Proverbs 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Morning’ Neighbuhs! May the good Lord bless you and yours and keep all yuh safe in whatever endeavour(s) you undertake in His Name today. I have a simple but rather important quote to share. Henrik Ibsen asks: ‘What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.’ That’s quite true my Friends. First and foremost we have to be whom God made us to be. We shouldn’t try to be other people, as is so popular today. Don’t you think if God wanted us all to be exactly alike, He would have made us that way? But in His eternal wisdom, He saw that some spicy variety would be best suited to the ordinary, mundane lives we’d live, so He made us all with different individual attributes. This means that no two people are exactly the same, and it’s our personal duty to find out His purpose for us and adjust our lives to suit. One thing I’m sure He wants us all to be is wise. That simply means gathering as many pertinent facts as we can on whatever topic, then making good, sensible decisions. And in Today’s Bit, Cousin Sol declares that; ‘The way of life is above to the wise,’ meaning it leads upward. Now that can, and should be taken in two ways. The first is that we should always be trying to improve ourselves and our lives, being upwardly mobile in terms of education, jobs, church work, Bible study etc. This however should not be looked upon with such hunger and thirst that it makes us strive greedily, addictively and in an ungodly manner. It should just be a normal progression, whereby whatever we do should improve our lives not detract from them. The next aspect of an upward looking life is more like a physical look towards the sky, heavenwards, to our God. In that sense our hearts, minds and souls should be trained on and tuned in to the uplifting things of God, as opposed to the evil, self-serving ambitions of Lucifer. As Bruh Paul so eloquently says: ‘For our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.’ (Phil.3: 20) In broad terms, we’re not citizens of earth but of heaven, and should therefore consider heavenly things first. And why not, since our God LOVED us so much, ‘That even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together (made us alive) with Christ (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.’ (Eph.2:5-6) And all God’s people sang in loud unison: ‘Glory Hallelujah! Our God is indeed a LOVING God, most worthy to be praised!’ Yes my people, our God is all that, and lots more. But we have to individually make the wise decision to come to Him. It’s the biggest and most important decision we’ll ever make in our earthly lives. And the wise, as Sol says, will look above to Him, so ‘that he may depart from hell beneath.’ And in this scenario, the life on earth is considered hell, referring to the depths of despair, destruction and negativity that’s possible down here. ‘A wise man feareth and departs from evil: but the fool rageth, and is (self) confident.’ (Prov.14:16) Yes Friends, that’s what earthly thinking does to us. It brings out the bloodlust, the baser animal instincts, like greed, violence, hatred and anger. However, when we consider heavenly things, the things of the earth hardly disturb or worry us. Instead of hungering after the fleshly lusts and idolatry of the world, we hunger and thirst for righteousness. That’s why Bruh Paul warned the Colossians: ‘If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.’ (Col.3:1-2) Sadly though my people, the worldly part of us is taking over; the things of the earth are unfortunately becoming more important than those of heaven. Christ must surely be shaking His head in sad wonder. It’s so bad that the big news this week is Black Friday. That’s the day after the U.S Thanksgiving, when all the merchants lower their prices, and the populace rampage like a herd of demon-filled swine to get into the stores to buy supposedly cheap stuff. And though Christmas is still a month away, there’s constant speculation on the economics of the shopping season, for that’s what it has become; a season of crass commercialism. The birth of our Lord and Saviour has either been completely removed from the equation, or insignificantly relegated to the background, to the point that it’s now considered politically incorrect to wish a Merry Christmas, or any such greeting that contains a reference to Jesus. What a crying shame! Friends, it should not be like that. He’s our Saviour, our Redeemer, and it’s our responsibility to see that Christ is put back in Christmas. So please, let’s do the wise thing; do our shopping, but not like raging mad bulls, trampling others to save a dollar or a minute on some worthless earthly thing, and while we’re doing that, wish everyone we meet a very Merry Christmas. If they don’t like it tough. This Christmas season let’s talk about Christ, talk about Him plenty; of His earthly birth and the great meaning it has in our Christian lives, heralding the unconditional LOVE of our God for us, to save us from our sins, to wash us clean and make us whole. Praise the Lord! Please don’t be distracted by the fancy baubles of the earth or listen to Lucifer’s politically incorrect nonsense, but look to the things above. Your eternal soul depends on it. Much LOVE!…remember…CHRIST… He’s the reason for CHRISTMAS…
