Friday, January 22, 2010
DUPES, OR DOING ?
James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
WHAT I GATHER FROM THIS SCRIPTURE IS,"IF WE EVER WANT TO FOOL OURSELVES, LET'S JUST KEEP GOING TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND MORNING WORSHIP, BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER SERVICE AND STILL NOT DO ANYTHING WE HEAR AND LEARN FROM THE SCRIPTURES".
THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE THAT REGULARLY ATTEND SERVICES, PROCLAIM AND PROFESS CHRISTIANITY, TALK THE PART, WALK THE PART, AND LOOK THE PART.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS MOST THAT KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FOOLED BY THE HYPOCRITICAL CHARADE, AND IT IS CERTAIN THAT GOD IS NOT FOOLED, OR DECEIVED.
SHOWING UP TO CHURCH IS FINE, QUOTING THE WORD IS IMPRESSIVE, AND HEARING THE WORD BENEFICIAL, BUT UNTIL THE WORD IS PUT INTO PRACTICE, AND APPLIED DAILY WE ARE DECEIVING OURSELVES AT BEST, AND RELIGIOUS AT WORST.
BEING SELF-DECEIVED IS TERRIBLE, BUT CAN BE REMEDIED ONCE POINTED OUT IN LOVE, RECEIVED PROPERLY, AND THE PERSON REPENTS AND ADJUST TO DO WHATS RIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE TO DO THE WORD.
THE RELIGIOUS PERSON IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY THOUGH.
RELIGIOSITY IS SO SUBTLE, PERMEATING, JUDGEMENTAL, HOLIER THEN THOU, AND WHEN THREATENED IT CAN BE EXTREMELY VICIOUS, EXACTINGLY VINDICTIVE,
AND STUBBORN.
JUST ASK JESUS, AS IT WAS RELIGION THAT ATTACKED, FALSELY ACCUSED, AND EVENTUALLY CRUCIFIED AND KILLED HIM.
THIS IS TURNING INTO A MUCH BROADER, IN DEPTH LESSON THEN THIS ENTRY WILL ALLOW, SO I WILL SIMPLY ENCOURAGE ALL TO BE AWARE OF RELIGIOSITY.
THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT IS A DOMINATING SPIRIT AND USUALLY WILL BE THE STRONGMAN IN DELIVERANCE SCENARIOS.
ONCE AGAIN GOD'S WORD IS NOT JUST FOR HEARING, NOT FOR QUOTING, NOT FOR HOLDING OVER OTHERS HEADS, NOT SETTING ON COFFEE TABLES, AND NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
GOD'S WORD IS FOR ACTION, FOR DOING, FOR LIVING, FOR GOOD, AND FOREVER !
HOW PLEASED WERE OUR NATURAL PARENTS WHEN WE DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY TOLD US.
WHY WOULD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER BE ANY DIFFERENT WHEN WE FAIL TO DO WHAT HE TELLS US TO DO ?
2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION:
CON MEN ARE CALLED SUCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY INTO SCHEMES THAT IN RETROSPECT WERE ACTUALLY TO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
THEY DECEIVE PEOPLE THAT THE POLICE CALL DUPES, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND GOOD.
LET'S NOT BE OUR OWN DUPES DECEIVING OURSELVES AS THE WORD SAYS.
BY BUYING INTO OUR OWN CON SCHEME THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BE PLEASING TO GOD BY SIMPLY LISTENING TO HIS WORDS, BUT NOT DOING ANYTHING TO PLEASE HIM BY LIVING HIS WORD.
ARE WE GOING TO BE DUPES, OR DOING ?
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