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Be Afraid part 5

12/31/2016 15:11

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, right? Which means reverence of love is the beginning of knowing the truth. Because God is love. And the Father loving the Son (you) is the ultimate truth of the universe. But it's so easy to get caught up in other things that we seem to miss this...

Be Afraid part 4

12/30/2016 16:15

God does not want you to be afraid of Him. He never has wanted that and He never will want that. Religion tries to control you through fear and intimidation. "Get left or get right." "Straighten up and fly right or you're going to hell." All of that nonsense. Which CAN be scary. But that's not God....

Be Afraid part 3

12/29/2016 17:24

It seems to me that there are basically two choices: 1. You can trust the Holy Spirit to "change" people from the inside out by revealing the change that took place on the cross to them, and in them, and through them. Or 2. You can try to control people and make them fit in a box through fear and...

Be Afraid part 2

12/28/2016 12:45

I can't see it. I just can't. There is no scenario where God would want us to be afraid of Him. He's a loving heavenly Father. And no true father wants to rule with an iron fist of fear. He is love. And love casts out, or expells, all fear. There is no fear in love. None. So I guess my question is:...

Be Afraid part 1

12/27/2016 18:26

I thought about writing a whole book about this subject called, "Be Afraid!" But, while I'm using that as an ironic title, it is actually how a lot of people seem to see God. I was even watching a TV show the other day and a (former) pastor in the show said he prefered the "Old Testament scary...

Allowances part 5

12/26/2016 14:13

I think my next Rant series is really going to address what "fear of the Lord is." Because, as a father, I can tell you that I DO NOT want my son to be afraid of me. I want him to run TO me instead of running FROM me. But, like I said, I think that's up next. To close out this one I just simply...

Allowances part 4

12/25/2016 14:55

It's like we expect God to kick us when we're down, when in fact, He makes allowances for when we fall. God knew what was in man's heart when He created him. It wasn't a shock when man did what man does. It wasn't a shock when Adam ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and it wasn't a...

Allowances part 3

12/24/2016 13:40

Believe it or not, God doesn't want us to fail. He doesn't put us in "mission impossible" situations. Let me explain using Genesis 17:1 as an example. "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou...

Allowances part 2

12/23/2016 17:16

There's something about the Law of Moses that always struck me as a little bit weird. We seem to have this idea of an angry Old Covenant God who was ready, willing, and able to strike at the slightest provocation... and yet, He set up an entire system of animal sacrifice to make sure that when the...

Allowances part 1

12/22/2016 17:45

God makes allowances. That's my thought for today, and that's what I want to explore over the next few days. Here's what I mean: Nothing sneaks up on God and takes Him by surprise. He created us. He knows what we're about. Even when "...GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and...

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