of God
before their eyes.
2 In their own eyes they flatter themselves
too much to detect or hate their sin.
Psalm 36
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Repent or Die.
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Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanity, Glenn Beck, Mark Levine, and all the other “minor” pundants are all wrong. While the “Left” thrives on lies, the pundants of the “Right” thrive on half truths. So which is better if both are not complete?
God has established that man’s ways of sin will lead to a certain place. In the end it will be called Armageddon. But while in transit, man’s will is bound to appear in predictable fashion. You men holler from your perches. You scream and dance for the world. You think you are telling the truth as you point out what is wrong with the world today. You think you can predict where the world is headed. But you are not telling the people that God has ordained that man should endure the fruit of his sin and rebellion. You are not saying what is true. You are simply pointing out what’s wrong.
Then I hear you mention a possible remedy to our plight. You say that if we all band together we can stop this “train wreck” from derailing America. You do no one favors by saying these things. Not one man can correct the direction of mankind. Man is headed for a deadly encounter with the Most High God. And all you are saying is that we’re going that way because we didn’t try to stop it from happening. In this you speak a particle of truth. For each man is responsible for his own knees of humility. But you will not stop or avoid the clash of man against the Lord Most High.
What is the completion of the message you will never spout? “Repent or die”. This you will not tell the people. And so you will continue to dribble your partial truth. While millions will devour your words as if they were candy. And so the world will continue to spin right into the battlefield. Here it comes! It’s not far from every man. But there is a place where God will make that “final stand”. Since you will not say it, I will voice the words: “REPENT OR DIE”.
By His Grace.
I’m Not the King.
I presented a witness to you.
And you thought you mocked me.
I stood before you and spoke.
And you shot your hatred at my head.
I did not flinch, nor did my soul respond.
While the dust of your words passed me by.
I knew, without doubt, that those words you cast out,
Were not meant for one such as I.
The dust of your words left no trace upon me.
Every speck has landed somewhere else.
It is the Lord you’ve insulted.
I am only His messenger to your face.
And how foolish to dash the messenger,
Then turn and boast that you have killed the King.
By His Grace.
“Blessed is the man . . .”
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I used to think that a man could consider himself blessed by God if he did certain things which pleased God. I equated “blessed” with God being thankful for our work/s. And to a small (very small) extent this might be true. But I remember that nothing we do actually pleases the Lord. “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” (Isa. 64:6) So I am forced to reconsider what blessed means from God’s point of view.
Psalm one says, “Blessed is the man who . . .”. And the psalm goes on to describe what this man’s blessing will manifest itself as. The blessing is not a future promise as much as it is a present and real way of life. The Lord causes a man to become what He desires. Man did not know to do good. It was the Lord who caused the man to do good. There will be no boasting before the Most High God that a man has done a good thing. God prompts us to desire Him. We react with some action, according to our personality. He rewards that reaction with another prompt. And so it goes as we develop the fruit He desires to produce on us. Eventually we are to become holy, even as our heavenly Father is Holy.
If you do not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of the mockers, then the Lord has caused you to be like this. Perhaps you thought or think that you choose to do these things. But you are blessed by God to bear His desired fruit. So praise Him, for this is your function. Humble yourself to worship Him. For He has been kind to you. He has allowed that you should not be a fool in your actions. He has blessed you. You have not become a righteous man on your own. You did not desire to serve Him or read His word on your own. It was His Spirit which has brought you to this place you now live. So render to God what is His due.
By His Grace.
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