Philippians 3:3-8 (ESV)
"3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the SPIRIT of GOD and glory in CHRIST JESUS and put no confidence in the flesh-
4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of CHRIST.
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing CHRIST JESUS my LORD. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may "GAIN CHRIST"
From time to time I hear of people, claiming to believe that JESUS is their LORD, yet still clinging to a "fleshly" trait. They can claim to be wealthier, more intelligent than others, Caucasian, Black, Chinese, financially limited, a Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, or any other "label" one prefers to be known by, but they are using "fleshly" traits to identify themselves.
2 Corinthians 5:17 plainly states "Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, he is a new creation. The old (fleshly traits) has passed away; behold, the new (Spirit man) has come." Since I have been "born-again" as a new "Spirit man", I must use terminology of the same. Instead, I formerly used "graveyard language", that is language used by those who live in a graveyard. Why would anyone who has been born into "peace" (John 14:27) resort to living in a graveyard with all of their old friends?
We need to be "on guard" (1 Corinthians 16:13-14; 1 Peter 5:8) as the great deceiver will make the temptations of "this world" seem so attractive, or get us so busy doing things we are "convinced" are good things, that we miss what GOD has planned for us. I'm not sure there is a more miserable experience than being outside of GOD's will, especially when you are experiencing worldly success! Success from "this world" can be unwisely used to justify living outside of GOD's Plan for your life!
The great deceiver can get us so consumed with our old, fleshy traits that we can't envision the things of the Spirit that truly satisfy and "complete" us. Don't allow the glitz and glamour of success to get your eyes onto something other than only what GOD has for you. For if we "GAIN CHRIST" we are achieving our purpose, and that is to glorify the FATHER!!
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
"HIS ARMY!"
Joel 2:11 (ESV)
"The LORD utters HIS voice before "HIS ARMY", for HIS camp is exceedingly great; HE who executes HIS word is powerful. For the day of the LORD is great and very awesome; who can endure it?"
Much like the Jewish people in biblical times, modern day Christians are castigated because we have the audacity to believe that YAHWEH is to be praised and adored. We will not necessarily be mocked because of who we are, rather about WHO we serve and recognize as YAHWEH! Ephesians 6:12 says "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
Don't let the enemy change the focus of the battle! We are only at war because of WHO lives in us, not because we are holy and righteous people. Romans 3:22-24 reminds us that "the righteousness of GOD through faith in JESUS CHRIST for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for ALL HAVE SINNED and fall short of the glory of GOD, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in CHRIST JESUS"
A friend of mine likes to use the analogy of believers being part of the army of GOD. Well, for years I was enlisted, but ill-equipped to fight because of lack of training and preparedness. The enemy didn't have to be too concerned with me being a threat as I was disengaged from the war. Ashamedly, the vast majority of the Church (GOD's fighting force) is AWOL while a fierce battle is taking place. Far too many believers are still in boot camp while the enemy forces are increasingly more mobile and lethal!
GOD is in control and one day SOON HE will give the signal for the archangel to sound the alarm (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). The battle will be over and GOD's Army will be declared victorious, not because of the skill and fierceness of his soldiers, but because of WHO we fight for. So when people start examining my life and how badly I live for HIM, I will have to remind them that it is not about how badly I live my life, but it's about the Army, "HIS ARMY", I serve in!
"The LORD utters HIS voice before "HIS ARMY", for HIS camp is exceedingly great; HE who executes HIS word is powerful. For the day of the LORD is great and very awesome; who can endure it?"
Much like the Jewish people in biblical times, modern day Christians are castigated because we have the audacity to believe that YAHWEH is to be praised and adored. We will not necessarily be mocked because of who we are, rather about WHO we serve and recognize as YAHWEH! Ephesians 6:12 says "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
Don't let the enemy change the focus of the battle! We are only at war because of WHO lives in us, not because we are holy and righteous people. Romans 3:22-24 reminds us that "the righteousness of GOD through faith in JESUS CHRIST for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for ALL HAVE SINNED and fall short of the glory of GOD, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in CHRIST JESUS"
A friend of mine likes to use the analogy of believers being part of the army of GOD. Well, for years I was enlisted, but ill-equipped to fight because of lack of training and preparedness. The enemy didn't have to be too concerned with me being a threat as I was disengaged from the war. Ashamedly, the vast majority of the Church (GOD's fighting force) is AWOL while a fierce battle is taking place. Far too many believers are still in boot camp while the enemy forces are increasingly more mobile and lethal!
