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Of Lions and Ostriches

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People are beginning to increase in number who are saying that islam is coming to America.  They are saying, more and more, that islam is going to impress itself on the world like a signet ring on warm wax.  And ………………………………………… THEY ARE RIGHT!  And if it isn’t islam who will appear as the rulers of this world, someone worse than they surely will.

Many people will give you a ton of ways to cope with this new development in the world.  Some say, “Just join them.  You don’t have to become part of islam to be accepted.  Just don’t stand against them.  Can’t you see how sure their progress is?  There’s no doubt of what is happening.  I advocate, join them in their rising.  Besides, this sherea law thingy is just for them.  They won’t impose that on us.”

Some say we should resist them and make their progress obvious to all.  After all, when you turn on the light the rats scatter.   We will use our rule of law in America to thwart their plans to take over.  …………………….  Uh… ok.  Let’s see now.  Have you lost that precious brick that finished your load?  What did that guy say about words and guns?  One is better, but one always wins the argument.  I just can’t remember which one.  Man!  I hate lost memory…………  And ain’t just like memory to leave us just when we need it most?

Some will just bury their heads into something that interests them.  They will refuse to look at the situation.   After all, if you don’t look at it, the lion won’t eat you, right?  I can’t really help you there.  I’ve never been threatened by a hungry lion.  So I can’t tell you that not looking at it will help.  But somehow, I don’t think he’s looking into our eyes.  After a small bite is far less fulfilling than a large bite.  And your assessment of what’s coming doesn’t give the enemy the slightest twitch of regret.

Then there is the complete response and solution.  Turn to their enemy and live.  Turn to Jesus and receive His protection and strength to endure what is surely coming.  You will have no power to resist if you don’t turn to Him.  I say that with all seriousness and truth.  The Lord alone can give the means necessary to walk away from this coming battle unscathed. 

Haven’t you read that God’s enemies will rule the whole world?  Haven’t you read about the mark of the beast?  Haven’t you heard that they will meet together in a place, where they will make war against God’s Son?  And, I don’t mean to cast aspersions, but haven’t you read the end of the story?

Don’t be fooled by fools.  Joining them is to give up all hope of redemption by He who is already declared the winner.  To fight them with tools of death or mere words of man stands against God’s commands in various ways; those who live by the sword will die by the sword.  And those who speak the rules of man to turn back a sure onslaught will suffer defeat.  The words of God alone are sufficient to deter evil.  And to simply deny that the trouble is coming is more foolish than can human lips can speak.  Even God, when speaking to Job about the ostrich said He did not endow that bird with common sense.  You stick your head in the sand.   But…… is sticking out.  These are the same people who give birth to their young and leave the learning to the children.  After all, truth is relative.  Isn’t it?

Think about it.

P. S. No harm was done to lions or ostriches in the making of this post.  And I can’t verify that any harm was or wasn’t done to certain people who simply refuse to acknowledge the truth of their world under the Mighty hand of God.  The intent of harmlessness was our motto in the production of this post.  Shrug.  Shrug.  I just posted this post script for the sake of PETA.

By His Grace.

 

Who Killed this 14 Year Old Boy?

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I just read an article about a 14 year old boy who killed himself.  The article says it was because he had been bullied by others for his sexual preference.  The article goes on to say that this is horrible and points to homosexual groups as saying that such things can be avoided if we would just be more tolerant.

What a foolish age I find myself living in.  When I was 14 I hadn’t heard anything about such sexual preferences.  You might say that my ignorance was something that belonged to that age.  And that today I need to catch up to the things which require tolerance.  Are you so blind that you don’t perceive what’s happened here?  It was not the boy who decided he was bent toward members of his own boyhood.  It was the adults who have made this item a matter of national interest.  You adults who promote your filthy sexual preferences as if they are worthy of national acclaim are the ones who killed this child.  You told him that he has every right to chase after every form of sin.  And he has paid the price for your foolishness.  You killed him by insisting that you have your own way.  You negate the Law of God so that you can chase after any pleasure you desire.  And you hate anyone who denies you this foolish “right”.

Hate me.  And you will.  Because I spoke the truth here.  And God will uphold these words.  The same could be said of those who drink to excess, then brag that they have the right to do as they please.  They teach the children how to sin.  The same could be said of you parents who allow yourselves to watch porn, or teach your children that a yellow light means speed up.  The same could be said of every adult who treats God’s Word the Bible as if it were simply a book of myths, and is only good because of it’s cover.  The same could be said of you who proclaim to be Christians yet your children never see you pray or consider God’s ways in your finances, relationships, or testimony. 

Though we are all to blame for the horrifying mess this world is entering, there is no doubt that those who sin and teach others to do the same will be judged more harshly.  Withdraw your sin from public view and you will cause others to consider their ways also.  Proclaim that you have the “right” to be perverse, and others will be strengthened to do the same. 

WOE TO ALL WHO CALL GOOD EVIL AND EVIL GOOD!

By His Grace.

But You Must Master it.

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Abel

All day long temptation attacks.  Most people give in to their temptations without a thought.  They live as if temptation were something fun.  They encourage one another to accept their weakness with joy.  For their weakness only proves they’re human.  Haven’t you heard someone say this, “It’s ok.  You’re only human.”?  And so we see billions simply floating along as bubbles from a child’s wand.  We neither fight against the currents that carry us about, nor question why we falter so. 

