GOOD MORNING...I PRAY ALL OF YOU SLEPT WELL...PROVERBS SAYS THAT AN EVIL PERSON GOES TO BED WORRYING ABOUT ALL THAT HE HAS...AND GETS VERY LITTLE REST...BUT THE WISE MAN...A BELIEVER OF GOD AND ALL HIS PROMISES... SLEEPS WELL... A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS A BELIEVER CAN HAVE...DO YOU REALLY THINK PAUL COULD HAVE DONE ALL THAT HE DID FOR CHRIST...IF HE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ALL HE HAD DONE BEFORE HE MET HIM...BEFORE HIS CONVERSION HE WAS RESPONSIBLE EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR THE DEATHS AND PERSECUTION OF MEN,WOMEN AND CHILDREN...WE TOO HAVE DONE EVIL THINGS IN OUR LIVES...BEING BORN WITH A SIN NATURE GUARANTEES IT...BUT AS BELIEVERS ALL OUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN...AND NOT ONLY FORGIVEN...BUT FORGOTTEN...AS IF IT HAD NEVER EVEN HAPPENED...I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU...BUT AS A VERY WISE PREACHER SAYS FROM TIME TO TIME... THAT JUST JACKS ME UP !!! FATHER THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERFECT PLAN OF SALVATION...YOU KNEW WE WERE IN TROUBLE...AND YOU KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD FIX IT OURSELVES...SO YOU PUT A PROCESS IN MOTION THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THE DEATH OF YOUR SON...AND LIFE FOR US...FATHER WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID FOR US I AM OVERWHELMED...THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN EVER REPAY YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE...BUT YOUR WORD SAYS THAT IF WE BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DID...THEN THAT IS ALL YOU ASK OF US...THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY...HELP US TO BE MORE LIKE YOU...WE SAY THIS PRAYER IN JESUS HOLY NAME...AMEN. 1 PETER CHAPTER 2: PETER BEGINS BY TELLING US THAT WE MUST STOP ALL OUR EVIL BEHAVIOR AND DECEITFULNESS...DONT BE A HYPOCRITE...DONT JUST GO THRU THE MOTIONS IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIENDS TO ACT LIKE YOU ARE LIVING A GOOD LIFE...LIVE A GOOD LIFE...GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DOING...DO YOU THINK JESUS DOES NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...OF COURSE HE DOES...AND IT IS HE WHO YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO IN THE END...NOT YOUR FRIENDS...YOU MUST CRAVE THE PURE SPIRITUAL WORD OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN GROW...AND AS YOUR SALVATION GROWS...AND IN SO DOING BECOME FULLY MATURE IN YOUR FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST...LIVING IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT...AND JUST AS A BABY CRIES OUT FOR THERE MOTHERS MILK...WE TOO MUST CRY OUT FOR THE NOURISHMENT THAT COMES ONLY THRU GODS WORD... CHRIST IS THE CORNERSTONE OF GODS TEMPLE...PRECIOUS IN GODS SIGHT...BUT REJECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE...PETER THEN REFERS TO SCRIPTURE WHEN HE SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH THE STONE WAS REJECTED BY THE BUILDERS...HE(CHRIST) HAS NOW BECOME THE CORNERSTONE OF THE HOUSE...THIS(CHRIST) IS THE STONE THAT CAUSES THE PEOPLE TO STUMBLE...AND THE ROCK THAT CAUSES THEM TO FALL... AND WHY DO THEY STUMBLE...BECAUSE DO NOT LISTEN (READ) OR OBEY GODS WORD...SO THEY ARE THEN CONDEMNED TO THE FATE GOD HAS PLANNED FOR THEM... WE ON THE OTHER HAND ARE DIFFERENT...WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD...TO BE HIS PRIESTS...IN HIS HOLY NATION (KINGDOM)...TO DO HIS WORK...AND OUR JOB IS TO SHOW OTHERS HOW GOOD OUR GOD IS...THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS DIEING WORLD AND INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT... WE HAVE GONE FROM BEING JUST A PEOPLE...RECIEVING NONE OF GODS MERCY AND GRACE...TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE...NOW COMPLETELY COVERED IN HIS MERCY AND GRACE... DONT FORGET THAT ALTHOUGH YOU ARE LIVING IN THIS WORLD...YOU ARE NO LONGER OF IT...OR A PART OF IT...YOU ARE FOREIGNERS LIVING IN A WORLD THAT IS NOT YOUR HOME...SO DONT GET TOO COMFORTABLE...FOR THEIR ARE EVIL FORCES OUT THERE THAT ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR VERY SOULS...BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LIVE AMONG YOUR UNBELIEVING NEIGHBORS...HELP THEM IF YOU CAN...BUT IF THEY BEGIN TO QUARREL AND ARGUE WITH YOU...ALWAYS DO THE HONERABLE THING...THIS WAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND NOTHING AGAINST YOU...AND WHEN THE LORD RETURNS...THEY WILL BELIEVE AND GIVE HONOR TO GOD BECAUSE OF YOU... DONT COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR KING...OR WHOEVER HAS BEEN PLACED IN AUTHORITY OVER YOU...FOR GOD HAS SENT THEM TO PUNISH THE GUILTY AND HONOR THE RIGHTEOUS... IT IS GODS PLAN THAT YOUR RIGHTEOUS LIVING WOULD SILENCE THOSE WHO WOULD ACCUSE YOU OF ANY WRONG DOING...BUT REMEMBER THAT CHRIST HAS SET YOU FREE...NO LONGER TO BE A SLAVE TO SIN...BUT TO BE A SLAVE FOR CHRIST...TO BE HIS REPRESENTATIVE WHERE EVER YOU GO...WHERE YOU LIVE...WHERE YOU WORK...EVERYWHERE...ALWAYS BE PATIENT AND KIND TO EVERYONE IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE...LOVE YOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS...AND RESPECT THE KING... ALL SLAVES MUST RESPECT AND ACCEPT THEIR MASTERS...NOT BECAUSE IT IS EASY...BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN GODS KINGDOM...DO AS YOU ARE TOLD BY YOUR MASTERS...EVEN IF THEY ARE CRUEL AND UNREASONABLE..(ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE CRUEL AND UNREASONABLE)...FOR IT IS PLEASING TO GOD THAT YOU WOULD KEEP A CLEAR CONSCIENCE BY ENDURING SUCH HARSH TREATMENT...BUT THIS DOES NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE PROVOKED SUCH AN INCIDENT...ONLY WHEN YOU ARE FOUND TO BE INNOCENT IN GODS EYES OF ANY WRONG DOING... AFTER ALL IS THIS NOT WHAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO...THIS IS WHY JESUS DID ALL THAT HE DID...SO JUST AS HE WAS PERSECUTED IN HIS INNOCENCE...AND STILL REMAINED SINLESS...WE TOO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GOD TO DO LIKEWISE...FOR TO SUFFER IN INNOCENCE IS OUR WAY OF SHOWING GOD HOW MUCH WE BELIEVE IN HIM...AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US...AND JUST AS JESUS DID NOT SEEK REVENGE OR RETALIATION WHEN HE WAS BEING ABUSED...BUT LEFT SUCH THINGS IN HIS FATHERS HANDS...WE TOO MUST DO THE SAME...FOR ONLY THE GOD WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS CAN JUDGE ALL MEN FAIRLY AND JUSTLY...WHEN JESUS HUNG ON THE CROSS...THE SINS OF ALL MANKIND WERE PLACED UPON HIM...HE TOOK UPON HIMSELF ALL THESE SINS SO WE COULD BE DEAD TO SIN...AND LIVE FOR WHAT US RIGHT AND GOOD...WE ARE HEALED BY THE WOUNDS HE HAS RECIEVED...WE ONCE WERE LOST...LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD...BUT NOW WE HAVE A SHEPHERD...AND HIS NAME IS JESUS!!!
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:56:18 +0000
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