Every Eye Shall See Him
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Revelation
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
...
'Behold,
he cometh with clouds'
(((Look! Look!
Behold- Dictionary Meaning - verb, intransitive - Used in the imperative for the purpose of calling attention.
Attention! Look at this! Jesus comes with clouds! - Imagery. The Bible uses imagery. The Bible uses mysteries and words that may mean one thing will mean another especially in prophecy. The Bible interprets itself though. It's not some master puzzle without a master key. The key is within the puzzle itself. When we talk of Jesus coming with clouds it is true that perhaps He will be in the clouds, on the clouds, clouds those vaporous puffs and wisps, the angry full dark gray bodies of pure moisture are all at Jesus' command. So sure, the imagery of Jesus standing upon a cloud using it as a magic carpet of sorts is possible, but so too is this- Matthew {25:31} 'When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him...' Angels! We know Jesus will return and call His people to Him while He's in the air with ALL the holy angels, perhaps they're all upon the misty clouds but truly they do not need to rest upon vapors, do they? Clouds and angels, just the image of Jesus returning is amazing! This next bit is amazing too...))))
'and every eye shall see him.'
(((The eyes of people awake? The eyes of people on one location upon the earth? The eyes of a few? The eyes of only His chosen people? No, no, no, and no.
EVERY eye shall see him! EVERY!
every (èv´rê) adjective
Constituting each and all members of a group without exception.
EVERY eye shall see him! How will this be possible with the whole round earth thing where daylight shines upon only one side at a time? A mystery for sure and one that I hope and pray I'm alive in Jesus to see!
Get this though- not only every eye of the living but read on...))))
'and they also which pierced him'
(((Wait! Does this mean what I think it means? Who pierced Jesus? Who killed Him? Some might argue and could be right, that we all played our part in His death with our sins. Our sins killed Jesus because He died to save us from our sins, all of us. He wouldn't have died if we'd not sinned. So even if the arguing person chooses that scenario that we ALL killed Him, we all pierced Him that just reinforces the fact that every eye shall see Him doesn't it? It does. It could also be stressing the point that those who are dead- those who actually physically pierced His hands, His feet, His side will be brought to life just to see Him return triumphant. Mysteries.))))
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'and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so,
Amen.'
(((ALL kindreds...
kindred (kîn´drîd) noun
1.A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.
2.(used with a pl. verb). A person's relatives; kinfolk.
adjective
1. Of the same ancestry or family: kindred clans.
2. Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character: kindred emotions.
All kindreds, all of the earth... shall wail?! Wait! Jesus has returned and everyone is wailing?! How can that be. We know that God's chosen people who are waiting for His return should be happy, they should be rejoicing so how can everyone wail? It doesn't mean EVERYONE on earth does it? But... read this...
John {17:14} 'I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. {17:15} I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. {17:16} They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. {17:17} Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. {17:18} As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.'
'THEY ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD'
1 John {2:15} 'Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. {2:16} For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. {2:17} And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.'
Is it possible all kindreds of the earth are those who claim the earth as their own; those who love this world and live for this world and not the world to come? Those who aren't God's are this world's they are ruled by the lust of the flesh, the eyes, by pride of life. All those who have put their hopes and dreams, their love into this world's existence counting on the things this world has to offer for their happiness will be sorely disappointed when Jesus returns, won't they? When they realize that it's all true, that Jesus, the Son of God is real and all His promises are real. There will be wailing and I imagine quite a lot of wailing.))))
By the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior may we be with Him now and forever!
Amen!
8/20/10
Heb 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him
Every transgression
Every disobedience…
…will receive its just reward.
Make NO mistake people! No mistake! We have to give EARNEST HEED to what we know, because if we don't, if we just let what we know of salvation slip away we will NOT ESCAPE! If we neglect salvation we will NOT ESCAPE! It's not automatic, eternal life in Christ is NOT automatic. What is automatic is eternal death if we neglect the great salvation of our Savior.
