The Lord sees and knows our hearts. Amen

Joseph G said:

Thank you for pulling many disparate, observable prophetic elements in America into a linear narrative. I've noticed many of these things, too.

America truly has it all. I figure the only sexual sin left from the warnings in Leviticus is beastiality, which has already been around but last to rise to the fore publicly.

In another aspect, America has got to be the most gluttiness in idol worship since ancient times. Unfortunately it began almost from inception when the worship of "liberty" and "freedom" was raised above the Living God Who grants both. Look what the citizens have done with that freedom - lifted the personal motto of "Do what thou will" to Satanic heights.

I have personal doubts that America isn't too far gone already. Whether she is indeed prophetic Babylon or not, I'm convinced she won't be around one way or another (as she exists) to support Israel at the ultimate war of all nations.

Thoughts?

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I posted a couple of topics this morning, "Sin in the Land: They have set them up Idols," and, "Ezekiel 38 & Today", which cover more of this.

As for beastiality, someone in 1979 showed me a magazine that depicted it grafficly, so it's definitely been going on. It was an American publication - probably underground, but still American.

I cannot concretely 100% sat US is Babylon, but in Biblical typology it agrees. Psalm 9:17 is a more simple straitforward truth: " The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

Tyrus & Tyre in Ezekiel 27 also appears to be a type that fits . Look at verses 25-26
"The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

o_mlly said:

Self-checkout is a relatively new technology. As with all new technologies, it will take time to work the bugs out ... but once, so to say, that ship has set sail, those bugs will be worked out.

Yes, I have never worked the business side of a self-checkout. Nor have I taken a rickshaw or ridden a horse to work. I can't remember the last time I sent a roll of 35mm film out to be developed. I toted my first cell phone, the size of a shoe box, in the trunk of my car and more often than not had to drive farther down the road and yell, "Can you hear me now?"

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Does anyone else remember the provocative “QualComm” commercial from ~20 years ago, where a young trench-coated man waltzed through a store placing various items into his trench-coat, then sauntering out of the door…and the eagle-eyed security guard stopped him, to hand the customer his receipt?

RileyG said:

There was one nun who saw countless souls falling into hell like snow flakes in winter. I forgot what her name was.

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Around 150,000 people die every day around the world. That's an average of about a hundred a minute.

Christian doctrine states that they'll all end up (eventually) either in heaven or hell, possibly with a temporary stay in purgatory.

Demographers surmise that around 110 to 120 billion people have ever lived, including those alive today.

God must be busy. He's tracking 100 billion or more people on earth, or in heaven, hell and purgatory - judging, hearing and answering prayers, creating new bodies for new saints, keeping fallen spirits locked up, monitoring the universe and communicating with spiritual powers and principalities.

In view of that job description what's an occasional miracle? I've said before that the night my father died he turned up in my room. He seemed to drift sideaways a bit either way and I wondered why. Recently I had the thought that I was being held in place by gravity, but he was pure spirit and gravity would have no effect. Something was keeping him there as I spun through the uiniverse at about 250kms per second, or 900,000 kilometres an hour. What's a couple of feet of sideways drift at those speeds?

No surprise then that John wrote in Revelation 7:9 NIV " ... there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb...."

Nigeria​

Pray for Esther Ibrahim, who lost sons and wider family members in an attack by bandits in 2022. Thank God that she has been helped by the trauma counselling provided by our partner, Stefanos Foundation. (See Voice, R128 pages 6-13.)
YES - I will Pray

Nigeria​

Eighteen Christians were reportedly killed in a late-night attack on Mbacher village, a predominantly Christian community in the central Benue state’s Katsina-Ala County, by armed Fulani militants in July. Please pray for the traumatised survivors.
YES - I will Pray

Nigeria​

Our partner, Stefanos Foundation, was able to give practical support to Gideon and his community in Plateau state, following the attack (see previous days). Thank God for this love in action.
YES - I will Pray

