Monthly Archives: January 2015

Pursuits

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Do I really want to continue in my sin, resisting or dismissing the Holy Spirit’s conviction, knowing the glory of what God has promised if I repent and follow Christ?  Can I justify my argument with God, for that is what my disobedience, resistance and denial have become?  Do I truly wish to be back in a conflict with God, having been redeemed and set right with God by Christ’s sacrifice.  Wouldn’t I rather bask in the lack of condemnation afforded those of us who have accepted our walk with Jesus?  I am sorry folks, I will not be able to fulfill your dream for my life as this one is meant for service in God’s Holy Name.  I must forgo your approval as I know that it entails winning all the silver, gold and accolades available to worldly men.  That is not my destiny.  Would that I could fill your eyes with joy at my care for the sick, lost and dying, but these things do not impress you.  To me these things are my greatest joy, to know in some manner I have lent honor to God’s glory in an effort to the love those whom He created for salvation.

How about you?  Are there behaviors to which you know you should not be participating, yet you avoid detection, accountability or surrender in an effort to squeeze a bit more from the apple of life?  What price the guilt which burdens your heart and mind, for you know we can never fully lock it away in a vacuum?  How good would it feel to lay down your arms, trusting in God to relieve your burden?  What prize is so valuable that it would be even minutely worth the loss of God’s blessings or sustained reward?  Can you let go and if not will you lay down your pride for a moment knowing that you truly need some help to break free?  You have never been alone.  There truly are people, opportunities and paths to take that safely lead away from danger, directly to His waiting arms of peace, security and hope.  Do you have the courage to embrace a destiny which has no comparison to those satisfactions available in worldly pursuits?  You were fearfully and wonderfully made for a specific and unique purpose to the fulfillment of God’s Supreme Glory.  A pursuit that will bring you “complete” satisfaction absent in this vaporous existence.

I do not wish to cry the long heard sobs of a man realizing that he missed his calling by choice.  When I look in to those eyes of Glory I want to see that I utilized every ounce of God given grace to reach for the stars.  That will be my reward, having lived a life without regret associated with missed opportunities whether by neglect, decision or inaction.  How do we reach the pinnacle of God’s intention for our lives.  That is our journey through study, prayer, relationship and trial, following Christ down the path of fulfillment.  Where will yours lead?  I do not know but I am certain it will be exciting, rewarding, difficult and yes, entirely worth the effort, investment and work.  Praise God for the purpose He designed specifically for you.  That simple concept continues to amaze, that He would craft each of us, with our unique fingerprints, gifts, DNA and attitudes to fulfill some particular aspect of His plan for humanity.  Oh what a wondrous God that we serve.  In the Name of Jesus, the Lord.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/statue-of-bibles-joseph-discovered/  Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of the Lord, but it is nice to see that some people are still pursuing truth.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/daniel-websters-prediction-for-america-coming-true/

No longer

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Seeing beyond the lumber in my own eyes.  My view is skewed, fractured and diffracted by my own shortcomings.  How can I look upon myself in the way in which the Lord sees me?  Knowing I am sealed by the Holy Spirit of God Himself, saved by the Christ of God.  How would I be changed if I could see His righteousness lain upon me, covering my sin with a purity?  How then would I gaze upon you with eyes set for Glory, knowing your sanctification assured?  Lord, that I have the eyes to see beyond the dirt, mire and grime camouflaging the external vessel to see the flourishing soul within.  How then would my attitude be changed and my kindness altered to see Christ in those around me?  Do I have ears to hear the Word that the Lord has preached or will I remain focused on the siren call of discouragement, bidding me abide in this world and not in Christ?  How then may I begin to resemble Almighty God if I do not first look upon others in a gentler light?

Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the Father.  Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.  But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His son, born of a woman, born under the law to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.  And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”  Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.  Galatians 4:1-7

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.  Against such there is no law.  And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.  Galatians 5:22-25

The Spirit of the Son is in each of us, crying out to a Father from whom we had been estranged, lost, destitute, without hope or joy.  Hallelujah, it is Christ that saves each of us redeemed to God in kinship with the Lord.  We may now equally look upon those in Christ as Family, rejoicing in their individual walk toward eternity.  May we unite in our shared devotion to God, writing His commands upon our heart in tune with the Spirit living within each of us.  What then might we accomplish if we look upon each other in a new way, free from condemnation, reflection, refracted vision and criticism.  Renewed by the encouragement of our own hearts made new.  How then would I personally view defeat in its impossibility being so perfectly aligned with God, equally with Family in love, victory, hope and fulfillment?  How then would the definition of the impossible be forever transformed?

