Sometimes people can be so nonchalant about their responsibilities as Christians. I too have been guilty of taking the cross for granted. All too often I feel like we are too blessed in America. As a whole the body of Christ has been guilty of seeking his hand and not Him. Jesus suffered horrific things for our sins. Yet we don’t seem to understand what a price he paid for us. We have heard it so many times that we have become desensitized to the message.
I feel it is my job to encourage everyone to search their hearts and minds. Is your heart following hard after Jesus. Psalm 42:1-2 (1) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Do we follow hard after him as a deer that longs for a water brook? Are we thirsty like someone who has been lost in the desert, longing for water?
Jesus told the woman at the well that he could give her living water that she would never thirst again. In other words, he could fulfill her thirst for spiritual things. If the Spirit of God dwells within us, we have the living water He spoke of to the woman.
John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
If we stay in the flow of the Spirit, we will not thirst because we are constantly refreshed by His presence. This is why he told the woman at the well she would never thirst again. But we too can get so far outside the flow of the Spirit that our flesh has control. When this happens, we are not thirsty for the things of God either. We become complacent and just go through the motions for appearance’s sake. There has to be a balance somewhere.
It is my prayer that God empties me of me to make for room for Him. I encourage you to take a few moments and check the water flow in your life. If the well gets too much debris (sin or non-complacency) it will stop the flow of the well. There is nothing that pleases satan more than to stop up our wells and keep the spirit from moving in our lives.
I was watching reruns of a TV show where people race all over the world against other people for a million dollars. I find different cultures fascinating. It is amazing most of all to me the different religions that people of this world have adopted. A lot of it depends on the culture and the traditions that were passed down from generation to generation.
One particular challenge got me thinking about the traditions of men and religion. The contestants had to walk through a temple in India. This temple was to worship rats. These people would cut themselves and put their blood on the door or walls of the temple. Then they would walk barefooted through a maze of rats and rat droppings to leave food for the rats as an offering. To the people in India, this is normal and what they have done from childhood. I don’t even want to tell you what I think is wrong with their religion. The point I want to take away from it is that this is a tradition of mankind. Something that has been passed down from generation to generation.
All the false gods of the world have a very devoted following. These people do all sorts of things for their false gods. Some climb flights and flights of stone stairs on their knees to get to the top of a mountain to make offerings to false gods. It is amazing the things people will do in the name of religion.
Our Real God; the Lord Jesus Christ is different than any other of the false gods. One he is real, and two he never asks us to do ourselves harm just to worship him. There was bloodshed, but he shed it for us. He sacrificed for us. All He asks of us is to follow him with all our hearts.
Christianity in America has almost become a cultural thing. People have left true faith for a watered-down version. They want to be Christians and still do their own thing in the name of grace. His grace is not so we can live any kind of way and walk in sin. God forbid. They do not know what it means to be dedicated to the cause of Christ. They want to embrace the fact that God is Love and miss the fact that we have to live a holy life. Will we ever be perfect? No. But we can walk as close as possible.
Phil 2:12-15 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
People think that working out your own salvation means you can piecemeal whatever you want to do as long as you say you have accepted Christ. Some are even adding elements of new age or witchcraft to their beliefs, without understanding what they are doing. But this verse means that we all are responsible for our own souls and the salvation of those souls. Do we follow Christ and follow close or do we repent and then do our own thing? We have to study the word of God, it is our roadmap for our soul. This is a lifelong study and we have to pray for God to guide us. We cannot lean on a denomination, a preacher, a pastor or teacher and fully trust them. We have to ask God for guidance. Many of these things seem right in man’s eyes but lead to destruction.
John 14:25-27 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
We need to have God’s Spirit within us. Then we need to listen to that Spirit. He will lead us and guide us. (John 16:13–13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.) He is the ultimate teacher. No longer can we depend on what we have been taught. Every denomination has things that are not right. It is time the body of Christ got on our faces before God and questioned everything. Ask Him to lead us in unity as the body. Only in the unity of His Spirit will we find true grace.
