Comment: Sometimes,
maybe most times we seek to rush through life, after all isn’t this the way of
life for most who seek to grab all the gusto they can! Forcing life into an
overstuffed capsule of time is not the way our Creator planned life for you or
me. There are clear patterns to live and enjoy life, but these are not found in
the classrooms of today, and these are not found in our homes either. The battlefield
of life, liberty and the joy of peace with God is rooted and grounded in His Love.
For God so loves the world that He gave His Son, His only human born Son, that
whoever turns away from that overstuffed capsule of time and believes God’s
message will enjoy the benefits of Life in Christ at that very moment and
lasting forever. There is nothing on this side of eternity better.
Devotional: Ephesians 4 through 6 – Progressing through
Ephesians is a wonderful journey for me as I hope it is for you as well. But as
always, I am barely scratching the surface of God’s wisdom as revealed by the
Holy Spirit through the writing of the apostle Paul. Taking a look back to
Ephesians 1:15-23 we see the apostle’s prayer to The God of our LORD Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory. Paul prays that God will grant to you and me the
Spiritual Wisdom and Knowledge of Him. O that we would agree with Paul’s prayer
and willingly turn from the rudiments of this world.
In Galatians 2 the apostle
warns this local church to stay with God’s grace and to keep away from those
who try to return to the law. Well today I think there is an additional evil to
stay away from and that is the liberal nonsense of worship that leaves God
outside the door of the congregation, while entertaining the devil. The church
of today looks like our marriages and children, DOES IT NOT? In every way the
marriage between one man and one woman fails so do the local churches. Even the members of the church fail, as do the bondservants (workers) who respond to the
masters of the church.
Our armor to resist the devil
in some churches cannot be found. Stuffed somewhere in the attic or basement,
covered over with old song books that are replaced by the noise of the
overstuffed time we live in. Then we have the audacity to say that we are
worshipping God. My, what an error of spiritual awareness! We fail to stand
against the wiles of the devil. Why? because most churches today do not wear
the armor provided by God. The evil day is upon the church because the armor to
stand firm in the LORD is not readily available.
Some may disagree, so be it!
Even our helmets of salvation are worn amid personal sin, rather than personal
faith. The sword of the Spirit (The Holy Bible) is laid aside for worship songs
that are nothing more than emotional expressions of our selfish will, rather
than what God Wills. God is longsuffering toward us, but He will not put us
with our self-indulgences forever. The mystery of the gospel of God is “still a
mystery” to many. The world around us lives in the dark and much of the church
of Christ today is dark too; see Ephesians 6:18-20.
There ought to be something to say that is full of the grace of God! Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all those who love our LORD Jesus Christ/Messiah in sincerity. Amen.
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