DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED WITH NON-BELIEVERS...

And the world goes on! In the wake of recent tumult, there IS a LOT of discussion about THE LORD *GOD*, as the non-believers challenge those whom believe, in ways which DO cause moments of bewilderment FOR believers, as we have rarely encountered the kind of arguments we are hearing today, nor the MANY numbers who ARE doing so---

'They' want PROOF positive of THE LORD *GOD*; that tangible, touchable, kind of proof which does NOT entirely evade us, but which denies FAITH, and FAITHFULNESS! 'These' are now questioning our sanity based upon our FAITH, and I gotta say, it is strange to deal with, because prior to these times, there was a sort of RESPECT which ALLOWED believers to believe, even though many never have...

*GOD* IS AN ENTITY, a BEING, FAR ABOVE the fallible human race HE CREATED, whom CAN, FOR SURE, appear in a nano-second, but whom HAS CHOSEN to USE FAITH AS a measure of one's heart, LOVE, and devotion! Believers do NOT question HIS AUTHORITY, NOR HIS WISDOM; instead, they TRUST HIS SOVEREIGNTY, AS WELL AS HIS EXTRAORDINARY intelligence, LOVE, and knowledge! Feigned allegiance to HIM, does NOT fly, and HE HAS diverse means to KNOWING whom IS, or IS NOT WILLING TO TURN TO HIM, INCLUDING the will TO BELIEVE, VOID of tangibles!!!

HE WANTED to live alongside of us; SUCH WAS HIS intention for 'the garden', and our CREATION, but, it DIDN'T take long for the first people to taint that desire, and to push HIM away! HE TRUSTED humans, but Satan did NOT, and knowing his own deviations, knew that we, too, would place ourselves OVER THE LORD, and he was right; NOT to say that *GOD* was wrong, but that OUR weaknesses were greater than our STRENGTH TO OBEY HIM; which would have never happened IF the evil one was not free to test, and try us, but alas, *GOD'S* PLAN involves TRUTH IRREVOCABLE, which means, EACH person IS SHOWN to either have the heart of *GOD*, or not! WHY there exists this time of testing we may never fully understand, but DO we HAVE to? NOT IF WE TRUST THE LORD *GOD*! Instead, we grow, and develop according TO HIS WILL, and endure what may arrive as we travel this temporal globe of troubles, WHILE RELYING UPON HIM TO LEAD us, correct us, teach us, provide for us, and to protect us, no matter what!!!

It is INSIGNIFICANT what unbelievers think about believers, save for the purpose of SHOWING the TRUTH of their hearts! NO ARGUMENT will end the debate, nor their denial, AND SO, we PRAY for them, and ASK THE LORD TO TOUCH their hearts, IF IT IS HIS WILL to do so, AS we move FORWARD, BEING, and DOING what is FITTING FOR HIS OWN!!!

Since 'they' REQUIRE tangibles, words are NOT ever going to satisfy them, HOWEVER, IF we exist ARIGHT, FULLY GROUNDED IN THE LORD, tangibles ARE present IN our speech, actions, and reactions, but even so, they are inclined to doubt TRUTH, as they cling to lies, and falsehoods! THEREFORE, we REFLECT THE LORD IN the best of our ability, and understanding TO disprove 'their' refusal TO see, and hear, FOR HIS GLORY, and NOT for their sake...

The STARK difference between believers, and non-believers IS IMPERATIVE TO THE LORD FOR HIS SOUND REASONS, and PURPOSES! It ALSO, further encourages believers to HOLD FAST, and TO REMAIN IN HIM, as it SHOWS the wicked works the enemy HAS long been engaged in, and IS hell-bent in succeeding in, as he HATES humans, and WANTS us ALL to be chained to him as he is tossed into the lake of fire forevermore!!!

In between believers, and unbelievers, lies those who MIGHT go either way, and THESE ARE the ones we STRIVE to GRASP from the enemy, and so, another reason we RESIST being dragged IN by debate with 'them', AS IT IS DISTRACTION AT IT'S PEAK THAT we DO engage in their heartless dialogue! In other words while we are wasting time on 'them', the enemy is working overtime on those who have NOT yet, made a choice! You see???

DISTRACTION IS a MAJOR ploy in the enemy's arsenal, and IT WORKS, because human nature IS like a sponge, hoping to absorb all in it's reach! AND ANY time we ARE distracted, that old serpent IS the reason! It IS his INTENTION that we wander far enough away FROM THE LORD TO BE ENDANGERED, SHAKEN, and CONFUSED, hence, EASY game!!!

Yah, it bothers me greatly that people are challenging *GOD*, and HIS FOLLOWERS, but know what?, I AIN'T biting the bait, BECAUSE TRUTH WILL SHOW ITSELF, and they WILL SEE THE LORD, therefore, my time IS better spent reaching for those who MIGHT be TURNED UNTO HIM, then to waste it in heated arguments!!!

There ARE ENDLESS ploys, and snares in the enemy's bag of tricks; his focus IS removing ALL believers from belief, THEREFORE, be wary, and be aware of WHAT you are being drawn into when it comes to non-believers!!!

CARRY ON IN THE NAME OF *GOD* EVEN WHEN it is loud all around you, and there be obstacles everywhere! While it IS TEMPTING TO get involved with all that, it IS futile, and there ARE MANY things that NEED to done FOR HIS GLORY, the good of others, and the sake of souls!!!

LWINSOR © 2017

READ2 CORINTHIANS 6: 11-18...

It is wrong for believers to join with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all destitute of true faith. True pastors will caution their beloved children in the gospel, not to be unequally yoked. The fatal effects of neglecting Scripture precepts as to marriages clearly appear. Instead of a help meet, the union brings a snare. Those whose cross it is to be unequally united, without their wilful fault, may expect consolation under it; but when believers enter into such unions, against the express warnings of God's word, they must expect must distress. The caution also extends to common conversation. We should not join in friendship and acquaintance with wicked men and unbelievers. Though we cannot wholly avoid seeing and hearing, and being with such, yet we should never choose them for friends. We must not defile ourselves by converse with those who defile themselves with sin. Come out from the workers of iniquity, and separate from their vain and sinful pleasures and pursuits; from all conformity to the corruptions of this present evil world. If it be an envied privilege to be the son or daughter of an earthly prince, who can express the dignity and happiness of being sons and daughters of the Almighty?