GOD is in control and one day SOON HE will give the signal for the archangel to sound the alarm (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). The battle will be over and GOD's Army will be declared victorious, not because of the skill and fierceness of his soldiers, but because of WHO we fight for. So when people start examining my life and how badly I live for HIM, I will have to remind them that it is not about how badly I live my life, but it's about the Army, "HIS ARMY", I serve in!
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
"DO YOU NOT HEAR?"
Isaiah 40:18-23 (ESV)
"18 To whom then will you liken GOD, or what likeness compare with HIM?
19 An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
20 He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
21 Do you not know? "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is HE who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 WHO brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness."
To ACCEPT that this entire world, not just the planet earth, but all of the galaxies (known and unknown) moving at speeds that human minds can't fully comprehend, had some other "beginning " than GOD speaking them into existence takes far more faith than ACCEPTING that GOD IS GOD and HE is in control! GOD is so vastly more than anything or being we can fathom, yet HE desires a relationship with each one of us, if we will only submit to HIS Plan for our lives.
Don't let your finite minds try to grasp what GOD can accomplish.......GOD has a Plan! If we trust in HIS Plan for our lives, the path may not be smooth, but it will be easier than our own path. Hosea 10:13 says "You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR OWN WAY and in the multitude of your warriors,". Mankind gets so confident in his imagined abilities that his perceived accomplishments become something for him to glory in, when all the time it is GOD granting the success.
Just as in Exodus 14, GOD eventually got glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts, and HE is still the same GOD today! People can attempt to rewrite history about how GOD has delivered HIS Plan on mankind. In the end, it is only HIS Plan that will come into existence. GOD can elevate the ungodly, and HE can humble HIS servants (or vice-versa), all for HIS Glory! Pharaoh was the most powerful man on earth when he chased the Israelites into the Red Sea. But GOD got Glory over Pharaoh in a way that most apologists would find hard to explain.
If we really understood WHO GOD is, in all of HIS power and might, it would be so much easier to trust in HIM for our everything. The reason most of us "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" is because we won't slow our lives down long enough to hear from a HOLY GOD! Can you imagine getting a phone call from one of the wealthiest, wisest leaders of the world? We all have the opportunity to be a have direct communication with GOD, the Creator of the universe. "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" from HIM? Do you even WANT to hear from HIM?
"18 To whom then will you liken GOD, or what likeness compare with HIM?
19 An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
20 He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
21 Do you not know? "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is HE who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;
23 WHO brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness."
To ACCEPT that this entire world, not just the planet earth, but all of the galaxies (known and unknown) moving at speeds that human minds can't fully comprehend, had some other "beginning " than GOD speaking them into existence takes far more faith than ACCEPTING that GOD IS GOD and HE is in control! GOD is so vastly more than anything or being we can fathom, yet HE desires a relationship with each one of us, if we will only submit to HIS Plan for our lives.
Don't let your finite minds try to grasp what GOD can accomplish.......GOD has a Plan! If we trust in HIS Plan for our lives, the path may not be smooth, but it will be easier than our own path. Hosea 10:13 says "You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR OWN WAY and in the multitude of your warriors,". Mankind gets so confident in his imagined abilities that his perceived accomplishments become something for him to glory in, when all the time it is GOD granting the success.
Just as in Exodus 14, GOD eventually got glory over Pharaoh and all his hosts, and HE is still the same GOD today! People can attempt to rewrite history about how GOD has delivered HIS Plan on mankind. In the end, it is only HIS Plan that will come into existence. GOD can elevate the ungodly, and HE can humble HIS servants (or vice-versa), all for HIS Glory! Pharaoh was the most powerful man on earth when he chased the Israelites into the Red Sea. But GOD got Glory over Pharaoh in a way that most apologists would find hard to explain.
If we really understood WHO GOD is, in all of HIS power and might, it would be so much easier to trust in HIM for our everything. The reason most of us "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" is because we won't slow our lives down long enough to hear from a HOLY GOD! Can you imagine getting a phone call from one of the wealthiest, wisest leaders of the world? We all have the opportunity to be a have direct communication with GOD, the Creator of the universe. "DO YOU NOT HEAR?" from HIM? Do you even WANT to hear from HIM?
Monday, December 28, 2015
"STAY AWAKE!"
Matthew 24:36-42 (ESV)
"36 "But concerning that day and hour NO ONE KNOWS, not even the angels of heaven, nor the SON, but the FATHER only.
