PS. 98, 2 KINGS 6:24-7:20, ZECH. 11, JOHN 3:22-36
JOHN 3:36..." WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE; WHOEVER DOES NOT OBEY THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE, BUT THE WRATH OF GOD REMAINS ON HIM. "
"WHOEVER DOES NOT OBEY THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE." OUR PICTURE OF LIFE MUST BE SKEWED. I SEE PEOPLE EVERY DAY WHO DON'T OBEY THE SON BUT LIVE EXTRAVAGANT LIVES. WE HAVE ACCEPTED ACTIVITY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LIFE. WE HAVE SUBSTITUTED PARTIES FOR JOY, YOGA FOR PEACE, GIVING A DOLLAR TO A BUM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REAL THING, WE MAKE UP RULES FOR LIFE.
CHURCHES DO THE SAME. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY COME UP WITH ALL MANNER OF ACTIVITY TO SHOW THEY ARE ALIVE. SOME ADOPT RITUALS THAT SET THEM APART FROM DAILY LIFE. SOME ORGANIZE EVENTS WHERE THEY DO NICE THINGS FOR HURTING PEOPLE. SOME BUILD IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURES TO PROVE GOD'S BLESSING. SOME LIGHT CANDLES AND SIT IN SILENCE.
THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY MIMICS THE HEATHEN COMMUNITY. CAN I SAY "HEATHEN"? PROBABLY NOT ANY MORE. CAN I SAY "CHRISTIAN"? IN CHINA, CHURCHES ARE CALLED CLUBS. WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH PERSECUTION SIMPLY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN GOD. THE LAST DAYS ARE UPON US. OH, BUT I DIGRESS. THE HEATHEN COMMUNITY FAKES LIFE AND THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHANGES IT JUST A BIT. THE "WRATH OF GOD REMAINS ON ALL OF THEM."
WE, THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, MUST WAKE UP. WE ARE LIVING IN A MADE UP WORLD WHERE GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO ACT A CERTAIN WAY. THE RAIN FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST ALIKE. OH, HOW WE KNOW THAT THIS MORNING. THE LIFE THAT JOHN THE BAPTIZER SPOKE OF IN THIS VERSE IS A LIFE FROM GOD, NOT FROM MAN'S IMAGINATION.
VERSE 27..."JOHN ANSWERED, "A PERSON CANNOT EVEN RECEIVE ONE THING UNLESS IT IS GIVEN HIM FROM ABOVE."
THE LIFE THAT WE SEEK IS FROM GOD. IN GOD'S WORLD, IT IS NOT IN COMPETITION WITH THE LIFE THE DEVIL OFFERS. GOD'S LIFE IS ETERNAL. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DAILY REWARDS AND FEELINGS. HIS LIFE LIFTS US ABOVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROVING OURSELVES. HE REORGANIZES OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES.
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