Life, Death and Judgment
I have a few thoughts today resulting from a daily devotional called, "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers. While visiting the Messianic Church this last weekend, one of the Rabbis read from it a little, which caused me to pick up my copy once again.
He read a portion of the entry for March 16. It says,
"We must all, preacher and people alike, 'appear before the judgment seat of Christ.'
(2 Corinthians 5:10) If you learn to live in the white light of Christ here and now, judgment finally will cause you to delight in the work of God in you. Keep yourself steadily faced by the judgment seat of Christ; walk now in the light of the holiest you know. A wrong temper of mind about another soul will end in the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. One carnal judgment, and the end of it is hell in you. Drag it into the light at once and say - 'My God, I have been guilty there.' If you don't, hardness will come all through. The penalty of sin is confirmation in sin. It is not only God who punishes for sin; sin confirms itself in the sinner and gives back full pay. No struggling nor praying will enable you to stop doing some things, and the penalty of sin is that you gradually get used to it and do not know that it is sin. No power except the incoming of the Holy Ghost can alter the inherent consequences of sin."
" 'But if we walk in the light as He is in the light.' Walking in the light means for many of us, walking according to the standard we set for another person."
He read a portion of the entry for March 16. It says,
"We must all, preacher and people alike, 'appear before the judgment seat of Christ.'
(2 Corinthians 5:10) If you learn to live in the white light of Christ here and now, judgment finally will cause you to delight in the work of God in you. Keep yourself steadily faced by the judgment seat of Christ; walk now in the light of the holiest you know. A wrong temper of mind about another soul will end in the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. One carnal judgment, and the end of it is hell in you. Drag it into the light at once and say - 'My God, I have been guilty there.' If you don't, hardness will come all through. The penalty of sin is confirmation in sin. It is not only God who punishes for sin; sin confirms itself in the sinner and gives back full pay. No struggling nor praying will enable you to stop doing some things, and the penalty of sin is that you gradually get used to it and do not know that it is sin. No power except the incoming of the Holy Ghost can alter the inherent consequences of sin."
" 'But if we walk in the light as He is in the light.' Walking in the light means for many of us, walking according to the standard we set for another person."
posted by Laurie T at
11:56 AM
1 Comments:
I am really starting to learn a lot. This past "bible study" was very interesting. Even though things started off pretty rough I think that things worked out for the best in the long run. I learned from the fight and I know my dad did too. Its amazing what you were given applied directly to what was going to happen. Its more proof that God is watching out for us and preparing us for what is to come.
I am hoping to get online tonight and re-read everything that was posted.
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