The Conversion of a Hard Man
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
. . . the Lord know how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgement . . .
The soul is immortal. A man's spirit is withdrawn and returns to its giver at death, he breaths no more.
'Heavenly' is the true instruction of saints and sinners. To the saint this is an anointing.
Listen to Me, My people; hear Me My nation. . . hear Me, you who know what is right, you people who have My law in your heart. .
It is in the shattering of the common-place that a disciple grows. It is in the opening of unexpected paradigms a disciple ventures to higher ground.
At a terrifying rate faithfulness is abandoned, and obedience jettisoned. The proposition for obedience is uncomplicated, no higher intellect required: I direct my life or He does.
May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. (2 Thessalonians 3:5) The knowledge of God is to lead to obedience, there exists no second option.
Lot's wife chanced a glance backwards as the family fled Sodom's destruction. She disobeyed the Lord's instruction, and became a pillar of salt.