So MUCH to learn, understand, embrace, utilize, and, allow to BECOME ONE with our spirit! Especially since most of us waste our youth, then, SEE that HIS WAY IS 'THE' WAY!!!
We have to learn LOVE, not carnal LOVE, but, HOLY LOVE! We have to learn FEAR of HIM! We have to learn to HUMBLE ourselves, surrender, and, submit to HIM! We have to learn to overcome the 7 deadly sins, and, replace them with the 7 VIRTUES! We have to UNDERSTAND the 7 GIFTS of the HOLY SPIRIT, and, MUCH, MUCH MORE, ALL in whatever time remains of our short existence, THAT we ARE WORTHY of HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY, and, HIS GIFT of SALVATION!!!
MANY of you will argue, and, say that BECAUSE HE granted you salvation, you do not have to prove yourselves worthy! This just doesn't make sense to me, BECAUSE, WHEN you were BAPTIZED into CHRIST, YOU DIED of the world, and, have risen IN HOLINESS with HIM, THEREFORE, does that NOT imply that YOU ARE TO BECOME HOLY? Not ONLY THAT, but, *GOD* said (1 PETER 1:16), "BE HOLY, BECAUSE I AM HOLY! Not ONLY that, which SHOULD be enough to convince you, but, you SHOULD WANT TO become HOLY, that YOU ARE, IRREVOCABLY, and, INCORRUPTIBLY ONE with CHRIST, *GOD*, that NO ONE, NOR, ANYTHING could possibly, NOT EVER, TAKE YOU FROM THAT PRIVILEGE, THAT HEIGHTENED STATE, WHICH COULD HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE END TIMES, as it is written, that even the FAITHFUL CAN weary of waiting, of aligning, and, become weakened in their stance!
Look at MATTHEW 24:42-51...
42/ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43/ But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44/ Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45/ Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46/ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47/ Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48/ But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49/ And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50/ The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51/ And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth...
People, you are ONLY as safe AS THE EFFORTS you put forth! You know, and, I know, that people tend to slack in MANY areas of their lives in the OVER CONFIDENCE of their salvation! I HAVE SEEN FAITH being shredded to near disbelief! I have seen the bonds the world has on MANY of the Children of *GOD*! I have SEEN, and, HEARD MANY things which INDICATE a LACK of EFFORT from the VERY people whom PROFESS being ONE WITH *GOD*, and so, take a good, long look at YOUR EFFORTS, that you ARE amongst those returning home, even IF you think you are already there, the WORD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT instructs us to,
2 TIMOTHY 2:1-7...
1/ So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2/ And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.
3/ Bear your share of hardship along with me like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
4/ To satisfy the one who recruited him, a soldier does not become entangled in the business affairs of life.
5/ Similarly, an athlete cannot receive the winner's crown except by competing according to the rules.
6/ The hardworking farmer ought to have the first share of the crop.
7/ Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything...
DON'T you SEE that when you become OVERLY CONFIDENT, and, OVERLY ASSURED of your stance, THE DECEIVER will be right there? Don't you see that IF your EFFORTS are NOT CONTINUOUS, you are prone to slacking, thus, to dangers???
Look at HEBREWS 2:1-3...
1/ Therefore, we must attend all the more to what we have heard, so that we may not be carried away.
2/ For if the word announced through angels proved firm, and every transgression and disobedience received its just recompense,
3/ how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? Announced originally through the Lord, it was confirmed for us by those who had heard...
2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17...
14/ But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it,
15/ and that from infancy you have known (the) sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16/ All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17/ so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work...
I only wish that everyone could SEE the IMPORTANCE of BECOMING, TRULY, ONE WITH *GOD*, as life IS easier, and, the path to salvation is all the more secure!!!
LIVE IN THE WORD, USE it as FOOD, and, DRINK, and, LET IT take over ALL of your growth! Let it be your senses, your intellect, your EVERYTHING, and, you WILL be able to ARISE FROM the world!!!
IN *GOD* there is ONLY wholesome goodness, thus, all things right, and, positive, therefore, it IS worth ALL of your EFFORT to align, adhere, and, comply with HIS WAY, as, it removes all else, though, all else is clanging, clamoring, and, chanting OUTSIDE, trying desperately to lure you! A life IN *GOD*, silences all opposition, and, secures you from it's existence!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
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