Thursday, July 5, 2012

Put on...

Col 3:12-17 

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved--

Bowels of mercies.
Kindness
Humbleness of mind
Meekness
Longsuffering
Forbearing one another,
Forgiving one another
If any man have a quarrel against any even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body
And be ye thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom
Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
Singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

These are the things of God.
These are all a part of God's love.

Satan does NOT want us to have mercy on one another.
Satan does NOT want us to be kind.
Satan does NOT want us to have humbleness of mind.
Satan does NOT want us to have meekness.
Satan does NOT want us to be longsuffering.
Satan does NOT want us forbearing one another.
Satan does NOT want us to forgive one another.
Satan does NOT want us to repair our arguments with one another in forgiveness.
Satan does NOT want us to have charity.
Satan does NOT want us to have peace.
Satan does NOT want us to be thankful.
Satan does NOT want us to have Christ's word in us.
Satan does NOT want us teaching and admonishing us in psalms and hymns.
Satan does NOT want us singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord.
Satan does NOT want us in word and deed doing anything in the name of the LORD, giving thanks to God and the Father.

WE must be all these things, do all these things as we are told, as we are admonished, as we are instructed because these are the things of love, God's love.

Too many want to paint God as an awful dictator -warping us human beings with His strictures, with His commandments, with His seeming unfairness, and His hatred. They believe these lies about God because His love is so pure that to actually truly comprehend it would mean a total giving up of self and this is something people hate to do.

Satan became prideful, Satan became self-orientated, and when Satan did that he set the stage for what he wanted to corrupt human beings into becoming- like Him, NOT like God. He's done an excellent job in  corrupting mankind to have HIS sinful nature. Satan loves to nurture that evil nature in people pulling them further and further from God. We weren't meant to be sinfilled. Deep down people KNOW this, they know it. We were NOT meant to be selfish and yet we are. 

Satan wants to blame God for all the horrors of the world and he's succeeded in getting many to believe  him.

By the grace of God may we live the way our LORD would have us LIVE, as the PEOPLE the LORD would have us be. We are told what to do, just read that list above, and through Christ we are able to do all He wants us to do. We must pray for the Lord's Spirit, for His Love, for His Help, for All He can do for us. Please LORD we want to be YOURS and we want to do YOUR WILL up on earth, not Satan's!  Help us Lord, help us to follow your WORD now and always!

All in CHRIST!

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