II Tim 11:15 –11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. 14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
We cannot even begin to understand the depths of God without His Spirit leading us. It is time for the body to grow up. It is time to leave the milk bottle of man’s divisions, doctrines and denominations to honor God with our whole being, leaning on him. This is leaning not on our understanding but in all of our ways leaning on Him.
I Cor 3:1-4 3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
If Paul were writing to the American church today he would say we were carnal. Instead of saying I am of Paul or I am of Apollos. We would be saying, My family has been in this denomination or that denomination for ten generations. There is strife and divisions that need to stop. God will settle the matter if we come to him with an open mind and heart and seek understanding. We all come short of perfection. None of us will ever be perfect enough to sit on the judgement seat. It is not our job, so we need to quit being “religious” and start searching the word for direction.
We are not to walk after the traditions of men, but we are to follow Jesus. The Pharisees and Sadducees of Jesus’ day were the equivalents of our denominations today. People look to them as if they are good. But many would not know Jesus if he walked into the room. I want to know him. I don’t want to miss him because I am wrapped up in the traditions of men. He is coming back for a people without spot or wrinkle. It is time the body of Christ started removing the spots and getting out the wrinkles. Time is short.
God will never leave us or fail us if we can FULLY put our trust in HIM. Have a good week. If you like my blogs feel free to share with a friend.
When I was growing up, we took tests in school called true or false. We were given a statement and had to decide if it was true.
Times have changed, our society has gone mad. They are saying whatever you believe is “true for you”. You can be a boy but believe you are girl and that makes it so. You can believe you are a cat and that is “your truth”. It is all lies from satan. There are only two answers to every fact it is true or it is false. It doesn’t matter if we believe the facts to be the opposite. Our opinions don’t change the truth. Just like the Bible; it will not change to please us. It is truth, it doesn’t matter if we choose to believe it or not. It will still be true.
Some synonyms for truth are honest, sincere, accurate or correct. Apply these to the statements above. There is no way that a boy can be a girl. They have lost touch with reality. It doesn’t matter what lying spirit, straight from the pit of hell is whispering in his ear. It doesn’t matter what he feels, truth is not a feeling it is a fact.
We are to walk in truth. This means we cannot allow ourselves to be lied to by the enemy. He tries to define us, but we need to tell him who we are, not the other way around. If we do not put on the full armor of God as protection against the enemy, we can fall prey to his lies. He loves to use fear, depression, anxiety and rejection to keep people from believing in God.
II Tim. 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
This verse tells us that the word of God is the word of truth. Because God is not a man that he could lie. His word is life to our soul and a light to our path. We can always count on it to be true. As Christians, we need to stand for the truth.
John 8:31-32 – 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
How do we get free from lies? We need to get the word of truth inside of us. Then we will spot the lies every time the enemy tries to spread false statements. The truth of God brings freedom. Learning of the truth of God’s love brings salvation to our souls. Then the Love that he gives us helps us to show the truth to others. God is the embodiment of truth. Everything about him is honest, sinless, pure and truthful.
The enemy is the opposite in every way. He is the father of lies. The devil will do everything in his power to destroy the truth. If he can plant a little doubt in our minds, he has the toe hold needed to keep lying to us. I chose to believe the word of God.
I was inspired by a quote I saw on social media. “The church cannot be salt if we sugarcoat the gospel.”
How often do we tiptoe around the subject of the truth of the gospel? We don’t want to offend anyone. But now is the time to do the right thing. People’s souls are hanging in the balance. Many want to embrace every sinful thing and every sinful lifestyle. They say they are showing God’s love, by being accepting, but this is not love. If we love them we will tell them the truth and not sugarcoat the gospel. If we love them we will be the salt of the earth.
Matt 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
To understand the above verse, we need to investigate salt. Salt for centuries has been used as a preservative of meat. It has properties that inhibits the growth of bacteria and keeps the meat from spoiling.
If we are the salt of the earth, we will have something that will prevent the spread of spiritual decay. God’s spirit in us, can help others find their way out of sin. Sin is the bacteria that rots our lives.
Salt creates thirst. If we live our lives according to the word of God. People will see something in us that will make them thirsty for God.
Matt 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
God promises us if we hunger after righteousness if we crave the things of God, we will be filled. He gives us fresh bread daily, if we only trust.
