KINGDOMS IN CONFLICT
The events of the past weeks are such reminders that as Christ followers we must take our stand against the devil's schemes. It is so true that our struggles are not FLESH AND BLOOD, "but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the power of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." The kingdom of this age is in conflict with the will and purpose of the LORD JESUS, and the onus is on flesh and blood to decide to whom allegiance will be given. As Christ followers, we must allow the Holy Spirit of God to finger our strongholds of favoritism and prejudice. It is my, our, responsibility to demolish every opinion and attitude, even behavior that raises itself against the knowledge of God.
In reading Oswald Chambers for today, "The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge of Jesus Christ." The apostle Peter is a reminder that we can be a Christ follower and can have a prejudice. He certainly did in Acts 10 as God sends him to Cornelius, a Roman centurion. Horror of horrors, a Gentile, a Roman whose nation greatly persecuted the Christians, and to make it more offensive, he was to enter a Gentile's home. God revealed to Peter, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." Acts 10:15. Christ followers, it is imperative that we scrutinize our own thoughts and attitudes for revelation of our own opinions and attitudes that are raised up in our minds against the knowledge of God. Kingdoms in conflict...my opinions versus the Truth of Scripture!
Will we as Christ followers and the Body of Christ model the TRUTHS of the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus or will we continue to coddle our prejudices and favoritism and see the horrors continue? To us has been committed the message and the ministry of reconciliation, will we obey and give the message, "Be reconciled to God!"
In reading Oswald Chambers for today, "The spiritual saint never believes circumstances to be haphazard, or thinks of his life as secular and sacred; he sees everything he is dumped down in as the means of securing the knowledge of Jesus Christ." The apostle Peter is a reminder that we can be a Christ follower and can have a prejudice. He certainly did in Acts 10 as God sends him to Cornelius, a Roman centurion. Horror of horrors, a Gentile, a Roman whose nation greatly persecuted the Christians, and to make it more offensive, he was to enter a Gentile's home. God revealed to Peter, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." Acts 10:15. Christ followers, it is imperative that we scrutinize our own thoughts and attitudes for revelation of our own opinions and attitudes that are raised up in our minds against the knowledge of God. Kingdoms in conflict...my opinions versus the Truth of Scripture!
Will we as Christ followers and the Body of Christ model the TRUTHS of the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus or will we continue to coddle our prejudices and favoritism and see the horrors continue? To us has been committed the message and the ministry of reconciliation, will we obey and give the message, "Be reconciled to God!"
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