ACTS 4 PERSECUTION / A WAY OF PERFECTING US
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There is no greater way to become perfected than to go through the persecution of this world...but then I can't help but wonder who in this culture really understands persecution? We talk about the treatment of people in certain groups within America as being persecuted in various ways, but unless we go out to seek protest in some way we rarely have people beating down our doors to kill us over our beliefs. The rest of this world knows what it is like to be persecuted much more so than we do, and yet there are a few whom have experienced the rest of this world in ways that most of us have not. For those few...they understand all too well what true persecution is.
When we pray for a revival to come on this country today we are really praying that sends what ever He needs to send to wake us up to the truth...and that will only come through a real persecution of God's people. It will be the kind of persecution that we cannot buy our way out of because our wealth may well be gone in this country just as it has gone away in other parts of the world. A few years ago I would have said something like "I don't want to scare you but"...I think it is time for us to be scared enough at least to do something about our relationship with God. It is time we took to heart the things that God has been trying to show us in this world about stability because this world is not stable. It is not just the people groups of this world that are getting crazier by the minute, but the world itself is in great stress just as Christ said it would be just before He came back. I know personally that all of this is a sign for me to be watchful, obedient, and committed to Christ.
I get the feelings that about 2 out of a million people are really following this blog because I keep saying the same things, but in reality the truth needs to be continually out there in front of our faces. I have a feeling that the best thing that could happen to many Christian people today would be to have to go through some persecution because of their faith in God's word. It is time that we loose some of the toys that we have to play with so that we can hear God's voice again. I have found that no one will actually take action to change their behavior unless they find they are directly effected by something in life. We do need revival in this country, but the only way that we will ever see the church become alive and vibrant in this country is through persecution just like they had in the first church.
We can never learn by reading about a life in Christ alone...we have to live it out for others to actually understand what it means, and for us to understand it's true meaning to us as well. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
There is no greater way to become perfected than to go through the persecution of this world...but then I can't help but wonder who in this culture really understands persecution? We talk about the treatment of people in certain groups within America as being persecuted in various ways, but unless we go out to seek protest in some way we rarely have people beating down our doors to kill us over our beliefs. The rest of this world knows what it is like to be persecuted much more so than we do, and yet there are a few whom have experienced the rest of this world in ways that most of us have not. For those few...they understand all too well what true persecution is.
When we pray for a revival to come on this country today we are really praying that sends what ever He needs to send to wake us up to the truth...and that will only come through a real persecution of God's people. It will be the kind of persecution that we cannot buy our way out of because our wealth may well be gone in this country just as it has gone away in other parts of the world. A few years ago I would have said something like "I don't want to scare you but"...I think it is time for us to be scared enough at least to do something about our relationship with God. It is time we took to heart the things that God has been trying to show us in this world about stability because this world is not stable. It is not just the people groups of this world that are getting crazier by the minute, but the world itself is in great stress just as Christ said it would be just before He came back. I know personally that all of this is a sign for me to be watchful, obedient, and committed to Christ.
I get the feelings that about 2 out of a million people are really following this blog because I keep saying the same things, but in reality the truth needs to be continually out there in front of our faces. I have a feeling that the best thing that could happen to many Christian people today would be to have to go through some persecution because of their faith in God's word. It is time that we loose some of the toys that we have to play with so that we can hear God's voice again. I have found that no one will actually take action to change their behavior unless they find they are directly effected by something in life. We do need revival in this country, but the only way that we will ever see the church become alive and vibrant in this country is through persecution just like they had in the first church.
We can never learn by reading about a life in Christ alone...we have to live it out for others to actually understand what it means, and for us to understand it's true meaning to us as well. May you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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