Are you giving earnest heed to your Salvation? What happens when you stop heeding salvation? What happens when eternal life ceases to be a concern and all that matters is the life you have right here on earth now? Should thoughts of salvation be daily thoughts? Should the eternal be a daily contemplation or just something you think about once in a while, from time to time? Should our eternal life be something like retirement? You think about it occasionally and even make a few plans for it, you accept a few conditions here and there about investing in your retirement fund, but it isn't something you bother yourself with every day. Maybe the older you get the more you think about it and then as it approaches you have constant thoughts. If we treat our eternal life in the same way there is a great chance that we will have neglected salvation. No, you say? You will have saved up for eternal life? You will have put away a little something? It doesn't work like that. It's not retirement, it's not a new phase of life as you wait for inevitable dying. Eternal life is just that - eternity. It's so much more important than any sort of retirement. Eternal life needs earnest heeding. Eternal life needs to be experienced every day, constantly. Eternal life needs to be part of our daily life now, not something we think about later on.
How else shall we escape?
Do you really believe that life is nothing more than birth, aging, and death? Do you really believe that here and now is all that life consists of? The real world is the eternal world, not this world we are living on right now. The real world exists beyond this one. Satan would have us believe that this is the real world and all there is and everything else is mere fantasy. Satan would have us believe that we don't have to concern ourselves with heeding earnestly anything spiritually discerned- if we keep our thoughts in the real world, on real problems, on real life will we be okay- that's Satan's plan for any and all he can convince.
Heb 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him
Unless we recognize our sinning and seek salvation through repentance and the grace of our Lord and Savior, unless we realize our need of constant salvation through the righteousness of God's Son, we will have to pay a price for every sin, for every transgression. Our Savior paid the price for us, but we have to live in Him, making that gift available to us. Salvation is the gift of God and it's a gift we have to have in our hearts at all times, a salvation pacemaker if you will. Something with us at all times, working at all times on our behalf. We cannot accept salvation and like a real pacemaker forget about it being there after awhile, we need to be aware of God always. We need to be aware of God's love and the gift of God always. Once you accept Christ as your Savior you are choosing to live for Him.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
The only way this verse if pertinent is if we are praying daily, right? Our Lord and Savior would have us praying daily, He would have us living in Him daily.
Joh 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Joh 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Joh 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
By the grace and mercy of our Lord! By His will! Please Lord, please… let the love that God the Father loved His Son with be in us , and Christ be in us now and always! In His righteousness, in His amazing love!
Amen.
8/20/11
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
How do people
call evil good? Shouldn't it be obvious to everyone exactly what is evil? How
can anyone look at evil and know it's evil and call it good? How can someone
know that something is bad and yet call it good? I can understand someone committing evil
knowing it's evil, but to call it good and believe that it really is
something good, how is that
deception possible?
On the opposite
side of the situation how can anyone know something is good and then call it
evil?
How does one call
dark - light? How?
And how does one
call light - dark?
Can you take
something bitter and call it sweet? It's impossible isn't it?
If I have
something sweet I cannot make it bitter just upon my say so, it doesn't
happen.
We are given a
warning- WOE. Woe is that warning.
woe
noun
1.
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
His woe was
almost beyond
description.
2.
an
affliction: She suffered a fall, among her
other woes.
interjection
3.
an
exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Pasted
from <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woe>
Woe unto
them. Distress, affliction,
trouble, grief unto them. We
are warned that if we lie it will mean grief, affliction, trouble, and distress
unto us. Because isn't calling
something the opposite of what it truly is- a lie?
How many things
in our world do people call harmless fun that are really not harmless at all?
We've become so incredibly desensitized to evil we are very guilty of calling
evil good, and of calling good evil.
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in
the faith; prove your own selves.
We have to
examine ourselves, we have to prove our own selves, whether or not we are in the
faith- whether or not we are
among those who could be calling evil good. We don't want to think for a moment
that we are doing that, do we? How
much better is it to recognize evil for what it is and NOT try to make it out to
be something it is not. When we
let ourselves begin that deception we are treading on very dangerous
ground. How much better is it to
call evil - evil and good- good?
If we do get caught up in evil at least then we can repent of that evil,
but if we are stuck believing that evil is really good then we won't repent,
will we? Why would we repent of what we believe is good? We wouldn't. We'd be caught up in Satan's deception.
