"Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me"... Job 38:1-3 (NKJ) What follows here is my own opinion on some things that I consider vital to our lives and thinking as true" Christians" after repeatedly reading the whole of both the Old and New Testaments and my own experience with The Lord over a number of years... There's a lack of understanding that is causing a defective viewpoint in some of what it means to be Christian and of what the scriptures are saying. And in my opinion it's due in part to a lack of diligence and also to a process formed on an incomplete understanding due to that same lack of diligence. For example, how about the idea of just repeating a few words and all-of-a-sudden magically becoming a Christ Follower - a Christian. I know that some may well be prepared to argue, but conside...
There's a message that continues to prey on my conscience, so I'll do my best to relate it here... Today's society of men and women is mainly consumed by any of a multitude of possible preoccupations. Money, power, fame, lusts, position, possessions, sport, pleasure and passions are some of the larger of the endless count of possibilities, but the message preoccupying my mind currently is that there should only be one primary preoccupation with only righteous others falling in line behind. That one overriding preoccupation on anyone's mind should be without question The God who gave us life and the reason why is simple. When our time in this life is over, there will only be one occupation that will have mattered because real "life" is not yet over and our condition from that point on in eternity will be determined by the same God that gave us life for a purpose that belongs to Him alone. "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any tw...