What have we done that God should honor us? What consistent holiness do we display that we should expect anything from His Righteous hand?
But I perceive the Lord Jesus; The Word of God eternal, who delivered the words of God which spoke of his trial to come.
“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.” (Zachariah 13:7)
Who is your God? How honorable is he?
To command and audience is to beg greed to come and destroy innocence. Similar to a healthy and contented man devising ways to end his life.
Compromise will entertain humanity. Accolades will surely follow. Profit will come visit. And what was intended to be best among man quickly turns sour and destructive. It becomes a hint of truth, not the blazing, holy, Life filled words of God.
I could earn money arranging words. A great many have. All they have to do is throw water on the fire. But what I write is freely given. None of it comes from me. And it is wise to fan the flames, not water them down.
It would be like a salesman who is sent by a strong merchant to sell wares along the road, and as the people stop and purchase, the salesman puts the profit in his own pocket. When he returns to the one who sent him what reward will he turn over?
The merchant has been generous. He has sold beautiful, expensive, rare, lasting, and precious things to an unworthy and impoverished rabble. How could the salesmen be so greedy? How could the salesman be so stupid? What possible use is he to those he was sent to help? And how will the salesman be received by the one who sent him.
No. I am of the unworthy and impoverished rabble. Let me receive the things that belong to me. Let me work with my hands, as the example of the Apostle Paul shows us.
The last thought this:
When I offer the pure things of my Master, the impoverished rabble will pass me by. Even this is profit to my Master. What then, is the payment for the things he offers so freely? And how grotesque to receive money and praise for such work done?
THINK ETERNITY!
What is it to believe in Christ? Is it just being righteous in some kind of religion? Is it just a clean conscience? How am I going to speak the answer I see?
If you believe the Living God has forgiven your sins. If you believe that you will live forever in a perfect body. What kind of joy you should fill your every day? What kind of love would you be pressingly anxious to deliver every moment in this life? I guarantee you it’s not the same joy and love the world talks about. They try to motivate each other all day long, but nothing ever changes does it.
Look at this. These are just words. And that’s how most people take them. That’s not what they’re intended to be. They are the promise of the Living God in Jesus his honorable, faithful, righteous, and beautiful Son. And it is impossible for God to lie. They are words that are sealed with the blood of Christ, as if a wax seal on the scroll.
Yes, I talk about God constantly. It’s because of his promise. And I would do it a lot more if I wasn’t shut down every place I turn.
People say they believe in Jesus. There are a couple of definitions about believing. One definition is believing like a demon, “Yeah, I know God exists. And that doesn’t make me all too happy”. The only thing such a creature ever sees is sorrow and trouble. He thinks all there is to life is sorrow and trouble. He thinks all there is in eternity is sorrow and trouble. He thinks God is nothing more than sorrow and trouble. It’s no surprise that people who believe like the demons struggle in their faith and religion.
Demons have a religion too you know; avoiding the Son of God if at all possible. They practice absolutely everything but what is good. They are eternally devoted to being utterly useless. And there are billions of people who follow their example.
The other definition has to do with believing that God cannot lie. If he promised eternal life and forgiveness of sins, it is as if it has already been done. Such a creature lives for one specific purpose: to receive the things of God’s joyfully extended promise. And in the receiving there is a phenomenally generous giving. It’s impossible to shut that kind of person down.
That’s what a Christian is. It’s got nothing to do with religion. It’s got to do with an enormously thankful heart. It’s got to do with the developing love for the One who has given life.
Yeah, these are just words. But they are endlessly full of potential. Who will dare to believe? And how can such a believer be afraid of what others will think? Everyone will do what he has purposed in his own heart.
I wake and consider what heaven is; what eternity is made of.
I know you, like me , have heard all the stories 100,000 times. Still we can’t understand the Majesty of Jesus.
The nature of his Majesty is faithfulness and righteousness. He has always done the will of his Holy Father, and he always will.
No one else has ever been that faithful. No one ever will. No one can. No one else has been with God from the beginning. No one else has been tested as he, yet found blameless and pure. He is first and best in absolutely everything. That’s why he is perfectly trustworthy.
We can’t perceive his glory. It’s simply not possible. And even though we know the nature of the wilderness in which he was tested, we can’t possibly understand his strength of love for God to endure with absolute purity.
These thoughts are just a beginning to the things of The Faith. But from this place, the glory of God among us explodes into every possible good thought and deed.
As foreign as it is among men, it is appropriate to speak words of glory for Jesus. Even while we debate what people would think of us if we spoke like that, all of creation in heaven has been doing it since the beginning. And without the slightest embarrassment or hesitation.
I know I’ve said these things before. I know I’ll say them again. And I know a time is coming when I won’t stop.
These are not just words. They are a door to joy. They are a window to eternal glory. They are a hand extended from heaven to lift us up from this place of death and trouble. They are the pure strength we’re looking for.
You are a soul encapsulated in a body. Here you are helpless. Everything and everyone is an enemy and a threat. Your deadly enemy walks in front of your house. By the look on his face you know he desires your end.
But there is no reason to be afraid.
Remember what God Said. He didn’t say it with words. He said it with the sound of blood as it trickled down a wooden beam. He said it with the sound of skin being pierced by Iron nails. He said it with the sound of sweat breaking through to the surface of the skin.
“I love you. I will help you. I will bring you to be where I am. I cannot lie. I am more powerful than death itself. I will provide for you. I will sustain you, no matter what. And all I want from you is trust. Believe these things.”
Have you looked into the coming future of Man? Do you know about the utter devastation of all wickedness? Do you know how sure it is?
At the very moment of Eternity when God lips cease speaking the command, a devastating and eternal blow will be sent to all this darkened the creation. Like a lightning bolt that strikes a pea, the earth and all this black universe will be no more.
Everything man currently loves will become nothing more than a floating ember of ash. Absolutely nothing, of even the dust, will remain.
Heaven will move, taking its rightful place. This place of testing will be no more. The joy and righteousness of God will prevail forever.
When this happens it will be as if this place has never existed. All the things men love will be gone. And it will happen in the blink of an eye.
It will happen faster than it takes an atheist to remember he has said there is no God. Have you considered these things with serious and vibrant desire? Or have you been like so many others?
Lashed to a portion of the ship, the man proclaims there is no storm. The ship is tossed 45 degrees to the left, then is forced the other direction 90 degrees. All the while he stupidly proclaims, “There is no storm”.
It’s easy to see there is no common sense in such a man. Are you living your life like that? Or are you letting common sense cause you panic?
Such realization ought to send us to the words of God. Truly believing this ought to make our fingers tremble as we turn the pages. Is this the way you see people reacting to this News?
It doesn’t matter how we respond, does it? It doesn’t matter what comes of us when God puts an end to all the things men have loved.
Heaven will gain its rightful place, that place that this place of wickedness has consumed for so long. And it won’t matter whether we believed this or not.
I urge you because I love you, think about this. If I despised you I would say nothing. Please let your mind think this through.
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