VANITY KILLS

HOW IS IT THAT SO MANY BIBLE TEACHERS CONTINUE TO MISS THE OBVIOUS THAT THE SIN THAT EASLIY BESETS ALL OF US IS PRIDE ?

THE WORD IS SO FREQUENTLY MAKING REFERENCE TO PRIDE, AND/OR VANITY, THAT I CAN'T SEEM TO ESCAPE IT.

VERY BRIEFLY WE WILL TOUCH UPON THIS ALL TO FAMILIAR TOPIC AS GOD CONTINUES TO REMIND US THAT WE MUST WORK ON OURSELVES BY HIS GRACE, BEFORE HE DOES, AND THAT PERHAPS WITHOUT GRACE.


Jas 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

SO IN THIS PASSAGE JAMES IS INFORMING US PRIDEFUL SAINTS THAT WE HAVE DEAD FAITH, DUE TO OUR REFUSAL TO LOWER OUR HIGHBROW IMAGE OF OURSELVES TO THAT OF A SERVANT OF THE MOST HIGH.

BECAUSE WHENEVER THE LORD MAKES REFERENCE TO FAITHFUL WORKS,IT RARELY IF EVER IS A REQUEST TO DO ANYTHING VISIBLE, GLORIOUS, SIMPLE, OR POPULAR.

WHEN WILL WE LEARN THAT IF WE ARE EVER TO GAIN GOD'S FAVOR IT WILL BE IN THE DENIAL OF SELF FOR THE BETTERMENT, OR PREFERENCE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

NONE OF WHICH ARE SELF-CENTERED, THEREFORE NOT VERY PALATABLE TO THE HAUGHTY.

IN CLOSING, WE MUST REALIZE THAT WE ARE NEVER SAVED JUST FOR SELF. WE ARE FIRST SAVED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, THEN FOR OUR SOULS SALVATION, THEN FOR THE WORK OF THE LORD, AND FINALLY FOR OUR OWN BENEFIT, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IS LAST.



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION: CHRIST PLACED HIS WILL BEHIND THE FATHERS, AND FACED THE KANGAROO COURTS, THE HUMILIATION, THE BEATINGS, THE CROSS DEATH, AND THE GRAVE, FOR US, NOT FOR HIM.

CHRIST PLACED HIMSELF LAST, HE WAS SELFLESS, AND VOID OF VANITY, PRIDE, AND HAUGHTYNESS.

HOW DO WE BELIEVE WE CAN SIT WITH HIM IN HEAVEN WITH DEAD FAITH DUE TO OUR OWN VANITY.

LETS PLACE OUR PRIORTY IN ORDER AND LEARN WE NO LONGER NEED BE CONCERNED WITH OUR WELL BEING, BECAUSE CHRIST CARES FOR US, SO WE CAN CARE FOR OTHERS.

WE MUST SET VANITY ASIDE AND GET TO WORK FOR THE MASTER THAT OUR FAITH NOT BE DEAD. OUR FAITH IS DEAD WHEN WE FAIL TO BELIEVE GOD WILL TEND TO OUR EVERY NEED.

DON'T ALLOW VANITY TO KILL OUR FAITH !




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


G-TEP aka K.J. DUMPSON