A Thought for the Day – 086 –
Spiritual Blessings
Proverbs 11-1 – Any
national government that presents a system of balance that is deceptive will
suffer from idolatry and disgusting characteristics that dull the ears, blur the
eyes, mute the smell, deaden the touch and ruin the taste of national freedom.
There is but ONE cure for this abomination; the solid ROCK of faith in God to
restore justice.
Comments and
challenges
In the thought for the day
above, I would like to add that all of what is written is taken from two words
in Proverbs 11:1, these are the words “abomination and just” if you have a
concordance or if you look at the website below and search out the word, you
will see that a deeper study of the Living Word of God reveals
much.
Faith, Hope and Love; these
spiritual blessings of God are like the ABC’s of living the Christian Life and
in chapter 13 of First Corinthians the apostle Paul clearly describes that it is
a failure to pursue faith and hope without understanding that love is the first
blessing that the “non-churched” person should see in people who say they know
God.
Now whether we understand it or
not, the very first blessing we see from God that brings us face to face with
the Cross, the Death of Jesus and His Resurrection is God’s love for ALL. “ALL”
is to include all the peoples of the world, even you and me. A simple but
powerful verse of scripture for this is the one that even most non-church goers
know by heart. John 3:16
In order for you and me to be
doers of the Word and not just hearers only (James 1:21-22) we must be willing
to lay aside all those “lack of love” filthy things we do and the abundance of
wickedness that is evident to the people we are involved with. Because of our
human nature, we tend to believe that we do not appear filthy or wicked to
others, but others do not see us as we see ourselves. So, there is that
spiritual quality of life that the unbelieving must see before they see the need
of salvation and of course that quality is – LOVE. Romans 5:8.
Yes, we are “justified” in God’s
Plan by faith when we believe in our LORD Jesus Christ and for the first time in
our life we experience peace with God, but if I am going to present this peace
of God to others in order that they too can be justified I must through faith be
willing to stand in His grace and reveal to those around me a heart of rejoicing
in a personal hope of the glory of God. This for me is faith, hope and love in
action and something that all of us who are saved by grace should be practicing.
By and large this is a major failure in churches today.
Therefore it is impossible for
you and me to do anything other but fail, if we are not daily in the Word of
God. Before His death and resurrection Jesus Christ prays for His disciples and
the future church which would be you and me. In John 17:17 His prays to His
Father that His disciples and His church should be sanctified in The Father’s
Truth. He is literally saying that we are to be “set apart” this is standing in
grace daily (sanctifying grace) in order that we might present a confident Hope
in the glory of God as we look forward to Him in glorification; Romans 5:1-2.
Now we who are saved, do have this confidence (HOPE and FAITH) but if we fail to
express these spiritual blessings in (LOVE) then we nothing more in the eyes of
the unbeliever than a "noise maker"
Hebrews 9:28 - so Christ was offered to bear
the sins of many, and unto them that look for Him shall He appear a second time
without sin unto salvation. Jesse <><
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