HEAVENLY INCLINED...: AS WITH *GOD*, YOU CANNOT DENY TRUTH!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

AS WITH GOD, YOU CANNOT DENY TRUTH!!!

THE TRUTH is not well received, as it is imagined that there are other, better, streamlined, and alternate truths which better 'fit' humanity---

This is not surprising, as it has been revealed that THE GATE TO LIFE (THE PATH) IS NARROW, and DIFFICULT (MATTHEW 7: 14)! There is NO middle road, and there is NO avoiding TRUTH, despite the numbers who block it out, refuse to hear it, or deny it, and the rejection of it, has been the same since the ancients...

Christ came to teach us, not only what we are to know and believe, but what we are to do; not only toward God, but toward men; not only toward those of our party and persuasion, but toward men in general, all with whom we have to do. We must do that to our neighbour which we ourselves acknowledge to be fit and reasonable. We must, in our dealings with men, suppose ourselves in the same case and circumstances with those we have to do with, and act accordingly.

There are but two ways right and wrong, good and evil; the way to heaven and the way to hell; in the one or other of these all are walking: there is no middle place hereafter, no middle way now.

All the children of men are saints or sinners, godly or ungodly. See concerning the way of sin and sinners, that the gate is wide, and stands open. You may go in at this gate with all your lusts about you; it gives no check to appetites or passions. It is a broad way; there are many paths in it; there is choice of sinful ways. There is a large company in this way.

But what profit is there in being willing to go to hell with others, because they will not go to heaven with us?

The way to eternal life is narrow. We are not in heaven as soon as we are got through the strait gate. Self must be denied, the body kept under, and corruptions mortified. Daily temptations must be resisted; duties must be done. We must watch in all things, and walk with care; and we must go through much tribulation. And yet this way should invite us all; it leads to life: to present comfort in the favour of God, which is the life of the soul; to eternal bliss, the hope of which at the end of our way, should make all the difficulties of the road easy to us.

This plain declaration of Christ has been disregarded by many who have taken pains to explain it away; but in all ages the real disciple of Christ has been looked on as a singular, unfashionable character; and all that have sided with the greater number, have gone on in the broad road to destruction. If we would serve God, we must be firm in our religion. Can we often hear of the strait gate and the narrow way, and how few there are that find it, without being in pain for ourselves, or considering whether we are entered on the narrow way, and what progress we are making in it?

SEE? MANY HAVE gone to great lengths to explain it away, AS IF! In the process, and denial, far too many have NOT been taught THE TRUTH, nor the inclination to receive it! ALL souls BELONG TO *GOD*, and yet, more than necessary will be lost forever, due to free will, rejection, and resisting TRUTH, and ignorance due to lack of knowledge! Some of this lies on THE CHURCH, as scores of those 'teaching' ARE NOT 'REACHING', and have instead, bowed to the 'wants' of the populace, who DON'T want to hear it; which IS part of the reason for the attempts to 'explain it away'!!!

THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY DEMANDS FIDELITY, and FAITHFULNESS in those whom proclaim HIM, and FAITH! HIS WILL IS WHAT we modify, and pattern our existence after! It SHOULD be more prominent in our thoughts, THAT our actions, and reactions ARE aligned, and REVEAL HIM IN us! Instead, GREAT numbers give 'lip service', and NOT proof in having become NEW IN HIM...

In this very hour we CAN SEE just how far AWAY from HIM we are heading, in the headlines, in the voices, in the actions, and reactions most are existing in! Sex, money, enhancements, and well, LOTS of worldly things ARE taking over us, while we forget, or resist *GOD*, LOVE, and TRUTH!!!

The farther we wander from HIM, the closer the date for meeting HIM, and the more we will suffer in what time we have, as HIS anger seethes, and spews forth! You ain't seen nothing yet, and it IS getting pretty unsettling: we have diseases, plagues, natural disasters, pestilence, famine, starvation, food being tainted, wildlife dying off, waters drying up, or undrinkable, and MUCH more to contend with, PLUS our OWN manmade vessels of destruction! Put it all together, and we ARE on the verge of RECKONING!!!

WHOMEVER started the rumor that you can do whatever you want, and be welcomed into HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM HAS led those whom believe it, ASTRAY, to an everlasting place of suffering, and realization of TRUTH but which won't save them, instead, haunt them, because they refused it, ridiculed it, and did not want to deal with it!!!

As I have said before, you CANNOT, logically, deny *GOD*, and therefore, you cannot, deny TRUTH! HE WAS, IS, and EVERMORE SHALL BE, and no matter how much you train your mind to reject it, HE WILL BE THERE!!!

The alternative, or human derived truths are as fallible as are we! HIS TRUTH IS IRON CLAD, TRIED, TESTED, TRUE, and EVER LASTING! One takes us TO LIFE, TO PARADISE, the other takes us to death, and hell; no matter how far you run from it, TRUTH IS THERE!!!

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