There is a story of a brave individual who was determined to love God. His name was Daniel. God allowed Judah to be taken over by the king of Babylon.
Dan 1:6-10 (6) Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
The first thing the enemy will try to do when he comes on the scene is to rename us. He will try to give us names like depressed, worthless, failure, hopeless, helpless, and unintelligent. If he can get us to believe the lies about ourselves, half of the battle is won. Then he will try to get us to bow down to something of this world instead of the One TRUE GOD.
The second thing was they were given the king’s meat and wine. But Daniel didn’t want to eat the meat of the king. He made a deal with the servant of the king to give him beans. He did better on the meal that they requested than the others did on the king’s meat and wine.
We need to eat the word of God and not the meat of this world. We need to drink the new wine (The Holy Ghost) and not the wine of the world. Spirits that will drag us down the wrong path.
Skipping ahead to Chapter 6
The story of Daniel in the lion’s den is one that many remember from Sunday school. King Darius highly favored Daniel. Many others plotted against Daniel out of jealousy and ambition. They could find no fault in him except his devotion to God. Many hate us because our devotion to God makes them feel bad. They know they ought to be devoted to him. The other presidents and princes manipulated the king to sign a decree that was geared to destroy Daniel.
Daniel 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel knew of the decree but didn’t let it stop him. He went into his house and with the windows opened made prayers to God. Not just once but three times a day.
Verse 10–Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Our God hears our thoughts, he knows the cry of hearts when we have no words. He can hear a whispered prayer. Daniel could have whispered a prayer for 30 days. But he chose to honor the true God. He left the windows open and prayed to God.
When the king was informed by the ones that plotted against Daniel, he was sad, but could not change the decree. Daniel was tossed into the den of lions. The lions did not harm Daniel. God sent his angel to shut the lion’s mouths. They did not harm him in any way. The next morning the king came and found him alive. He was relieved and had him brought up out of the lion’s den.
Daniel 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Those who plotted against Daniel were destroyed by the very means they tried to use against him. Just as Haman in the book of Esther hung on his own gallows. Ones he had built for Mordecai. Our enemy will be destroyed in the end, we just have to be faithful to our God.
People in this life will lie on us, they may plot against us. But our God will shut the liar’s mouth as he did the lion’s mouth.
PSALM 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
1 CHR 16:21-22 (21) He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Let this be a warning to anyone who sets out to harm a child of God. God will only allow things to go so far before he steps in and remedies the situation. If we are his anointed, we can be sure he is with us and will protect us from the evil lion. The word says that satan is as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (1 Pet 5:8).
This is why I am always encouraging you, to Keep your God Focus. If we focus on him, everything will be fine. God is on our side and he will stop the lion’s roar against us and shut the liar’s mouth.
Isaiah 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
He was wounded for our sins. Jesus’ death brought healing opportunities for our souls. But he also took stripes for our physical healing. Jesus heals us today. We can anoint one another with oil and pray for healing. God will heal us if we have faith.
Some say I don’t believe it; miracles don’t exist today. To those I would say don’t waste your time praying if you don’t believe it. If you don’t believe you won’t receive it. If God is not able to heal these bodies, he has created, then how can we trust him for our salvation from hell? That is a bigger miracle than healing our bodies.
James 5:14-15 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
I have a unique perspective; I was raised to know the power of God. My grandpa had the gift of healing and miracles. I used to travel in the summers with him and my grandmother to revivals all over the upper east coast. I have seen things that God has done. I have experienced healing of my own. I recently was sick and had pain in my side after a few minutes of my parents praying for me I got better. I claim the blood Jesus shed for me. I am blessed to be his child. He healed me of chronic sinus headaches many years ago. He delivered me from depression and constant anxiety. Many more things that I cannot even remember.
Our lives as Christians are based on faith. Heb 11:6 -But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. The God of the universe lives within us, we have all power. We just have to access it by faith.
As Jesus was being beaten, bruised and crushed something happened, his anointing flowed. Just as olive oil flows from crushed and bruised olives. That process released anointing. That same anointing lives within us. This is why we can pray and ask for healing, and he will deliver us.