 

Embellish Mints

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-going-back-to-publisher/?hpid=z5  Why the lie?

Why do people continually add to or take away from  the inerrant, infallible Word of God?  The name precludes the rationality in doing either, does it not?  Wasn’t the model of the Pharisees, who added to and the Sadducees, who took away, clear enough teaching for us?  At least this youngster had the sense to atone for his mistake.  Now that he has begun to fear God, I understand his panic.  Will the publisher, who some assert, even the child’s mother, now face legal action for profiting from a lie?  Who knows, I consider two things to be of much greater importance; how many people were led astray to false belief after reading the book and why are we so susceptible to “sensationalist” testimony without confirmation against Biblical accuracy?

Both of these questions relate to the same failure, that our population is for the greatest part, Biblicly illiterate. We lack the discernment which only comes as a gift of God from studying to show ourselves approved.  Lacking such discernment we swallow the apple in its entirety never stopping, as a Barean, to pray about, confirm or test any testimony/information against the Scripture.  It is easy to be led astray if you do not first know how to read a map.  This type of craving for extra-Biblical fiction is part and parcel of what it means to be a wicked generation, seeking signs and miracles, lacking faith in the completed work of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross.  We ought to be super cautious, especially in these, the last days to verify all to which we are exposed, making sure that it matches Biblical Truth.

Perhaps we will make use of this lesson, considering how many people were willingly and easily duped into worshiping this story as gospel?  I don’t know.  I forgive them, for they have not taken time to understand how Grace, Awesomeness and Glory incumbent to the True Story of Heaven.  God doesn’t need anyone to expand upon His perfection.  Sure we may attempt in our own frailty to explain the Scriptures in a way that more readily grasped by our current audience, but that must always be done with great fear and sensitivity.  The Gospel message is already perfect in its creation, intention, structure and capacity to transform lives.  It is the living Word of God Almighty and should never be superseded by man’s written wisdom for this is anathema.  Those who trifle and present an alternate testimony than that of the Gospel should beware the damnation that comes along with such attempts.

If it isn’t in the Bible, I don’t want it.  If the Lord doesn’t say specifically that it brings glory to His name by me possessing some character, reward or idea, than I plain and simply don’t want or need it.  I pray that none of us suffer the foolish assuredness of being wise in our own eyes.  I never read this book because I don’t believe that anyone has gone to heaven, except those few Prophets and Apostles that have been shown visions of God’s Presence to share with us, that we might know the future.  Two things that will protect us from false teaching and potential conflict with God; Learn the Word and use its truth to judge the validity of everything that may pass before your eyes, in this world.  Stop looking for signs and miracles because it has already been stated in God’s Word that the anti Christ will be given the capacity to perform them.  Maintain diligence, remain in the Word.

About face

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Perhaps I should care about the new, ten-million dollar building that Christians have collectively erected, with its stained glass, fine carpet, gyms and modified sound system.  Maybe I should be excited about the state of the art day care center, with the integrated message system telling parents when there are difficulties.  Perchance you should have captured my enthusiasm about the Church sports facility so that we can customize the Word of God in a palatable method, packaged for disinterested nexters.  Maybe I should be overjoyed that our pastor’s new book is selling off the shelves or we’ve gotten the movie rights to the next big Christian Thing.  I promise to share in that excitement, if you can but answer me, how are we training our parishioners to make disciples, or take in orphans, assisting the elderly, sick or dying to come into the shelter of Christ?  Or maybe we should meet in the local high school for church and send the ten million dollars for a new building to persecuted Christians in their defense of the faith?

