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Question; Answer if You Can.

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I have been a wicked man from the early days of my youth up to this point.  Oh, I accepted the Lord a couple of decades ago.  But the wickedness does not leave, for I am weak in love for His ways.  I confess this openly so that I can ask the following question without seeming to boast of what I do not have.

I have heard said that the first heaven is the blue sky we witness every day and night.  The second heaven is said to be the vastness of the universe we find ourselves being test in.  And the third heaven is the place of God’s eternal ways.  Perhaps there is more.  Surely there is vastly more to understand than 1, 2, 3.

I consider the size of our blue sky.  Then I consider the vast, unsearchable room which is the universe.  If this sizing ratio holds even slightly true, the size of heaven is beyond any possible comparison.  What is the universe to the size of our sky?  Who can give it a number?  Then what is the size of God’s realm?  Who can explore its limits within 20 billion years?

Now here’s the reason for speaking of heaven.  If it’s so very vast, then there’s room for souls.  There’s more room for souls than the earth can produce in trillions of years.  If that’s so then why are so very few being saved?  This begs the question of “who are we”.  But that’s another subject.

I will now turn to what has provoked this post in the first place.  God alone is good.  Everything that is draws its measure of “goodness” directly from the Living God.  No good exists without Him and His approval.  Now, if a Christian thinks he is something he is immediately amiss.  For nothing he is comes from himself.  All things we own are directly given to us from the Lord Jesus, and this to the glory of the Father in Heaven.

With such a vast wealth of room, righteousness, mercy, and forgiveness, how is it that there are so very few of us here?  Let the wise among us answer this.  I assure you, I am entirely interested in the answer.  Please spread this around.  If we find the answer you know we’re looking for, it will mean many more souls for the Lord.  I refuse to believe that this is “as good as it gets”.  Not that my refusal will amount to anything if this is truly what we get from His Holy Hand for this present age.

If He added 5000 to their number in one day, how come there are less than 50,000 in America?  And don’t give me that lie that there are millions of Christians in America.  I won’t buy that.  Christian means “Christ like one”.  It does not mean one who has found a way to make men think he is something when he is obviously not.

Two directions

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It has been often misunderstood and miss represented. Eternal life and eternal death are not near each other.

It has been written as if the paths are parallel and lead us to a place separated simply by a wall.

The Bible does not teach that there are any similarities between heaven and hell. Unless you want to count that there are souls of men in each.

Instead the Bible teaches that light has nothing to do with darkness. God’s ways have nothing to do with satan’s ways. God’s Way is spirit and life. Satan’s Way is flesh and death. God abhors the things of this world whereas satan loves them.

The paths to heaven and hell are not parallel they are running in opposite directions. There are no crossover street from one to the other. The only way off the highway to hell is to be picked up and transplanted into the highway of heaven. And this action can only be accomplished by the Son of God.

“You looking for me”?

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Most people don’t understand. The moment you’re old enough to be accountable for your actions you have a ticket straight to hell. If you want to bend the natural progression of things you need to seek heaven with all your heart and soul and mind and body.

The hounds of hell have found you! They know your name and where you live. And they will never say, ” we didn’t realize you didn’t understand. So we’ll give you a second chance. Go ahead now, run as fast as you can see if you can get away”.

They are patient, they are relentless, they are blood thirsty for your very soul, they do not sleep nor do they care about your personal desire.  They simply sit and wait for you to come home. There is no pity in them. Does the Eagle cry as it eats the screaming rabbit?

Most people sleep in their understanding of what lay ahead. But they’re sleeping will not delay nor avoid the truth. The only way out is to cause a different future.

Jesus alone has the keys to heaven and hell. I’m telling you what is true it is not speculation, it is not opinion, it is the very word of the living God. Turn to Jesus in faith and beg for salvation. Then be ready to spend the rest of your life here proving that you want him. He also stands willing and ready for you; to forgive your sins.  The question is do you want him to?

Pure

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In the early days of Christianity the word pure did not have the same definition as it does today. Today we might think about pure sugar, pure water, pure chemicals and the like.  These things are edible or usable because they are pure. But we say “pure” from our own perspective.  We who are impure call something better by a word that does not apply to us.

