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Sunday, October 23, 2016
Are You A Square Peg?
How many, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, feel like we are a square peg living in a round hole, without a good fit, without validation and with few friends if any?
If you feel this way, then you are blessed to have been born again, chasing hard after Christ while the world all around you races to destruction.
Psalm 34:17-20
"When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken."
Even though we are alone often, we are deeply comforted and confident because of Jesus Christ Who lives in us.
Luke 6:26 "26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way."
If you feel this way, then you are blessed to have been born again, chasing hard after Christ while the world all around you races to destruction.
Psalm 34:17-20
"When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken."
Even though we are alone often, we are deeply comforted and confident because of Jesus Christ Who lives in us.
Luke 6:26 "26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way."
Trust in Christ not Food and Exercise
There is no where in the Scriptures that say eating right and exercising will gain us long life, however God says this;
1 Peter 3:10
"For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;"
Jeremiah 17:7-8 "7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. 8 "For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.…"
Psalm 146:3-5
"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,"
Deuteronomy 5:33
"You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess."
1 Peter 3:10
"For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;"
Jeremiah 17:7-8 "7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. 8 "For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.…"
Psalm 146:3-5
"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,"
Deuteronomy 5:33
"You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess."
A President Can't Fix Us
Our culture will not be changed by a better president, the hearts of the people must change toward Christ.
No political figure will change the hearts of a nation.
Until there is repentance and the hearts of people are cleansed by Christ, no one will be able to bring us out of the mire we are in, we will continue to sink deeper and deeper into sin.
You see.....If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, there would be no abortions, no matter what the law allows.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, pornographic companies would fold because no one would buy their product.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, the movie industry would have to clean up their act because no one would pay money to see their movies.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, divorce lawyers would go out of business because no one would avail themselves to their services.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, there would be no hirelings in the churches, because all the men would participate in serving the Lord through teaching and preaching.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, we wouldn't need a state welfare system, the body of Christ would see to individual needs of those in their neighborhoods and communities.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ there would be no robberies, no murder, no greed and no rebellion.
The law is for the law breaker, not for the righteous. The more the lawless control the country the more chaos and evil reigns.
1 Timothy 1:9-10 "9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching…"
Proverbs 29:2 "“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
God gives us the leaders we deserve, right now that should frighten many.
Believer have nothing to fear, but unbelievers, those who have not trusted Christ, do not have the hope that we have.
No political figure will change the hearts of a nation.
Until there is repentance and the hearts of people are cleansed by Christ, no one will be able to bring us out of the mire we are in, we will continue to sink deeper and deeper into sin.
You see.....If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, there would be no abortions, no matter what the law allows.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, pornographic companies would fold because no one would buy their product.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, the movie industry would have to clean up their act because no one would pay money to see their movies.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, divorce lawyers would go out of business because no one would avail themselves to their services.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, there would be no hirelings in the churches, because all the men would participate in serving the Lord through teaching and preaching.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ, we wouldn't need a state welfare system, the body of Christ would see to individual needs of those in their neighborhoods and communities.
If every individual would resolve to follow Christ there would be no robberies, no murder, no greed and no rebellion.
The law is for the law breaker, not for the righteous. The more the lawless control the country the more chaos and evil reigns.
1 Timothy 1:9-10 "9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching…"
Proverbs 29:2 "“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
God gives us the leaders we deserve, right now that should frighten many.
Believer have nothing to fear, but unbelievers, those who have not trusted Christ, do not have the hope that we have.
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