THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF UNIVERSALISM - BEWARE!

Universalism has really become the heresy du jour sadly. Even Dr. David Bentley Hart, who I admire for his brilliant takedown of Richard Dawkins, The Atheist Delusion, is now writing Universalist nonsense.

The Liturgist said:

Universalism has really become the heresy du jour sadly. Even Dr. David Bentley Hart, who I admire for his brilliant takedown of Richard Dawkins, The Atheist Delusion, is now writing Universalist nonsense.

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Are you aware that the "heresy du jour" has been embraced by remarkable saints of Abba? I will not tire you with some on the list, but the author of over 750 hymns (Isaac Watts) is on it.

Yes, the "nonsense" of our Father's cherished purpose has some remarkable trophies of His love & grace!

FineLinen said:

God is not only the Creator of all mankind, He is...

GOD THE FATHER OF MEN

God is the Father of all men. “Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?” (Mal. 2:10).

A kind Father will not punish his children but for their good. God is evidently called the Father of all men in the Scriptures, and this is not an unmeaning name; he has the disposition and principles of a Father. He loves with a Father’s love; he watches with a Father’s care; he reproves with a Father’s tenderness; he punishes with a Father’s design.

God is the Father of all men; and, therefore, he cannot make mankind endlessly miserable. -Thomas Whittemore-

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God is Lord & owner of men.

All men, by right, belong to God.

“Behold, all souls are mine,” says the Lord.

“As the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine.” (Ezek. 18:4).

God will not give up what belongs to him, to the dominion of sin and Satan forever.

All men are God’s by creation; he made them all.

They are his by preservation; he sustains them all.

They were his at first, and they always have remained in his care.

“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dell therein.” That God, who says to men, “If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel,” can never abandon his own creatures.

He will ever exercise a gracious care over them. -Thomas Whittemore-

The gospel is constantly moving forward, and as such, we might think of that as the administration of God in its offensive mode.

For instance, God is commanding all men everywhere to repent (Acts: 17:30).

Jonathan Mitchell's Translation has the verse as God passing on the announcement for all men to be progressively changing their minds/taking on a new mindset.

That's God on the offense.

There's really no defense against the divine offensive mode. But the Lord does at times lead his people to be defensive. What comes to mind as most representative of that truth is when the angel (Greek: agent) of the Lord warned Joseph in a dream to take Mary and the child, Jesus, and flee into Egypt for Herod had determined to kill the child.

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The Divine Defensive Mode

FineLinen said:

We are all on different stages of a journey whose beginning & ending is ABBA. The Christ did send some empty away, namely the rich, so full of themselves they would be left to another day.

Poverty of spirit must be the foundation for coming to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is in that place His living water flows to the thirsty broken wrecks of sin & despair.

Dear lady, may He fill us with a hunger that can only be filled in Him, the Master of zao life.

"He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands."

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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

(Hebrews 3:7-15, NKJV)

FineLinen said:

God is Lord & owner of men.

All men, by right, belong to God.

“Behold, all souls are mine,” says the Lord.

“As the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine.” (Ezek. 18:4).

God will not give up what belongs to him, to the dominion of sin and Satan forever.

All men are God’s by creation; he made them all.

They are his by preservation; he sustains them all.

They were his at first, and they always have remained in his care.

“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dell therein.” That God, who says to men, “If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel,” can never abandon his own creatures.

He will ever exercise a gracious care over them. -Thomas Whittemore-

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All mankind is committed to Christ's care

God has given all things to Christ, as the moral Ruler of the world.

“Ask of me, and I will give You the heathen for Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Your possession.” (Psalms 2:8)

“The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.” (John 3:35)

“All things,” = all intelligent beings.

God gave all beings to Christ that he might save them.

“You have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as You hast given him.” (John 17:2)

This plainly evinces, that it was God’s design, in giving Christ dominion over all flesh, that they should all enjoy eternal life.

