They argue there is no God will they sit at their desk. Perhaps they should get out more often.
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Freedom Fighters?
I see people fighting for freedom (so to speak).
So to speak of fighting; the fight Americans are putting up is more akin to complaining.
So to speak of freedom; the great majority of Americans have never lived under a totalitarian regime. They have no idea what it’s like to live without freedom. And they would be seriously hard pressed if you ask them to define what freedom is.
Passion is born of experience.
The same is true with the Gospel of Christ. Happy is the average person who calls himself a Christian:
.To go to Church (when he wants to)
.To be accepted in his social situation (as if saying you’re a Christian makes it so)
.To stay out of trouble and to stay out of jail
.To have some future unknown hope (leaving the entirety of heaven in the hands of those who are there; preferring ignorance over understanding)
And
.To live his life as he pleases “knowing” that the forgiveness of Christ will cover him in the end (such a man has absolutely no reason to fight for anything)
A man fights for what he knows. The one who knows how precariously he stands as a free man, fights with all he has to keep his freedom. The one who does not understand freedom, does not fight. And such a man will not understand what I have just written.
The offer of Christ is free. Accepting his offer will cost you everything you have.
The Answer
Weasels wuzzle
Beehives buzzle
Life’s a puzzle
That’s why you need Jesus
How Far is Too Far?
Who is the Christ? He is the absolute of everything good. He is the absolute end of everything wicked or ungodly. He is the very Living Word of the Living God.
Every word of God continues forever, for the Sovereign God is Living purity. But God has sent his Living word among us that he may cease for the sake of his enemy’s lives; that God Himself may become the sacrifice.
How great, earnest and eternal is the Living God’s pledge to save our souls?
Considering this I am struck by our lack of confidence. Though it is eternally impossible for God to lie, and though he has sealed his intent in his own blood, somehow most people just can’t believe it. No matter what they hear they want their own righteousness. To those, I must say: what you want is an absolute impossibility. Nothing that is unrighteous can, all of a sudden, become righteous by itself. And all it takes is one tiny misstep or mistake.
Others have believed the message, but they find themselves doubting with a horrifying frequency. They lack the courage to trust the word of the Living God. They do not trust him enough to give him the entirety of their life. To these God’s Living Word remains a nice religion, perhaps even a means of socially acceptable behavior.
How is the second group any different than the first? First is to proud, the second is filled with cowardice. What should either Group expect to hear on the day when they see the face of the Living God’s Holy and Righteous Word?
Can it be said that by their lives they have called the Sovereign God a liar?
It is not for me to judge. It is not for me to condemn or extend ungodly mercy. I have only presented the argument and asked the question.
Stability, the Fragrance of Love
Night or day, rain or shine, storm or tranquil afternoon; I carry within me a Spring time born of eternity. The Love of God in Christ Jesus plays out in my heart and mind without ceasing.
This love is like a musical waterfall of exquisite emotions, thoughts, doings and experiences. It’s no more a religion then the beautiful explosion of love between the young man and a woman, his new found lifelong best friend.
God’s love causes me to smell the colors of the world around me. He shows me the dance of sound in the fabric of air. Words, all words, become living creatures as the Word of Life comes near to caress with truth.
I am useless to man. The Living promise has finally caught me in an eternal embrace. I tried to pay attention to the things that matter most to men, but fail miserably and often .The beautiful patience of God stoked a fire in me to make him blessed with his desire.
All of this, and vastly more, gives me reason to ponder the definition of love among men. So very much is made of the love between a man and a woman. Books, songs, poetry, movies, and all the trinkets produced as a celebration of joy and longevity. All this commotion for something that cannot possibly last. The hurricane of reality sweeps down from the mountains to devastate the joy of first love between man and wife. Most marriages disintegrate to a bond of friendship at best. At worst, they disintegrate to nothing.
The captivating emotions of human love produce something similar to the love of God within his beloved ones. But people are people. They are everything but stable. Greed, impatience, expectations, and everything associated with self begins to ruin first love’s beauty. Eventually death takes it all away.
But how is it that so much is made of the love of man, which is so transitory, while virtually nothing is celebrated toward the love of God? The love of God simply becomes a place to cry out for help when everything we wanted falls apart.
No Punishment?
They say, “Look I have lied and nothing has come of it. God has not punished me. I am perfectly sound of body and mind”.
By this they go about lying without fear of punishment. Could it be that the punishment is not physical? Could it be that the punishment comes in the way of denial; that the Glory of God is distant from them?
They lie because it is their nature. And the transforming power of God to be faithful to truth is distant from them. But they don’t see this.
Their eyes are on the things of this world. They expect the things of God to appear in the same way that a man will appear.
God is Spirit, man is flesh. But the day will come when every man is no longer flesh. On that day everyone will appear before the Most High God and receive the just and full punishment for his wickedness.
By their lack of punishment, men even have gone so far as to say there is no God. But look how blind they are to what is forever. Look how they fail to to take into consideration that God has never lied, from forever to forever he is true.
There is the gospel; the sacrifice of Christ Jesus for every liar. But let this article simply point out our need for the gospel. The words of Christ are not far from us. Go and search them out.
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