LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND BODY AND MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH BECAUSE IN SO DOING YOU WILL BE LIVING IN DISOBEDIENCE TOWARD THE ONE WHO HAS DIED FOR YOU. HE HAS COMMANDED IT IN HIS WORD. LOVE HIM AND OBEY HIM EVEN WHEN IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AND EVEN WHEN YOU DONT FEEL LIKE DOING SO. DONT LIVE YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU FEEL ABUT LIVE YOUR LIFE ON THE TRUTH OF CHRIST EVEN WHEN YOU DONT WANT TO DO SO. FEELINGS WILL FAIL YOU AND WILL DISSAPOINT YOU BUT THE TRUTH OF CHRIST LIVED OUT IN THE REALITIES OF THIS LIFE WILL BRING REFRESHING, HEALING, GROWTH AND PROGRESS. WHEN YOU WANT TO ABSENT YOURSELF FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH EXAMINE YOURSELF WHY YOU ARE DOING THIS. ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOUR MOTIVES ARE IN DOING SO. ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOUR INNER HEART INTENTIONS ARE IN DOING SO. YOU CAN HIDE THE TRUTH FROM THE BELIEVERS IN THE CHURCH BUT FROM GOD YOU CANNOT HIDE THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE SEES WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND HE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND HE CAN HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF YOUR HEART. NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIM. ITS WISER TO OBEY HIM BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER HE MIGHT EXPOSE YOU IN PUBLIC. THAT WILL BE QUITE AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION INDEED. MY DEAR FRIENDS, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT ABOUT GOOD TALKING AND MORALIZING BUT RATHER IS ONE WHERE WE SOAK IN SOME HARD DIVINE TRUTHS OF GODS WORD AND LIVE IT OUT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL. I AM DEEPLY AWARE THAT THE GOSPEL NOW DAYS PEOPLE ARE PREACHING IS A WEAK - SUPERFICIAL AND SHALLOW ONE. IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. THIS WAS NEVER THE GOSPEL JESUS PREACHED. HE CALLED THE PHARISEES A BROOD OF VIPERS. HE CHASED THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE TEMPLE WITH A THONG OF LEATHER CHORDS AND HE WHIPPED THEM. HE CAUSED THE APOSTLE PAUL TO BE BLINDED ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS AND HE ALLOWED JUDAS TO BETRAY HIM. THE QUESTION IS: WHAT GOD HAVE YOU ERECTED IN YOUR MIND? IS THE GOD YOU CLAIM TO LOVE THE GOD OF THE BIBLE WHO HAS COMMANDED US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DONT LIKE DOING BECAUSE THEY DONT AGREE WITH OUR OWN WORLD VIEWS? OR DO YOU ALLOW YOUR CULTURE TO SHAPE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT THIS GOD OF THE BIBLE OR DO YOU RATHER ALLOW GOD TO DICTATE TO YOU WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO BE REGARDLESS OF YOUR CULTURE? SOME SERIOUS INTROSPECTION IS NEEDED ON OUR PART IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE CLAIMING TO BE BIBLE BELIEVING CHRISTIANS.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:01:30 +0000
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