37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the SON of MAN.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the SON of MAN.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
42 Therefore, "STAY AWAKE", for you do not know on what day your LORD is coming."
Saturday evening there were tornadoes about 150 miles west of my home. Differing news reports place the fatalities of these storms between 11 and 24 people. Sunday evening there have been severe thunderstorms with numerous reports of tornadoes, and we apparently have Warnings for more severe weather until midnight. To my knowledge there have been no reports of casualties for Sunday evening, something we can be thankful for.
Social Media was rampant with reports on the weather Sunday evening. Several friends were keeping others informed of dangerous developments throughout the evening. Obviously the storms were capable of producing fatalities, as was exhibited during Saturday evening storm outbreak. My friends who were alerting others were only concerned with others safety, as the Saturday evening storms were fresh on everyone's mind. Watching weather radar reports a person can keep up with the storms locations and intensity. A storm can hardly sneak up on anybody any longer as we have smartphone "apps" and programs to alert us of inclement weather.
Everyone should be aware that an event of cataclysmic proportions DEFINITELY IS coming, and very soon as Judgement Day WILL occur! If there were an "app" for this event ALERTS would be going off like gangbusters! JESUS said that we need to "STAY AWAKE", for we do not know on what day our LORD is coming, but HE did say we should be able to see when the days were drawing near. JESUS CHRIST will return one day, and very soon! There aren't enough warnings that can be given, as the GOD's WORD is the most authoritative warning system ever developed!
An fail-proof ALERT system like has never been developed has been left for mankind by a HOLY GOD! That ALERT system is known as the HOLY BIBLE and it is filled with passages that call on us to "STAY AWAKE". In Matthew 24:44 JESUS says "Therefore you also must be ready, for the SON of MAN is coming at an hour you do not expect." Your ALERT system should be activated. "STAY AWAKE" should be more than a scare tactic, it should be a way of life!!
"36 "But concerning that day and hour NO ONE KNOWS, not even the angels of heaven, nor the SON, but the FATHER only.
37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the SON of MAN.
38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the SON of MAN.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
42 Therefore, "STAY AWAKE", for you do not know on what day your LORD is coming."
Saturday evening there were tornadoes about 150 miles west of my home. Differing news reports place the fatalities of these storms between 11 and 24 people. Sunday evening there have been severe thunderstorms with numerous reports of tornadoes, and we apparently have Warnings for more severe weather until midnight. To my knowledge there have been no reports of casualties for Sunday evening, something we can be thankful for.
Social Media was rampant with reports on the weather Sunday evening. Several friends were keeping others informed of dangerous developments throughout the evening. Obviously the storms were capable of producing fatalities, as was exhibited during Saturday evening storm outbreak. My friends who were alerting others were only concerned with others safety, as the Saturday evening storms were fresh on everyone's mind. Watching weather radar reports a person can keep up with the storms locations and intensity. A storm can hardly sneak up on anybody any longer as we have smartphone "apps" and programs to alert us of inclement weather.
Everyone should be aware that an event of cataclysmic proportions DEFINITELY IS coming, and very soon as Judgement Day WILL occur! If there were an "app" for this event ALERTS would be going off like gangbusters! JESUS said that we need to "STAY AWAKE", for we do not know on what day our LORD is coming, but HE did say we should be able to see when the days were drawing near. JESUS CHRIST will return one day, and very soon! There aren't enough warnings that can be given, as the GOD's WORD is the most authoritative warning system ever developed!
An fail-proof ALERT system like has never been developed has been left for mankind by a HOLY GOD! That ALERT system is known as the HOLY BIBLE and it is filled with passages that call on us to "STAY AWAKE". In Matthew 24:44 JESUS says "Therefore you also must be ready, for the SON of MAN is coming at an hour you do not expect." Your ALERT system should be activated. "STAY AWAKE" should be more than a scare tactic, it should be a way of life!!
Sunday, December 27, 2015
"WHAT IS MAN?"
Psalms 8:3-6 (ESV)
"3 When I look at YOUR heavens, the work of YOUR fingers, the moon and the stars, which YOU have set in place,
4 "WHAT IS MAN" that YOU are mindful of him, and the son of man that YOU care for him?
5 Yet YOU have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 YOU have given him dominion over the works of YOUR hands; YOU have put all things under his feet."
The Spirit of the Living GOD abides in this shell I also call a body (Romans 8:9-11). The same Spirit that spoke Creation into existence now lives inside of my body, all because of the work of JESUS CHRIST on Calvary.