I hope that you will forgive me, but I don’t want to go to Rome and gaze upon the religious artifacts and creations of man in his quest to become worthy of God or worse yet upstage Him.  I am certain they are beautiful, but is there a chance I could stay home take care of the homeless and send the money I would have used to a pastor bringing folks to Christ on the front lines.  How far we have wondered from the Lord in our attempt to modify His Holy Word so that we can have our cake and eat it too.  I do not wish to argue with folks who are entirely comfortable being fat dumb and happy going to church once a week, Bible study occasionally and dropping a few dollars in the offering.  That was not what Christ asked or commanded of us.  We have forgotten whom it is that we serve.  And the reason we’ve forgotten is because we have sauntered away from the greatest relationship that we will ever have, a living dialogue with Almighty God, exchanging it for worldly pursuits.  Christianity is a transformation not just a life style.  If I am not so completely captivated and excited by the opportunity to share the Truth and Good News of Christ then I either have relegated the truth and good news to a lesser part of my life or I never had it in me from the outset.

My forgiveness has certainly been challenged, as I have been given excuse upon excuse or chastisement for asking my fellow Christians to share in Harvest Work.  It is now at the point where they do not wish to have the conversation, lacking sufficient or new excuse, that they simply avoid me or spread awful rumors hoping I will simply, “go away”.  I am sorry that you have been convicted by the Holy Spirit’s Voice calling you to mission.  Wasn’t it you who came to the Pastor just last month, desperately inquiring, “why God hasn’t shown you His Will and Purpose for your life”?  Is it perhaps a possibility that you have no new revelation because you have failed to answer the calling He placed upon you when you first came to Christ?  We cannot selectively determine to follow Christ, the choice was first made when we accepted Him in to our lives.  Why else do you believe that Christ has told us this “wicked” generation will receive no other sign then that given to Jonah in the belly of whale for three days?  Don’t we get it, he is saying the sign you will get is that He wants us to do what He directed us to do, to the point where He will pursue us and capture us in the belly of a whale if necessary to changing our attitude to obedience.

Lord, awaken our hearts to the work which must been done while the light remains.  Take from us the driving desire for comfort and self gratification that cause us to ignore the needs of the poor and fatherless.  Father give us a heart to serve our first calling of discipleship, leading all who will hear to Jesus.  Forgive me if I have been too harsh in my call to action, for I know that you love them so.  Praise Jesus.

One day’s prayer

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More than enough.  Manna from heaven.  Sufficiency, abundance, I shall not want.  Father forgive me for never completely understanding, relying upon Your Faithfulness or walking wanton.  Forgive me for all the times that I have gone to church to fill myself up, to be seen or to share out of a heart to be known for my own qualities.  Forgive me for passing up Divine Appointments as if they were optional or infinite, missing those precious, expiring moments to tell people of Your Awesome Love.  Father, let me walk as if I had the food which never perished, the overflowing waters of Your outstretched Love that will never let me go thirsty.  Let me give without even a moments thought of receiving.  Let me fully believe that the new dawn will bring a fresh allotment of Your care and sustenance.  Allow a new understanding of abundance, so that I may give freely with no thought of exhausting supply.  Magnify the little I have so that others might be fed to fulfillment and see your Glory in the giving.

Lord allow me to never rearrange the furniture as the ship is going down.  Give me a heart for rescuing the lost, fatherless, dying, sick and disenfranchised.  Lord let me resist the wiles of the enemy, nattering that I should hold grudges, remain envious or judge the motivations of others.  Let forgiveness be the bell of my heart, such that no one ever need ask.  Let there never be question as to whom I serve.  Allow me to be a repeater, echoing your light across the darkened hills, so that all might find their way beyond a meeting at the cross.  Take from me the defiant, false hope of my own self-reliance, for in such moments I am made both weak and susceptible to the temptations of a desirous heart.  Let me taste of Your victory, knowing that I served Your Good Will for this life and Your Kingdoms Call.

I am but one man, but so much may be accomplished in my simple prayers as they pass before You in faith.  I know that You see me, hear me and guide me, let me maximize this access by bringing my prayers before Your waiting ears.  Give me the desires of Your heart and not my own which might be spent upon frivolous ideals.  Let me work seamlessly with my Brothers and Sisters to bring about something beyond my own capacity.  Forgive those who have sought my harm, turn their works to good so that they might be changed.  Let me be pensive, serious and thoughtful but also light of heart, eager to encourage those around me through laughter and good care.  Let me never forget for one second that You are there.  Father, give me sufficient courage, hope and assets to be equal to any task You set before me this and every day of this life You have given to me.

