Christ gives men their true characters

8:44 pm June 19, 2021/ 7:44 pm this evening.

 Christ gives men their true characters. 

What are the things that be of GOD?

 

“The gospel (Christ and His salvific work) are "the deep things of God" which are now "revealed by God through His Spirit" to the people of faith. Christ is the embodiment of the wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption," which are the deep things of God.” May 23, 2019

 

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Wisdom from God

…27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  28 He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are”

 

To think that Satin hates God his own maker. There was pride found in the most perfect angel with vanity beyond human comprehension. To even think that fallen angels would also hate/rebel against their maker. That is a reality hard to grasp. But they would follow their master Satin Knowing full well that they are reserved with chains for judgment. What do they get out of this? They must not like God’s plan or ways. In other words they hate the things that be of God and it excites them more those things that be of men. Isn’t that incredible.  Deuteronomy 18:12 Those things men highly esteem are an abomination to GOD.  In the short span of existence of human beings on earth it’s the same way for all human beings. The relationship with God was severed. And Jesus said there is not even one. He is the master. He is the vein and saviour. 

 

So in light of what I had on my heart today there is a scripture that is important. The one about the Gold. 

 

Matthew 23:17

 

“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?” 

 

Credit: Barnes' Notes on the Bible 

 

“The temple that sanctifieth the gold - To sanctify is to make holy. The gold had no holiness but what it derived from the temple. If in any other place, it would be no more holy than any other gold. It was foolish, then, to suppose that that was more holy than the temple, from which it received all the sanctity which it possessed.”

 

Credit: Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - “Ye fools. Jesus adds to "blind" the epithet "fools," which implies not only the irrationality and absurdity of their practice, but also its moral delinquency, the fool in sapiential language being the sinner. The temple that sanctifieth the gold. Our Lord shows the absurdity of this sophistical distinction. It was because the temple was the place of God's presence that what was therein was consecrated. The gold was nothing without the temple; the temple, the originally holy, is superior to the gold, the derivatively holy, and an oath that calls the temple to witness is surely obligatory. “ Matthew 23:17 

 

All liars will have their part in the lake of fire. Revelation 21:8 After reading that above it should shed some extra light why this is so?

 

Credit : Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:13-33 “The scribes and Pharisees were enemies to the gospel of Christ, and therefore to the salvation of the souls of men. It is bad to keep away from Christ ourselves, but worse also to keep others from him. Yet it is no new thing for the show and form of godliness to be made a cloak to the greatest enormities. But dissembled piety will be reckoned double iniquity. They were very busy to turn souls to be of their party. Not for the glory of God and the good of souls, but that they might have the credit and advantage of making converts.”

 

Sounds like prosperity preachers. They want to convert souls to their way of faulty thinking so everybody can get on the bandwagon and be subject to the pyramid schemes of worshiping the Gold above and beyond the temple. John 2:16 

So what else is new. Judas sold out his lord and saviour and Jesus the messiah called him a devil among them. You cannot serve two masters. If it be judged in front of others on judgement day can you imagine the excuses. God knows their hearts. It will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah. 

What is more important to you the truth or lies? Or it is the ungodly world of material possessions and all sorts of abominations towards to real God. This is what people harvest. Mans ungodly ways is not the way. Christ’s straight and narrow way is the only door.  (I never knew you) Repent or perish.

 

You have to choose. You can choose true salvation in Christ or you can choose to not repent and perish. Jesus never told the rich young ruler what he wanted to hear. He said people search the scripture for in them they think they have eternal life. You have to freely choose Jesus Christ as lord and saviour. It’s not hard to do. Call out to him. Cry out to him and receive him. Call upon the lord and you shall be saved. 

  

The true God is not forcing you to salvation. He provided grace and sent his only begotten son into the world. John 3:16 That is love. What Jesus Christ the lord did for you and I is above the greatest acts of love. 

 

7:44 pm this evening.

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