Do we befriend them at the risk of getting "Caught or Trapped" in the same storm or do we study them from a "Safe" distance as we watch and learn from their routine mistakes made?
Today's survivalist have a term they use for a type of "Bag" they keep stashed away in a private place. In this bag each gets to choose what they Assume they might need in the event of a complete social melt down and can transport based on the size, weight and contents of this bag once it's considered 'Full".
The name for this instrument is a "Bug Out Bag". I'll have to be honest, I purchased this type of bag years ago, yet I've yet to complete its preparation. Why? In part because I finally reached the conclusion I'm more Indecisive than I am fully aware of what the fear of the future holds in STORE for me.
Have you ever sat down and honestly tested ALL of your senses based on Your Own Core "Beliefs"?
Especially when You also "Believe" there's only ONE mediator who CAN speak on your behalf before God in the throne room of Grace? The only One who can because He has been "Prepared" (made able) to testify on Your behalf as if your LEAD in Counsel? The One who also ushers you into Gods Holy presence? What happens if the presence of God is NOT revered as if Holy?
What do You believe happens when and IF you, I or any other PERSONAGE tries to demand an audience with God in terms of being seen and/or heard in Gods presence without proper counsel (representation)?
How important does believing there WILL not only be a "Judgment Day", but also a sitting JUDGE who by way of a strong 'Will" preside over such a day with ALL "Authority"? How does "All Authority" not only reveal itself under the terms of True benefits and serve its subjects in the physical ABSENCE of a sitting KING? The type of King who has also already COME in PEACE and Conquered?
What exactly do You believe was truly Conquered in His coming?
Is the condition of the subjects of this particular KING today also going to PROVE to be the "Net result(s)" this King has been TOO soft beyond His visitation? Too soft on those over whom have also realized that He does have All Authority, Power and Dominion? The results that APPEAR as those who have TAKEN the Liberty (Freedom) to go and DO what with those same "Net Results"?
How easy is to only "Look" in one direction through a story told? What can LOOKING back through any story told also reveal? The type of stories told where we see a small boy who could never imagine seeing himself feeding thousands because he only had a few fish in his possession verses the story of a spiritual son (Peter) who aspired to become a Spiritual Man who was told to cast His Net on the RIGHT SIDE of the Boat He was IN? The same nets of a NEW type of man whose nets only later cam up Bursting with the abundance of OBEDIENCE?
Based on where I thought I was at yesterday and if I were asked TODAY to volunteer to join forces with others who claim to be "Fishers of men" the first thing I would ask might be which cesspool are we going fishing in? Whose to blame if fishing with a specific type of bait only produces a specific type of "Fish" ...that's also been "CAUGHT"?
I love thought framing phrases such as "What in this world" are capable of, yet what I often find disappointing is how few are those who also Hear what has TRULY been suggested by way of carefully choosing their words.
Whose also to blame once the fish caught by way of the "Net" are 'culled" and only a certain type of fish are considered to "BE"....'Keepers"? Focused men fish with "Bait", yet without asking WHY who can also weigh the value of any fishing trip? God is depicted as if fishing with a Net, who then can glean from the methodology seen being used? Exactly what type of Bait does God use to catch Men if not a Net?
Is it possible "Circumstances" are the bait of "Choice"? The type where a net is cast and everyone in the wake of these circumstances are hauled in?
Surely there is a reason for the visual affects of the Dead Sea as much as there is for the specifics of places called Heaven and/or hell. Much like who gets to determine which side of the proverbial Wall they're on in this Life? Who is left to guess at which side of this proverbial Gate it is they're staring at along this proverbial wall without knowing beyond doubt the defining markings of either? The type of Gate where on One side is seen a Huge Pearl and the other is what?
In terms of everything that does matter, it's not that God does NOT know those who are His, but maybe more pointedly because man has allowed his person to become convinced it is he (man) who makes this determination that will also speak on behalf of exactly WHO it is that also OWNS any personage.
What type of stranger today who comes along and says, "Follow Me" would You be willing to follow on a minutes "Notice"? Picture yourself going about your daily wage earning labor that also feeds those you Love and upon hearing the invitation to Come Follow Me, you simply drop what you've trusted in for how ever long to go and follow some type of stranger? One who can yet only later explain what Your future holds in store because you did choose to follow Him?
Whose to say what's held in store for those who "refuse" to Believe not only that Christ exist, but even greater the One who does have the type of Voice that is expressing what has need of being said with "All Authority" at His side?
Outside the realm of being told verbatim and speculation, what exactly would you conclude was seen in the Man Jesus who proved capable of drawing a man and his history like Peter and His Brother not only away from their Jobs, but also away from their Father who was on site?
Today obviously Peter his brother and the other Apostles are physically dead and Gone as is Christ. Peter and all the above persons spoke but how far and "Consistently" has their words traveled in order to tell and teach us today not only How, but where to cast our nets so that we might catch enough Fish in order so that we too might feed thousands?
The bible says there were thousands of men (people) who ate bread and fish, yet how many of those thousand also Got to ENJOY seeing the Miracles up close and personal that lead to their same MEAL? How many truly didn't care where the bread and fish came from as long as it kept coming?
The same could be asked of how many came to BE healed and how many came to simply be entertained much like going to a Movie or Live performance Today without also KNOWING after the fact exactly how many were Healed and WHY?
Many will come to meetings today for the sake of the type of invitation heard yet how many are pleading blindness to what did NOT show up at these meetings? How many are also coming to enjoy the REALITY of what is being TAUGHT? How many honestly STOP coming today without also surveying why some were not Healed or Fed when Jesus Visited?
How many came to see this man named Jesus to have their bellies filled and how many came as the result of believing others have testified this same Jesus is known for doing Great Things? Was it that the seating was comfortable or unlimited due to the spaciousness of the type of table that's agrees with the sprawling nature of an open field or the recognition all were welcomed as if being seated at the head of a "Round Table".
Today, who exactly has Gods Mercy Despised? Why is the Power of God NOT being "Seen" as the accompaniment of the Gospel that has come from the "Mouth of God'? Who is Not repenting because they do have need of seeing the Grace of God meet them wherever? The type of power that yet to prove will be the same Power that will resurrect their souls that are also "Owned"?
Who will prove to have been the Liar? Who exactly will approve the Saints if only the rightful owner can "Claim" the very souls that do belong to them?
If this world and tenure here does prove anything, to whom does it ALL prove anything to? Is God A spirited Being? Does God hide from anyone? Does God hide beneath a skin covering?
If only the physical Body can be killed forever, what then does a man do with the thoughts that point to somehow murdering a type of brother who is also a Spirited being? His dead physical body can be hidden or buried, yet whose sight has also been assumed "Blind"?
Does an ambassador wage war or faithfully deliver a "Message" especially if each encounter require the same type and source of Grace?
Under the clear terms of everything that is Meaningful in the sight of God, what has or can any man become without the Grace only Christ can Provide~
2 Cor 5:16-21
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view . Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
NIV
1 John 3:12-15
Do not be like Cain , who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
NIV
Titus 2:11-15
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority . Do not let anyone despise you. NIV
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. NIV
He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
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