If we don’t want any part of God, we don’t hurt his feelings. We will find him in complete agreement. Isn’t that why he created hell?
Right now the door to his love is wide open. If you don’t want to go in, God is not particularly offended. He left us with a choice for a reason.
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By His Grace
The law of God has set forth life. The list and its sayings toward application are not far removed from Man. But who has the constitution to seek them out?
A child is born, and there is great rejoicing. But I fail to find the strength to rejoice with them. For in the essence of my soul I do not see the baby. I see the man they will force him to become.
By the time he is two, the child has already been taught and onslaught of lies. His questions are answered by those who do not understand or seek. Innocence is shattered by the weapons of lies. The house in which he is raised is not purged of sharp and deadly instruments.
What a horrible creature they mark me as; that I should be so callus as to be sad at the birth of a baby.
What then do I see as I look at the volume of Man? I see the bloody hands that rip at Jesus. I see the shouting horde that despised the beauty of God. I see rebellion raised as king, while the King is raised toward death. And the lovely law of God is cast aside.
Yet I will love them all, for He has loved even me. I will testify to the beauty of eternal perfection, though my finger has nowhere to point, that I should show them concrete evidence.
By faith I will believe and love them. I will adore them as if they are Jerusalem, the blessing of God among the filth of Man.
With great and excellent praise for the Living God, my Lord Jesus entered Jerusalem. Knowing what would happen, he let his heart be filled with joy to accomplish the will of His Holy Father. And didn’t the people join him in praise? Yet so soon following, they would demand his demise.
They had meant it for evil, that they may be rid of the Holy Testimony. But God had determined it for good; that eternal joy and life should be offered through the very one they so willing ripped apart.
I will love the wicked with the love of God. I will gesture to His lovely laws. I will let this sorrow remain and will not join them. For the bodies of women continually produce more who will rebell.
Let there be joy and innocence. But may we strive to retain it! I look! I strive to see! I study the fabric of Man! But where is truth beside the cradle? Instead of a blazing lamp, they leave a gilded book of lies for the child to peruse.
Yes I will love them even as my Lord loved Jerusalem.
“34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate.” (Luke 13)
By His Grace
“Holy” presents itself among the masses of men. It has done so since the beginning of Man. And it has no intention of turning away. The reaction to that concept today, is the same as it was in the beginning of Man, it has not changed at all.
Present the concept of holiness to anyone, now watch their response. If you witness the response of Man to the concept of holiness from a remote position, it could be humorous. But there’s nothing funny about the death of a soul.
I remember when I first understood the concept of holiness. I was in my early thirties. I saw my own reaction and was surprised. I had been taught, just like the rest of all people, to turn away from the concept by trying to trivialize it. Everywhere I looked people were willing to push God into opinion. And only a handful would even dare debate the issue. That state of affairs has not changed.
People are willing to debate anything (Absolutely anything), “but let us leave this concept of holiness untouched”. But I can’t, my friends.
Since I was a child, I learned that if there is something the majority of people hate, it is likely the very thing that I should investigate. And in the process of investigation into the concept of holy, I found an unspeakable and astounding sin. By ignoring what is holy, Man spits in the face of his Creator. How can that possibly turn out well?
Now I look around me. What do I see? Sports, movies, games, relationships, sex, violence, politics, education, apparel, housing, luxury, trade, everything that a man can imagine, except holiness.
By His Grace
The world will use the Gospel of Christ as a rule of righteousness and social change. The people of the Lord Jesus know better.
God does not save his people to be instruments of world change. God saves his people that they may become instruments of Heaven. The changes that are made, because of the Christian’s presence in this world, are simply a byproduct. As we are transformed to serve the Living God in Christ, our thoughts, words, and actions necessarily influence those around us.
If you want to be a change agent in the world, for the sake of the world, then obey the constructs the world has already established. If you want to be an ambassador of Christ to the world, you need to submit your life completely to him.
There is a distinct difference. The world cannot see it. But God’s people know it, very clearly.
By His Grace
Under the cover of darkness, they move with darkness.