The Lord told Cain, “Why are you angry?  Why is your face downcast?  If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?  But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”  (Genesis 4: 6-8)  I have found that the Lord’s word is true when it says that the strength to master sin comes only from God.  Yet how many stop and devote themselves to prayer before a temptation has time to sprout roots?  And what do we see Cain do right after the Lord approached him with this tidbit of perfect words?  He went out in the field and killed his brother.  Is that how you find yourself obeying the word of God?  Is that all God’s wisdom means to you?  Are you tossed about because you simply don’t care?

There is a place where every man and woman will care deeply about how they accept the word of God.  Jesus told us that in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Is that what you want?  I doubt it.  So why not spend the time to look into your soul?  Dig as deep as you possibly can. 

Bottom line, the question will remain, who do you truly desire to serve?  Do you desire pleasure over godliness?  Or do you desire that the Father find Glory in His child?  The power to overcome is present if we turn to Him with all our might and desire.  Yet the temptations remain pervasive in this world.  And they will not be taken out of the way.  Resist and find life or give in and remain in death.  He offers the power to live.  Will you take it?

By His Grace.

One Thing Never Sleeps.

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Leaves fall from trees, and they appear to sleep for a season.  Roll a ball and there is a place where it stops rolling.  Fill up your gas tank and it will eventually run dry.  A baby is born, one day becomes an old person then dies.  We sit down to a meal at a certain time.  And there also comes a time when the meal is done.

Everything in this world has a beginning and an end.  Well, this is true of almost everything.  There is something that never stops or takes a break.  Fill up an hour-glass with sand.  And turn the full portion to the top.  Watch the grains of sand drop.  And marvel at their exact rate.  Then consider that even if the hour-glass runs out time does not stop.  Wind up a watch and the spring will unwind.  But time doesn’t stop.  Only our measurement of time runs out.  But time does not sleep.  It doesn’t take a vacation. 

Time is the only indication we have of eternity.  The physical manifestation of God’s existence.  None of us can imagine the time of God.  He always was and always will be.  He never sleeps or takes a vacation.  And nothing He does ever finds an end.  What the Lord does only transforms from one thing to another. 

There is death.  And we could say that we cease to be at that moment.  But we would only be speaking from our perspective.  This is not so with God.  For at the moment of death, time does not stop.  And at that very moment we become the end result of our time here. 

There is the Lord’s promise of good and bad in this situation.  Many will taste the place where nothing is beautiful, sweet, peaceful, or pleasant.  But some will taste eternity with an unspeakable joy.  The key to our next experience with time after we die here depends on our relationship with the Most High God.  He will never experience a place where He is not at peace.  For He is God!  But He has promised that if we do not learn to love Him here, we will certainly hate Him there.  And He will not allow anything wicked to enter His presence.

He has allowed us the sacrifice of His Son Jesus that we might enter into that eternal relationship with Him.  But this is the ONLY door to His presence.  Nothing ungodly will enter eternity with joy.  And only what He has built will stand the test of His Holy Fire.  All else will find itself in a place He has created to receive the trash of creation.  I encourage you to seek His peace now.  For time does not stop.  It is merciless as it travels through.  There is no such thing as a “do over” in life.  This is the day you have been given to accomplish the Holy Will of God.  And how can you know what His perfect will is if you don’t accept His Holy Will borne through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus?

By His Grace.

Faith? What Faith?

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“They will have a form of godliness but deny the power of it”.  Why? 

Have you ever asked yourself why you shrink back from becoming a power house?  What is it about us that we are willing to accept the thought of eternal life and peace in this life.  But we shudder at the thought of becoming a serious witness for the Lord in any place He chooses.  Why are we so very timid about our faith?

Is it because we really don’t have any faith?  Is it possible that all we’ve done with the Lord God of Life is receive the idea that He can do certain things?  Maybe we don’t really believe that God is able, willing, and yearning to display His power through His people.  “Oh, that stuff is fine on the mission field.  But it’s got no use where I live.”

While you’re busy thinking today.  And you will certainly think.  Take a good look at your witness for the Lord.  How come it’s so very tiny?  I’m not asking you to raise the dead by the power of your Lord.  I’m just asking that you be honest about the faith you think you have.

 

By His Grace.

The Gathering

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Bob was at a social gathering.  While he talked with three of his friends, the subject of religion came up.  They had been talking about how some people just never seem to get it together.  How there are some who will forever be outcasts from society.  And, of course, the idea that God might be responsible for this was mentioned.  Bob said something about how it’s not proper to blame God for the failings of a few. 

Just as he said “. . . not proper to blame God for the failings of a few”, someone walked by and heard that.  Without knowing what the conversation was about before, the passer-by stopped and lit into Bob.  It seems the interloper was very angry at God and just couldn’t stand to allow anyone to speak such a thing.  Before you knew it Bob was the very center of the entire gathering.  Everyone was watching and listening as the conversation got hot. 

Then, without any real explanation, the interloper stopped and said with a calm voice, “Tell us Bob.  Tell us all what you believe about God.  You seem to have something we don’t.  May be you got a hotline to the Big One.”  The hatred just seemed to rise up like a cloud of steam.

What would you do if you had been Bob?  Was he ready for this?  Did he even have a clue about God’s stuff?  Regardless, here was his time to speak.  Every eye was waiting now.  And he has quite a few choices.   He’s on the spot now.  And the pressure is directly on him to do something.  Will he be afraid of losing his friends or speak the truth about how God is true and every man is a liar. 

What is God to you?  What is your faith worth to you?  Besides the knowledge you might have right now, would you have stopped long enough to pray publicly before you start to answer?  Would you display the God of Glory with the words you’re about to speak?  Or would you just try to get out of the entire thing?

By His Grace.