LET ME COME BACK TO WHERE I STARTED — AND DO NOT HOLD IT AGAINST ME IF I CONTINUE TO SOUND A LITTLE FOOLISH. ----- OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER, -------------- JUST ACCEPT THAT I AM A FOOL AND LET ME RANT ON A LITTLE. ---------------------------------------------------- I DID NOT LEARN THIS KIND OF TALK FROM CHRIST. ------------------------------------------------------- OH, NO, --- IT IS A BAD HABIT I PICKED UP FROM THE THREE-RING PREACHERS THAT ARE SO POPULAR THESE DAYS. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SINCE YOU SIT THERE IN THE JUDGMENT SEAT OBSERVING ALL THESE SHENANIGANS, ---- YOU CAN AFFORD TO HUMOR AN OCCASIONAL FOOL WHO HAPPENS LONG. ------------------------------------------------------------- YOU HAVE SUCH ADMIRABLE TOLERANCE FOR IMPOSTORS WHO ROB YOUR FREEDOM, --- RIP YOU OFF, --- STEAL YOU BLIND, --- PUT YOU DOWN — EVEN SLAP YOUR FACE! ----------------------------------------------------------- I SHOULD NOT ADMIT IT TO YOU, BUT OUR STOMACHS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TOLERATE THAT KIND OF STUFF. - 2COR 11 :16 ************************************************ DO NOT IMAGINE US LEADERS TO BE SOMETHING WE ARE NOT. --------------------------------------- WE ARE SERVANTS OF CHRIST, NOT HIS MASTERS. --------------------------------------------------- WE ARE GUIDES INTO GOD’S MOST SUBLIME SECRETS, --------------------------------------- NOT SECURITY GUARDS POSTED TO PROTECT THEM. ------------------------------------------------- THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A GOOD GUIDE ARE RELIABILITY AND ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE. ------------------------------------------------------------ IT MATTERS VERY LITTLE TO ME WHAT YOU THINK OF ME, ---- EVEN LESS WHERE I RANK IN POPULAR OPINION. --- I DO NOT EVEN RANK MYSELF. --------------------------------- COMPARISONS IN THESE MATTERS ARE POINTLESS. ---- I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD DISQUALIFY ME FROM BEING A GOOD GUIDE FOR YOU, ---------------- BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN MUCH. ------- THE MASTER MAKE THAT JUDGMENT. ------------------------ SO DO NOT GET AHEAD OF THE MASTER AND JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WITH YOUR JUDGMENTS BEFORE ALL THE EVIDENCE IS IN. ----------------------------------------------- WHEN HE COMES, ----- HE WILL BRING OUT IN THE OPEN AND PLACE IN EVIDENCE ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE NEVER EVEN DREAMED OF --------- INNER MOTIVES AND PURPOSES AND PRAYERS.----------- ONLY THEN WILL ANY ONE OF US GET TO HEAR THE -- “WELL DONE!” OF GOD. 1COR 4:1 ************************************************ THE SPIRIT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT AS TIME GOES ON, --------- SOME ARE GOING TO GIVE UP ON THE FAITH AND CHASE AFTER DEMONIC ILLUSIONS PUT FORTH BY PROFESSIONAL LIARS. -------------------------------------- THESE LIARS HAVE LIED SO WELL AND FOR SO LONG THAT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR CAPACITY FOR TRUTH. -------------------------------- They will tell you not to get married. ------------ They will tell you not to eat this or that food — perfectly good food GOD created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! --------------- EVERYTHING GOD CREATED IS GOOD, ----- AND TO BE RECEIVED WITH THANKS. ----------- NOTHING IS TO BE SNEERED AT AND THROWN OUT. -------------------------- GOD’S WORD AND OUR PRAYERS MAKE EVERY ITEM IN CREATION HOLY. ---------------- YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED ON THE MESSAGE OF THE FAITH AND HAVE FOLLOWED SOUND TEACHING.---------------------------------- NOW PASS ON THIS COUNSEL TO THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS THERE, -- AND YOU WILL BE A GOOD SERVANT OF JESUS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STAY CLEAR OF SILLY STORIES THAT GET DRESSED UP AS RELIGION. ---------------- EXERCISE DAILY IN GOD ----------- NO SPIRITUAL FLABBINESS, PLEASE! ----------------------- WORKOUTS IN THE GYMNASIUM ARE USEFUL, --------------- BUT A DISCIPLINED LIFE IN GOD IS FAR MORE SO, --- MAKING YOU FIT BOTH TODAY AND FOREVER. ---- YOU CAN COUNT ON THIS. --- TAKE IT TO HEART. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THROWN OURSELVES INTO THIS VENTURE SO TOTALLY. ---- WE ARE BANKING ON THE LIVING GOD, ------- SAVIOR OF ALL MEN AND WOMEN, -- ESPECIALLY BELIEVERS. ---------------------- GET THE WORD OUT. TEACH ALL THESE THINGS. ------ AND DO NOT LET ANYONE PUT YOU DOWN BECAUSE YOU ARE YOUNG. --------------------------------------------------------------- TEACH BELIEVERS WITH YOUR LIFE: -- BY WORD, -- BY DEMEANOR, -- BY LOVE, -- BY FAITH, -- BY INTEGRITY. ----------------------- STAY AT YOUR POST READING SCRIPTURE, -- GIVING COUNSEL, -- TEACHING. ------------------------------------------------------------------- AND THAT SPECIAL GIFT OF MINISTRY YOU WERE GIVEN WHEN THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH LAID HANDS ON YOU AND PRAYED — KEEP THAT DUSTED OFF AND IN USE. ---------------------------------------- CULTIVATE THESE THINGS. --- IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THEM. ------------------------------- THE PEOPLE WILL ALL SEE YOU MATURE RIGHT BEFORE THEIR EYES! -------------------- KEEP A FIRM GRASP ON BOTH YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR TEACHING.------------- DO NOT BE DIVERTED. JUST KEEP AT IT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BOTH YOU AND THOSE WHO HEAR YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SALVATION. - 1Tim4:1 ************************************************* MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * * * * * * * * SHALOM. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 02:38:49 +0000
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