Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
It’s Christmas Eve Friends; the day before the biggest celebration in our world! And all over the planet craziness will abound with last minute preparations for celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Let’s not get too caught up though in the secular aspect of the event and forget the spiritual and most meaningful part of the whole situation; the fact that it heralded the start of a new and exciting relationship of man with His Creator. Our society already resembles that of ancient Israel when they stopped worshipping the God of their fathers. ‘Your words have been stout (harsh) against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully (as mourners) before the Lord of hosts.’ (Mal.3:13-14) Friends, those were the words of our God to His people back then. Sadly, He is saying the same thing to us now, for that’s the kind of behaviour we’ve adopted. Only a small minority seek to serve the Lord. The vast majority bow to Beelzebub and his evil, negative undertakings because they believe through him they can acquire more earthly power and possessions. But that’s not true. It only seems that way because Lucifer is quick and eager to satisfy our lustful desires of the flesh so he can put his mark on us, beat his chest in boastful pride and gleefully declare: ‘One more for me; one less for God.’ However, in reality, the Most High God Jehovah is able to bless us with more material possessions, if He desires, since He’s much more powerful than Lucifer. But that’s not our God’s style. He doesn’t want us running after the destructive things of the world, but the constructive things of heaven. So obviously when we go to Him with those worldly and lustful passions, He’s going to turn us down, cause it’s not in our best interests. Therefore, the weak of heart, timid of spirit and lustful of eye hook up with Lucifer to acquire the earthly treasures that they so greatly desire and feel they can’t do without. Oh my people, it’s reached such a ridiculous stage now, that as Malachi states; ‘now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up.’ Yes Friends, our once godly society has dropped to such an evil, immoral, sinful, violent, greedy level that we consider those proud, arrogant, ungodly people blessed, by nature of their wealth and power. The workers of iniquity are raised up, exalted in their iniquity. How sad my people. But that’s nothing new. It is inevitable when a society moves away from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Under those circumstances, it’s only natural for evil, wickedness and negative behaviour to become glorified. Way back in time, the Psalmist Asaph also experienced the same kind of problem. He almost fell into the enemy’s trap. ‘But as for me, my feet were almost gone (stumbled); my steps had well-nigh slipped. For I was envious of the foolish (boastful), when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper (always at ease) in the world; they increase in riches.’ (Ps.73:2-3,12) Oh my people, I beg of us, please, please don’t be envious of the evildoers, for though they seem to prosper now, they’ll eventually get their comeuppance when the Lord is ready. I know all the baubles, bangles and bright, shining things are beautiful to look at and very enticing, but as true believers we have to resist that temptation to worldly possessions and stick with the plan laid out by our all-wise, omniscient and most competent leader Jesus. Friends…Yeah! Got one right at last! (smile) It’s at a point now where ‘they that tempt God are even delivered.’ Yes, those who go a step further and bad-talk, mock and belittle our God are now allowed to do it freely, and are even encouraged by the enemy. But my brethren, please remember the words of Psalm 95: ‘O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation (rebellion), and as in the day of temptation (trial, testing) in the wilderness: When your father’s tempted (tried) me, and saw my work.’ (Ps.95:6-9) Now that’s the correct attitude to adopt, my wise people, not the foolish, ugly, hard heartedness of the enemy. As I’ve said before, if Lucifer was so smart, he’d still be the chief angel in heaven. Whoever tries to topple, to oust the God who made the universe and all therein, gets and A+++ for stupidity. So let’s do the wise thing nuh, don’t look to the wicked and their prosperity for true guidance or right direction. It’s both sad and unfortunate that many have already sold their souls to the keeper of eternal darkness and damnation. But rather, in wisdom, let’s look to Jesus, His Word, and His Spirit for true guidance and right direction, which, at the end time, will see our souls revel in light and eternal life. Much LOVE!…in all things…Jesus is more than enough…for He is the Way, the Truth and the Life…trust Him and live…
