The majority of man is living under the umbrella of the ways of this world. There are a few who live by the rule of God. And these few speak of things from a radically different perspective. The majority rail against the words and ways of the few. But let’s ask an important question:
What if these few are right?
By His Grace.
I have watched what you say regarding Jesus. And I see you make mistakes that any good school boy of ages past would not have made. You run Him down and call Him any name you chose. These things can and will be forgiven if you repent of your sins and seek His face.
But one mistake I see repeated is blatant and shameful even in the things of this world. You call to His account any wrong you find which bears His name. For instance, if we see someone who uses “Christian” as a personal identity doing something non-christian, you automatically determine that Jesus has done it. You neither know Him, nor know His ways. Your judgment is flawed because you define your judgment on the basis of your narrow and sinful views.
If a family has a “bad” child we do not run the whole family into the ground. We identify the “bad” one and consider his ways as separate from the family. And we certainly don’t blame a good father for the failings of his criminal son. Each man will pay the penalty for his own sins. Yet you apply every wrong done by anyone calling themselves christian to the Lord Jesus. Your judgment is flawed because you do not know the Lord.
By His Grace.
Talking with the Lord tonite He gave me something to ponder: “Every man is dry ground. He is neither plowed, planted, nor rained upon”. It took me quite a while to unravel that one.
In sharing the Good News of Jesus with others we often make a classic blunder. We assume they know what we’re talking about. After all, Jesus is and has been the focus of so many debates and conversations over the centuries. “How could they not know”? But what the Lord has said is true. If we believe they do know what we know about Jesus, and they still disobey Him we fall into judging one another. It is important that a man or woman of God refrain from prejudging. Especially when trying to share the Gospel.
The Lord always gives something ponderous to ponder, doesn’t He.
By His Grace.
How hidious is the sin of this world. How full to over flowing is the corruption it produces. Speak to a worldly man of the beauty of a woman and his mind will become aflame with desires of all kinds. Speak to a man who is tasting the glory of God regarding the same thing and his mind will immediately be filled with disgust and hatred for such speech.
There is a moment coming when God will move from His Glorious Throne. At that moment all the noise of rebellion will be stopped! The next noise that sounds will be the sound of eternity. In this place there is One sound; Jesus. No more corruption. No more vile speech. No more filthy desires. No more hatred. No more greed. In a moment all the noise of this world will cease! And all who revel in this orgy of sin will become fuel for the fire.
Wake up! Look around you! What is not God is about to DIE! How long will you sleep in your rebellion?
By His Grace.
He sat to eat his bread, a daily ration given by merciful masters. He sat to eat his fill, one of three daily gorgings. Each remembering His God as he pondered the joy of his tongue. One thought of service to his God as he ate what would surely not fill his body. The other thought of his service to his God as he ate what would surely be too much.
God sees us all. He knows our state of affairs. Such things as above do exist. We would be fools to ignore that truth. But what shall be said of such things? I will offer this thought as food for the soul. We who serve the Living God await His teaching. Each serves as he knows best. And if that service is not enough for the expectations of some, then great is the loss to both.
The Lord taught me this saying as I learned about grief and suffering:
“When you are done doing what you do, you will have done your best. If you could have done better, it would have been done”.
To our joy, we realize we are accepted by Him where we are. And this prompts us to consider how we might serve Him better. To our shame, we realize that we are but fools who have been led into error by the very world in which we found birth.
Should the one who hungers judge he who eats? Saying, “He is sinning because he eats too much”. Should the one who has judge he who has not? Saying, “If he wasn’t so lazy he could gather what he needs”. Though it is good to share, he who receives and he who gives is the same in God’s eyes. May God bless our minds and hearts that we will refrain from judgment of each other. For it is said, “Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he will stand. For the Lord is able to make him stand”.
By His Grace.
When we begin to come aware of our sinfulness, there is accompaniment of sorrow. I’ve learned to love that sorrow. Not that I appreciate my sin and remain in it because I like being sad. But there’s an aspect to understanding the need for Christ’s work in my life. It’s a continual reminder that the Holiness of God is so much more than we can know in our sinful state.
Paul said, for now we see as through a glass darkly. Then we shall know fully, even as we are fully known. This I look forward to with great expectation and joy. In the present, however, I feel the great sadness of being locked together with this sinful nature.
By His Grace.
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