Morning’ Neighbuhs! May the good Lord bless you and yours and keep all yuh safe in whatever endeavour(s) you undertake in His Name today. I have a simple but rather important quote to share. Henrik Ibsen asks: ‘What’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.’ That’s quite true my Friends. First and foremost we have to be whom God made us to be. We shouldn’t try to be other people, as is so popular today. Don’t you think if God wanted us all to be exactly alike, He would have made us that way? But in His eternal wisdom, He saw that some spicy variety would be best suited to the ordinary, mundane lives we’d live, so He made us all with different individual attributes. This means that no two people are exactly the same, and it’s our personal duty to find out His purpose for us and adjust our lives to suit. One thing I’m sure He wants us all to be is wise. That simply means gathering as many pertinent facts as we can on whatever topic, then making good, sensible decisions. And in Today’s Bit, Cousin Sol declares that; ‘The way of life is above to the wise,’ meaning it leads upward. Now that can, and should be taken in two ways. The first is that we should always be trying to improve ourselves and our lives, being upwardly mobile in terms of education, jobs, church work, Bible study etc. This however should not be looked upon with such hunger and thirst that it makes us strive greedily, addictively and in an ungodly manner. It should just be a normal progression, whereby whatever we do should improve our lives not detract from them. The next aspect of an upward looking life is more like a physical look towards the sky, heavenwards, to our God. In that sense our hearts, minds and souls should be trained on and tuned in to the uplifting things of God, as opposed to the evil, self-serving ambitions of Lucifer. As Bruh Paul so eloquently says: ‘For our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.’ (Phil.3: 20) In broad terms, we’re not citizens of earth but of heaven, and should therefore consider heavenly things first. And why not, since our God LOVED us so much, ‘That even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together (made us alive) with Christ (by grace ye are saved) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.’ (Eph.2:5-6) And all God’s people sang in loud unison: ‘Glory Hallelujah! Our God is indeed a LOVING God, most worthy to be praised!’ Yes my people, our God is all that, and lots more. But we have to individually make the wise decision to come to Him. It’s the biggest and most important decision we’ll ever make in our earthly lives. And the wise, as Sol says, will look above to Him, so ‘that he may depart from hell beneath.’ And in this scenario, the life on earth is considered hell, referring to the depths of despair, destruction and negativity that’s possible down here. ‘A wise man feareth and departs from evil: but the fool rageth, and is (self) confident.’ (Prov.14:16) Yes Friends, that’s what earthly thinking does to us. It brings out the bloodlust, the baser animal instincts, like greed, violence, hatred and anger. However, when we consider heavenly things, the things of the earth hardly disturb or worry us. Instead of hungering after the fleshly lusts and idolatry of the world, we hunger and thirst for righteousness. That’s why Bruh Paul warned the Colossians: ‘If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.’ (Col.3:1-2) Sadly though my people, the worldly part of us is taking over; the things of the earth are unfortunately becoming more important than those of heaven. Christ must surely be shaking His head in sad wonder. It’s so bad that the big news this week is Black Friday. That’s the day after the U.S Thanksgiving, when all the merchants lower their prices, and the populace rampage like a herd of demon-filled swine to get into the stores to buy supposedly cheap stuff. And though Christmas is still a month away, there’s constant speculation on the economics of the shopping season, for that’s what it has become; a season of crass commercialism. The birth of our Lord and Saviour has either been completely removed from the equation, or insignificantly relegated to the background, to the point that it’s now considered politically incorrect to wish a Merry Christmas, or any such greeting that contains a reference to Jesus. What a crying shame! Friends, it should not be like that. He’s our Saviour, our Redeemer, and it’s our responsibility to see that Christ is put back in Christmas. So please, let’s do the wise thing; do our shopping, but not like raging mad bulls, trampling others to save a dollar or a minute on some worthless earthly thing, and while we’re doing that, wish everyone we meet a very Merry Christmas. If they don’t like it tough. This Christmas season let’s talk about Christ, talk about Him plenty; of His earthly birth and the great meaning it has in our Christian lives, heralding the unconditional LOVE of our God for us, to save us from our sins, to wash us clean and make us whole. Praise the Lord! Please don’t be distracted by the fancy baubles of the earth or listen to Lucifer’s politically incorrect nonsense, but look to the things above. Your eternal soul depends on it. Much LOVE!…remember…CHRIST… He’s the reason for CHRISTMAS…
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