When you consider that GOD the Creator lives in ALL who welcome HIM into their temple, it makes giving up control over our bodies the only feasible option. HE made us, so why wouldn't we allow HIM to guide and control our lives?
The nonsense that we would know more about the direction WE THINK is best for us is part of the deception that the great deceiver uses. Our journey isn't always what mankind would have pictures for our lives. But we can't see the future like HE can, and we can't alter hearts like HE can! Who am I that I think I can give direction to my life? "WHAT IS MAN" that he thinks he knows what is best?
"3 When I look at YOUR heavens, the work of YOUR fingers, the moon and the stars, which YOU have set in place,
4 "WHAT IS MAN" that YOU are mindful of him, and the son of man that YOU care for him?
5 Yet YOU have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 YOU have given him dominion over the works of YOUR hands; YOU have put all things under his feet."
The Spirit of the Living GOD abides in this shell I also call a body (Romans 8:9-11). The same Spirit that spoke Creation into existence now lives inside of my body, all because of the work of JESUS CHRIST on Calvary.
When you consider that GOD the Creator lives in ALL who welcome HIM into their temple, it makes giving up control over our bodies the only feasible option. HE made us, so why wouldn't we allow HIM to guide and control our lives?
The nonsense that we would know more about the direction WE THINK is best for us is part of the deception that the great deceiver uses. Our journey isn't always what mankind would have pictures for our lives. But we can't see the future like HE can, and we can't alter hearts like HE can! Who am I that I think I can give direction to my life? "WHAT IS MAN" that he thinks he knows what is best?
Saturday, December 26, 2015
"CHRISTMAS!"
After a day celebrating "CHRISTMAS", I wanted to share some thoughts about the entire season "this world " has labeled "CHRISTMAS"!
Luke 2:7 says "And she (Mary) gave birth to her firstborn SON and wrapped HIM in swaddling cloths and laid HIM in a manger, because there was NO PLACE for them in the inn." The King James Version says "there was NO ROOM for them". The thing that sticks out in my mind was that GOD was providing a redemptive plan for mankind, and "this world" was too busy, too caught up in their own "rat-race" to acknowledge HIM! Is there any room for HIM in my world? Am I too busy to recognize when HE is trying to do something of great proportions?
John 1:1-5 (ESV)
"1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD.
2 "HE WAS" was in the beginning with GOD.
3 All things were made through HIM, and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.
4 In HIM was life, and the life was the LIGHT of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
Mankind, believers and non-believers alike, has gotten so caught up in the "birth" of a Savior that we sometimes forget to acknowledge that JESUS "has been" with GOD from the beginning. Many places scripture says that GOD "sent" JESUS indicating that JESUS was in Heaven with HIM from the beginning. Just because mankind had JESUS revealed to us at HIS birth, HE has existed from the beginning with the FATHER. Just because my mind can't grasp HIM being at Creation doesn't mean HE wasn't?
John 4:24 "GOD is spirit, and those who worship HIM "MUST" worship in spirit and truth." To fully "worship HIM" we "MUST worship in spirit and truth"! We can't be caught up in the physical (doing STUFF for HIM). We MUST graduate and elevate our worship to spirit and truth, or we aren't doing something right!.
Philippians 2:8 says "And being found in human form, HE humbled HIMSELF by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross". GOD INCARNATE humbled HIMSELF to be crucified on Calvary's cross, and HE knew before the foundations of the world that HE would sacrifice HIMSELF, all out of LOVE for me!
There is MUCH that could be expounded upon regarding the words written above. I choose to leave you only with a quote from President Ronald Reagan when he said, "Some celebrate the day (CHRISTMAS) as marking the birth of a great and good man, a wise teacher and prophet, and they do so sincerely. But for many of us it’s also a holy day, the birthday of the Prince of Peace, a day when “GOD so loved the world” that HE sent us HIS only begotten SON to assure forgiveness of our sins.”
Luke 2:7 says "And she (Mary) gave birth to her firstborn SON and wrapped HIM in swaddling cloths and laid HIM in a manger, because there was NO PLACE for them in the inn." The King James Version says "there was NO ROOM for them". The thing that sticks out in my mind was that GOD was providing a redemptive plan for mankind, and "this world" was too busy, too caught up in their own "rat-race" to acknowledge HIM! Is there any room for HIM in my world? Am I too busy to recognize when HE is trying to do something of great proportions?
John 1:1-5 (ESV)
"1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD.
2 "HE WAS" was in the beginning with GOD.