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Is it any wonder
at all whatsoever that the pronouncement is - Woe?
This is something to be very concerned about. We have to examine
ourselves, something we don't really like to do. The world around us is filled
so deeply with deceit, with evils that are passed off for good that discernment
must come from God, and we must desire this discernment.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that
are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
Strong meat. We've talked about this before but it
bears repeating again and again as the Lord wills.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is
unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
We need the
ability to discern what is good and what is evil and we only get that ability by
making our Savior our life study, our life's work, our life's desire. If we are
not taking strong meat then we are just babes and in danger of not being able to
discern between good and evil. Our senses need to be EXERCISED and they are
exercised by the strong meat of the word of God, skilled in the WORD of
RIGHTEOUSNESS! How can we be
skilled in the word of righteousness- the word of Christ our righteousness- if
we don't study all that He's given us to study? If we truly wish to be able to
discern between evil and good we need to study deeply, not superficially.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Spiritual
discernment only comes through the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by
his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of
the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that
are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the
words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
We need spiritual
discernment! If we are not given
spiritual discernment then the natural man- which cannot receive the things of
the Spirit of God- is in control and that natural man will only call the things
of God foolish. Oh please God
help us to have Your within us, help us have spiritual discernment!
We need this so desperately because there is so much wickedness around
us, in us, that we need to discern for what it is and repent, seeking
forgiveness and a new life in Christ without the evil deceiving us.
1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which
is good.
Do we do this? Do
we prove all things? Do we truly
understand that we need to do this rather than just go along with things because
that's the way things are? All too
often we settle for things in life, we compromise with principles because the
world dictates we should. So many people will be lost for
conforming to the world, for not wanting to stand out and be God's as God would
have them be. There's a temporary, fleeting comfort in conformity
but one thing is most certain-
whenever we conform the guilt that conformity brings to us later is great
and we end up wishing we hadn't conformed. Too often regret overcomes any sense of
comfort we might have. What good
is it to have our lives now if we are lost to eternity? What good is it to *fit*
in and not be considered *strange* if it means that to fit in we are giving up
salvation in our Savior. In a world where so much evil is now call good, and so
much good is now called evil we are living on a very, very slippery slope and
our only hope is to cling to Christ and study His word, pray for the Spirit of
God to enlighten us, to give us all we need to belong to our Lord.
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in
them.
To the law and to
the testimony- some will say that is outdated by Christ's coming- I say
this…
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Keep the
commandments of God- TO THE LAW.
And have the
testimony of Jesus Christ- TO THE TESTIMONY.
There is NO light
in those who do not keep the law and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. We'd
love to believe that all people will choose God over Satan, but the sad truth is
that very few will. Is it any wonder we HAVE to take anything we find ourselves
tempted to believe in and hold it up to the standard of the law of God and the
testimony of Jesus Christ?
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them.
Amen.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We cannot be
conformed to this world, and the only way to keep from being conformed to this
world is to be transformed by the renewing of our minds- proving what is good,
what is acceptable, and perfect- will of GOD.
Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let
thine heart keep my commandments:
Pro 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and
peace, shall they add to thee.
Pro 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Pro 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths.
Pro 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the
LORD, and depart from evil.
Amen!
Pro 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her
not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.
Continue in
Jesus' word!
Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will
come upon thee.
Hold fast and
repent.
Watch.
Rev 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast
which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Hold fast.
All by the grace
and mercy of our Lord, through the amazing love of our Savior.
Please Lord help us, renew our minds, let the Holy Spirit guide us into
all truth. Please God we don't want to call evil good, or call good evil… help us we desperately need Your help
and it's only through You, through YOUR righteousness that we have hope. You are our Hope! You are Life!
In Your amazing
love!
Amen.
Heb 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him
Every transgression
Every disobedience…
…will receive its just reward.
Make NO mistake people! No mistake! We have to give EARNEST HEED to what we know, because if we don't, if we just let what we know of salvation slip away we will NOT ESCAPE! If we neglect salvation we will NOT ESCAPE! It's not automatic, eternal life in Christ is NOT automatic. What is automatic is eternal death if we neglect the great salvation of our Savior.