3 JOHN 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. If we expect to receive things from the Lord, we need to have a relationship with him. We need to walk by faith and not by sight. As we grow in our relationship with God we gain power. The power we gain is to be used for the glory of God and to help others.
James 1 3-8 (3) Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
It comes down to what I wrote about a few blogs ago. Who’s report are your going to believe? Are you going to trust God or trust man. Do we have faith? Do we not have faith? We have to have this matter settled concerning these things before the enemy attacks. We have to have a made-up mind that no matter what comes our way we will walk by faith. That is what it means to be a child of God. We have to be determined that on this day, I will trust the Lord for all of my needs, physically, spiritually and financially. He is the God that cannot fail. When our eyes pop open tomorrow we need to say, “I trust you Lord to supply all my needs and take care of me. I will do all I can to be the light and witness you have called me to be on the earth.”
The time is drawing close that God is going to divide those who fully trust from those who partially trust. We are about to see the church rise up in the power and anointing that it once had many years ago. How else will we show the unbelievers the way to Jesus? Evil is all around us, but do not fear Lord Jesus is near.
God will provide. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have been in situations where I didn’t know how it would work out. But my heavenly Father has my best interest at heart. He wants what is best for me and always works things for my good.
Romans 8:28- And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Sometimes we walk through things and at the time we cannot see that it is for our good. But eventually, something will happen and the reason becomes crystal clear. Often, we need to thank God for the “No or the not yet.”
His ways are higher than ours. If we were given everything, we wanted we would be prideful and arrogant. God hates the prideful and those who are self-important. What a mess our lives would be for example: Look at the people who win the lottery. They have all the money they could ever need and it destroys their lives because they do not handle it properly. Within five years, most are flat broke again. They lack the character and maturity to handle what they have been blessed with winning.
Sometimes the things we ask God for would destroy us or not be what we think. That job promotion may be a ball and chain of stress. It may cause a massive heart attack that would take you out. That man or woman you think is amazing, may be Jezebel or satan himself. But God spared you from that fate.
We need to say in all things I trust you, Lord. I don’t understand why this was allowed in my life. But whatever the reason, use it for your glory. Use it to make me a more mature Christian. Help me to walk it out, with my head held high.
We are often told to wait, meaning he will answer our prayer in his time. Waiting is almost as hard as the “No.” The “not yet,” is for our good. When we get to a place that we feel like we cannot go on we need to stand still. God will open doors when the time is right.
Isaiah 40:29-31 (29)He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (31) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
God doesn’t want us to be weary but wants us to just take each day as it comes, trying to walk by faith. We are to continue to worship and be a light, while we are waiting. Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. In God’s timing, we will have the answers we need and will be thankful for the “No.”
Some days it is easy to have a good attitude and a thankful heart. These are the days that I feel like I am walking like I should, as a child of God. Other days will test us. We often like to blame the enemy for our attitude, when it is just our flesh rising up. Situations will cause us to forget who we are and who’s we are; we belong to Jesus. We have been bought with a high price. We need to walk out our faith.
Sometimes the noise in our head is louder than a Nascar race. It is hard to silence your thoughts and fears. I often refer to 2 TIM1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Fear, anxiety, mental stress and depression can cause us to be frustrated. We end up with an attitude that needs adjusting. It is hard to be a light when you are walking in frustration.
When I find myself in this place of total frustration, I do a few things. If I am at the office, I tell them I am going for a stress walk, then I walk out a prayer for God to adjust my attitude. (I physically walk it out) I repeat to myself 2 Timothy 1:7, then I tell myself he has not given me fear, frustration, anxiety and stress. He has given me a sound mind. The other thing I do I listen to worship music and try to adjust my thinking.
Having God’s peace means the noise becomes quiet and the frustration melts away. God wants us to walk in peace. It is possible if we remind ourselves that we have a sound mind and do not walk in fear. One of the biggest tools the enemy uses against us is trying to convince us that we do not have a sound mind. If he can get us to walk in fear, he will control us. We can not be a good light if we are under his control.