-Thomas Whittemore-

a-lily-in-the-valley said:

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said:

“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

(Hebrews 3:7-15, NKJV)

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One of Christ's favorite sayings = "have you not read".

Another favorite word of the Christ =

"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand."

Our word for today =

Suniemi

"There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."

FineLinen said:

All mankind is committed to Christ's care

God has given all things to Christ, as the moral Ruler of the world.

“Ask of me, and I will give You the heathen for Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Your possession.” (Psalms 2:8)

“The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.” (John 3:35)

“All things,” = all intelligent beings.

God gave all beings to Christ that he might save them.

“You have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as You hast given him.” (John 17:2)

This plainly evinces, that it was God’s design, in giving Christ dominion over all flesh, that they should all enjoy eternal life.

-Thomas Whittemore-

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Where were we?

To the present we are presented with the following ....

1. God is the Creator of all men.

2. God is the Father of all men.

3. God is the Owner of all men.

4. All mankind is committed to Christ's care.

5. God gave all beings to Christ to save them.

6. Jesus Christ will save all given to Him.

7. It is the will of God ALL mankind will be saved.

8. We pray for the salvation of all men.

Jesus came to do the will of God.

“My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34)

“Lo, I come to do they will, O God.” (Heb. 10:9)

The will of God is, that all men be saved. This is his will, by way of distinction and preeminence.

Jesus came to do this will. He came as the Savior, as the Savior of all men.

He came as the good Shepherd, to seek and save that which was lost.

He came to save all men, not only those who lived on the earth while he was here, but all who lived before, and all who have since lived, and all who shall live.

Jesus gave himself a ransom for all; he tasted death for every man; and unto him, at last, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess him Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Such is the way in which Jesus does the will of God. -Thomas Whittemore-

Der Alter said:

Hebrews 3:10-11
(10) That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.'
(11) So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"[Ps 95:9-11]

Ps 95:10-11
(10) For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.'
(11) So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"

Hebrews 4:3
(3) Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world

Hebrews 4:10-11
(10) for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
(11) Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

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Those verses refers to unbelievers. As long as they remain unbelievers they cannot enter into God's "rest". The passages don't tell us whether or not all unbelievers will eventually become believers. So they tell us nothing about the final destiny of unbelievers & fail as out-of-context "proof texts" against Scriptural universalism.

Furthermore, those translations are misleading & have been badly translated, as the Greek word for "never", oudepote, never occurs in any of them. See the comments below by Greek scholar Marvin Vincent.

Moreover, the translation "perish" is an NIV aberration, as almost every one of dozens of versions here say "fall": Hebrews 4:11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience..


Vincent's Word Studies
So I swear (ὡς)
Rend. "according as I:swear": the ὡς correlating the oath and the disobedience.

They shall not enter into my rest (εἰ ἐλεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν μου)

Lit. if they shall enter, etc. A common Hebraistic formula in oaths. Where God is speaking, as here, the ellipsis is "may I not be Jehovah if they shall enter." Where man is speaking, "so may God punish me if"; or "God do so to me and more if." Comp. Mark 8:12 : lxx, Genesis 14:23; Deuteronomy 1:35; 1 Kings 1:51; 1 Kings 2:8. Sometimes the ellipsis is filled out, as 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 3:35. Κατάπαυσιν rest, only in Hebrews, and Acts 7:49. The verb καταπαύειν to lay to rest also only in Acts and Hebrews. In Class. the verb sometimes means to kill or to depose from power. In the original citation the reference is to Canaan. Paul uses κληρονομία inheritance in a similar sense.

Hebrews 3:11 Commentaries: AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'"

Vincent's Word Studies
For we which have believed do enter into rest (εἰσερχόμεθα γὰρ εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες)
I say by faith, for, we believers, who embraced the Christian faith when it was offered to us (note the aorist participle), do enter into the rest. Ἐισερχόμεθα categorical; not are entering or are on the way to, but entering into the rest is a fact which characterizes us as believers.