Nigeria​

Thank God that, following a time of doubting as a result of the killing of his family, Rev Gideon’s faith has been renewed and he has been able to forgive those responsible. Pray that the perpetrators would come to repentance and faith.
YES - I will Pray

Nigeria​

Rev Gideon Dawell’s wife and five children were killed in an attack by Fulani militants on Christmas Eve last year (see latest Voice magazine, R128, pages 6-13). Pray that this dear pastor who has been traumatised by their deaths will know God’s peace, comfort and hope.
YES - I will Pray

Mozambique​

Christians in the northern part of Cabo Delgado province, especially pastors, have suffered greatly under an Islamic insurgency that has also affected many nominal Muslims. In smaller attacks on rural villages, extremists often separate out Christians and their children for extremely inhumane treatment. Please pray for all those affected by this violence.
YES - I will Pray

Mozambique​

Militants persecute Christians in the north of Mozambique, while believers face social and community- wide persecution in other Muslim-majority areas. Pray for Christians who have lost everything in recent extremist attacks.
YES - I will Pray

RoBo1988 said:

I thought he was literally Hitler.....

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That was JD Vance saying that.

On the left they were just calling out similarities in propaganda styles.

Christians regularly experience discrimination because they follow Jesus. Men can experience job loss or lack of employment opportunities, women can be harassed in the street, Christian children can be bullied at school and, in rare instances, mobs of Muslim extremists force Christians to flee their communities after an alleged blasphemy accusation. These incidents are most common in the Upper Egypt region, where Islamic hardliners are active, especially in rural communities.
President al-Sisi and his government regularly speak positively about Egypt’s Christian community – which, through the Coptic Church, is long and historic. He purposely includes both Muslims and Christians in Egypt’s identity. However, this stance doesn’t always extend to areas outside of major urban centers – authorities are known to ignore or downplay the concerns of Egyptian believers.
Christians who have converted from Islam experience the most severe persecution. They face enormous pressure from their family and community to return to Islam. And Egyptian security services are known to detain and intimidate converts to keep quiet about their conversion.

Meet Raina​

“I’m a Christian now, but I was born a Muslim. If I showed you my face, it could cost me my life. Fanatics, or even my own family, would kill me if they saw my picture online and read I rejected Islam.”
Raina (name changed), an Egyptian convert from Islam.

What does Open Doors do to help?​

Open Doors works through local partners in Egypt to support the Church throughout the country with literacy training, education, advocacy, medical outreach, and youth, family and women’s ministries.

Please pray​

• Pray that Egyptian Christians who follow Jesus out of Islam would be safe.
• Ask God to help Christians who have converted from Islam find fellowship.
• Pray for Christians’ legal rights so that they would not be discriminated against.

Apple Sky said:

I know, China is notorious for being Anti-Christian.

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I did not notice any difference in the Church in Hong Kong at all. Looked the same to me. I did notice more police under the chinese compared to the British. I use to have an attitude toward the Chinese government. But then I met the council general stationed in NYC and he seemed like a good guy to me.

Heb 7 and 9 show us the Levitical priesthood and therefore their ministry of sacrificial and purification laws are done away with in and through Christ's priesthood and those of us who are part of it through Him. For the Levitical sacrificial system could never take away sin. The priesthood being transferred to Jesus and us, there is made of necessity a transferal of the law from parchment and stone to the fleshly tables of our hearts Heb 7 and 8 say. Hence no need for the Levitical priesthood now because by it the people received the Law Heb 7 states. This is why John in 1John 2 wrote, ye have an unction from the Holy One... the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. Us in Him, He in us that the world might believe John 17. But alas we are still people of a Letter because the lack of Faith and sin in the Church and world. So we have the NT and Old and a need for teachers until we all come into the unity of the faith and the fullness of Christ.