Where the knowledge of punishment is diminished,
Man moves about with insolent abandon.
Sin is rapidly becoming a forgotten concept.
In a nation where every infraction against God is condoned,
The people do as they please.
But for the most heinous acts,
(odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, abominable, detestable, contemptible, reprehensible, despicable, egregious, horrific, terrible, awful, abhorrent, loathsome, hideous, unspeakable, execrable)
The laws of Man embrace the will of rebellion.
But the blazing Light of God shines regardless.
He mounts His Holy Day.
With steady readiness, the Living God prepares His Judgment.
Eternity has set a time for Man to appear;
That Man will give account of his actions and desires,
This is more sure than the wickedness he loves so dearly.
If you are willing, then seek the Living God’s Holy Son.
There is life within His Holy Wisdom.
But if darkness is your desire,
Then, by all means, employ your ungodly strength.
Under the cover of darkness, they move with darkened intent.
Greed, desire, hatred for what is Good;
This is the will of man.
And God has allowed this time for Man to flex his useless muscles.
Rise and wake, or sleep and die.
The condemnation of all Man’s desires Lives in waiting.
Come.
Gather together in that place reserved for the enemies of God.
Come, fully prepared to receive.
For each man who sins willingly will receive the bounty due his work.
Yet every man who humbles himself before the Living God’s Holy Son
Will receive forgiveness and strength;
No righteous acts will be ascribed to the will of Man,
But the Righteousness of Christ will be ascribed to the ones who honor the Holy Son.
See
Hear
Perceive
Listen
Think
Pray
Fear
And all these things…………………… WILLINGLY
Panacea:
“A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.”
IS
Faith in the Christ of the Living God.
Political, social, personal, bodily, mental, environmental, technical, it doesn’t matter what it is. Christ Jesus is the panacea for all the ailments of Man.
From aspirin to nucular bombs, from violence to political correctness, from sewers to recycling, from the advancements of wars to the pursuit of world peace, humanity tries everything but Jesus. Take a good look at the result of Man’s ability. Go ahead and be ignorant (display stupidity), tell me things are better than they’ve ever been.
Why would you say such a thing? Is it because you can watch television? “Big woop!” Do you think things are better than they’ve ever been because you have a cell phone? “Woo hoo!” Do you really think man has cured everything evil because you get to ride around in a car? “Wow! Really, wow?”
Depression runs rampant among you. Hatred and anger are the call of the day. Blame is considered the cure for personal mental difficulties. And unforgiveness, ungodliness, hatred, immorality, laziness, obesity, physical and mental illness of every kind, find a happy home among modern Man. “Yeeha!” Not to mention the pre-eminent god of Man, money.
The majority of mankind has thrown Jesus to the refuse pile. And in doing that, they have sealed their own fate. I can’t fix the world. I can’t help even one person. But unless you give your life to Jesus, in its entirety, you are destined to suffer by your own hand.
Panacea among men is a fairytale. But look how stupidly they chase after it. The solution is quite simple. Trust Jesus with everything you have. Allow him to show you how to be holy.
To solid Christians, this is obvious. To the rest of the world, it is an abhorrent concept. But does anybody even ask why that’s true? It’s true because it destroys the pride of Man. It’s a direct attack against everything Man is.
The Word of God labels every man as a liar. God has no respect for any man. God says, “Humble yourself before me! Remain in that posture, and when my wisdom says the time is right, I will lift you up”.
But people say, “NO! You will lift me up now. Everything in this world either does what I want it to, or I throw it away.” And this is how they have treated the Holy Son of the Most High God. “You will fix my troubles now, if indeed you are God.”
Ok that’s fine. Then live among the things of squalor. Watch your children turn to drugs and sexual immorality. Watch the concept of marriage become so deluded that priests even marry animals to humans. Watch the wars intensify. Watch every sort of wickedness explode in the streets. And you will be fully helpless to stop it.
Christ Jesus IS the panacea! And it really doesn’t matter whether you believe these things or not. Eternity is quite capable of moving on without you.
By His Grace
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