We all die and we will all appear before the Pure God.  Most people are aware of this truth.  But few give the concept the priority it demands.  To clarify what I’m trying to say let me play with a concept for a minute.

Let’s say I had a disintegrator gun and it was set to simply remove impure attributes. You consent (by signing 437 consent forms) and I begin to remove from you the things that are impure.

First the ray works on your clothing for it was made with impure thread.  Then the dirt on your skin is its object, for the dirt is impure.  When it reaches the end of the dirt it find your skin but your skin is not pure, it is removed.  Next your bones and organs until finally all that is left is your soul.  But will the ray stop there?  Sadly no.  Now it goes after lies of every sort.

When the ray is finished we take note of you that you are a micro- scopic speck of existence. That’s all of you that was true.

While I’m finishing up this article someone says “wait”! The scientists who were wielding the gun come running to me.  “Sir I’m sorry we have to admit to an error. The speck of life form we detected is not the person we begin with. Apparently the speck is simply the essence of life.  We have determined that the speck belongs to God.  Sir there is nothing left of the person we begin with”.

My bad,………………

Trust

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Holy Spirit Stained Glass

Holy Spirit Stained Glass (Photo credit: hickory hardscrabble)

What has been given to Christ’s bride is precious and pure.  He says to me to counsel my brothers and sisters to trust.  It is by faith that we endure what is to come.  Therefore I urge all of us to trust.

Though we do not understand, trust.  If He has given it will be blessed.  Only trust.

We have been told to speak for His name’s sake.  We have been urged by our leaders to testify.  And we have not understood the message.  This understanding is missing from among us because we have failed to walk in His Holy ways.  We have spurned the power of the Holy Spirit which He has given us.  And by this spurning we have failed to testify with power.

Take to heart what I have said at His beckoning.  If you do not understand what I have said here, then approach the Lord who has bought you by His Holy Blood and ask what you will.  Understanding will be given to those who desire to serve.  Only trust.

Greedy Salvation

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Ornament

Ornament (Photo credit: Thom Watson)

A man held a fragile glass ornament in his hands.  The glow from it filled the man and prompted him, beyond his own ability, to proclaim all its beauty.  As the man walked through the market place he was witnessed by all for his words spoke of a beauty beyond the people’s perception.  The way he spoke roused their hearts.  And many were desirous to own what he spoke of.  Soon some of the people had found a similar orb of fragile glass.  And they too spoke of the beauties it provoked them to witness.

Then one of the people approached the first man and said to him, “Give me that ornament.”  “I cannot give it to you” said the owner.  “Then I will rip it from your hands!  For I perceive that it is to be desired.”  At that the man took the ornament from the owner and held it in his own hands.

His eyes grew wide.  His face became as one who had tasted an entire handful of dill.  His body convulsed at the impact from the orb.  And quickly he gave it back to the owner.  “This is a LIE!”  He said with lungs full of the air he had sucked at his convulsion.   “This man speaks lies!”  He began to turn to the people to proclaim what he perceived to be the truth.  But out of the corner of his eye he witnessed the reaction of the man as he took back what was his.

A glow of warm peace enveloped him.  A beaming smile of love covered that man’s face.  And he began again to speak softly of the loving embrace he had from ownership of this ornament.  This stopped the greedy man.  He turned once again to the owner.  And with a slightly different voice said, “Give me that orb.”

At the second and softer request, the owner gave the orb willingly.  The greedy man took it once again.  This time there was a distaste upon the greedy man.  But it was less intense.  For he understood that he had not understood.  And now he was willing to endure what came.  If only he might also have what the owner possessed.

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He has granted sin to flourish in this Place of Testing.  By His wisdom He has created this place to test His own power to heal.  His Glory abounds among the men of sin.  And Healing is in His hand.  By jealousy He has caused many to fall before Him and confess.  By pride of man He has transformed many to be His children.

How great is the wisdom of He who lives forever!  That He should create this among us.  And how beautiful, beauty beyond words, is the Living God in Christ Jesus His Holy Son!  That we who have tasted that He is good, should be used to entice the greedy by their very greedy ways.  All praise to He who Heals eternally.  He has done this!  And it will be our lot to praise Him for His Beauty forever!

Amen!