I CANNOT BELIEVE YOUR FICKLENESS ------------- HOW EASILY YOU HAVE TURNED TRAITOR TO HIM WHO CALLED YOU BY THE GRACE OF CHRIST --- BY EMBRACING A VARIANT MESSAGE! ---------------------------------------------- IT IS NOT A MINOR VARIATION, YOU KNOW; ----- IT IS COMPLETELY OTHER, ---- AN ALIEN MESSAGE, -- A NO-MESSAGE, -- A LIE ABOUT GOD. ---------------------------------------------------- THOSE WHO ARE PROVOKING THIS AGITATION AMONG YOU ARE TURNING THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST ON ITS HEAD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LET ME BE BLUNT: ---- IF ONE OF US — EVEN IF AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN! -------------------- WERE TO PREACH SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE PREACHED ORIGINALLY, ---- LET HIM BE CURSED. -------------------- I SAID IT ONCE; -- I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF REPUTATION OR CREDENTIALS, -- PREACHES SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT YOU RECEIVED ORIGINALLY, LET HIM BE CURSED. - GAL 1:6 ************************************************ IN A WELL FURNISHED KITCHEN THERE ARE NOT ONLY CRYSTAL GOBLETS AND SILVER PLATTERS, --- BUT WASTE CANS AND COMPOST BUCKETS ---------------------------------------- SOME CONTAINERS USED TO SERVE FINE MEALS, ------------------------------------------------ OTHERS TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- BECOME THE KIND OF CONTAINER GOD CAN USE TO PRESENT ANY AND EVERY KIND OF GIFT TO HIS GUESTS FOR THEIR BLESSING. ------------------------------------------------------------- RUN AWAY FROM INFANTILE INDULGENCE. ------------------------------------------------------------------- RUN AFTER MATURE RIGHTEOUSNESS — FAITH, LOVE, PEACE --------- JOINING THOSE WHO ARE IN HONEST AND SERIOUS PRAYER BEFORE GOD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFUSE TO GET INVOLVED IN INANE DISCUSSIONS; ---------------------------------------------- THEY ALWAYS END UP IN FIGHTS. ------------- GOD’S SERVANT MUST NOT BE ARGUMENTATIVE, ---------------------------------------------------- BUT A GENTLE LISTENER AND A TEACHER WHO KEEPS COOL, --- WORKING FIRMLY BUT PATIENTLY WITH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO OBEY. ---------------------------------------------------- YOU NEVER KNOW HOW OR WHEN GOD MIGHT SOBER THEM UP WITH A CHANGE OF HEART AND A TURNING TO THE TRUTH, --- ENABLING THEM TO ESCAPE THE DEVIL’S TRAP, --- WHERE THEY ARE CAUGHT AND HELD CAPTIVE, FORCED TO RUN HIS ERRANDS. --------------------------------- ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE ALL OUT FOR CHRIST IS IN FOR A LOT OF TROUBLE; ----- THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND IT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UNSCRUPULOUS CON MEN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT THE FAITH . -------------------- THEY ARE AS DECEIVED AS THE PEOPLE THEY LEAD ASTRAY. -------------------------------- AS LONG AS THEY ARE OUT THERE, THINGS CAN ONLY GET WORSE. --------------------- BUT DO NOT LET IT FAZE YOU. STICK WITH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND BELIEVED, ---- SURE OF THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR TEACHERS ---- WHY, --- YOU TOOK IN THE SACRED SCRIPTURES WITH YOUR MOTHERS MILK. ---------------------------------------- THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD FOR SHOWING YOU THE WAY TO SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS. - 2TIM2:20 ************************************************** YOU WERE RUNNING SUPERBLY! ------------------- WHO CUT IN ON YOU, ---- DEFLECTING YOU FROM THE TRUE COURSE OF OBEDIENCE? ---------------------------------------- THIS DETOUR DOES NOT COME FROM THE ONE WHO CALLED YOU INTO THE RACE IN THE FIRST PLACE. --------------------------- AND PLEASE DO NOT TOSS THIS OFF AS INSIGNIFICANT. ---------------------------------------- IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE AMOUNT OF YEAST, -- YOU KNOW, -- TO PERMEATE AN ENTIRE LOAF OF BREAD. --------------------------------- DEEP DOWN, THE MASTER HAS GIVEN ME CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NOT DEFECT. ----------------------------------------------------------- BUT THE ONE WHO IS UPSETTING YOU, -- WHOEVER HE IS, --- WILL BEAR THE DIVINE JUDGMENT. ------------------------------------------------------ IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO A FREE LIFE. -------------------- JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT USE THIS FREEDOM AS AN EXCUSE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND DESTROY YOUR FREEDOM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RATHER, USE YOUR FREEDOM TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE; -- THAT IS HOW FREEDOM GROWS. ----------------------------------------- FOR EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT GOD’S WORD IS SUMMED UP IN A SINGLE SENTENCE: --------------------------------------------------- LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. ------------------------------------------------------------------ THAT IS AN ACT OF TRUE FREEDOM. ------------------------------------------------------------------ IF YOU BITE AND RAVAGE EACH OTHER, WATCH OUT — IN NO TIME AT ALL YOU WILL BE ANNIHILATING EACH OTHER, AND WHERE WILL YOUR PRECIOUS FREEDOM BE THEN? - GAL 5:7 *********************************************** MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * * * * * * * * SHALOM. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 02:46:44 +0000