Jud
1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jud
1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly
among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of
all their hard speeches which
ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Jud
1:16 These are murmurers,
complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great
swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of
advantage.
Do you do
one or more of the following?
Murmur.
Dict. a complaint made in a discreet or secretive way (secretively complaining,
resentful, begrudging)
Complain.
Dict. to express discontent or unhappiness about a situation (outwardly
revealing your selfish discontent and unhappiness excessively)
Selfishly
Lust. Dict. to have a very strong desire
to obtain something (selfishly motivated to act on your bases impulses to
fulfil a desire you have for something in such a way you are putting your
desires before God)
Brag.
Dict. to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession
(Selfishly promoting yourself, taking all the credit for things in place of
glorifying God)
Sycophant
(Flatter). Dict. a servile or obsequious person who flatters somebody powerful
for personal gain (Being nice to those who can help you obtain things who you
otherwise would not be nice to.)
We live in
a world rife with murmuring, complaining, selfishness, bragging, and flattery. More so now than ever before we are
surrounded by these things so much so they've become the norm. There is nothing
thought wrong about a person voicing their displeasure constantly in any way
they can. Being offended and offending others is non-stop. Self-importance has
become our focus, our individual rights are our outcry. We want to force
beliefs on others telling them they have to accept them or they are now haters.
We fail to call wrongs wrong any more. We justify every single trait a person
may have and ignore sin's degradation of mankind. Rather than allow a person to
live in a state of remorse, a state of repentance for their many, and quite
numerous flaws unique to themselves and shared with others- we tell them
they've nothing to be repentant of, nothing at all. Every single thing they are
- through no fault of their own is acceptable simply because they can't help
the way they are, they just are. And before anyone who might be reading this
thinks I'm talking specific traits I'm not, because ALL the flaws WE possess
are in need of being surrendered to God. All our flaws and we all have many of
them are to be recognized for what they are and rather than despair over our
condition, we accept that we are flawed and strive to live to serve God and
through God, serve others, not ourselves encouraging the flaws. We surrender
every single part of ourselves to God. We may not comprehend why we were born
with our flaws, I know I sure don't, we know we are encumbered by many, many
years of existence in a sin tainted world where anything goes. Satan has used
his evil influence to drag mankind into debauchery ever since the very first
sin. Society has strived and failed over and over again to bring the love of
God to the forefront, but they often have twisted God's love into something
unrecognizable by God. Hate, fear, pain, all of this has been used through the
years to oppress flaws of all kinds and this in turn is used by Satan to gain
sympathy for the flaws so he can twist them into being good things, calling
evil good and good evil.
Self.
We've put
ourselves on a pedestal and proclaimed self is all that matters. Self above all
is that standard raised high. Self above God has become more important than
ever before in our world, and it's a lie that will destroy millions and
millions of people.
God help
us!
Keep us
from the evil of self and all its many, many disguises.
Let us
live in YOU, Jesus! You will return and prayerfully in my lifetime! You will
come back to claim those who are Yours! You will reveal to every single person
the truth, and reveal through Your judgment whether or not they've put You
first, or themselves. You've warned us, You've let us know the truth beforehand
and we make the choice to belong to You or not. Please, LORD, help us to see
only the truth, please forgive us! Help us! Save us from ourselves! Please.
All in
Your name, Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, now and forever!
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