Hebrews 9 and 10 go on to say, If the blood of bulls and goats and ashes of a heifer sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ who offered Himself without spot, purge our conscience, who we are from dead works, sin; to serve the living God. For all vessels of the ministry, the heavenly things, the Temple of the Living God, us are purged with better things, Christ Jesus. For it was not possible for those sacrifices they offered year by year to take away sin, purge us. For if they had, would they not have ceased to be offered. But in those sacrifices there was a remembrance of sin year after year. But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, Jesus Christ our Lord. He taketh away the first that He may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified, purged through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once. Who being the brightness of God's glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. And this perfection the Holy Ghost is also a witness to us. For He saith before. This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them.

What I have found in many Catholic or Christian circles is that we have become respecters of persons, rather than welcome sound doctrine from someone we feel is beneath us.
This is part of American rugged individualism and the tribal mentality of society. “Oh he is a good guy, why do you talk to him like that?” “She is a nice lady, why are you so mean?”

Doctrine is hard in that it crushes the person. Our Lord said that to follow Him, we must deny ourselves and take up our cross. A grain of wheat is nothing unless it dies, but it it dies it brings forth fruit 30, 60, 100 fold.

The worst thing a Christian can say to someone is don’t you know who I am? No I don’t, it’s irrelevant. If we argue of point of faith, I stick to the message and act as if your person does not exist. If you want to flame me? Fine, my person is dead and cannot be harmed. I may even help you flame myself, my person has not been too good over the years and could use a good flaming

We have to die to ourselves. Why is that good? It’s sets us free to do the will of God. South Park is a goofy show and often irreverent, but anything can be used by God. There was one of the greatest lines in that show, when they talked about World of Warcraft. This one player became so powerful and wreaked havoc in the game. They said in order to reach this level of power, he must be playing all the time and have absolutely no life, and how can you kill that which has no life? Funny but poignant.

As Christians, when our person is dead, we cannot be harmed. We are free to love our enemies and walk in the shadow of death and fear no evil. People will try to hurt us and fail, and we will be hated by all men for Jesus’ name sake.
Even other Christians want their ears tickled and personalities recognized. We get offended. Did you hear what he said to me? Brothers and sisters this is not right. We love our Lord, not ourselves, however we are to love each other

Loving each other does not mean flattery and tickling each others ears. It means following our Lord with our whole heart. People that do not have theirs persons respected will hate us because it does not make them feel good. We as humans all want recognition and forget that they all spoke well of the false prophets

I love my enemies because they keep me honest. Flattery will get us to believe our own press and then we can be deceived

Jesus says whoever saves his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for His name’s sake the same shall find it

Those who love not their life unto death will be given a crown of life

Peace be with you

Whyayeman said:

My suggestion. Look harder.

And take precautions when reading Breitbart news.

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Make it easier, and never click a link that takes you to Breitbart News. Why allow such a site be posted in these here forums?

What they actually should do is clarify their reluctant and troubled support while they loudly voice their deep concerns and rejection of the abortion position.

boughtwithaprice said:

Descartes could be the subject of another thread
His rationalism could be a fascinating look into departure from us a children of God to scientific materialism

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And I think he was a devout Catholic. If you have the wherewith all, I would appreciate such a thread.

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"When we have nothing left but God, we discover that God is enough.​

A few years ago I saw a picture online of a man standing on a dock looking down at the water and the caption said
"when we have nothing left but God, we discover that God is enough." In my own life I have found that statement
and the things you said here to be quite true. It seems to me as if we have to get to that point, as God waits patiently for us
.... and we journey to the very edge and that is where God reveals Himself to us. I suppose this is
because we must experience absence before we can know what it is to be filled. A moving read here...one that resonates with me personally
having been through many, many a dark night myself. Blessings!--Marcus Aurelius a blogger on UM.​

For many people, faith is an enigma to them. They want proof of God before they will even consider having a relationship with the reality of the Infinite being personal, loving, and there, for them. Of course, it can be asked, and is, how it would be possible to prove that God exists. A person who does not believe in God does live in a Godless Universe. Just as a man or woman who does not believe that love is possible, or trust, will live in a world loveless and untrustworthy. On the internet, there are stories, which are shared by ex-atheists, who found out that God does exist when they found themselves at the end of the dock, looking into the dark waters of oblivion. Then, they begin to see life a little differently…. proof (?), well, yes, for them. It is very hard to take seriously the experiences of those who have a different world view. Unless it happens to us.