As he said (καθὼς εἴρηκεν)

We enter in accordance with the saying which follows.

As I have sworn - if they shall enter

The statement is somewhat obscure. The meaning is, we (who believed) enter into rest in accordance with God's declaration that they (who did not believe) should not enter. The point is faith as the condition of entering into the rest.

Although the works were finished (καίτοι τῶν ἔργων γενηθέντων)

This is an awkward and indirect way of saying, "these unbelievers did not enter into God's rest, although he had provided that rest into which they might have entered." The providing of the rest is implied in the completion of God's works. The writer assumes the readers' acquaintance with the narrative of the creation in Genesis.

Hebrews 4:3 Commentaries: For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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FineLinen said:

One of Christ's favorite sayings = "have you not read".

Another favorite word of the Christ =

"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand."

Our word for today =

Suniemi

"There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."

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But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
(Luke 11:28, NKJV)

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
(James 1:22-25, NKJV)

a-lily-in-the-valley said:

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
(Luke 11:28, NKJV)

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
(James 1:22-25, NKJV)

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Dear Lily: there is no question our Father will have a people whose eyes have been opened, and ears unstopped by the mighty working of ephphatha.

Those individuals have been touched by the Glorious One and will continue in the full manifestation of those who follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth!

FineLinen said:

Dear Lily: there is no question our Father will have a people whose eyes have been opened, and ears unstopped by the mighty working of ephathatha.

Those individuals have been touched by the Glorious One and will continue in the full manifestation of those who follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth!

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Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(Hebrews 12:1-2, NKJV)

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:19-20, NKJV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 Peter 1:3-5, NKJV)

God inspires the hearts of the good to pray for the salvation of all men, and say, as Jesus said, “Thy will be done.” (Matt. 6:10).

Adam Clarke says, “Because he wills the salvation of all men, therefore he wills that all men should be prayed for; as in (1 Tim. 2:1).

“I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men.”

Would God inspire the hearts of his saints to pray for the salvation of all mankind, if he knew they would not all be saved?

Jesus came to do the will of God.

“My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34)

“Lo, I come to do they will, O God.” (Heb. 10:9)

The will of God is, that all men be saved.

This is his will, by way of distinction and preeminence. Jesus came to do this will. He came as the Savior, as the Savior of all men. He came as the good Shepherd, to seek and save that which was lost. He came to save all men, not only those who lived on the earth while he was here, but all who lived before, and all who have since lived, and all who shall live.

Jesus gave himself a ransom for all; he tasted death for every man; and unto him, at last, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess him Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Such is the way in which Jesus does the will of God. -Thomas Whittemore-

We will give Thomas Whittemore a much needed break (lol).

In that wee break, why don't we take the Giant Beware a little further?

"ALL FLESH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD." (Luke 3:5)

This is of course quoted from the prophet Isaiah.

The "seeing"is twofold.

1. The natural sight of Jehovah's glorious deeds on behalf of His people Israel.

2. The spiritual recognition of the Lord Jehovah as the Lord.

These words point in the direction of a glorious salvation which shall be universal.

"For without holiness no man shall see the Lord." (Hebr. 12:14

"The pure in heart shall see God." - Matt. 5:8)

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’

For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
(Luke 3:3-9, NKJV)

(also “the salvation of God” is a translation of the name of Jesus so that really is twofold seeing with this comparison)

The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
(Isaiah 40:3-5, NKJV)

a-lily-in-the-valley said:

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’

For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
(Luke 3:3-9, NKJV)

(also “the salvation of God” is a translation of the name of Jesus so that really is twofold seeing with this comparison)

The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
(Isaiah 40:3-5, NKJV)

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Dear Lily the prophet Isaiah saw it! He beheld by the Spirit of the Lord every dimension being brought into align
ment with the Lord!

Yes, "all flesh shall see it together" !

