Today,
reply is on those who prefer evil and wickedness, and holy writings
that teach on such sinners among those who are to be in accord and
covenant relationship with divinity. Developing and mature Christian
believers eventually acknowledge that evil, sin, and wickedness are
not fruits produced through the imparted Spirit of GOD. None may lay
hold on salvation relying on the operations of carnal desire,
self-will, and finite human willpower. It is written: Romans 8:
5-9, King James Version (KJV): 5 For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit
the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they
that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on
Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile
information appears) posted the following:
What
if I prefer evil over good?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: See, I have set before thee this day life and good,
and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD
thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his
statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and
the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to
possess it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not
hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve
them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and
that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither
thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and
earth to record this day against you, that I have set before
you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD
thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou
mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of
thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD
sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
them. (Deuteronomy 30: 15-20, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Heathen and Pagan Ways (09/01/2019); Works Without
Divine Faith? (05/06/2019); The Penalty of Death? (04/26/2019); Known
By Spiritual Fruit (03/06/2019); Doing The Devil's Work?
(02/21/2019); Recognizing Holy and Unholy (01/31/2019); Sinners Must
Become Convicted (11/27/2018)
“Anonymous”,
there are many who feel that (1) GOD does not exist; (2) there is no
reason to be afraid of bad consequences or punishment for your
attitudes and behavior; (3) mankind only has to answer the laws of
nature; and (4) I am free from the laws and restrictions made by
other people. When those who are entered into accord and covenant
relationship with divinity repeatedly choose to violate divine law,
and continue as unrepentant sinners, they come under the curses of
the law, rather than the blessings. As those in defiance and rebels
against the sovereign will of GOD, they are labeled as “workers of
iniquity” and “transgressors”. More than this, they are those
who reject forgiveness and despise divine mercy. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible:
1.
Deuteronomy 29: 16-21, King James Version (KJV): 16 (For ye know
how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the
nations which ye passed by; 17 And ye have seen their abominations,
and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were
among them:) 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or
family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD
our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there
should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 19 And it
come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless
himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in
the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The
LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of
the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against
that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie
upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name
from under heaven. 21 And the LORD shall
separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to
all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the
law:
2.
Leviticus 26: 13-21, KJV: 13 I am the LORD
your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye
should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your
yoke, and made you go upright. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto
me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall
despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye
will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my
covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over
you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the
eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain,
for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against
you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you
shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the
pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your
earth as brass: 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for
your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of
the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and
will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon
you according to your sins.
3.
Psalms 7: 11-16, KJV: 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is
angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will
whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath
also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his
arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with
iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Ezekiel 18: 23-28, KJV: 23 Have I
any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD:
and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the
abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his
righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned,
in them shall he die. 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not
equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your
ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his
iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked
man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed,
and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul
alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall
not die.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto
you according to your faith.
Image
downloaded @ 9:51 AM, September 01, 2019 @
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/90/d4/d5/90d4d5e9442b1f67022d62fa8755aa26.jpg
Washington,
DC
No comments:
Post a Comment