The Creator is responsible for our creation
and the creation of the entire cosmos.
He certainly knows how to
save us.(no
matter where we may then be:.Deuteronomy
30:4), but each in his own order of
being awakened.
All to be saved over time as Christ cleans up
the horrible mess humanity has made of just about all he has touched:.Jeremiah
12:11 "They have made it desolate and being desolate it mourns unto
me. The whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.".And
right from the beginning man was headed in the wrong direction:.Genesis
3:17; 4:8; Isaiah
1:14. God tried to awaken them, but they were too steeped
in their selfishness to listen:.Isaiah
1:19,20; Hosea 5:4; 6:1.
Man is still learning that
God
in his life is the purpose of it. Why else would humanity be on the
Earth? And why
would one want God in his or her life anyway? With God the primary focus
of one's life, problems clear up and life begins to go better, for
all:.Lamentations
3:25 "The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that
seeks him." Joel 2:13 ". . turn unto
the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of
great
kindness. . ." Deuteronomy 30:10
"...turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul."32:4.
1Corinthians
15:22-28 "For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order...For
he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy
that shall be destroyed is death....And when all
things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."
Some Christians remain at
the 'milk feeding' stage when they should have been progressing:.1Corinthians
3:2 "I have fed you with milk and not with meat.(solid
food). For hitherto you were not able
to bear it, neither yet now are you able."
Too many people on a spiritual
path get stuck in doctrines
which dull the mind to such things as compassion.
To many, life
revolves mostly around their self, their work, their church, etc.,
to an almost exclusion of effective concern over others and often no wrong
is seen in living
thusly:.Hebrews
5:11-14 "Of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered,
seeing you are dull of hearing. For when for the time you ought to be teachers,
you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of
the oracles.(words).of
God and are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat. For
every one that uses milk.(example
of using milk).is
unskillful in the word of righteousness,
for he is a babe. But strong meat belongs
to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their
senses
exercised to discern
both good and evil."
Too many are against this
and against that. Some dislike the Mormons; others, the Jehovah's Witnesses;
others the Buddhists, etc. Others feel that anyone in an eastern
religion is wrong. Grow up! Creator looks on
the heart of individuals no matter what physical affiliation
they may adhere
to. This is not the old
covenant. It's the time of the
new. But for those wanting information on either of these and others,
go to equip.org and then click on 'Choose A Topic'.
Let us grow up into the
unity of the faith, not apart due to having a mind focused on divisive.matters:.Ephesians
4:13,15 "Till we all come.(original
means 'come to' or 'arrive at').in
the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of
the stature of
the fulness of Christ. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed
to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight
of men and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which
is the head, even Christ."
"Speaking the truth in love"
means coming from a heart that's sincere:.Luke
6:45 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth
that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
brings forth that which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart his
mouth speaks.".What
about lying?
Note that it's this unity
of the faith that allows us to freely be what we are, sincere of heart
and ready for good works; to grow up as it were:.Matthew
5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Acts
9:36-40 "Now there was at Joppa
a certain disciple
named Tabitha.(means
'female gazelle'), which by interpretation
is called Dorcas.(means
'gazelle'). This woman was full of
good works and alms
deeds which she did. And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick
and died, whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa and the disciples had heard that
Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would
not delay to come to them. Then Peter arose and went with them. When he
was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood
by him weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while
she was with them. But Peter put them all forth and kneeled down and prayed
and turning him to the body said,