Thunder in the desert!
“Prepare for God’s arrival!
Make the road straight and smooth,
a highway fit for our God.
Fill in the valleys,
level off the hills,
Smooth out the ruts,
clear out the rocks.
Then God’s bright glory will shine
and everyone will see it.
Yes. Just as God has said.”

Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 40 - The Message

“WHAT MAN OF YOU HAVING AN HUNDRED SHEEP * * IF HE LOSE ONE OF THEM, DOES NOT LEAVE THE NINETY AND NINE * * AND GO AFTER THAT WHICH IS LOST UNTIL HE FIND IT ?” (Luke 15:4)

Ancient commentators follow two main lines, (1.) the hundred sheep are all men; (2.) are all spiritual creatures: in the former case the wicked are the strayed sheep: in the latter mankind itself, which by the Fall has strayed from the heavenly fold.

Both views involve universal restoration.

In the one all the wicked, in the other all humanity, are sought till they are found.

Any narrowing of the “sheep” to the elect, is quite alien from the whole spirit of this parable, which was specially addressed to the publican and the sinner.

See how broadly Christ bases His argument, “what man of you,” He asks, “would not do this ?” Observe the immense significance of Christ’s teaching. It expressly sanctions the right to argue from those feelings of humanity, shared even by the outcast and sinful, to the divine feelings.

Note, too, the ground taken - the divine loss. It is not the man who loses his soul, it is God who loses the man.

“WHAT WOMAN, HAVING TEN PIECES OF SILVER, IF SHE LOSE ONE PIECE, DOES NOT SEEK DILIGENTLY TILL SHE FINDS IT?” (Luke 15:8)

Here is precisely the same broad human basis, and the same broad hopeful teaching.

Keep steadily in view these facts taught here: (1.) - Our own feelings of love and pity are a safe guide to God’s feelings; on these very feelings Christ expressly builds, asking, “what man of you ?” (2.) - Every lost soul is God’s loss, Who, therefore, seeks its recovery; and (3.) - will seek till He find it.

The whole of the loss is repaired. If God feel the loss of man, He will always feel it.

Hence, if sin be endless, the divine Passion must surely be endless too.

“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write,
‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.
Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
(Revelation 2:1-5, NKJV)

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,
‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.
Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
(Revelation 3:1-3, NKJV)

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(Matthew 24:45-51, NKJV)

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
(Matthew 6:14-15, NKJV)

Write this to Ephesus, to the Angel of the church. The One with Seven Stars in his right-fist grip, striding through the golden seven-lights’ circle, speaks: “I see what you’ve done, your hard, hard work, your refusal to quit. I know you can’t stomach evil, that you weed out apostolic pretenders. I know your persistence, your courage in my cause, that you never wear out. But you walked away from your first love—why? What’s going on with you, anyway?Doyou have any idea how far you’ve fallen? A Lucifer fall!

“Turn back! Recover your dear early love. No time to waste, for I’m well on my way to removing your light from the golden circle. “You do have this to your credit: You hate the Nicolaitan business. I hate it, too. “Are your ears awake? Listen.

Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’m about to call each conqueror to dinner. I’m spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God’s orchard.” -MSG-

Write this to Sardis, to the Angel of the church. The One holding the Seven Spirits of God in one hand, a firm grip on the Seven Stars with the other, speaks: “I see right through your work. You have a reputation for vigor and zest, but you’re dead, stone-dead.

“Up on your feet! Take a deep breath! Maybe there’s life in you yet. But I wouldn’t know it by looking at your busywork; nothing of God’s work has been completed. Your condition is desperate. Think of the gift you once had in your hands, the Message you heard with your ears—grasp it again and turn back to God.

“If you pull the covers back over your head and sleep on, oblivious to God, I’ll return when you least expect it, break into your life like a thief in the night.

“You still have a few followers of Jesus in Sardis who haven’t ruined themselves wallowing in the muck of the world’s ways. They’ll walk with me on parade! They’ve proved their worth! “Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.

“Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches.” -MSG-

But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

(1 Timothy 6:11-12, NKJV)