In the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, forever and forever, amen.

Courage or cowardice

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Battles are never won without courage and an attitude of long suffering, for they shall neither be begun nor completed.  The Lord requires us to stand, prepared for battle, suffering, loss and, yes a continued resolve to remain upon the solid Rock of His foundation.  We should always anticipate victory, but not that it conforms to our own vision, ideal or anticipated personal or prolonged outcome but on that which is consistent with God’s Good Will.  My job is to stand in faith-inspired courage and know that God will see me through whatever valley, battle, chaos or objective, that He has set before me.  For I am not my own, my life belongs to Jesus as He gave His in proxy of my own condemnation.  I truly grasp the impact of the term, forgive for I do not know exactly know who said it,  “He died my death so that I might live His life”.  What I owe Him is the courage and patience to stand against the storm, wielding the sword of His Word, knowing that He will provide for both if I but show some measure of faith and devotion.

As an Ambassador for Christ I must understand the equivalent detrimental impact upon those in my sphere of influence brought on by my demonstrated cowardice or inaction.  I am a Prince and a Priest, a joint heir to the Kingdom of God, shared in faith with the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  I must understand the gravity of my position and take it seriously that I am a representative for Almighty God Himself, betrothed as the Bride of Christ, standing in stead for His leadership, rule and reign upon this planet.  There is no one else to accept that coveted charge to action and intercessory prayer.  What I do or do not do has effect and I should neither take it lightly nor ignore the obvious impact upon the furtherance of the Gospel Message.  God called me and it is up to me to answer that calling, being empowered for the completion of the potentially impossible tasking I have been given.

Do not look away Brother, do not listen to the false whispers of necessary fear.  These are the enemy sirens leading you to complacency and absence from the call to battle.  God did not give us the spirit of fear but of “love, power and a sound mind”.  A sound mind at this point in history demands, “preparation, study, prayer and meditation” upon the character, Will and aspects of God’s Righteousness.  Be courageous and know that you stand here for Almighty God and He will never forsake you, especially in the midst of exercising His Plan for mankind.  Show us your mustard seed and God will always magnify your capacity to fulfill His Will.  Blossom in the Hand of Almighty God.  Jesus Be Praised.

Emerging into light

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What do you do in the dark that you would not do in the light of day?  Am I a different person in the silky camouflage of night?  What scatters in my own life each time the light is shown in to crevice, cupboard, closet or action?  Have I given over control to God the secret spaces of my life or am I effectively compartmentalizing aspects for which I have no excuse, no remorse or no desire to relinquish?  What am I unwilling to expose for shame, or blame or potential damage to my cherished reputation?  Can I truly know humility having never lain bare these protected facets of my life?  What then does it mean to be a follower of Christ?  Is there a specific or implied trust between He and I which demands release of this obfuscation, diversion or out right concealment?

How forceful is my own resistance to the changing Hand of God’s Almighty Spirit in my own life?  Am I truly willing to subject my entire set of actions/history to the defining edge of God’s Two Edged Sword?  Would my sinews, spirits and truth continue following such review?  I cannot safely say that on that day I look into the eyes of fire that there will be little left to be burned up.  For I have seen my own frailty, my disobedient heart and rebellion and found that left alone it will fester, propagate, linger and continually poison my innocence.  Can I develop an intentionality consistent to bringing down the footholds of powers and principalities for injustice within my own heart?  What manner of terrorism exists within my own disobedience to God?  How might I find peace until these shameful dis-congruent aspects of my own personality have been subjected to the cleansing blood of Christ through the light of His Word.

I cannot love the actions of men which do not stand up to the Gospel.  There is no will, no desire, no inclination to become apologist for these inconsistent unsaintly thoughts or actions.  I pray that I surrender to God, absolutely, voluntarily, all compartments of my life, especially those for which I have shame, reluctance and denial.  There can be little if any progress forward in the battle for truth if I am unwilling to come to the knowledge of the truth regarding my own earthly performance.  Father, let me see every truth, even the putrid and cancerous that lay hidden in my own psyche.  Once I have seen, repented of and accepted these truths, please cleanse me and remove them from my soul.  Let me judge myself by your word instead of projected such judgment upon men of the world.  Let me be found righteous by Your Word, blameless, spotless, resembling Christ.  Let me wear His righteousness in faith for the world to see in the light of day and the dark of night.  Let me walk by faith not by sight to the Glory of Your Holy Name.  Jesus Christ is King.

