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Freedom?

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Freedom

For all of you who hate the Lord because you think He is unjust or unfair in His dealings with man.  You think He has no right to wage war against the godless.  Or you think death is unfairly dished out to some.  Or you attribute sickness and death to man without regard to the feelings of man.

You should consider something.  The freedom you wish will never come to you.  You won’t ever get loose from His mighty hand.  You are locked in a battle for your soul even now.  The freedom you seek is not complete.  Even now, you have a place in your life where you’re not allowed to enter.  There is an aspect to life where you’re not allowed to go.

God is.  And He will not be denied.  His people speak His name and praise His name and ways.  And look how you hate them.  The freedom you seek already had a place where there is no freedom at all.   He will never cease being.  And His people will never cease speaking His wonders.  So rail all you will to have the freedom you think you have now.  But what freedom is there that includes a place that is not free?

 

By His Grace.

Acknowledge His Ownership.

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KJV Bible

Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness so that you will earn praise or even anger from men.  But in all ways please the Lord who made you.  And do not refrain from speaking out in regard to the sinfulness of man.  We are put in a serious condition by these words:  ” “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.”  (Matt. 10:32)

What is it to acknowledge?  Accept or admit the existence or truth of.  And what is it to disown?  Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.

We either stand with the Lord in this “Place of Testing”, or we stand against Him.  Speak without shame.  For you are bought with the price of the Blood of God’s Son.  Recount your excuses on paper.  Look at them and consider rendering them to the Lord when you meet Him face to face.  And consider that while you’re telling Him why you didn’t speak up, you’ll be noticing the scars on his hands and feet and the hole in His side.

by His Grace.

Friend or Foe?

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In facebook, all you have to do to earn a friend is click your mouse.  Supposing the “clickee” responds in kind.  But in this world, friendship is based on mutual respect and a cautious striving for trust.  I mention these two modes of friendship because there is another type of friendship that matters far more than the superficial type.

Am I a friend to the sinner?  Am I a friend to the godless?  Am I a friend to those who hate what is pure and good?  The answer has to end up as a “no”.  It’s not that I don’t want to befriend the sinner and godless.  It’s that they harbor a hatred for the God I serve.  They remain in rebellion and thus hate everything in me that belongs to God.  And the closer I get to understanding and worshiping the Lord, the further away from friendship they will move.

Jesus said, “You are my friends if you do whatsoever I command you”.  This scripture in John 15: 14 speaks volumes for all who call upon the name  of the Lord.  Friend speaks of something solid, when it comes to the Lord.  And how can I be friends with someone who hates everything I am coming to love?  We’re not talking marriage here.  In a Marriage, the woman will not like somethings the husband does.  And vice versa.  But in a friendship we are looking for similar desires.  And the more similar they are, the greater the friendship.

Love overlooks the differences.  But the sinner is mistaken to think friendship is love or that love is friendship.  I will love sinners and godless people enough to point out the center of all hope.  They will hate me for it.  But by pointing out Jesus, I am showing them love.

By His Grace.

The Never Ending Blog.

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Many write in their blogs wondering what to talk about today.  So do I.  But it’s not for lack of something to say.  It’s a war between what I can grasp with my tiny understanding, and what words to use to describe what I do perceive.

I find it interesting how the general subject seems to turn from one aspect of the Lord to another each week.  But there does seem to be a certain thrust every week.

If you want to write a blog where your material is never ending, try Jesus.  People will hate you for your words.  Isn’t that irony…………..

 

By His Grace.

Lead Them to Life.

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I lived my life for the first 30 years with no one to guide me into what is eternally right.  Like most folk, I wandered around doing whatever I pleased.  Some days I would consider righteousness and try to do it.  Other days (most days) I would simply try to gain for myself whatever I could lay my hands on.  Drugs, stealing, lying, and social suicide were my tools of trade.

At 31 I began to read Proverbs.  It’s a very simple-minded approach to the wisdom of God.  It was while reading that little book in the Bible that I began to become familiar with the fact that there is a wisdom beyond what is socially acceptable.  And a couple of years later I had read the entire Bible, found a little church, accepted the Lord, and sat at the feet of a wise elder.

I mention all this to draw attention to something.  Where are those who know the Lord?  Are they making themselves available to someone who is looking for the Lord?  I think of how the world is going insane with sin.  Lies abound.  Greed is the order of the day.  The media holds it’s “church” twenty-four hours a day.  And the world flocks to the “mass” hysteria of waste.  Where are those who know the Lord?

The mainstream church is partially to blame for this lack of mentors in Christ.  They teach a social Gospel lately.  Their Gospel is more in line with an office with a couch.  “If you want victory over this and that, just do this or that.”  Where is the power of God?  Who is dispensing the Glory of God revealed in Jesus?  Where is the Christian who is actually ready to reach out to the sinner with truth, no matter how it will be received?   By “ready” I mean seeking an oportunity.

I present this post for consideration.  I don’t want to offer answers.  I think the questions speak for themselves.  If you’re one of the active lovers of God, then wonderful (and thank you).  If you’re just a pew sitter/sinner, consider what you’ve just read.  Bottom line is: if you don’t like the society you’re living in, remember that shutting up the true Gospel of Christ is key to the problems we’re witnessing today.

By His Grace.

News Flash

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An Elephant woke one morning to see a convoy of trucks passing by.  His tiny brain got an idea.  With smiling eyes, he lumbered over to one of the trucks.  His deft trunk reached into the truck and plucked the driver out of his seat.  Then, to the double amazement of the driver, the elephant began to try to get into the driver’s seat.

This is to all men, women and children.  You can imagine yourself as anything you want.  But the nature of our condition determines who we are.  You can call yourself a Pilot.  But unless you actually can and do fly a plane, you’re just fooling yourself.  You can imagine you’re a Chicken, if you wish.  But unless you’re really that small, feathered, beaked, and stupid, you’re still a human.

You can call yourself a Christian.  But unless the Lord causes you to be one, you’re just making noise with your lips.

“Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” (Psalms 127:1)

“11For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.  12Now if any man builds on the foundation with
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13each man’s work will become evident; for the day  will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself  will test the quality of each man’s work. 14If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. 15If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.” (1 Corinthians)

“Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spiritgives birth to spirit.” (John 3: 6)

Go ahead.  Go to church.  And, as is your custom, continue in sin when you leave that place.  You think the sign you hang over your head causes you to be something you’re not?  Remember the Elephant and the Chicken, and the Pilot.  God is deadly serious about His Holy demands for mankind.  Only the wise will continually reach up to Him for that transformation He demands.  No man will find himself justified by his own desire.  Justification and eternal life are from the hand of the Lord.  Open your hard heart.  Drop your pride of life.  Listen to what the Lord has said.  The verdict on all men has already been rendered.  There is no life other than that which the Spirit of God builds in man.  And there will not be one shred of man’s accomplishments which will enter Heaven.  Unless the Lord has accomplished it in you and through you, you have accomplished nothing.  Pride of man is an ememy of God.  The name you give yourself is less than nothing in the eyes of God.

By His Grace.