You see it everywhere!
Sounds good! So spiritual!
So unscriptural!
Once again the devil twists the Word of God and because we do not bother to check it out, we accept a poor substitute for the Truth!
Jesus ACTUALLY said:
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40 KJV
Do you see the difference?
First is its attitude: The way of the world is flippant! Cut to the chase. Get it done and move on! The bottom line, with one extremely important component missing! But that's the way the enemy does it! Twists and omits! A measure of Truth and enough of a lie to make it error!
The Commandment that Jesus gave says that if we do "that ONE" we fulfill ALL the Commandments! It's important; NOT to be taken lightly!
The definition of Commandment:
com·mand·ment (kəˈman(d)mənt/)
noun: a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
- a rule to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments.
We are a people who no longer revere God's Commandments! I'm sure the arguments to remove them from our federal buildings and monuments have played a part! They have been and are denigrated; no longer are esteemed! But then again, God is no longer feared, so why should His Commandments be respected? However, the day is soon coming when we will see His anger and all of that will change! For He will not contend with us forever!
So do you yet see the omission? Do you see the error?
Love your neighbor AS YOURSELF!
And oh, do we love ourselves -AND hate ourselves at the same time. The time and money we spend on caring for ourselves, while at the same time we are so impatient of our shortcomings!
Everyone we meet with - in session; forgiving themselves is the hardest and yet is the most necessary to be set free! We are our own harshest judge!
We love ourselves and mistreat ourselves at the same time! And because of the unrepented sin we hold in our hearts, the enemy has a field day whispering in our ears our every failure! Even as we are caring for ourselves; we are loathing ourselves! And in our hatred of ourselves, we call God a liar! We believe the lie that we are worthless, as we hate His creation!
The unforgiveness and the judgments we hold in our hearts of others is sin we are admonished to repent of, however what we hold against ourselves is often far worse!
How can we accept God's forgiveness of our sins yet not do the same? When we don't forgive ourself we set ourself above God! We must repent of making ourself to be god!
He alone is God, and we are not! Who are we to contradict Him?
“The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.” Psalms 147:6 KJV
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:” 1 Peter 5:6 KJV
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:16 KJV
Confess and repent of the sins of judging and unforgiveness you are holding onto, against yourself! Ask God to reveal what you have hidden in the dark corners of your heart and find someone you trust and confess! God's Word is true and freedom and healing comes from obedience!
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:14-15 KJV
That "men" includes you!
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV
He loves you! Now you - love you too!
Repent and obey Him!
Even so - MARANATHA!
9/17/15
"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." George MacDonald
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