Does it matter to me if no one reads, or heeds the principals included in my writings?
Do I seek some following, maybe thousands, or millions of “followers”, or “Friends?
Do I write to summon some great readership?
Do I summon judgement upon my fellow Christians, Americans, or those who reject God’s word?
Do I intend to impose my judgement upon my fellow Christians, and other Americans? Or do I just see the sword coming, and I am blowing the trumpet?
Ezekiel 33:2-9
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”KJV
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My goal is to know the truth, and make it known. In the pursuit of truth, it is not enough to have it logged in our memory banks, it must be applied if we intend to realize its benefits. The truth is not meant for us to use in judgement of others. The judgement of others is the authority, and responsibility of God alone. The truth of God’s word is for use in the judgment of ourselves. It is the Bible that instructs us, reproves us, and sets us in a corrective course, if we will humble ourselves, and submit to its instruction.
Likewise, if we truly have compassion for our Christian brethren, and indeed, for the lost, or rebellious, we need to proclaim truth. We must not only recognize how the truths of the Bible were applied in the biblical records, but how they might apply in our time.
Rom 6:16,
If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.”—KJV
Is it because I think that I’m better than others that I write these things? Is it because I think that I’m smarter than others? Is it because I am offended by the insults, and criticisms that might be leveled against me and those that I respect, that I write what I write?
I’m sure that I do exhibit some this hubris from time to time, as I am only human, and as such, I fall prey to all of the sinful shortcomings common to the human race, (which, by the way, is the only race mentioned in the Bible.)
Is it possible that I write the things that I write because I read my Bible, and I actually believe that it was authored by the one true God? Do I actually believe that He gave it to us for a reason, and that reason is to inform us of truths that do not change, that do not come to us by osmosis, or through the “minds of men.” These truths, though irrefutable, are not common to men, they must be taught to us by the instruction of scripture.
As evidence that humans must be taught what is beautiful, good, and desirable, I will set forth a scenario. Do we, not all agree that it is good to give gifts to others? Is it not good, and gracious to help others in their time of need?
While I believe that we would all agree with these positions, let us consider a baby. We might all agree that babies are the most innocent amount us, the most righteous among people, having not yet committed any sins, but do these principles of love and compassion come to them naturally? Or, do they not cry out for others to heed their every call, and supply their every need? Does this make them tyrants, are they inferior, or malicious, or are they simply immature? Is it not that for them to understand these truths, they must learn them? Must they not be taught? Parents are burdened with the task of teaching these rudimentary precepts to their children.
Likewise, God’s word is not born within the confines of our cranium. No one is born with a complete knowledge of, and desire to obey the Word of God. Each person has a need to search out and to know the Word of God, but they must also cultivate a hunger for it. They must know that it exists before a hunger can be cultivated.
Rom 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” KJV
I am assuming that those that are reading this essay are intelligent. I am assuming that they have love, and compassion for their families, friends, and the less fortunate.
That they are not vengeful, arrogant, haters of God, who intend to issue in the “utopia,” of Marxism. The evidence of Marxism’s malicious outcome is ubiquitous, throughout global history, especially over the last hundred years, in countries such as Cuba, the USSR, China, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and very recently, Venezuela.
The truths of the Bible do not occur to anyone on their own. They must be taught to us. For instance, God told Abraham that He would make a great nation from his descendants. These were to be the, “chosen people of God.” Does the Bible document any great knowledge, or fidelity to the will of God among most of Abraham’s descendants? I don’t believe it does.
God later told Moses to lead, Israel, (“His chosen people,” also, descendants of Abraham,) out of Egypt. Is there any biblical documentation that these Israelites naturally possessed any great knowledge of the precepts of God, or desire to obey them?
Wasn’t it God himself who called Moses up to the mountain, and wrote the His commandments on stone tablets? Did God not command Moses to then teach them to the Israelites? If the tendency towards obedience to God’s commandments came from within, naturally, would these written commandments be necessary? Would it then be necessary that they were taught to the “people of God?”
My desire is to honor God by learning the Word of God, applying it in my own life to the best of my ability, and helping others to do the same. I believe that everything that we think, and do, is predicated on our knowledge of, and submission to the Word of God.
If we ignore facts and believe lies, we will receive the “just rewards.” If we join with others in the unjust criticism of honorable people, we will secure the just judgment of God upon ourselves. The fact that this judgment does not come immediately is not an indication that we will escape it. God’s judgment is not slack. It will come in His time, in His way, and it will fulfill His purposes. The fact that some can thumb their nose at God’s righteous judgments, enjoying comfort, and abundance, in the presence of ungodly, rejectors of truth, and enjoying the fellowship of degenerates who are self-righteous in their rejection of truth, is not an indication of God’s judgment of their behavior as righteous. We who believe in Jesus, and his salvation, are not free to sin. We are saved through repentance, not from repentance.
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Do I intend to impose my judgments upon my fellow Christians, and other Americans? Or is it that I see the sword coming, and I am blowing the trumpet?
In the referenced, Ezekiel 33:2-9, Does the Bible say that God had set a watchman, or was it the people who set a watchman? In part, the verse says, “If the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman.”
Well, I am a person, one of the people of America, and I believe that I see evidence of the “sword,” of the Lord coming, (Ezekiel 33:2.) I believe that it is incumbent upon me to blow the trumpet, that my fellow Americans, especially those of the Christian church, are warned.
If my fellow Christian Americans, and those that reject so great a salvation as is provided by our Lord Jesus Christ, fail to heed these warnings, I have not lost anything. I have done my job. The fact that many have rejected the warnings, will not protect them from danger. Their blood will be upon their own heads. If I were to be silent, fearing rejection, or seeking to appease the godless, their blood would be upon my head. I do not plan to meet my maker with this sin to my account.
That is why I write what I write. That is why I appeal to saints and sinners alike, to see clearly the peril facing us, both spiritual and political. The enemies of liberty, and God, believe that the American people are so gullible that they can be shamed into rejection of truth by relentless pressure to submit to the wisdom of men.
You might say to yourself,
“I believe in God, I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe that I have been saved by grace, and the blood of our Lord. I have accepted Jesus as my savior,
I have prophesied in His name. I have cast out devils in His name, and in His name, I have done many wonderful works, how can condemnation befall me?”
What might scripture say about such a position? I believe that God has seen this coming, and has already spoken to it many generations previous.
Mat 7:21-23— KJV
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
This is not my Judgement, this is the judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God bless you, Dave