Archive for July, 2013

Putting words into the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ: Part Two (Delusion)

Monday, July 29th, 2013

I am sitting here, thinking about the mission that I seem to have been given.  My thought is not a positive one.  The question that plagues my mind is this:  just how far does the following Scripture stretch?

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.  And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

(2 Thessalonians 2:7-10)

I am wondering; how many of the four, or more, billion not-professing-Christianity individuals that Scripture touches?  There is, too, a quieter, but, more troubling, thought, which is inspired by this question:  What will be the signs of those who “received not the love of the truth“?  Does this mean anyone who does not . . .

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Gender Bias — Definitely: Part Fifteen (Amalgamation)

Thursday, July 18th, 2013

We do not have the spiritual energy that is necessary to assess the full scope of why God made certain restrictions in His service.  We do not have the intellectual capacity to know when we can, safely and righteously, veer from the narrow way that is of the Father.  Our only recourse is to follow the straight path of declared Scripture, and accept it as it is recorded in the Bible.  Any other flavor of Scripture, regardless of the intention of the heart of the variance, is not capable of bringing about the best that we can get from the LORD.  We should always want the best that the LORD has to offer.  Our prayer needs to always be as Moses prayed, at this time.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.  Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.  Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.  Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.  And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

(Psalm 90:12-17)

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Though it is true that, in the LORD, the heart of man takes a back seat to function of worshipping God; unfortunately for us, we must live in the world where, too often, mankind places the functional aspects of our worship in a back seat, relative to the heart of man.  This is demonstrated in our schemes and desires.  Moreover, society applies pressure on us to accept their newly formed additions to the declared doctrine of the LORD, for the earth.  Too many of us submit to this pressure.  Then, even when we want to do something, and we have the best of intentions; still, we are outside of the will of God.

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Putting words into the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ: Part One (Innocence)

Monday, July 8th, 2013

Meditating on the Bible

Acts 17:22-31

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said,

Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.  For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:  For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.  And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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In many parts of the church of Christ, we have taken a quantum assumptive leap, in putting words into the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Most commonly, we do this because; we want to give Jesus an elevated prestige.  According to our logic, this is prestige that is his duly earned right; as according to our perception of, his due.  We cannot blame this on the original spectators of the dawn of the New Age; for, they lived with the following thought as the center of their existence.

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