GOD'S PURGING OF THE CHURCH
I send greetings in the name of Jesus:
Dear friends there is little doubt that God intends for those who dwell with him to be unified end of the same mind and heart as he is. Just as much as we need to feel God's reassurance of his promises to us, he needs to get to the bottom of the intent of our hearts with regard to our loyalty and love.
I don't believe that there will be any room for us to argue either with one another or with God about what is to take place in our lives in the kingdom of heaven. There have been many different opinions from men that have been given on what they feel is the truth in God's word about what is the most important to our Creator, but the one thing that is consistent in God's word deals with all of our transformation from the men and women that we are unto a new creature created through our minds and hearts being changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is this change from who we are now into who God has created us to be that becomes the biggest issue.
We look at ourselves as being only human; which is another term for creatures who are prone to making mistakes and wrong decisions. In some ways it almost feels as though men and women feel the need to correct this in perfection in our human condition before they can ever really commit to their relationship with God, but I do not believe that is true. We don't find anywhere in the Scripture where Christ tells us that we need to be perfect, but he does tell us in many ways we need to be ready for when he comes back. In other words we need to be as ready as we can prepare to be for when he returns. As an example in the book of Matthew 25: there are several things that Christ has himself taught about the kingdom that tells us of God's mind set about who will enter with him into the kingdom. Jesus starts by telling us the parable of the bridesmaids, telling us that five were foolish and five were wise. The foolish bridesmaids did not take any oil with them for their lamps as they waited for the bride's groom to come. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. Ed midnight cry came out: here comes the bridegroom! Come out to meet him! Apparently all of them had their lamps lit all this time, all of the lamps shown equally as bright, and yet the five foolish bridesmaids found themselves running out of oil, and their lamps were dying
. We find that those foolish bridesmaids were forced to leave to go replenish their supply of oil, and during that time the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him, and the door was shut. Even though these bridesmaids came back with their supply of oil and knocked on the door they were rejected by the bridegroom because he said I tell you the truth, I don't know you.
Jesus continues by giving us the parable of the talents that were given to servants interested with the care of the Masters property.. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent. It is said that he gave each of these servants according to their ability before he went on a journey. We see the various things were done with these talents to increase the Masters while while he was gone, except for one who simply buried it with the idea of not risking its loss through taking a chance to increase it. I don't believe that God is focused on whether or not we make mistakes in our attempts to learn and grow in our faith, but I do believe that God will notice whether or not we have tried. There isn't any doubt that there is an age coming when we will be required as a child of God to stand in the face of evil and to give witness and testimony of what we believe and why we believe about God's son Jesus Christ. The point really is are we ready to receive Christ in a full and complete way? Are we ready to take chances to share her faith in God today? I don't know if you have seen it but I have; there are many people when all is said and done who will fall away from their faith. They will make a decision that living for Christ is not worth the pain and the suffering that they must endure in this life. They will not have enough oil in their lamp to shine. They will not continue to run the endurance race that is set before them, and if that is the case, and they do not bear fruit of the Spirit in their lives they will be purged. God will eventually separate his obedient followers from those who are pretenders and unbelievers. The real evidence of our belief is the way we act. To treat all persons we encounter as if they are Jesus is no easy task. What we do for others demonstrates what we really think about Jesus words to us, feed the hungry, give the homeless a place to stay, look after the sick. How will do your actions separate you from the pretenders and unbelievers? May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
Dear friends there is little doubt that God intends for those who dwell with him to be unified end of the same mind and heart as he is. Just as much as we need to feel God's reassurance of his promises to us, he needs to get to the bottom of the intent of our hearts with regard to our loyalty and love.
I don't believe that there will be any room for us to argue either with one another or with God about what is to take place in our lives in the kingdom of heaven. There have been many different opinions from men that have been given on what they feel is the truth in God's word about what is the most important to our Creator, but the one thing that is consistent in God's word deals with all of our transformation from the men and women that we are unto a new creature created through our minds and hearts being changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is this change from who we are now into who God has created us to be that becomes the biggest issue.
We look at ourselves as being only human; which is another term for creatures who are prone to making mistakes and wrong decisions. In some ways it almost feels as though men and women feel the need to correct this in perfection in our human condition before they can ever really commit to their relationship with God, but I do not believe that is true. We don't find anywhere in the Scripture where Christ tells us that we need to be perfect, but he does tell us in many ways we need to be ready for when he comes back. In other words we need to be as ready as we can prepare to be for when he returns. As an example in the book of Matthew 25: there are several things that Christ has himself taught about the kingdom that tells us of God's mind set about who will enter with him into the kingdom. Jesus starts by telling us the parable of the bridesmaids, telling us that five were foolish and five were wise. The foolish bridesmaids did not take any oil with them for their lamps as they waited for the bride's groom to come. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. Ed midnight cry came out: here comes the bridegroom! Come out to meet him! Apparently all of them had their lamps lit all this time, all of the lamps shown equally as bright, and yet the five foolish bridesmaids found themselves running out of oil, and their lamps were dying
. We find that those foolish bridesmaids were forced to leave to go replenish their supply of oil, and during that time the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him, and the door was shut. Even though these bridesmaids came back with their supply of oil and knocked on the door they were rejected by the bridegroom because he said I tell you the truth, I don't know you.
Jesus continues by giving us the parable of the talents that were given to servants interested with the care of the Masters property.. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent. It is said that he gave each of these servants according to their ability before he went on a journey. We see the various things were done with these talents to increase the Masters while while he was gone, except for one who simply buried it with the idea of not risking its loss through taking a chance to increase it. I don't believe that God is focused on whether or not we make mistakes in our attempts to learn and grow in our faith, but I do believe that God will notice whether or not we have tried. There isn't any doubt that there is an age coming when we will be required as a child of God to stand in the face of evil and to give witness and testimony of what we believe and why we believe about God's son Jesus Christ. The point really is are we ready to receive Christ in a full and complete way? Are we ready to take chances to share her faith in God today? I don't know if you have seen it but I have; there are many people when all is said and done who will fall away from their faith. They will make a decision that living for Christ is not worth the pain and the suffering that they must endure in this life. They will not have enough oil in their lamp to shine. They will not continue to run the endurance race that is set before them, and if that is the case, and they do not bear fruit of the Spirit in their lives they will be purged. God will eventually separate his obedient followers from those who are pretenders and unbelievers. The real evidence of our belief is the way we act. To treat all persons we encounter as if they are Jesus is no easy task. What we do for others demonstrates what we really think about Jesus words to us, feed the hungry, give the homeless a place to stay, look after the sick. How will do your actions separate you from the pretenders and unbelievers? May you richly bless God through your life in him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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