Are you giving earnest heed to your Salvation? What happens when you stop heeding salvation? What happens when eternal life ceases to be a concern and all that matters is the life you have right here on earth now? Should thoughts of salvation be daily thoughts? Should the eternal be a daily contemplation or just something you think about once in a while, from time to time? Should our eternal life be something like retirement? You think about it occasionally and even make a few plans for it, you accept a few conditions here and there about investing in your retirement fund, but it isn't something you bother yourself with every day. Maybe the older you get the more you think about it and then as it approaches you have constant thoughts. If we treat our eternal life in the same way there is a great chance that we will have neglected salvation. No, you say? You will have saved up for eternal life? You will have put away a little something? It doesn't work like that. It's not retirement, it's not a new phase of life as you wait for inevitable dying. Eternal life is just that - eternity. It's so much more important than any sort of retirement. Eternal life needs earnest heeding. Eternal life needs to be experienced every day, constantly. Eternal life needs to be part of our daily life now, not something we think about later on.
How else shall we escape?
Do you really believe that life is nothing more than birth, aging, and death? Do you really believe that here and now is all that life consists of? The real world is the eternal world, not this world we are living on right now. The real world exists beyond this one. Satan would have us believe that this is the real world and all there is and everything else is mere fantasy. Satan would have us believe that we don't have to concern ourselves with heeding earnestly anything spiritually discerned- if we keep our thoughts in the real world, on real problems, on real life will we be okay- that's Satan's plan for any and all he can convince.
Heb 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him
Unless we recognize our sinning and seek salvation through repentance and the grace of our Lord and Savior, unless we realize our need of constant salvation through the righteousness of God's Son, we will have to pay a price for every sin, for every transgression. Our Savior paid the price for us, but we have to live in Him, making that gift available to us. Salvation is the gift of God and it's a gift we have to have in our hearts at all times, a salvation pacemaker if you will. Something with us at all times, working at all times on our behalf. We cannot accept salvation and like a real pacemaker forget about it being there after awhile, we need to be aware of God always. We need to be aware of God's love and the gift of God always. Once you accept Christ as your Savior you are choosing to live for Him.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
The only way this verse if pertinent is if we are praying daily, right? Our Lord and Savior would have us praying daily, He would have us living in Him daily.
Joh 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
Joh 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Joh 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Joh 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
By the grace and mercy of our Lord! By His will! Please Lord, please… let the love that God the Father loved His Son with be in us , and Christ be in us now and always! In His righteousness, in His amazing love!
Amen.
8/20/11
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
How do people
call evil good? Shouldn't it be obvious to everyone exactly what is evil? How
can anyone look at evil and know it's evil and call it good? How can someone
know that something is bad and yet call it good? I can understand someone committing evil
knowing it's evil, but to call it good and believe that it really is
something good, how is that
deception possible?
On the opposite
side of the situation how can anyone know something is good and then call it
evil?
How does one call
dark - light? How?
And how does one
call light - dark?
Can you take
something bitter and call it sweet? It's impossible isn't it?
If I have
something sweet I cannot make it bitter just upon my say so, it doesn't
happen.
We are given a
warning- WOE. Woe is that warning.
woe
noun
1.
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
His woe was
almost beyond
description.
2.
an
affliction: She suffered a fall, among her
other woes.
interjection
3.
an
exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation.
Pasted
from <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/woe>
Woe unto
them. Distress, affliction,
trouble, grief unto them. We
are warned that if we lie it will mean grief, affliction, trouble, and distress
unto us. Because isn't calling
something the opposite of what it truly is- a lie?
How many things
in our world do people call harmless fun that are really not harmless at all?
We've become so incredibly desensitized to evil we are very guilty of calling
evil good, and of calling good evil.
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in
the faith; prove your own selves.
We have to
examine ourselves, we have to prove our own selves, whether or not we are in the
faith- whether or not we are
among those who could be calling evil good. We don't want to think for a moment
that we are doing that, do we? How
much better is it to recognize evil for what it is and NOT try to make it out to
be something it is not. When we
let ourselves begin that deception we are treading on very dangerous
ground. How much better is it to
call evil - evil and good- good?