Jesus gave us power over the enemy, fear will not reign in our lives if we study the word and pray for God’s peace. My friends, I pray for the peace of God to reign in your hearts and minds.
Where would the church be without those who have gone before, who stood firmly for the truth? Now it is our time to stand firm. We have to be sold out, 100 percent to the cause of Christ. Many souls are hanging in the balance. They are desperate for us to reach out and pull them back from the edge of hell.
They are dancing on the edge of hell about to fall into the abyss of it all; to be tormented for eternity. What price would you pay to save even one? (I know that Jesus paid the ultimate price for salvation.) But what price is too high to pay to point even one to Calvary? Sit still and ponder that for a moment. What sacrifice is too great? We have received salvation because someone sacrificed for the gospel.
I have often tried to read the book titled, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. It is church history and stories of how people were tortured for standing for our Lord Jesus Christ. It breaks my heart and bothers me too much to read. Yet real people lived out this in their lives. They watched their family be tortured and killed for not denying Jesus. If the body of Christ could get on fire and be sold out to the cause of Christ, things would change in our world. Harvest time is now. Not next week, next month, next year because people are dying every day without Jesus Christ. Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. But are we really living for Christ? Let me tell you this has been all over my toes this week. Never pray for God to draw you closer to him and empower you to do his will, unless you really mean it.
In Bible times many worshipped false gods. They actually bowed before statues made of gold or precious metals. We do not have a lot of that today (although there is some of that in America) But we often bow down to things that are not godly. We get lazy sometimes in serving God. We don’t pray or read our bible like we should. People need us to be the end-time church. God wants the only thing we have to give, our free will. He wants us to just LOVE Him and surrender to his will for our lives.
The children of Israel are our example of what not to do. Because of unbelief and their inability to change from their old ways, they died in the desert. Those who were born during the journey made it to the promised land. We are new creatures in Christ Jesus. Only what is born (our spirit man) during the process will see the promised land. We need to shake off the old ways of our flesh and walk into the growing process of becoming like Christ.
The spirit of our flesh will send us straight to hell if we let it. We have to fight it every day. Again, I want to ask what price is too high to see one soul saved? What price is too high if it is someone you love?
When thinking about a soldier the words duty and honor come to mind. We are soldiers in God’s army. The church is fighting the biggest battles ever faced for souls. There is such complacency among those who call themselves Christians. It is hard to tell many of them from the lost. It’s time we put on our armor and go to battle with the enemy for the lost.
What is our duty as Christians?
Eccl 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
This scripture is one of my go-to verses to keep me on the right path. It says, in summary of the whole thing we are to Fear God and keep His commandments. This is our entire job as God’s people. Fear him and keep his commandments. Then God will judge what we do to see if it’s good or evil.
When God brought his people out of the land of Egypt, he gave them ten commandments. This was basically a guide for how to live their lives. By the time Jesus came, they had taken the ten commandments and written so many laws to help them keep the original Ten that it was hard for them to keep up with them all. The law was imperfect and so were the people. The word is full of commandments, not just the original ten.
Matt 22:37-40 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
The first of these can be found in Deut. 6 he also warned them to not forget God and go after other gods. If we could get to a place where we love God with all our heart, soul and mind and our neighbor as ourselves then we would be as close to being like Christ as humanly possible.
If we could do these two things, we would fulfill the commandments without trying. Because we would have no other gods before Him or make any idols. We would automatically honor our parents, not take God’s name in vain. We would have no desire to kill anyone or commit adultery, steal, lie or want what someone else has, if we basically Love God and Love People. We would do everything else the word says because we love God.
It is when we allow the desires of our flesh, to get in the way of loving God and others, that we have problems. Now is the time to get serious about our walk with God. He is waiting patiently for us to yield to him and his plans for our lives. The harvest is ready, its time we start showing people God’s love. The masses are starving for God and don’t even know it. It is going to take us to show them the way.
Get in the word, let it be light for your path, food for your soul, strength in trouble, and rest when you are weary. It will guide us when we are unsure of direction, but most of all it is God himself trying to show us who he is so that we can love him with our whole hearts.
GOD FOCUS--Psalm 34:3 O magnify the Lord with me.... 