ARE U EASILY BESET ?

2Co 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS SO VEXED BY AN OBVIOUSLY UNDESIRABLE , REOCCURRING SITUATION THAT HE REFERRED 2 IT AS A THORN IN HIS FLESH.

WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT PAUL WASN'T UR AVERAGE EVERYDAY, RUN OF THE MILL EARLY CHURCH SAINT. NO, PAUL WAS EXCEPTIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST, EVEN 2 THE POINT OF BEING A STAND OUT AMONGST THE CALLED, HE WAS THE APOSTLE'S, APOSTLE, THE MISSIONARY'S, MISSIONARY AND THE TEACHERS, TEACHER, PAUL WAS SPECIAL !

IT WAS DUE TO HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE THAT THIS THORN OR MESSENGER WAS PLACED UPON HIM, OR MORE ACCURATELY, ASSIGNED TO HIM.

PAUL WAS ENTRUSTED WITH KNOWLEDGE AND VISIONS THAT UNTIL THIS DAY WE
HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED 2 KNOW. SO HE WASN'T AFFLICTED 4 BEING WEAK, OR SLACK IN HIS FAITH WALK, IT WAS HIS EXTREMELY COMMITTED WALK THAT BROUGHT THE CONDITION UPON HIM.

I'M AM FULLY AWARE OF THE NAY SAYERS IN TODAYS CHURCH THAT WILL BE SO QUICK 2 TELL US THAT ALL OF OUR TROUBLES ARE DUE 2 SOME SHORTCOMING IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK, OR SOME UNCONFESSED, UNACKNOWLEDGED SIN. I CALL THEM JOB FRIENDS.

LETS FOCUS ON WHY THIS HAPPENED, WHY IT WAS ALLOWED, AND EVEN ASSIGNED 2 BE SO.

PAUL WAS AN EXTREMELY EDUCATED, POWERFUL MAN OF GOD, THAT WAS WELL SPOKEN, WELL VERSED IN THE LAW, WELL ABLE TO EXCEL OVER MOST MEN OF HIS DAY BOTH NATURALLY, AND SUPERNATURALLY, BUT ACCORDING 2 HIS OWN WORDS IN PHILP.3:12 HE HAD NOT YET ATTAINED, NOR WAS HE PERFECT.

HERE IS THE MAN THAT HAS DONE AND WRITTEN SO MUCH FOR THE YOUNG CHURCH TO GROW AND PROSPER ON, YET HE HIMSELF IS NOT WORTHY, OR READY FOR HEAVEN OR GOD'S COMPLETELY TRUSTING HIS FLESH WITHOUT TESTS AND TRIALS TO CONTINUALLY PROVE HIMSELF.

THIS IS HOW GOD PREVENTS US FROM GROWING SO COMFORTABLE, SAFE, AND COMPLACENT IN OUR KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, AND EXPERIENCES IN HIM THAT WE WOULD BE THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED SERVANTS OF GOD IN HELL.

THE THORNS SOLE INTENT, AND PURPOSE WAS 2 PREVENT HAUGHTINESS IN PAUL, WHICH IS OF COURSE DIRECTLY LINKED 2 PRIDE. IT WASN'T ASSIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH ANY OTHER MISSION, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER SIN SO SUBTLE, AND CRAFTY AS PRIDE EXCEPT THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN.

GODS PLAN WAS TO INSURE THAT THIS GREAT SERVANT OF HIS WOULDN'T BE LOSS 2 SATAN BY ASSIGNING A MESSENGER OF SATAN, 2 ESSENTIALLY ASSURE HIS SALVATION BY SAVING HIM FROM HIMSELF. WHAT AN AWESOME GOD WE SERVE.

AFTER ALL OF THE MISSIONS COMPLETED, MIRACLES WORKED, VISIONS SEEN, CALAMITIES EXPERIENCED, SOULS LED 2 SALVATION, GOD COULDN'T RISK ALLOWING PAUL 2 DO IT ON HIS OWN.

GOD ALSO KNEW PAUL HADN'T ARRIVED, BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE ARE IN THIS FLESH WE ARE PRONE 2 BE PROUD OF SOMETHING.

SO AS A LOVING, CARING FATHER GOD ASSIGNED A THORN THAT WOULD ALWAYS KEEP HIM COMING BACK 2 TALK 2 GOD, KEEPING HIM IN PRAYER AND CONTACT WITH THE FATHER.


