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Chaos with legs
The terrorist comes not for me.
He comes to serve his “god”, you see.
With chaos bent t’ward bloody intent
He feeds his soul on Hells strong vent.
For death and destruction he is meant.
But Christ is more!
CHRIST IS MORE!
My sins he bore!
They cannot have my soul!
What Was, Still Is.
Why do we do the things we do? Why have we learn to love what we love? What causes a man to gravitate toward one sin or another? Why is ignorance so beloved while wisdom and sobriety wander like orphaned children? It is impossible that any man should answer these things. At best they can only say, “It is the way of Man”.
Centuries ago (Pick a moment in time.) one man made a choice. He agreed with wickedness; to perform and action of death. Once the deed was done, the ripple effect into future days has not ceased. No, it is carried in the soul of those who came from his day. It is carried like a disease to the generations that follow.
As it is so with one man, centuries ago, so it is with all the men who lived in his day. The laws they made, the words they spoke, the perceptions they held so dearly, the deviceiveness they encouraged without end, the judgments they made, the dress codes they approved or disapproved, how they segregated one man from another by language, color of skin, or other cultural differences, what lies were considered innocent, what does were considered necessity, didn’t all these things shape the mind of those to come?
Certain wickedness is adored, while holiness is forgotten. Protections are made for certain wicked people, while the righteous go abandoned. And haven’t we inherited all these things?
Add to this, our own imaginations. Look around and see what we adore. Aren’t we shaping the inheritance of those who will come after us? And how will they know what they believe? How will they be able to divide between what is necessary and what is inherited from the wicked who came before them?
Such is the plight of man to suffer in his own vile filth. Yet the good news of God remains. If we will humble ourselves and call out to him for help, he will give us what we never had. The more diligent the soul, the more God will give. In Christ Jesus, he will save us from our ignorance.
Is it any wonder that so few find “The Way?
Worthless Parents
Sin is born of chaos and ignorance. Chaos is the careless mother who dropped her child on the way. And ignorance is the worthless father who does as he pleases regardless the needs of his children.
Every man is born of these. But Christ offers adoption into a Holy, righteous, faithful, loving, and eternal family. Within this family there is opportunity to learn what is true. Within this family there is forgiveness and grace to accomplish Life.
Are you tired of your sick and worthless old mother? Are you weary of wondering where your father is?
Chaos and ignorance have nothing to offer anyone. They simply produce and abandon. But if you want salvation from worthlessness, cry out to the Living God in the name of Christ Jesus.
The Ant Head
They gathered in a building. The final place of the final test. They came together to prove the value of Man.
The question was leadership and righteousness. Who is worthy and why.
From the body of the elders they pick the wisest one. They said to him, “Choose for us a prize that we may begin the contest”. The old man, bent over and half blind, said to them, “Bring me the head of an ant”.
The youngest of the elders was the first to move. He ran outside and grabbed the first ant he could find. With urgent dispatch he returned with the head of an ant.
The elder told him to put it plate and set the plate the middle of the table.
The elder sat at the head of the table. “Now debate among yourselves who is worthy to eat this head.”
They all stood speechless for the space of a minute. Then the first to move was the youngest. As his fingers reached for the prize, one of the elders slapped his hand with disdain. “What gives you the right to think you are worthy?” The reaching and the slapping became a spark to a pool of flammable liquid.
It started with a response. But it soon developed into an all out brawl. This went on for quite a while until a breeze came to the top of the table. Not even one elder noticed the ant head drift off the plate, down to the floor, and disappear in a crack.
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I have looked at Man. I have tried to discover why righteousness eludes us. I thought I had the answer. But in the telling of it, it took too long.
In my life I have testified well over fourteen thousand times, trying to nail down the reason why we are full of disarray.
I have come to the conclusion of the elder who ordered the ant head. There is no righteousness among men. There is no peace to be found anywhere on this earth. Man simply does not have eternal life in him.
And I have understood from all that is Christianity, Salvation belongs to our God and to the Lamb. Except that the Living God had done his “Strange Work”, not one man would rise from the grave.
I used to stand at the edge of the city and wait to hear wisdom. I stood along the path where men walk and waited to hear someone utter something wise and beautiful. But I realized I will starve to death before I find a wise man walk by me.
Unless the wisdom of God comes down from heaven, man has no option but death. And hasn’t this been done? Christ Jesus crucified on our behalf. Yes, the wisdom of God has come down.
In Man there is no life. But God has sent mercy. Let every man do as he will; seek righteousness with all your heart. You will not find it here!
The Rift
“To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.” (Psalm 119:96)
All of them were right. Every one of them gave his testimony; with what words they had, they described what they saw. Chaos exploded before their very eyes. Reality appeared then vanished.
A car accident, in full view of many witnesses. Differing statements were taken. And the question is asked in retrospect, how can so many variations of witness exist?
It is because there is a difference between believing and seeing. It is because there is a difference between the imagination and true perspective. When what we believe comes into view, we find we do not have the words to describe it.
For a split second a rift opened between the peace of man and the truth of God. For a split second the reality of eternity displayed itself before their very eyes: “If man continues on that destructive path, bodies will be exploded where they live”.
Yes.
The Incarnation of the Word of Life
1 “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete.”
Words From There 