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2024, Judges, Will you pray with me?

Cut-Off

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I made it to Ruth — for tomorrow! 

Judges ended this way: 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 19 was a hard chapter to read. We have had such heinous happenings in America. 
Wednesday’s post defined sin as evil; Judges 19 fleshes it out for us. 

I did see some hope in Judges, chapter 21:  6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel. 
I think their grieving was that without intervention the tribe of Benjamin would cease, would be no more. They would be 11 tribes, not 12. 
I wanted it to be ‘spiritual’ and I want to pursue it that way. 
I want us to see that people are cut off from GOD and care enough to pursue them with The Gospel.  I want us to pray and take action as directed by HOLY SPIRIT to proclaim the GOOD NEWS to them.  I’m concerned about our lack of grieving the Lost, the Cut-Off people of this world.
I am urgently mindful that people are dying without getting off their road to destruction and yet I am painfully aware it is easy to get distracted and occupied with day-to-day living matters. We need to change in JESUS’ name. 
Prayer is the first step.

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Until next time .  .  .  Kathie

In the meantime, if you would like more information, please contact me and I will seek The LORD with you.

2024, Forgiveness, Gospel of Mark, Isaiah, James, Judges, Questions, Repentance, Romans, Salvation

Forty Years

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I don’t think a majority of people (especially here in America) are afraid to do evil.
But we should be, don’t you think?
Don’t you think we should be afraid to sin against GOD?
Shouldn’t we fear the consequences of doing evil?

1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.  source Judges 13

Forty years.
For forty years the Israelites were slaves to the Philistines. Why? Because they did evil in the sight of the LORD.

What is evil?
The simple answer — sin.

Romans 6:23“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”  (KJV)

James 4:4“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”   (KJV)

Adultery.  Just one of the evils men/women practice. Are they afraid?
They should be.
What else is evil?

Mark 7: 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.  21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,  22 Thefts,  covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.  (KJV)

Are we getting the picture?
ALL sin is evil and we should be deathly afraid of committing evil against the LORD GOD.  And yet unregenerate men and women cannot help themselves – You see we are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners.

Have we listed all the evils mankind commits?
Not even close.

So now what?
Back to Romans 6:23“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”  (KJV)

It’s a fine place to start.

Isaiah 55:6 “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:” (KJV)

Is HE near you?
Do you sense you need a Savior?
Then agree with Him and believe Him now, while you can.

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Until next time .  .  .  Kathie

In the meantime, if you would like more information, please contact me and I will seek The LORD with you.

2024, Ezekiel, Hebrews, Judges

Cycle, Cycle

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Continuing in Judges. 
As Christians, likely we all say we believe GOD has not, does not change. He is the same GOD yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8. 

I think the nature of man has not changed either. The early chapters I have been reading in Judges bore that out to me as I watched Israel’s pattern: Sin. Calamity. Repentance. Deliverance. Sin Calamity, Repentance. Deliverance.  Cycle. Cycle Cycle. 
Is the average Christian any different here in the 21st Century?  I did say Average. And I think not.

It should not have been that way for Israel. And it should not be that way for us. 

JESUS came to break that cycle. 
And step by step as we yield to the promptings, leading(s), and teaching(s) of HOLY SPIRIT, our cycles between deliverance and sin get further apart.  We walk longer in obedience with fewer and fewer bouts of repenting of our repentance.  Do you know what I mean? 

I hope you are encouraged to read Judges and as you read I hope you will see that GOD is patient, loving, kind, gracious, faithful, holy, and that He pours out wrath when it’s called for.  Think of it this way: does real love allow sin to run wild with no intervention to curb the destruction? 

GOD is not afraid of our sins. He is not wringing His hands wondering what He is going to do with all the brats in the world, committing atrocities night and day. 
GOD is complete within Himself.
He does not NEED us to cease our sins. He does not NEED us to be good little boys and girls, playing nicely in the sandbox.  As I said GOD is complete within Himself. He does not NEED us.
However, He has chosen to INTERVENE and offer us (all the brats in the world) deliverance from our wretched lives speeding to destruction.

He made that offer to Israel. Some took Him up on it. Some didn’t.

Again, the nature of man has not changed, not since Judges, not since The Fall in The Garden. 
BUT GOD can give any man, woman, boy, or girl, a new nature, a new heart, one that will seek Him, obey Him, and love Him more and more.  
Interested? 

 

Ezekiel 36: 25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.   source 

Until Next time, Holy hugs, Kathie