It’s Christmas Eve Friends; the day before the biggest celebration in our world! And all over the planet craziness will abound with last minute preparations for celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Let’s not get too caught up though in the secular aspect of the event and forget the spiritual and most meaningful part of the whole situation; the fact that it heralded the start of a new and exciting relationship of man with His Creator. Our society already resembles that of ancient Israel when they stopped worshipping the God of their fathers. ‘Your words have been stout (harsh) against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully (as mourners) before the Lord of hosts.’ (Mal.3:13-14) Friends, those were the words of our God to His people back then. Sadly, He is saying the same thing to us now, for that’s the kind of behaviour we’ve adopted. Only a small minority seek to serve the Lord. The vast majority bow to Beelzebub and his evil, negative undertakings because they believe through him they can acquire more earthly power and possessions. But that’s not true. It only seems that way because Lucifer is quick and eager to satisfy our lustful desires of the flesh so he can put his mark on us, beat his chest in boastful pride and gleefully declare: ‘One more for me; one less for God.’ However, in reality, the Most High God Jehovah is able to bless us with more material possessions, if He desires, since He’s much more powerful than Lucifer. But that’s not our God’s style. He doesn’t want us running after the destructive things of the world, but the constructive things of heaven. So obviously when we go to Him with those worldly and lustful passions, He’s going to turn us down, cause it’s not in our best interests. Therefore, the weak of heart, timid of spirit and lustful of eye hook up with Lucifer to acquire the earthly treasures that they so greatly desire and feel they can’t do without. Oh my people, it’s reached such a ridiculous stage now, that as Malachi states; ‘now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up.’ Yes Friends, our once godly society has dropped to such an evil, immoral, sinful, violent, greedy level that we consider those proud, arrogant, ungodly people blessed, by nature of their wealth and power. The workers of iniquity are raised up, exalted in their iniquity. How sad my people. But that’s nothing new. It is inevitable when a society moves away from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Under those circumstances, it’s only natural for evil, wickedness and negative behaviour to become glorified. Way back in time, the Psalmist Asaph also experienced the same kind of problem. He almost fell into the enemy’s trap. ‘But as for me, my feet were almost gone (stumbled); my steps had well-nigh slipped. For I was envious of the foolish (boastful), when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper (always at ease) in the world; they increase in riches.’ (Ps.73:2-3,12) Oh my people, I beg of us, please, please don’t be envious of the evildoers, for though they seem to prosper now, they’ll eventually get their comeuppance when the Lord is ready. I know all the baubles, bangles and bright, shining things are beautiful to look at and very enticing, but as true believers we have to resist that temptation to worldly possessions and stick with the plan laid out by our all-wise, omniscient and most competent leader Jesus. Friends…Yeah! Got one right at last! (smile) It’s at a point now where ‘they that tempt God are even delivered.’ Yes, those who go a step further and bad-talk, mock and belittle our God are now allowed to do it freely, and are even encouraged by the enemy. But my brethren, please remember the words of Psalm 95: ‘O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation (rebellion), and as in the day of temptation (trial, testing) in the wilderness: When your father’s tempted (tried) me, and saw my work.’ (Ps.95:6-9) Now that’s the correct attitude to adopt, my wise people, not the foolish, ugly, hard heartedness of the enemy. As I’ve said before, if Lucifer was so smart, he’d still be the chief angel in heaven. Whoever tries to topple, to oust the God who made the universe and all therein, gets and A+++ for stupidity. So let’s do the wise thing nuh, don’t look to the wicked and their prosperity for true guidance or right direction. It’s both sad and unfortunate that many have already sold their souls to the keeper of eternal darkness and damnation. But rather, in wisdom, let’s look to Jesus, His Word, and His Spirit for true guidance and right direction, which, at the end time, will see our souls revel in light and eternal life. Much LOVE!…in all things…Jesus is more than enough…for He is the Way, the Truth and the Life…trust Him and live…
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