Pro 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

IF PAUL ONLY EXPERIENCED MIRACLES, VISIONS AND VICTORIES, WHAT WOULD HE NEED 2 TALK 2 GOD ABOUT ?

HE LIKE US WOULD HAVE FACED THE SURE DESTRUCTION AND FALL THAT COMES WITH PRIDE AND HAUGHTINESS, BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN OF LIKE PASSIONS AS WE ARE, AND HEB 12:1 WARNS OF "the sin which doth so easily beset us,".

NOTE THE WORD IS SIN. IT IS SINGULAR, INDICATING THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE SIN IN PARTICULAR THAT BESETS US WITH EASE AND THAT ONE SIN IS PRIDE.

I KNOW MANY WELL MEANING TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT UNBELIEF IS THE SIN, BUT HERE IS A PROPHETIC ILLUMINATION OF THE WORD, THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE WAS WRITTEN 2 BELIEVERS, SO HOW COULD UNBELIEF BE THE ONE SIN.

PRIDE IS THE 1 SIN THAT EVEN ALL BELIEVERS MUST GUARD AGAINST. SOME SAINTS WILL NEVER EVER BE TEMPTED BY SEX, MONEY, DRUGS, ALCOHOL,ETC....

YET WE ALL MUST BE EVER SO CAREFUL AS 2 NOT BECOME PRIDEFUL OF OUR VOICE IN CHOIR, THE LAST MESSAGE WE PREACHED THAT LED MANY SOULS TO THE ALTAR, OR HOW ABOUT THE PRIDE THAT PASTOR SELECTED YOU AS CHURCH SECRETARY, EVEN DOWN 2 OUR SUNDAY OUTFITS CAUSING US 2 BECOME PREY 2 THE SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS US.

WHETHER U ADMIT IT OR NOT, PRIDE IS PROBLEM IN UR LIFE AND FAILURE 2 ADMIT THIS IS SIMPLY A PRIDEFUL ACT.

EVEN THOSE SOCIETY WOULD DEEM LOWLY OR WORTHLESS MAINTAIN AN IOTA OF PRIDE. REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THEY MAY SMELL AND SLEEP IN THE GUTTER EVEN THESE WILL SAY I MAY SMELL, BUT NOT AS BAD AS HIM. THAT IS PRIDE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THIS FLESH WE ARE HOUSED IN.

GODS DESIRE IS NOT 2 TORTURE US BUT 2 SAVE US FROM THAT SIN SO THAT AFTER OUR LIVES ARE DONE AND OVER WE WON'T HAVE STRUGGLED, SUFFER, SACRIFICED, FASTED, PRAYED, PAYED TITHES, GAVE OFFERINGS, HEALED THE SICK, ETC....AND STILLED BE BANISHED 2 ETERNAL DAMNATION BECAUSE OF PRIDE.

DO U HAVE THAT 1 REOCCURRING PROBLEM THAT KEEPS U ON UR KNEES, KEEPS U CONFESSING. PERHAPS THIS IS GOD'S ASSIGNMENT, UR THORN, THAT U NOT SUCCOMB 2 SOME FANTASY NOTION THAT U HAVE ARRIVED AT SAINTLY PERFECTION CAUSING U 2 PRIDEFULLY FALL INTO HELL FIRE.


1Th 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you

GODS WILL IS THE WAY, SO LETS GIVE THANKS EVEN 4 THE THORNS. WE ARE NOT PAULS, SO IF GOD NEEDED 2 BUFFET HIM, HOW MUCH MORE DO WE NEED IT ?

2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: GUARD AGAINST PRIDE AND HAUGHTYNESS OR U WILL SURELY BE DESTROYED BY UR FALL INTO HELL.

LET'S NOT PLACE OURSELVES IN POSITIONS THAT WE KNOW OUR FLESH IS WEAK OR WE WILL DEFINITELY SIN, NOR PLACE OURSELVES ABOVE OTHERS OR WE WILL BECOME PRIDEFUL AND SIN.

GOD TRUSTED PAUL WITH YET UNTOLD HEAVENLY VISIONS, BUT NOT WITH HIS OWN FLESH AND SOUL.




I PRAY GOD'S PEACE N MERCY B UPON U AND URS !


G-TEP aka K.J. DUMPSON