Tuesday, April 21, 2015

We can become blind

2Pe 3:16  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
2Pe 3:17  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

People WREST the scriptures to their OWN destruction all the time.  Rather than LOVING God and LOVING others they are self seeking.  People can take a child's funny, loving story and twist it until it becomes something awful if they want to.  People can and will do a lot of things, and if they are self-serving that's all they will get from the Word of God more self-serving.  The unlearned, the unstable will take the scriptures and read them with truth-blind eyes. With hearts closed, the understanding is closed.  God's word will NOT be understood by anyone that seeks to understand God's word for self serving reasons, for reasons contrary to God and His love.

We who are blessed with understanding can also become blind.  We aren't guaranteed spiritual sight endlessly any more than we are guaranteed eternal life because we accept Christ once and then no more.  We can have sight, and lose sight.  We have to BEWARE that the wicked will led us into their darkness, into their blindness.  We NEED to GROW in GRACE. We need to GROW in KNOWLEDGE of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. To GOD be the GLORY now and forever!

If we are NOT growing in grace, if we are NOT growing in knowledge of our SAVIOR then we are in danger of growing away from our God.

We've discussed growing in grace and knowledge of our Savior before, not too long ago, but it bears discussing over and over.

Are we growing in grace-----

-----are we becoming more about love towards others in all our actions?  Or are we stagnant- being who we are and unneedful of change, of growth? Do we stubbornly insist upon remaining who we are because we are unable to be loving as we know we should? Do we want to blame our inability to submit to God, to allow Him to work in us, on our just being who we are?  Do we choose to LIMIT God's ability to change us, to love in us based on our own belief we are who we are- end of story?

This is a war, and war often means fighting the seemingly same battles over and over and over. We don't stop fighting those same battles, we know who the winner is and we fight for the winner knowing we will win the battles through HIS victory. 

We must GROW.

GROW.

By His grace, we will GROW, in HIM we will GROW.  All in HIS LOVE!


Amen.

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