3 All things were made through HIM, and without HIM was not any thing made that was made.
4 In HIM was life, and the life was the LIGHT of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
Mankind, believers and non-believers alike, has gotten so caught up in the "birth" of a Savior that we sometimes forget to acknowledge that JESUS "has been" with GOD from the beginning. Many places scripture says that GOD "sent" JESUS indicating that JESUS was in Heaven with HIM from the beginning. Just because mankind had JESUS revealed to us at HIS birth, HE has existed from the beginning with the FATHER. Just because my mind can't grasp HIM being at Creation doesn't mean HE wasn't?
John 4:24 "GOD is spirit, and those who worship HIM "MUST" worship in spirit and truth." To fully "worship HIM" we "MUST worship in spirit and truth"! We can't be caught up in the physical (doing STUFF for HIM). We MUST graduate and elevate our worship to spirit and truth, or we aren't doing something right!.
Philippians 2:8 says "And being found in human form, HE humbled HIMSELF by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross". GOD INCARNATE humbled HIMSELF to be crucified on Calvary's cross, and HE knew before the foundations of the world that HE would sacrifice HIMSELF, all out of LOVE for me!
There is MUCH that could be expounded upon regarding the words written above. I choose to leave you only with a quote from President Ronald Reagan when he said, "Some celebrate the day (CHRISTMAS) as marking the birth of a great and good man, a wise teacher and prophet, and they do so sincerely. But for many of us it’s also a holy day, the birthday of the Prince of Peace, a day when “GOD so loved the world” that HE sent us HIS only begotten SON to assure forgiveness of our sins.”
Thursday, December 24, 2015
"THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!"
John 8:12 (ESV)
"Again JESUS spoke to them, saying, "I AM "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD". Whoever follows ME will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
There are those who verbalize that if GOD is such a good god why does HE allow evil to prevail in "this world" we live in? People ask if GOD is in control why do bad things happen, why our leaders are so corrupt, and why disease and illness run amok. GOD still LOVES, but HE will not force us to follow HIM. If mankind chooses to follow other gods (Joshua 24:15), they shall reap the rewards of their choices!
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 says "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. In their case the "god of this world" has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of CHRIST, who is the image of GOD." When the LIGHT is removed, things cannot be seen as clearly and it can become more difficult to determine which way to proceed. Mankind has chosen to remove any acknowledgement or reference to GOD and HIS Holiness, therefore the line between TRUTH an compromise has become so blurred that real TRUTH seems almost archaic.
When you cover up a LIGHT, only darkness remains! "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" does not lose it's power for those of us who follow HIM. JESUS says that we who follow HIM "will NOT walk in darkness, but WILL HAVE the LIGHT of life"! The world will try to make us uncomfortable as we walk in "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD", but if we are following HIM we will glorify HIS NAME!
Please, PLEASE note that we aren't talking about just any "LIGHT OF THE WORLD"! This "LIGHT OF THE WORLD" is also known as the "I AM"! To say that it is a coincidence that the words "I AM" come just before "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" in this passage only serves to cover up HIS GLORY! FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause me not to be part of the creation that ignores that "I AM" is "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"!!
"Again JESUS spoke to them, saying, "I AM "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD". Whoever follows ME will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
There are those who verbalize that if GOD is such a good god why does HE allow evil to prevail in "this world" we live in? People ask if GOD is in control why do bad things happen, why our leaders are so corrupt, and why disease and illness run amok. GOD still LOVES, but HE will not force us to follow HIM. If mankind chooses to follow other gods (Joshua 24:15), they shall reap the rewards of their choices!
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 says "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. In their case the "god of this world" has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of CHRIST, who is the image of GOD." When the LIGHT is removed, things cannot be seen as clearly and it can become more difficult to determine which way to proceed. Mankind has chosen to remove any acknowledgement or reference to GOD and HIS Holiness, therefore the line between TRUTH an compromise has become so blurred that real TRUTH seems almost archaic.
When you cover up a LIGHT, only darkness remains! "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" does not lose it's power for those of us who follow HIM. JESUS says that we who follow HIM "will NOT walk in darkness, but WILL HAVE the LIGHT of life"! The world will try to make us uncomfortable as we walk in "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD", but if we are following HIM we will glorify HIS NAME!
Please, PLEASE note that we aren't talking about just any "LIGHT OF THE WORLD"! This "LIGHT OF THE WORLD" is also known as the "I AM"! To say that it is a coincidence that the words "I AM" come just before "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" in this passage only serves to cover up HIS GLORY! FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause me not to be part of the creation that ignores that "I AM" is "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"!!
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