The importance of divine
wrath and sacred knowledge to spirit-filled preaching is considered, today.
Also, there is more on the spirit of man as the candle of GOD. The Yahoo
Answers” writer using the ID “Jack Covie” (Level 1 with 20 points, a member
since December 20, 2012) posted the following:
Why are so many spineless Christians today
preaching about love and peace and not about God's wrath?
What happened to hellfire and brimstone
preaching?
I grew up in Tennessee in the 1950s. Back then the preachers
were fiery men of passion. They didn't try to be politically correct. They
weren't afraid to offend people. They said without hesitation that if you die
without God you will be sent to hell to burn forever. No ifs ands or buts. But
today you have fools preaching about love, and God does love everyone, but he
also has vengeful side that will strike you fools down.
THE BATTLE AXE: Candles of
GOD? (12/26/2012)—Almighty GOD uses the spirit of man both to see (i.e.,
identify the nuances within human makeup), and to be seen (i.e., reveal
himself). In such examination and judgment, behavior and conduct are not the
focus of GOD so much as the presence of specific aspects of divine substance
that make a person fit to be in communion and have fellowship with GOD as well
as to fulfill prophecy, to receive spiritual increase, and to perform sacred
service. The purpose of judgment, then, is not destruction and punishment so
much as appreciation (assigning right value), correction, making the most
effective use of spiritual resources, and providing maximum sacred benefits.
While sin has appeared as an influence upon the will of created beings and
living creatures, sin does not directly control and manipulate ones spirit
content. The focus and power of spirit continually changes, however, the makeup
of human spirit is constant, and presents as both animal and divine expression.
The divine nature may be permanently amplified, concentrated or reconfigured
through death, prophecy, rebirth, and sanctification.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Grace and
peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that
pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath
called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside
this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye
shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ. (2nd Peter 1: 2-8, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Love in
Christ (10/23/2012); Unconditional Love (03/28/2012); On Properly Setting Our
Sights (03/29/2012); Justice Comes by Love? (10/01/2012); A Daily Revelation
(10/02/2012); Girdle 28: Grounded In Love (12/13/2011); Girdle 7: Gateways
(11/22/2011); Binder 38: Everlasting Kindness (11/04/2011)
Many mature Christian believers agree that
“hell fire and brimstone” preaching centers in emotion, feeling, the flesh, and
the law, rather than in the person of Jesus, the many sacred purposes of GOD,
the work of spreading the Gospel, or the changes and choices one must make in
order to receive the Holy Ghost. The imparted, indwelling spirit from GOD (also
called the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of
Prophecy), establishes divinity within the believer that otherwise exists only
in Divine Person. Included are balance, holy boldness, hope, faith, joy,
longsuffering, love, piety, righteousness, truth, wisdom, and wrath against
sin. (These aspects of divine content are inseparable, such that, where one
appears, all are present.)
Wrath against sin is not a temporary feature
describing divine displeasure. Manifest as the law and truth, wrath makes sin
known to created beings and living creatures. Sin is no carnal, material,
physical or social “thing.” Sin, that first appeared among the angels, and was
made visible through behavior, has not been created by GOD, and may not be
eliminated simply by changing ones conduct. Sin opposes the existence of divine
being, divine law, and the entire Creation of GOD. Wrath is a permanent aspect
of divine being, and should not be confused with human anger, temper, and rage
that comes and goes as a disposition or mood. Wrath pertains to sacred
processes such as death, judgment, resurrection, and sanctification.
There is far more to be said, correctly
applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, fear of the Lord (awe) and
wrath against sin are not the same, yet the two are one (i.e., complements).
Believers are called to acquire sacred knowledge, and to operate with full
awareness of divine grace. Faith and feeling are to be in balance with reason;
for thereby, the whole person of Christ is displayed: both he who overturned
the tables of the money changers in the Temple having a scourge in his hands,
and he who wept over Jerusalem.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful.
Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK
PHOENIXWashington, DC
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