Everyone who puts confidence in humans, will be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. (That is all of us at some point in our lives.) Those who trust their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, live their life full of their own vomit and their souls cannot prosper in grace or comfort. (I live in salvation because of my good works and I boast about myself and what I have done to maintain my salvation, not regarding, but rejecting Christ and I seat myself at the throne of God.) (I thank no one but my hard work at being good.) Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They will be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they will not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their Hope, have enough to make up the want of all creature-comforts. They will not cease from yielding fruit in holiness and good works. (Apart from God, we do not possess immortality like some have taught us.) (He is Life, and we are Creation.) (Is the economy of the nation your Hope?) (Is your job or your spouse your Hope?) The heart, the conscience of man, in its corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil. The heart is wrong; it is deadly, it is desperate, it is sick. The case is bad indeed, if the conscience, which should set right our path, is a leader in the delusion. We cannot know our own hearts, nor what they will persuade us to do in an hour of temptation. Who can understand it? (Except the one who has asked God to create a new heart for him/her.) Much less can we know the hearts of others, or depend upon them. (Forgive others because you now know, that they really dont know why they do what they do.) He that believes Gods testimony in this matter, and learns to watch his own heart, will find this is a correct, though a sad picture, and learns many lessons to direct his conduct. But much in our own hearts and in the hearts of others, will remain unknown. Yet whatever wickedness there is in the heart, God sees it. Men may be imposed upon, but God cannot be deceived. Let us ask for wisdom from The One who gives freely. (Im not asking or telling anyone to be perfect, but to place your trust in Christ. He is the only One who can give you justification and salvation. Ceasing from sin does not save you, God saves you! The only work that saves us, is the one on the cross. And believing that will release your conscience. It Is Finished! Walk in freedom through Knowledge of the Truth.)
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:57:01 +0000
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