Hypocrisy is in the midst!
Yes it does still exist. Take a look around. There is judgement in this town. “Heresy!” came out of the mouths of Pharisees who held tight to the law, instead of following Jesus. "Blasphemy!" shouted those in Capernaum who accused John the Baptist as being possessed by a demon. Can you hear them now? “Since you sit with sinners, then you must be like them.” “What is wrong with you?” “Why are you mingling with the condemned?” But I say to you, you who are wise in your own eyes, you walk in vain, like a Nicodemus in disguise. Just wait and see and you will finally believe for Judgement Day is coming for you and me. Korazin and Bethsaida are not the only places miracles have been done for right here in Clermont souls of men are being won. "Open your eyes and see everything the Father has trusted unto me. Stop walking among the secular so you can learn to trust and believe. Father has hidden my ways to them who are wise and clever to logical ways of men. I seek the meek the humble in spirit and sight for they come like children excited to learn what they might." Self-righteousness lies within the proudest of men. They rely on their goodness, and their pride from which it stems. The same characteristic was embedded in the soul of Job. Do you remember how his story was told? Despite being upright, he fell into the sinner's plight; He dug his own hole, the more that he spoke. Over and over again, he spoke of how innocent he was. It was daunting to hear him act on the whim that nothing was wrong within him. "If I were to take back his spirit and withdraw my breath, all life would cease and humanity would turn again to dust!" He was like Nicodemus in disguise, for sure. He believed in himself. He was so self-assured. So what about you? Are you like Nicodemus too? You have become so good at finding fault with men. Do you really believe that you can clearly see the log that blinds them? How can this be? Has the apple fallen far from the tree? Knowing good and evil has become a stumbling block to thee. A log is entombed in your own eye and it is buried so very deep. You don't even realize your stumbling block is six-feet under layers of heavy concrete. I am the Amen, the medicinal salve for your eyes. I am the faithful and true witness who dispels all of the enemy's lies. I am the origin of all that exists. I am the Word that allows you to persist. Who you think you are is so very contrary to me. They will know me by my fruit so stop being a stumbling block to me. While you have kept my greatest command, to love Me with all your heart. You struggle with the second, to love your neighbor as YOURSELF. I know this is hard for you, because you have foolishly determined from within that loving yourself is a deplorable sin. While dying to flesh is absolutely true, sin has distorted your view. Dying to flesh has become twisted to mean that we must hate the flesh that we live in. While we know that the flesh is inherently full of sin, I am not saying to kill yourself or to throw your towel in. Don't misunderstand why I have come. I have come to the heal the brokenhearted, and to turn the heart into flesh from a heart of stone that you've worn. No! I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. I came to accomplish their purpose. I came to reconcile my spirit back to me It is the cry of my heart that you will have faith to believe. Your zeal for knowledge and activities has prevented you from building a genuine relationship with me. Many say they want more of me and less of them, but is that really true? Are they willing to let go? Are they willing to let me lead, when I ask them to walk through? Introspection is the mission field of my Spirit working in thee. Thoughtful meditation of the heart is how spiritual eyes come to see. So, I ask you to plead your case to me. When did I tell you not to consider the image I created you to be? Are you not a three-part being, made in the image of me? I created you as spirit, soul and body, so tell me, which part should be the amputee? I knitted you together in the womb, so why would you assume your mind, will and emotions mean nothing to me? Why would you discount one part of yourself, when I have clothed you wholly in my glory? Do you think I have made a mistake? Can I not transform the one I have reconciled back to me? It is true, self by Yourself is rotten to me, for how can you be fruitful if you are separated from me? But self covered under my blood is how I created you to be. Designed for the work that I want you to do. My holiness transforms you, and brings you back to me. True transformation requires the inner parts of you being fully exposed to me. For when you are true, I can trust that you are faithfully devoted to me. Since peace, love and joy are a part of my fruit, then why do you believe that emotions are bad? Doesn’t the mere thought of eternal separation cause you to be sad? Do you think I would give you a soul for no reason at all? Do you think I created you to be numb and without hope? Scholars scoff at the heuristic imposing their logic upon men; and discovery can be what is needed to to create an open end. For when we are open we often will see that the blood of Christ was poured out for even sinner's like me. Curiosity and wonder may be where the journey starts for some. "Come just as you are" is how I call the the ones that I love. Those who know - just know, They follow their heart. They act spontaneously and they do not depart. So men like Nicodemus be careful not to dissuade those who step forward to follow my way. Stop telling my people to stop trusting their feelings, Your job as my disciple is to show them my mercy and love. Intimacy in marriage is formed through deep affection between a groom and his bride. I ask you this, how do you form a deep connection if you constantly slam the door and hide? Stop bringing me your sacrifices of all that you do, instead show me your heart and show me that you are true. Do you have any idea how much I love you? Do you have any idea what I willingly went through? I've sent my only son to cover your filth with his blood. It is only his living water that washes away your mud. My law does not free you from the sin that spiritually separates us. Instead it reveals your brokenness, so I ask you now, "In whom do your trust?" Even my servant Paul told the people to pray "for the eyes of their hearts to be enlightened to God's ways." Listen carefully, Nicodemus in disguise. It is time to smell the coffee and stop following lies. When I call you to sit at the sinner's table with me, will you drink of my blood and eat the flesh of me? When I ask you to lay down all that you know, will you give it up freely when I tell you, "It is time for us to go." Did you know that a change of heart is produced by my Spirit? A man cannot redeem a man, no matter how much fear you put into it. It is truly our faith that delivers us from sin. It truly the blood of Christ that redeems us back to him.
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