Where in hell did that come from?
God gave man the gift to hate that which is evil, yet has man truly learned to hate evil when he sees evil in every instance? What about when a man see's the need within himself to be delivered "From" hell?
Surely he then needs to see streets paved with gold where there are no more tears of sorrow? What doe this man then place his hope in? The picture painted of streets made of gold and the fact he'll never grieve again OR the truth about the root cause from which he's been delivered?
What has unbelief allowed into your life? I'm not only talking about benefits from Heaven, yet what I'm wanting to focus on is what believing in anything truly accomplishes.
Why shouldn't a man (person) be made aware of the same evil which includes the evil this same man has failed to acknowledge? By having failed to acknowledge it as "evil" wouldn't this practically make it a welcomed guest into his own life?
Who is capable of and strong enough to wade into the line of cover fire being presented as though the one who's trying to protect what a person believes to be true?
Jesus and his apostle's as the likes of the apostle Paul as faith filled servants said a lot of things in their life time. The large lot of those same things they said lead them to be crucified, slapped, beaten, stoned, jailed and eventually silenced (killed).
Did they say what they did out of love or because of the love for all they did believe to be true?
Were they then abused and said "Mis-treated" because of what they said was found offensive? Enough to then be judged as though a liar leveling false accusations? Only later to be blamed as a "Blasphemer" because the first charge(s) wouldn't stick to those accused?
Just because your not struck by the very one you've confronted does not mean you've not touched the nerve of someone else who is more than willing to also slap you.
That is of course unless the one that does slap you is a slave unto another master against their own free will?
Is it that believers fail to see the hand of our enemy rise to slap us OR have we failed to hear the command given to slap us because of what we've said?
Because of what this world seems to know all too well about itself, who is considered worthy of confronting what God defines as sinful behavior?
Has faith in Christ now become such that doesn't matter, "Because we are all either considered saved sinners or perfected hypocrites? Now because of the confession made of "Being" a sinner have since lost or denounced the right to address the sinful behavior we try to convince ourselves and others God no longer see's?
Think about it, why was Paul slapped? Was it because he called them law breakers or in softer terms "Hypocrites" or for having found and declared himself cleared and that in his own conscience towards God having fulfilled his duty?
Acts 23:3
You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!" NIV
Having failed to see God as the ONLY one that is good makes room for so much more in our lives. When we don't this way, how does the consideration that ONLY "God is good" remain true? Truth which then serves us as believers in a God that is said to be Good in ALL that he does?
How can it serve in any capacity unless we also come to know beyond doubt about the things Goodness either does or doesn't do despite being wrongfully accused?
All that GOOD does as though a consideration of any matter at hand which is then "Drawn" in order for all men to reach for one and the same conclusion?
As believers in Christ we say we get the part about God that says "God is Love", yet did we truly receive the portion of God that is "Love" and that as His spirit?
That same spirit which then compels us to do what we choose to do having come into aggreement with that same spirit?
1 John 4:17-18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
NIV
Why does a mere man feel as though the weight of what God has placed upon him when His word says His burden is Lite? The same God who then tells the man to love his enemies having satisfied the greatest fear any man should have which is death?
Would you deem it to be true if I suggested that God would not instruct you to do anything He himself has not already done? That to include that God would not ask you to do something he has also NOT made you capable of doing?
Is God true or are you the liar that now gives the order to slap because you've found what is being said offensive?
How far does the hand of unmerited favor reach in your life? How hard is any job thought to be difficult without the fore thought of all that might prevent success?
Was the ruin Moses saw because of what He believed concerning God OR because of what he knew about man which included himself (the ones he was being tasked with watching over)?
If Moses were to be viewed as the author of these following passages, how would this commentary about himself sit with you? Especially if you were to read 12:3 before you read what came from his mouth in chapter 11?
Num 12:3
3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
NIV
I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now — if I have found favor in your eyes — and do not let me face my own ruin."
The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people.
Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone.
NIV
Do we as believers NOT want success to take its spiritual course in time as such appointed by the mouth of God? If we do hope for success in such an endeavor then surely we must pray the same strength that only He has as if our hope being able to "SEE" the remainder of Gods enemies since reconciled to Him.
When something gets killed what dies with it? How different the office of the apostle's of Christ if it were to also be killed off?
Anything the believer in Christ is given is not given for personal gain. Instead it's given for the mutual edification of the entire Body Of Christ.
Lest we forget when one part of the body suffers the whole then suffers with it?
James 4:2-3
You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive , because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
NIV
Surely the Lord loves mankind even while he was a sinner, yet that understanding was not intended to continue as though a license to continue to sin.
Does unbelief only plague your life or do you find the mercy of Gods grace as the unmerited favor of God which only provides what you want?
We'll coin catch phrases like, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make Him drink" yet what image does that require when we wrongfully borrow from this type of metaphor?
Does that picture also require a bit and bridle OR does it require the image of a carrot, apple or a bucket of water in the hand that is considered able to lead that horse anywhere?
Is it about the apple or water or does it have more to do with "hunger or thirst" doing their part in the leading?
Ps 32:9-11
Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.
Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!
NIV
How does the believer love another that's trapped in sin while forgetting about the potential troubles that might also come "Their Way"?
Is that "Way" your way or is it the way of the Lord?
Has the governing rules of a life in Christ changed since these words were spoken? If so, by what authority?
Matt 22:29
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God
NIV
Rom 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
NIV
Maybe your gift is that you've not found yourself in need of deliverance from something which can bind you, but what about those that have found themselves bound?
How much of what YOU choose to believe is ONLY for your eternal benefit?
Surely if we can read that the kingdom of God is not about words alone, but it's about "Power" yet where does this endowment of power come from?
The Gospel?
The gospel as the power of God is what the believer is supposed to be battling the spiritual cause's of evil with and not just words and and money. Those things contianed in the Gospel were intended to be used in order to attract those that do find themselves in "Need".
Why? Because they have since found themselves in "Need" of all that God not only has to offer but alsothat He is "Willing" to offer to those in need of Him.
Jesus didn't dabble with the demonic nor did the Apostle's, yet they believed beyond doubt they had also been given dominion over such evil forces.
Who would possibly benefit from any OTHER type of attitude which concern the Lord that is Love?
Being nice is one thing and usually proves only to be temporary in light of the things which wage war against the said "Believer's" true Identity.
A child being influenced and that by the wrong sort speaks to lack of what?
Spiritual Parenting? Parented as though sinners themselves who also wink at what?
The truth maybe?
What defines who God's children are in contrast to what also defines who the children of Devil are?
How are we to discern between the two if everything we believe stays locked away in our tidy little minds?
To be continued if You'll join me in the mutual effort to believe and to put on the mind of Christ
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