JOURNAL-2-16-15=DEATH AND LIFE

JOURNAL=2-16-15=DEATH AND LIFE




“SIN is a demon.........yet you CAN be his master” Genesis 4:7


DO YOU KNOW what the first murder was-it was Cain killing his brother-Abel-and it has grown and grown from there-WAR all over the world-killing and MURDERS-in every city in America


The BIBLE does not tell us WHY Cain killed his brother-but maybe he was JEALOUS of his brother Abel-whose sacrifice was “ACCEPTABLE” to God-while Cain's was not


DELIBERATE MURDER and deliberate evil comes from DARK PLACES in the human heart-from places like revenge-anger-greed-lust-and power-while the great percentage of us will NEVER murder anyone (THANK GOD for that)-we will be GUILTY of things like negative criticism-gossip-lying, etc., etc., etc.,


But what we KNOW about God-is that GOD IS LIFE-and that his WORD is life-giving-life-affirming-and life sustaining-HIS WORDS ARE TRUE


it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to READ and listen to the LIFE-SUSTAINING WORDS OF GOD












WITNESS


6-3-13




DEATH AND LIFE




On that dark gray/ black afternoon
A man hung dying on the cross
Many thought abandoned by God


At that last moment
Even Christ thought he was abandoned
“My God, My God
Why did you abandon me”


But we know
That he was not abandoned
We know
That Christ
Did arise to live again
To live in eternal glory
With his Father


How often
Do we feel abandoned in life
Abandoned by our family and friends
Abandoned by our church
Maybe we even feel
Abandoned by God


We know through faith
That like Christ
That that
Is not the end of the story


We are
Never abandoned by God
We are his children
And he is madly in love with us


We know
Because Moses tells us so,
“For the Lord your God
Is a merciful God
He will not abandon or destroy you
Or forget the covenant
With your forefathers
Which he confirmed to them by oath” Deuteronomy 4:31


And we know
Because our God
Is a God
Who keeps his promises


“For physical training
Is of some value
But godliness has value
For all things
Holding promise
For both the present life
And the life to come” 1 Timothy 4:8


I suggest to you
That if there is any abandoning
Going on here
It is by us
By our society
By our world


Building a world on materialism
Building a world on sex and violence
Building a world on “scientific” miracles
And leaving God
Totally out of the mix


“The spirit clearly says
That in later times
Some will
Abandon the faith
And follow deceiving spirits
And things taught by demons” 1 Timothy 4


I have NO IDEA
When the end is coming
And neither does anyone else


Christ himself said,
“No one knows
About that day or hour
Not even the angels in heaven
Not the Son
But only the Father” Matthew 24:36


Abandoned by God---hardly
Us abandoning God---my friend---I think
It has already happened


Dear Lord---I pray---we pray
Our house is in ruins
Please come and repair it for us
For we do not know the way


But then---you already told us
“I am the way, the truth, and the life”


Help us to recommit to life Lord
Doing it---YOUR WAY


Robert P. Wallman
8-16-11




Ps WITNESS 6-3-13


“I tell you the truth-whoever hears the word and believes him-
Who has sent me has ETERNAL LIFE-and will not be condemned-
He has crossed over from DEATH TO LIFE”
John 24:35


“For whoever finds me FINDS LIFE-and receives favor from the Lord”
Proverbs 8:35





2-16-15