As a Christian, I would say that most of the time, the inner life, one that is based on seeking union, is usually not filled with wonders, but a day-by-day seeking another way, the way that Jesus taught. To love oneself is not easy by any means. The inner life leads to a deepening vision of what lies beneath. To love all aspects of oneself, which at least for me, takes a true death to my reactions, which can be ugly. As I age, my trust in the Lord deepens, because I have had experiences, unexpected, but given to me, when most needed. They are always unexpected, sudden, and can be life-changing. Not as dramatic as an NDE for instance, yet for a second, a door opens up, and I experience something beyond thought.

I have spoken to many people, those who suffer greatly, yet keep the faith. They are not armchair philosophers, but those who live from the reality of their faith in God, no matter their religion. They have made the hard choice, after much disappointment and suffering, to continue, to trust, in God. if God is for us, who can be against us? Yet, that is not proof, I have to accept it as a grace or not. I am free, we all are on a certain level.

It is hard to see the suffering in the world, and there are no comforting words in dealing with it. Yet, when looking at the life of Christ, he suffered deeply. One reason he suffered is that he did not shut down, he could not, his nature being Infinite Love. Love, even human love, and parental love, if truly loving cannot protect itself from the cruelty of their children. There is a limit of course. However, with God, there is no limit. God bears all pain and suffers all loss, and yet he does not turn away. We turn away, freely, though only God knows when that happens. -BrMD

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Maria Billingsley said:

Can I cut to the chase here? Why does
she " hate" you?

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Well by way of update and to answer this we've finally spent time talking since my post after a prolonged silence.

My wife has retracted the statement and rather says that she hates the circumstances we find ourselves in.

Going through the things I mentioned above with her her feeling remains that nobody takes her side. Neither me or her parents.

She understands that she needs to let go of things in general, not even those related just to us, she'll try but can't promise anything.

In my mind it's effectively a ceasefire with many things unresolved, those will take time and prayer.

Distancing, distancing from their God,
Many, many are a fraud.
Turbulent, turbulent, round and round,
Many ne’er get off the ground.

Honoring, honoring not their Lord,
Idols, idols they adore.
Sacrifice, sacrifice to their gods,
Idols they, instead, applaud.

Minist’ring, minist’ring, not in faith,
They trap people with their bait.
Multitudes, multitudes all around
Not the true faith they have found.

Witnessing, witnessing lies untold,
Masqueraders very bold.
Trickery, trickery, so deceived,
Many, many have believed.

Wakening, wakening many’s faith,
God have mercy on this date.
Conquerors, conquerors now surround,
In hopes Christians will be bound.

Penitence, penitence, that’s the goal,
So your idols you will fold.
Following, following now your Lord,
Faith in Jesus, one accord.

An Original Work / July 26, 2020

Now, when the apostle Paul was first sharing the message of the gospel of Christ with the people, it was new to the people. For the Jews of the Old Covenant had only known the Old Covenant, and the Gentiles had (generally speaking) not previously been included in the family of God. Yet, the gospel message can be seen and was prophesied about in the Old Testament. Jesus, the Christ, had been prophesied about in the Old Testament writings. The book of Isaiah is probably half prophecies of the Messiah.

Yet, Paul stated that the rulers of his time didn’t understand the message. They didn't understand the prophecies of the Christ and of his gospel and of the Messianic age, and that those prophecies had been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. For if they had comprehended it all, they would not have crucified Christ on that cross. And why didn’t they see this? Why did they not comprehend it? Because it was revealed through the Holy Spirit, and they were not in tune to the Spirit’s voice. For they were not spiritual, i.e. they were not of God, but of the flesh.