If we do get caught up in evil at least then we can repent of that evil,
but if we are stuck believing that evil is really good then we won't repent,
will we? Why would we repent of what we believe is good? We wouldn't. We'd be caught up in Satan's deception.
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Is it any wonder
at all whatsoever that the pronouncement is - Woe?
This is something to be very concerned about. We have to examine
ourselves, something we don't really like to do. The world around us is filled
so deeply with deceit, with evils that are passed off for good that discernment
must come from God, and we must desire this discernment.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that
are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
Strong meat. We've talked about this before but it
bears repeating again and again as the Lord wills.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is
unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
We need the
ability to discern what is good and what is evil and we only get that ability by
making our Savior our life study, our life's work, our life's desire. If we are
not taking strong meat then we are just babes and in danger of not being able to
discern between good and evil. Our senses need to be EXERCISED and they are
exercised by the strong meat of the word of God, skilled in the WORD of
RIGHTEOUSNESS! How can we be
skilled in the word of righteousness- the word of Christ our righteousness- if
we don't study all that He's given us to study? If we truly wish to be able to
discern between evil and good we need to study deeply, not superficially.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Spiritual
discernment only comes through the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by
his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of
the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that
are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the
words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
We need spiritual
discernment! If we are not given
spiritual discernment then the natural man- which cannot receive the things of
the Spirit of God- is in control and that natural man will only call the things
of God foolish. Oh please God
help us to have Your within us, help us have spiritual discernment!
We need this so desperately because there is so much wickedness around
us, in us, that we need to discern for what it is and repent, seeking
forgiveness and a new life in Christ without the evil deceiving us.
1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which
is good.
Do we do this? Do
we prove all things? Do we truly
understand that we need to do this rather than just go along with things because
that's the way things are? All too
often we settle for things in life, we compromise with principles because the
world dictates we should. So many people will be lost for
conforming to the world, for not wanting to stand out and be God's as God would
have them be. There's a temporary, fleeting comfort in conformity
but one thing is most certain-
whenever we conform the guilt that conformity brings to us later is great
and we end up wishing we hadn't conformed. Too often regret overcomes any sense of
comfort we might have. What good
is it to have our lives now if we are lost to eternity? What good is it to *fit*
in and not be considered *strange* if it means that to fit in we are giving up
salvation in our Savior. In a world where so much evil is now call good, and so
much good is now called evil we are living on a very, very slippery slope and
our only hope is to cling to Christ and study His word, pray for the Spirit of
God to enlighten us, to give us all we need to belong to our Lord.
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if
they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in
them.
To the law and to
the testimony- some will say that is outdated by Christ's coming- I say
this…
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Keep the
commandments of God- TO THE LAW.
And have the
testimony of Jesus Christ- TO THE TESTIMONY.
There is NO light
in those who do not keep the law and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. We'd
love to believe that all people will choose God over Satan, but the sad truth is
that very few will. Is it any wonder we HAVE to take anything we find ourselves
tempted to believe in and hold it up to the standard of the law of God and the
testimony of Jesus Christ?
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them.
Amen.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We cannot be
conformed to this world, and the only way to keep from being conformed to this
world is to be transformed by the renewing of our minds- proving what is good,
what is acceptable, and perfect- will of GOD.
Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let
thine heart keep my commandments:
Pro 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and
peace, shall they add to thee.
Pro 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Pro 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths.
Pro 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the
LORD, and depart from evil.
Amen!
Pro 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her
not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.
Continue in
Jesus' word!
Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will
come upon thee.
Hold fast and
repent.
Watch.
Rev 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast
which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Hold fast.
All by the grace
and mercy of our Lord, through the amazing love of our Savior.
Please Lord help us, renew our minds, let the Holy Spirit guide us into
all truth. Please God we don't want to call evil good, or call good evil… help us we desperately need Your help
and it's only through You, through YOUR righteousness that we have hope. You are our Hope! You are Life!
In Your amazing
love!
Amen.