He calls me Friend

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Friend, to what destination are we effectively coupled, operating in tandem, pulling to the will of the people?  Where is it that we are going?  Are we targeting some random finish line, or some carefully designed outcome orchestrated by a handful of politicians and super rich?  Do you feel that you have control of your destiny?  For what purpose is “your” life lived?  Is it perhaps, given to service, of some person, nation, corporation, song or dream?  Or like me have you seen the Truth that is God, finding solace in His unfolding plan for each of our brief but valuable travail through this world?

I call you friend because that is what you were meant to be, or perhaps Brother/Sister is far more appropriate, each of us tracing our lineage to some common point in history.  If there were only a thousand of us would we feel so detached?  No, it is that our numbers have grown to a throng so large that each of us can only hope to know a certain minute segment of humanity.  What am I doing to care for, leverage and cooperate with those people I know to the good of our human race?  Am I shackled by the selfish pursuit of my own desire?  Is there value in a life lived for one’s own purpose?

Where do you want to go?  Would I like the peace, harmony and self sacrifice within your words or are they desperate, angry, filled with remorse born of an unresponsive civilization that has forgotten the Grace, Joy and Glory of Almighty God?  Friend, reach out for the Lord and find peace that surpasses the prolonged foolishness of this finite human condition.  Lean not on your own understanding, limited by the travesty which fills your eyes, mind and heart.  I wish to quiet your heart and encourage your direction toward the path for Christ.  There is no other joy in this world but service for God.  Let go of your pain and be transformed by a renewing of your mind to the things and created purpose for which you were crafted by the Master Potter Himself.

How much we can do, together me and you.  So many lives we can impact through love and kindness.  After so many battles we will raise our hands and voices in victorious amble to the Glory of the Lord.  How many days have I got left, each of them precious enough for the breath I have been allotted.  Allotted, yes for this life is not controlled by anything other than autonomous processes running the machine of my heart and mind.  Oh but my choices, they are my own, the gift of a loving Father, allowing us Freedom in what may be done in short timing.  Join me in making great choices together, led by the Spirit of God to the fulfillment of a greater plan for all men.  The Lord be praised.  Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, on that point we can all be assured.

Got Power?

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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

Have you tasted of the spirit of God and found Him Good?  Have you seen power, leveraged, utilized or demonstrated by any church member, in your lifetime, to the purpose of witnessing for Christ?  Do you know that we are to have the power of the Holy Spirit as we do the work of Ambassadors?  Has anyone in the church or otherwise given any instruction as to what the use of this power entails?  Do you feel that since this is the last thing that Jesus said to the Apostles before ascending in to the clouds that it may be of some gravity or importance in our discipleship?

The power that hovered over the deep at the beginning of the formation of the Earth, resides inside you right now.  Does that resonate or is it something you just took for granted and never truly investigated?  Lord, Holy Father, I ask you to make known to every Christian the techniques for working with Your Spirit to the Glory of Your Great plan.  Guide us, educate us and empower us to do those things which are necessary to set the captives free, heal the sick, cast out demons and change hearts.  We want to know the indwelling of the Holy Spirit intimately as did Your Apostles.  We pray to be filled with Your Power in such a way that by using Your Word we bring many hearts to Christ.  If it be Your Will Father, let my Brothers and Sisters call down the Holy Fire as needed to demonstrate Your Truth and protect the innocent.  Holy Spirit, please come inside the churches, we desperately need You in this our greatest hour of need as harvest approaches.

I do not pray for power for any man, but the wisdom and instruction to utilize the Power of God in fulfillment of our saintly capacity.  Lord, how long will Your enemies mock You without answer?  Thank You that Your Word declares that at a perfect time they will be answered, judged and found wanton.  Father give us the capacity to walk through that valley Lord, fearing nothing but the time spent away from you.  Father, I depend on Your promises and ask that we be filled with Your Spirit in such a way that no man or woman may look upon a Christian without immediately seeing Your Glory.  Father, I pray that all be found doing Your Work when You return for Your Church.  In Jesus Name.

