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No Legs to Stand

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You thought you were expected to right all wrongs.

You considered the power of God a “noneffect”.

It was written about you,

“They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly.”

Then you will stand and present yourself for inspection.

You will give account of yourself and all the things you thought you did with righteousness.

But what will be said?

Perhaps you will say that you gathered all information and stood your ground against wrongs.

Perhaps you will point to others and say that they did not allow you to perform godly actions.

Perhaps you will render all your deeds and realize that God was not part of any of them.

When you are asked to give account of yourself, what pocket will you reach into to draw proof?

What chance will you have to say, “May I have a moment to reflect?”

Your tongue will betray your fear and words will come regardless your desire to stem their tide.

Before Him you are standing, on that day.

He who has provided the power to accomplish God’s will.

But you decided here to do all things according to your own imagination.

You read the Bible and determined that you could obey the Holy Law of God.

How’s that working out for you?

You see social injustice and take it upon yourself to correct the flood of lawless men.

You made a “good” life for yourself and your family.

And it is your hands which have constructed the house you now live in.

Have you never heard the Gospel?

Will you recount, on that day, that everything you have to present to the Holy Father has been done by Jesus His Son?

Perhaps you have not heard this:

 Unless the LORD builds the house,
   the builders labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
   the guards stand watch in vain.
In vain you rise early
   and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat—
   for he grants sleep to those he loves.

May God grant you understanding before you stand before Him.

Pope denounces “inhuman” mafia in southern Italy

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Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome

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The folly of man will be evident until the return of our Lord.  Man will increase in wickedness and folly as the day approaches.  And I see signs of this increase of decrease every day I am allowed to remain on this earth.

I saw this headline in the AP this morning:  “Pope denounces “inhuman” mafia in southern Italy”.  I will not read the article.  There is no need to read the details.  But I sense a need to respond.

What, exactly is the difference between the Catholic Church leaders and the Italian mafia?  I will speak of the mafia first.  They have gained their power over men by violence.  They amass to themselves riches because of this violence.  They protect what they have stolen by remaining hidden from the general public.  They have placed a structure of obedience to their unholy organization which requires full obedience to their code of thieves.  They cannot rely on God to protect them from harm, so they turn to guns, walls, secrecy, and a claim to human power.  If left unchecked, they would create a city for their center of power.  They would secret away every item of value in the world to a place within that city where only the elite would be allowed to visit them.  They would subject every man, woman, and child to hideous poverty.  While they would enjoy an unheard of opulence. 

Jesus obeyed His Father’s will.  He did not desire to be protected from harm.  He even gladly accepted the humiliation of death on a cross.  He told His disciples that He was to be turned over to the power of evil and hung to die on a cross.  And while He taught them these things, He remained in humble circumstances.  He lived among the people every day of His Glorious life.  He owned nothing.  Even His clothing was divided among His enemies.  Though He visited the fortified city of Jerusalem, He did not live behind those walls.

How are the Catholic church’s leaders like Christ my Lord?  I will say no more.

By His Grace.