So, let’s look at how this is happening in our world today. I live in the USA, so I will speak mainly of what I have observed and experienced and read about and witnessed myself of what is going on here in America. So many of our pastors and church leaders today have gone the way of the world and of marketing schemes and tricks and goals for how to grow their “churches,” and for how to “draw in large crowds of people” from the world. And so many of them have deserted the true faith and the truth of the gospel in order to attract the world to their gatherings so that they can add numbers.

So, rather than teaching the truth of the gospel of our salvation as Jesus taught it, and as his NT apostles taught it, in context, they are largely teaching a wisdom of this age which has been skillfully blended in with the gospel of Christ while they “cherry-pick” the passages of Scripture which they then make to agree with the “wisdom of this age”, because they largely teach them out of context to make the Scriptures say what they do not say if taught in the appropriate context. But they mask it as though it is truth.

They may claim that what they are teaching is truth, and that it is biblical, and that it is of God or of the Spirit of God, but while they alter and dilute the true gospel message to make it more appealing to the ungodly of this world. And so it ends up being more of a social gospel with “feel-good” messages intended to tickle itching ears and to make people feel good about themselves. For so many of them now are not teaching God’s requirements for genuine repentance (dying to sin) and for walking in obedience to his commands in holy living, but they promise people heaven when they die.

And many may call it “sharing the gospel” when what they are really doing is sharing more of a social gospel that is contrary to what Jesus and his NT apostles taught. Being “missional” is not usually about sharing the truth of the gospel but it is more about blending in with the culture of the world and being “nice” to people and being “good deed doers,” but not usually about teaching that to come after Christ we must deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience. For if we do not, we don’t have life in him.

Anyway, what many of them are teaching sounds good to the flesh, but it doesn’t put the flesh to death. And that is because what they are teaching is not from the Holy Spirit but from the spirit of the world. And it comes from human wisdom, and not the wisdom of God (not in the whole), for it is, again, a careful blend of human wisdom and biblical wisdom, but which cuts out the wisdom of God which human wisdom does not agree with. For the natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God.

So many professers of faith in Jesus Christ have their minds so saturated with the world and with the thinking of the world, often disguised as of God, that they don’t even realize that what they are believing as truth is not of the Spirit of God at all, but it comes from the philosophies of human flesh. For if we are going to comprehend the things of the Spirit, they must be spiritually discerned by those who truly are of the Spirit of God and who are listening to him and who are following him in obedience to God’s commands.

So, the bottom line in all of this is that we need to be students of the Scriptures who read them in their full context, who are listening to the Lord and to what the Scriptures teach us who profess to be followers of Christ. And then we need to deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, as empowered by God. For if we continue living in sin, and we do not walk in obedience to our Lord, we will not inherit eternal life in him, but we will face the wrath of God.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

A Believer’s Prayer

An Original Work / July 31, 2012

With my whole heart, Lord, I pray
To be Yours, and Yours always.
Lead me in Your truth today.
May I love You, and obey.
Lead me in Your righteousness.
When I sin, may I confess;
Bow before You when I pray;
Live for You and You always.

Love You, Jesus, You’re my friend.
Life with You will never end.
You are with me through each day,
Giving love and peace always.
You will ne’er abandon me.
From my sin You set me free.
You died on that cruel tree,
So I’d live eternally.

Soon You’re coming back for me;
From this world to set me free;
Live with You eternally.
Oh, what joy that brings to me.
I will walk with You in white;
A pure bride, I’ve been made right
By the blood of Jesus Christ;
Pardoned by His sacrifice.

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Christian brother, where are you?
Christian sister, and you, too.
What’s important? Do you know?
Does it matter? Does it show?

Your intentions, what are they?
Read your Bible, kneel and pray?
Have devotions here and there?
Share the gospel anywhere?

Some of you are quite sincere,
Follow Jesus, have Him near.
Hearts are given o’er to Christ.
Now to sin NOT are enticed.

