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Monday, December 22, 2014

The Answer is Outside of Our Man Made Religions

Incitement of and violence itself is the acting out of the rage and bitterness within the human heart caused by a myriad of reasons. It's the byproduct of hatred in the human heart which is the result of sin. There is a remedy for violence! It is forgiveness. One must tap into the source of forgiveness for its power to be unleashed however.  Forgiveness is God's business and power. We can't muster it up. Vengeance is also God's business. God asks us to forgive one another while he asks us to let him deal with the justice that's involved in vengeance. While there is a time and purpose under heaven for war to take place, it is for one specific reason. It is to stop evil when it just won't back off, and we pray for God's guidance and timing in such campaigns. BUT regarding which side one is on we all ought to heed the Word of God for it says woe to those who call evil good and good evil, and blessed are those who call good, good and evil, evil, because there is no confusion, there is no deceit, there is no lying in the latter. There is truth when you call things what they are. We must pray for leadership who fear God and listen to God with surrendered lives who are commissioned for such war in its time and place. Regarding the individual souls, God is interested in healing and reconciling relationships between people of every race, and nationality. Getting to know who God is is the first step in healing the sin within. Believing his Word changes everything.  Even when people and or powers in high places encourage hatred or violence towards others, people can rise above that and respond in forgiveness. Forgiveness will go a very long way in sacrificing itself for the good of other people. Consider the heart of God: that while we were yet sinning ( thinking murder or hating our brothers and sisters, and acting out murder) he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us. He was redeeming us who are unredeemable. God scourged his son with the punishment we deserve to pay for all the violent acts of humanity. God poured the full weight of his wrath on his own son so that people could be saved from his anger toward sin. Do you see how important it is to see the Triune God for who He is? God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is the only one who can change the human heart from hate to loving forgiveness. The One Triune God DEMONSTRATES this forgiveness to us all. Jesus is above all religion. People kill in the name of their man made religions. Even worldly "Christianity" has killed in its own name. But Jesus, who is God, is not about worldly "Christianity", nor Islam or Hinduism or Buddhism or any other religion. God is outside of all religions of the world, and God the Father sacrificed his son Jesus for us so that he could forgive us all, and so that we in turn would forgive others. God is not forcing anyone to conform to forgiveness....nor is he forcing anyone to believe in Jesus.  He is commanding us to do both. We can reject his command or obey it gladly. Both choices have powerful results that influence everyone and everything. We are not to focus on our differences in religion and try to unite all the differences into one like people are trying to do under Chrislam or one world religion. We are to become united in Christ Jesus alone. We are all to conform to Jesus Christ who has easily and obviously proven his Authority in Lordship through his living sacrifice and powerful resurrection. Everyone is called to repent of their sinful natures. For the power of forgiveness in the world to be unleashed the world must put its faith in Jesus Christ alone, and acknowledge being under the name of Jesus Christ alone.  We live in a time where we desperately need to be in discernment about what is true and false Christianity, which is about the real Christ versus Anti-Christ. God will hold people accountable for their sin through the Word of God, and we need to do what he has asked us to do which is REPENT of our sins and put our trust in Jesus Christ then live in the Holy Spirit of Love , Joy , Peace , Patience , Kindness, Goodness , Gentleness , Faithfulness and Self-Control...which is only possible when you begin a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He has already won the battle over sin.  His blood has the power to wash away all sin and it's damage everywhere.