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In Pursuit of Blasphemy

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No one testifies of Christ because he loves to testify.  And the ones, whose motive is to testify alone, will fail and fall away.

Those who remain, testify because they are driven.  The power of Christ’s love is that compelling.  The power of the Holy Spirit gives no quarter.

They testify with vigorous soul.  They are not concerned with the popularity of their testimony.  Though no one reads their words, they are convinced that what the Lord has done will not return to Him void.

You cannot make them stop.  They themselves cannot affect a ceasing.  For the Lord has come to dwell within them.

God Himself has determined His messengers!

Oh adulteress world.  Do you really think you can suppress the word of the Living God?  Yes, you certainly do.

You think that if you attack, or ignore, His messengers that they will cease their proclamation.  You think this because you have attacked weak men.  And in your attack they have succumb.

So your folly is bolstered.  Pride fills you as if a valiant victor.  And you are spurred to legislate against Christ.  You are spurred to call His witnesses evil.

Your eyes widen with adrenaline, “I have found the way to rid myself of these noxious words!”

Pursue!
Pursue! 
There were thousands of Egyptian soldiers who did the same as you!

By His Grace

The Duty of Grace

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Resourcefulness is born by the union of ingenuity and necessity.  When an impasse is encountered such a child will prosper.

As our body encounters limitations in this world, so it is with our faith in the Spirit.  There is room for resourcefulness.  Such is the duty of Grace.

By His Grace

Of the Making of Books

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11 “The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.”  (Ecclesiastes 12)

Has the world honestly done itself a favor to create and accept so many books regarding the Bible and Christianity? 

A great and profitable enterprise was launched many decades ago.  The making of more and more translations.  Sunday School lessons enough to fill a cathedral, without one gap left for air.  “How to” books, “Where and When” books, books for families, books for marriage, work, play, devotion, witnessing, holiness and hell, books of pictures, books regarding prophecy, and hundreds more.

All of them for sale.  All of them for profit.  All of them beckoning.  All of them crafty in their own right.

Has the printing press replaced the Holy Spirit?  What has become of the saying,  “Freely you have received freely give”?  And where is the door through which we might return?

Many know the proverb above.  But how many have taken note of the tiny passage within it: “given by one Shepherd”?

By His Grace