Kedoshim, K’doshim, or Qedoshim (קְדֹשִׁים — Hebrew for “holy ones,”
Does this Define Christianity as you have heard it?
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I Owe, I Owe
Work hard to buy a house.
Work hard to raise your children.
Work hard to be dependable.
Work hard for an education.
Work hard so you can play.
All these great things, done for us.
I can’t remember what that’s called.
What are we willing to do for the One who made us?
What are we willing to do in response to his promise of eternal life?
How do we give
Thanks?…….
Praise………
Friendship……….
Fearless abandon……….
Fellowship……..
Let’s see now, what’s that called?
The Summation of Charitable Giving
The mantra of today is “Compassion to everyone”. But compassion delivered without wisdom is no compassion at all. How should someone know what to do and when? The answer is to be wise.
If you want to understand charity, then understand this, Jesus is the answer folks.
People will think that they can listen to government and to social movements and know how to deliver compassion. They will give their goods, money and time, to these organized establishments, thinking that someone else will do what is best. “They are educated and devoted to delivering compassion. Surely I can trust them. Their advertisements are compelling, thus they must be right.” So a great many say and do. I will tell you by personal experience, there’s a lot of money to be made on the backs of the poor.
How many people see some apparent need and give without thinking? Have they truly done God’s will? Or have they just massage their conscience? Have they truly understood the situation? Or have they just wasted their resources on something false? “I felt in my heart, it was a good thing to do.”
People will think they can read philosophy (That body of literature designed to teach social wisdom, the keeping of social order by logical restraint.) and know what to do. People will think that all kinds of charity is good, sound and best. So they give and give without regard to wisdom.
You cannot find the wisdom of God in the government, social movements, your own errant heart, or the philosophy of Man.
People will think they can look at history and know how to deliver what is pure and good today. They look at how the poor and lame of yesterday were treated. “We have created hospitals and charitable organizations we are far better than our ancestors!” Really?
People may even read the words of the Bible and think that by these words they can decipher their own way through life. “How much more the simple act of giving?” What did the Lord say? 39 “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” (John 5)
When will we learn that we can do nothing without him? When will we understand that to deliver one aspect of God is not delivering the fullness of the Lord? No, compassion without the wisdom of God is no compassion at all. Such Things fall under the heading, “The works of Man’s hands”. The good of Man it’s not the same as the Good of God.
Such attempts at Compassion actually deliver more damage than if we had done nothing at all. But we feel good, don’t we?
When will we stop being lazy? When will we decide to reach out to the Living God, and remain his True servant? When will we spend more time on our knees than praising ourselves for the good things we do? A lot of activity is done, but uselessness is its fruit. Look around. With all the busyness of charity done today, is the world in any better position? If you say yes, I suggest you look again.
We do some “good thing” and wander off into time thinking we are good people. With a smile on our face we forget the one to whom we have shown compassion. But we don’t see what happens when we leave.
But the good things that are done by a servant of the Living God’s Holy Son do not have that same affect. If we ask him, wait patiently for the answer, then diligently deliver the things he gives, we can be sure that a true good has been done.
But Man is in a hurry to change his world. He thinks that God moves too slowly. He doubts that God will listen to his request. Worse yet, comes the common understanding that man is expected to do all things good by himself. (This is what you will find the Mormon Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, often the Catholic Church, and more and more many branches of the Christian church, saying.) Even so, the good he thinks he has delivered is no more than a javelin through the heart.
People follow the examples of other people. But are their charitable heroes servants of the Living God’s Holy Son?
So when will people consider what he has said to us? “You can do nothing without me.” I will tell you when. They will serve the Living God when they stop trying to drag him down to their level, and ask to be raised to His.
Common vs Holy
Among the people of this world, Christianity is considered a choice. “So many choices. So many variations of Truth. And if you ask the follower of any religion whether his religion is true, what answer do you expect to get? I will just pick something because it suits my personality.”
One will be a violent man, because he sees violence everywhere. One will worship satan, because he has heard that there is power in evil. One says he believes there is a God, but does nothing to find out what that God desires (That is the man’s religion). Why should I continue to write about the other myriad of variations? You know what they are.
And hasn’t God commanded that this is the way it will be. The blind will remain blind. The deaf will never hear the Holy nature of God’s Son. All the generations of men have been this way. So it will continue to the end.
But what are Christians commanded to do? Do not be like the world. Do not offer up appreciation for the foul things the world thinks are beautiful. Did not say, along with them, “Man is innocent”. We are to be a separate people to the Holy Living God.
As you look about you, is that what you see? Who, among God’s people in Christ, will stand up and say no to sin and yes to the Righteous and Holy ways of Jesus? Who, by their very life, will prove that there is a distinction between Christianity and every other variation of so-called truth? Is the power of God given through Jesus? Or is it just a series of words put in the right position at the right time? If you believe that the others were justified in their selection of what they call truth, it would be good to examine whether you are a Christian.
The Nature of Sin
Sin is a curious predator. The stocking of its prey is sufficient pleasure. It doesn’t kill to eat. It doesn’t destroy to retain its property. And it really doesn’t care whether the sinner is pleased with its work or not. I doubt that sin is even purely selfish. The only thing sin has in mind is to destroy purity. And if you could ask sin why, it wouldn’t have the slightest clue of an answer.
What should be done with an enemy like that?
Unnecessary Slaughter
The Army brought an impressive and massive array of weapons to the war front. When they had set them in place, their enemy cowered in awe.
Seeing that they had achieved a ceasefire by their display of superiority, the Army dug deep trenches and gathered themselves within them. There they pleasured themselves with conversation and delights that they had brought with them. Less than an eighth of a mile from death, they celebrated, relaxed, enjoyed each other’s company, and fell asleep at nightfall.
During the night the enemy sent out spies out along the front. The spies took note that the threat was not real. When they returned and told their commander what they had found. Then, all hell broke loose against their enemy.
The night was lit up to the eye and ear. Explosions made the night sky look like daylight. And the sounds of terror could be heard an eighth of a mile away. When the dawn broke over the battlefield, all that was left of that impressive array were smoldering heaps of wreckage.
Is this what modern Christianity has done? Have they brought the massive power of the Living God in Christ to the war of this world, only to huddled in their expensive palaces? While they should advance without fear, they throw a garden party! While they should be wielding the Eternal words of God, boldly and defiant against the lies of this place, they enjoy each other’s useless dribble of Chit Chat.
Yes it makes me irate!
Judge for yourselves what is right.
Words From There 