In walking through the nieghborhood(forum) I see alot of disturbing traits. I am a firm believer that there is nothing complex about life, physical or spiritual. Most often it is us who make things more difficult than they have to be or should be. But I find that if we dig to the heart of the matter it will be as simple as black and white. "Grey" areas are places where we try to smudge the black line a little and thus make things complex not only for ourselves but those we interact with.
There are two verses of scripture that rule my life. The first one is :
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Sometimes that dreadful thing comes prying it's way to the surface when discussing beliefs vs scripture. That thing being pride. Which rides the same donkey as arrogance. I have seen points trying to be proved by taking two or three words out of a sentence. Using that same formula I could turn the Bible into a fairy tale, make a movie and sell tickets for millions. I don't seem to remember the parables in which Jesus taught being so complex at getting the point across. Most are childrens stories now. Why would the entirity of the Word of God be any different? Sure God tells us there are things we can not understand, so what makes these men of pride think they can accomplish what God has already said can not be. I get almost frightened when I hear those words " what this means is". (shudder) Saints, it means what it says and says what it means. I refuse to believe a God who "wants" us to come to salvation would make it as difficult as some break it down to be. The Word says the Spirit will open the scriptures to the heart and make them to be understood.
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His rightousness, and these things will be added unto you"
Understanding the road to salvation comes from God , not man. Yes He will guide your speech when witnessing, but I witness just enough to get them to church and no more. "Be ye fishers of men, you catchem, God will clean them." I would not want to teach or preach a message to a lost soul that God was never ready for that soul to recieve. I wonder how many people we have had "hooked" after 5 or 10 minutes of God felt witnessing that walked away because it turned in to "I'm right, your wrong" preaching.
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God".
Jesus told the disiples to cast their nets on the other side of the boat. Think they would have caught any thing had they continued to fish their way? I see post and counter post that pop up within minutes of each other. If the poster gathered his/her scripture of rebuttle to be posted in response and then STOPPED!!!! and prayed over it for an hour I wonder if the post would be any different? God caused men to prophesy, heal, part waters,etc. Why does it seem like some think that God can't cause a person to understand His will? If we would accept that, would there even be a need for "debate"? To me if someone believes differently than me to the point they are willing argue about it then my response to them is simple.
"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God"
I assure you I will
Tomorrow: That second verse that rules my life.
God bless you all and be happy in the Lord.
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