I insist on living within the confines of truth, as much as weakness within me will allow.  Yet I readily confess that weakness does inhabit the confines of my flesh.

May the Lord have mercy on all who call out to Him for salvation.  Without Grace, where is any man?

Christians are a curious lot.  Because we sense the Lord within us we expect to find Him in our brothers.  But what we expect is often too much.  For the Lord’s truth does inhabit the soul of all His people.  But we see the manifestation appear from them filtered by both their own weakness and ours.  For this reason many fall away from the body of their brothers.  Though they rid themselves of the manifestations of others, they carry that disease in themselves.  As soon as they are approached for an answer, their own filters are put to use.

If you want truth then you must approach the Lord of Life yourself.  Only from Him will you get the pure nature of Glory.  We speak of these things every time the Gospel is resting on our lips.  But who hears with wisdom?  There are those who are strong, faithful, and less cluttered by sin.  But there are also those who are weighed down by their weakness to the point of deafness.  All variations of faith and truth exist within man, at any one moment in the history of this world.  But it is wise to remember: not every one or every time we encounter will bring us a “faith filled Christian”.

Take care what reaction you exhibit as this truth comes home to roost.  Why do damage to what you don’t understand?  Doesn’t Grace live in every one of God’s people?  Isn’t wisdom given without judgment?  And aren’t we encouraged to seek both, that we might become full of each?

It is given to man to warn of falsehood, within the confines of the Gospel.  Billions are led astray by the lies we are born among.  How is it that we expect peace among men?  I have searched (as have others) for that place of peace among men.  I have not found it.  As we adopt the teachings of our Lord Jesus, we come to a place of peace.  But trouble among men are bound to fly up.  For this reason we are called to shed light on falsehood while we promote the truth.  Some arguments are bound to come.  But so is peace, even in the midst of disagreements.  I take no pride in this battle.  But I do not shy away from it either.  If this stance is wrong, then there is Grace.  “33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  (John 16)  Please do not take offence at those who defend the truth for the sake of the Lord’s glory and the weak who are constantly led astray.  For in this discomfort you diminish the work done.  If you must have the promised peace in this world, you will be forced to withdraw from man all together.

When I was young I use to like to walk on the curb of the road.  It was fun to test my agility.  That is simply not a wise behavior along the way of Christ.  If you play along the edges you will stumble.

By His Grace

There are varying degrees of criminals.  But they are all criminals.  There are varying degrees of business success.  But they are all business people.  There are varying degrees of lies.  But they are all lies.

There is a place where the night becomes the day.  There is a place where health becomes sickness.  There is a place where learning becomes doing.  Who can accurately determine those exact places?

Even the nature of things teaches us such things exist.  But if a man would work in the day he looks toward that moment when work can be done.  We tend to notice our sickness long after that moment between health and sickness has passed.  And who can say, “The moment has appeared!  I now understand enough to be able to do.”

How many have put their trust on that pivotal moment?  That moment when we are once captive to sin and given our release to serve the Lord comes.  The wise move far past that moment into a much richer ground.  Sadly, many reach that moment like a ground hog might pop his head above ground a moment and go back to his digging.  It’s so much better to reach that moment and push away from our old ways.  If we have entered “The Way”, why don’t we keep that striving going so we can make a serious distance?

It’s not those who know about the Lord Jesus who will be saved.  Even the demons know about Him.  It’s those who obey what they learn who are being saved.