Follow Jesus where He leads,
On His word you daily feed.
Share the gospel, Christ to know,
Hearts sincere, and not for show.

But while others fall in sin,
Not the souls of folks to win.
Self-absorbed and self-defiled,
Self-indulgent all the while.

Make professions, not in fact,
Their confessions not intact.
Love their idols, play their games,
And they remain just the same.

So, the calling here is this,
Don’t let your faith be amiss.
Turn from your sins, follow God,
Righteousness now you applaud.

Faithful you in service be,
Walking with Christ tenderly,
Follow Him in what He says,
Your faith in Him now express.

An Original Work / October 1, 2022

public hermit said:

I love this kind of topic. Here is another possibility. When a highly moral civilization detects immoral intelligence on another planet, they avoid it like the plague.

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I have thought of that also. Gonna incorporate this into one of my sci-fi plots.

This was the apostle Paul speaking to the church in Corinth. And he set the example for us in how we are to be in our speech, especially with regard to what we share or teach about the gospel of our salvation or from the Scriptures, in general. We are not to be superfluous in the sense that we are not to add on to the Scriptures what the Scriptures do not teach, especially to try to sound superior or eloquent or haughty so as to lift up ourselves and/or to try to impress others with smooth talking and persuasive words.

First of all, we should be ourselves. We should be the same no matter who we are with. Now we may be a little bit different with close family members, in the sense that there would be more of an intimacy and closeness there, and shared experiences, but even there we should still maintain our true character and not try to blend in with our environment. We should never put on airs to try to impress other people or to try to make ourselves sound different or better than who we really are day in and day out.

Oftentimes, when I am making talk videos, I will tell my audience that my conversations with them are as though we are sitting across the living room from each other sharing what we are getting out of the Scriptures at that moment in time. I do very little preparation for these talk videos in advance, if any, and I try to just let the Holy Spirit lead me in what he wants me to share. So I am my natural self, and what you see is what you get. I don’t try to put on any kind of performance to impress anyone. Should be obvious.

I have a very specific memory of a pastor of a church congregation from many years ago. If you spoke with him in person, his speech was one way. But when he stood behind the pulpit to preach, he put on a “preacher voice” which was just not natural for him at all. Perhaps he was trained to do that in his seminary training. Some preachers do have particular styles they follow which appear to be along church denominational lines. Some tell jokes and tearjerker stories while others yell and stomp their feet, etc.

But we should all be natural, i.e. who we are no matter who we are with. None of us should put on a performance or airs to try to make ourselves appear better than we really are. And if we are sharing or teaching the Scriptures, we should pray and ask the Lord for guidance and wisdom in what to say, and we should not talk out of our own thinking and reasoning, especially if it does not align with the teachings of the Scriptures. But differing circumstances may require varied responses, like happy or sad.

And I am certainly not saying that, even if we do things the right way, in practice, that we will always say everything in the right way all the time. We are still human beings. And so our communications with one another are not always going to be perfect. And sometimes we may have to back up and reword what we intended to say, or we may have to stop and apologize for not being as sensitive as we should have been in how we said something. But we should be those who practice speaking the truth in love.

The main thing here is to be genuine, not fake. Don’t try to be someone you are not or to give a false impression of who you really are. And don’t be someone who teaches what you yourself are not living, especially don’t try to sound spiritual and righteous if you know that sin is what you practice and that righteousness and godly living and obedience to the Lord are not what you practice. Don’t preach to others what you are not living yourself, or at least be honest and admit that you are not living what you preach.

And, if we are going to be those who are teaching the Scriptures to others, we need to be in close fellowship with the Lord, walking in obedience to his commands, in holy living, no longer walking in sin, and we need to let the Holy Spirit be the one to direct us in what to say, and it not be of our own flesh nor of the teachings of other humans. And this makes us real and genuine, and then others’ faith will not rest on human wisdom, but in the power of God and of his word (taught in the correct context).

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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