“But
thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is
not in vain in the Lord” (I Cor. 15:56-57).
Hey Gang: I love to turn the computer on and see what
is happening in our world today and what is fixing to happen and research the
word to see how it fits. One of my
favorite saying is “Lord how are you
going to work this out and how are you going to make something good out of this
which seems to me to be beyond repair?
This is an exciting and thrilling
time to be alive…., right? It is not
just Christians that sense something is about to happen. The world knows that things cannot go on as
they are. History has reached an impasse. This world is on a collision course. Can one doubt that “something is fixen' to
happen?” Words such as Gog, Magog and Armageddon
are becoming more frequent even in the world that “has chosen to go their own
way”. But sadly, the vast majority of
the world do not have a clue about “What’s Happening Man?”
I have noticed, in the years that I
have been working to try and convince people that in Christ we have a Savior
who will provide for us everything, and I mean everything to allow us to live
successful and content lives, they do not want to hear what is happening. But many whom I have labeled the “empty eye
syndrome folks”, subtitled “the agony and
pain clan” are more convinced daily that the world will fill that vacuum
that is just the size of God that aches to be filled in their chest cavity.
Sorry Charlie, This world they may have,
but the Lord did not give it to them. Far greater things are in the Father’s hand
and He is itching to give them to us.
Our Pastor has been teaching from
Galatians 5 for several weeks. I have
read Galatians many times, have even done a Hillbilly dissertation of it, but
the wonders of reading the Word and rereading the Word is, they never read the
same! There is always a new truth that coming popping into your mind – time,
place and circumstances are different. I
have often asked the question, Lord was
that new idea from you from Kermit?
You see I do not have a lot of trust
in Kermit’s thought and my prayer daily is that God will take me deeper into
His Word. I recommend that prayer very
highly- but only if you are willing to let God have control of your heart and mind
long enough to take you deeper.
I believe with all my heart we are
in that period just prior to His return when He said, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven’. (Heb.12:26b).
And, the question once again popped into my mind, as it frequently does,
when I hear of the vast numbers (nearly
one fourth of our population) who are either avowed atheist or Satan followers,
Why would one choose to follow the evil
one and his fringe package when Jesus stands with arms outstretched saying
“Come unto Me and I will make you a fishers of men” with all of My benefits.
In Galatians 5:18-21 Paul tells me
that, IF I am under the Spirit I will not be plagued with the deeds of the
flesh, which he list as immorality,
impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts
of anger, disputes, dissentions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing and
things like these. In 2Timothy 3:1-7
He expands on this by adding “in the
last days difficult times will come.”
And he closes this sad description of our day with these words, “People will learn but never come to the
knowledge of the truth”. Is that not
a description of our day?
But praise God returning to Galatians 5:22-25 Paul give us a
description of those who will inherit the kingdom of God, those who have
practiced “…the Spirit of love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, fruitfulness, gentleness, self-control.”
Now, my question to you this morning, why would anyone choose
Satan’s smorgasbord of options when God loved us so much that He sent His only
Son to die on a hideous cross to free us from the bondage of sin and make a way
for us to one day be with Him eternally, face to face? (John 3:16).
Blessings,
Gramps
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