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Freedom of Confinement?

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It seems simply acceptable.  What they call freedom is made of steel reinforced concrete.  Bars of heat-treated platinum encase their hearts.  And they perceive no evil.

Men parade their pride.  Even their humility is a prison.  Acceptable is tempered with human understanding.  Aspirations reach only the top hair on their head.  And their feet plod in the mud of sins up to their knees.

Women dress to entice.  Yet they consider their attire necessary.  Human beauty is the standard.  But it is only a mask to hide a sickly soul.

Where is freedom?  It remains in Heaven.  Who aspires to be free?  Who yearns to shed this cell of acceptable human behavior?  Let them show their desire.  Let them stand out among the crowd of prisoners,

If we must dress for social occasion, let us dress with our fellow-men and women in mind.  If we must speak, let it be as if before the Holy Throne of God.

The bars can be swung wide open.  For many, the bars stand away from latching.   Yet they remain inside.  Who is free?  Who can count moments in the Sun?  Yet who counts the darkness of that cell as daylight?

Two observations:

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Let each man search for a love of wisdom on his own.  Assess one another, that you may know how to speak.  Do not waste time judging anyone.  But busy yourself with observation; that you may know how to help with love.

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Once an act is done it can’t be taken away.  Sinful acts can be forgiven.  But they remain.  Righteous acts are a strength of their own.  They remain forever.  They need no other supplement but praise to the Righteous Father.

By His Grace

Don’t Read Only, Listen

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I have learned that the Lord is willing to guide all men into obedience.  But I did not learn that at first.  Perhaps those who taught me didn’t know.  Perhaps I didn’t phrase the question correctly.  I don’t know.

But when He speaks to us, it is unmistakable.   What He says is pointedly Right and to the moment.  He guides actively, anyone who wills to listen and do.

The reason I bring this up is that many (most) rely on the Bible as their guide.  There’s nothing wrong with that.  Certainly we should know what the Bible says, from cover to cover.  But to get stuck in that and think that reading is the sum of what God has to say is foolish.  Look what the Lord said:

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)

How can we rely on our own limited mind to know the Way of God?  Even if we read it and understand, we rely on our tiny mind to remember and interpret His word each moment.  We can’t walk in His way by ourselves, no matter how intelligent we think we are.  Therefore, He is willing and able to guide us directly.

Maybe you read this and think I don’t know what I’m talking about.  Perhaps you’ve come a long way by reading the Bible only.  I tell you a truth.  You can go a lot farther if you come to the point where you can hear Him.  I can’t tell you how to get into a position that allows you to hear Him.  I’m only telling you how it is.

It would be like reading a book about a person and considering that you know him.  Who would consider that reasonable?  He has said this, “13“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7)  If only a few find it, shouldn’t that raise a righteous fear within you?  ]

Iggy

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Isn’t it a curiosity that ignore and ignorance are so similar?

By His Grace

A jaunt through the fog

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“Now we see as through a glass darkly.”

Only a fool drives fast in dense fog.  Take special care to walk with the Lord while you are here.  He is above the fog.  He will guide us through turns and intersections.  We should not presume to know the way.

By His Grace

Bravado

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I want to apologize to those who think what I write is offensive.  I don’t mean to pick at any one individual or even a group.

I write about the stark and eternal difference between sin and the way of the Lord.    I don’t want folks to take offense. 

While I’m busy making fun of the things that once held me captive, I can’t help the bravado.  Having once been imprisoned by a heartless and unjust jailer, I now stand outside his walls. 

Those who have received the grace of God in Jesus understand.  Those who are still captive, or who are in the process of release, may have some difficulty.

By His Grace