Sense Fitters

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How utterly boring to conform to a world view that screams to all, the innocent and the brave, “survival of the fittest”.  What manner of hysteria has overtaken humanity that the secularists may proclaim, “diversity” at all costs yet subscribe to the elimination of anything that resembles lesser gene orientation?  For the sake of their beloved, “tolerance” they would eliminate every Christian and Jew on the planet.  How then was their objective tolerance?

By their own religion, evolutionism, they would have us believe that Stephen Hawking should have been destroyed for his ailments, rather then adored, cherished and interviewed as a dynamic creation of Almighty God.  In Hitler’s Germany, he would have been destroyed out of Hitler’s desire to usher in the “perfect race” that evolutionism promises.  It is only through the Grace of God, having been born in a Judeo-Christian nation, that he has been protected and supported in to becoming a well known, respected scientist.

Of greater interest is his apparent denial for the existence of God and the impact his argument has on the general population.  Here is the difference between Christian and Evolutionist; the Christian will pray for him, hoping that God choose to have mercy on him by removing the veil that separates him from God and the Evolutionist will embrace his defiant stance, while worshiping him for his scientific denial of God’s existence and simultaneously being disgusted by his weakness in disfigurement.

Victory of the strong lacks the greatest power available in this lifetime, that being mercy and compassion, both born of love.  If only the strong survived then my life would never have been blessed by most of my tremendous friends and colleagues.  I do not doubt that I would have been included in that list of the weak.  I cherish the weak, love the innocent and pray that God gives me the abundance to dispel the poverty and illness of the unfortunate.  Those who resist God not only lack reason but they also lack heart.

Would you be the one to evolve and show the world your newly emerged mental competencies?  That is just the same old pursuit attempted and judged by your predecessor in an attempt to replace God upon His throne.  We all wish to do magic, use telekinesis and practice transformation of energies and matter.  Why do we wish to have these powers?  Isn’t it for the same reasons that any other tyrant, bully or would-be emperor desired greater authority, prowess or militaristic projection?  I fail to see that we have evolved as a species at all, as we continue to do the same horrid things to each other throughout the ages, indeterminate of who is in power.

Would a reign under your newly evolved capacity be any different?  How then would life be to the recently evolved, suddenly set apart from the rest of humanity?  Would you rise to control of the masses or possibly be eradicated as “different” or odd?  As with most liberal theory this idea of evolution of the human race is strong on imagination and absent empiricism.  If survival of the fittest were law not theory, then the gene pool of man would certainly have been cleansed of any weak aberrations by this point in our “so called” evolutionary cycle.

Being and growing in resemblance to Christ is a walk in victory.  This is the true trans-formative advancement of humanity.  We begin to utilize the qualities of the Holy Spirit, understand the fear-dispelling courage of Christ and possess a sacrificial love for fellow man.  Christ never faded when the Father’s Will was at stake, he never faltered to do what must be done, even when it challenged the impossible.  Christ resisted the enemy throughout a lifetime of assault, the likes of which none of us could begin to comprehend.  Jesus, could have been worshiped here on Earth, by calling forth legions of angels to dispel His enemies and protect Him, yet He chose to be humiliated for the fulfillment of God’s Holy Plan for humanity.  That is the sacrificial courage of a kind that we are all called to emulate, standing in the face of total loss and fulfilling each of our personal destinies to the Glory of God’s Will.  Jesus had all the power and glory at His disposal yet “chose” not to use it out of love for the Father and love for us.  We must never downplay the power of choice, for this is the freedom associated with true love.

I love God and I love my fellow humans.  Yes, even my enemies, for they still possess the opportunity to choose Christ.  When that opportunity is removed and they are truly among the damned I will pray for God’s mercy upon their souls but they will become unlovable.  That is why I have no love for the powers and principalities that continually defy God, for they have no love in them, no saving Grace of God, no chance at redemption.  They are simply, wood for the fire, as Jesus has portrayed them.  I will not practice the impoverished thinking of those intent on denying God, whether by science, religion, mysticism or self-help.  There is no master race, no evolved species, no elitist group elevated to pious position.  There are only those who have chosen to obey God and those who defy Him.  I pray that you not be found sitting on the fence or worse yet blaspheming the Holy Spirit in denial of Christ when God finally says, pencil’s down, pass your papers to the front.