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Have you noticed in His leading us by faith we:
But
Which really reaches that outer parameter of Paul’s “become all things to all men” narrative. Still, whichever, wherever and whenever that path of yours crosses the path of a stranger, will God’s willingness begin to surface?
Most would agree with a resounding yes, but if yes, then just like they of the early Church treated Paul just after his conversion, likewise here, , how far do you wish to provide the extent of salvation for every soul for whom the Lord died? Every soul?
Here is where it gets interesting for me, , we know from the text that what God has spoken will not return to Him void but will accomplish the thing spoken. This will never fail, but is “all” never to be applied to post-accomplishments of God’s word?
Some already know what path I’m on and what “all” I am suggesting. Yes, if it were so that you found yourself in the heat of the Antichrist's rule and the rounding up was underway and that beast happened to be in town on a certain day and was touring your neighborhood and accompanied the armies that finally reached you and himself stood before you, I ask,
Would the “all” “law of life” and fruit in the Spirit proceed from you to advise him?
While it is true that some of us are among those who will “not love our lives unto the death”, there is circumstance here born of the text that does not shrink from such a law-backed antichrist’s scenario nor any cult code nor moral declaration, but by God who we know is capable to break the chains use whatever means possible to bring that “law” to full triumph including hearing the Spirit open the heart to the Gospel of Christ.
Welcome the stranger and take him in (Matt 25:43)
But
Flee the stranger who wishes to lead astray (Jn 10:5)
Which really reaches that outer parameter of Paul’s “become all things to all men” narrative. Still, whichever, wherever and whenever that path of yours crosses the path of a stranger, will God’s willingness begin to surface?
“, , not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Pet 3:9)
Most would agree with a resounding yes, but if yes, then just like they of the early Church treated Paul just after his conversion, likewise here, , how far do you wish to provide the extent of salvation for every soul for whom the Lord died? Every soul?
Here is where it gets interesting for me, , we know from the text that what God has spoken will not return to Him void but will accomplish the thing spoken. This will never fail, but is “all” never to be applied to post-accomplishments of God’s word?
Some already know what path I’m on and what “all” I am suggesting. Yes, if it were so that you found yourself in the heat of the Antichrist's rule and the rounding up was underway and that beast happened to be in town on a certain day and was touring your neighborhood and accompanied the armies that finally reached you and himself stood before you, I ask,
Would the “all” “law of life” and fruit in the Spirit proceed from you to advise him?
While it is true that some of us are among those who will “not love our lives unto the death”, there is circumstance here born of the text that does not shrink from such a law-backed antichrist’s scenario nor any cult code nor moral declaration, but by God who we know is capable to break the chains use whatever means possible to bring that “law” to full triumph including hearing the Spirit open the heart to the Gospel of Christ.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law.
How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
(Galatians 5:22,23, 1 Corinthians 4:8)
Meekness, self-control: against such there is no law.
How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!
(Galatians 5:22,23, 1 Corinthians 4:8)
