"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus....For consider him...." (From Heb. 12, KJV)
I am in the Book of Hebrews and just read our text for today. I used the King James Version because it is the version from which I read the Book of Hebrews for the first time as a young boy, indeed, it was the first book I ever read. The theology of Hebrews is the theology of the Bible. Hebrews points to Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the Old Covenant. "Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him Who appointed Him...." Hebrews stands in very stark contrast to the misconceptions, the perversions, and the lies of a modern global society bent on deception, conquer, marginalization, and eventual elimination of what the Bible refers to as, "the Faith of Jesus," i.e., the Christian Faith. This fight is everywhere in all cultures.
I read this morning a little of Obama's speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is an example of the misunderstanding at best, and deception at worse, of global leaders. First of all, Islam is not one of the world's great religions. The last 20 years have revealed as much as Mohammed's Jihad of the late seventh and early eighth century that Islam is one of the world's great murderous empires. Secondly, Indonesia is not, as Obama says, "tolerant of other religions." Persecution of Followers of Jesus Christ is common daily life in much of Indonesia, that "largest of Muslim nations." Contrary to a politician's desire to appeal to the masses, there is only one, repeat, one "Great World Religion." It is the religion of Jesus Christ, the religion which Colossians 1 declares, "And Jesus Christ is the head of the church; Jesus is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything Jesus might have the supremacy," glorified, worshipped together with the Father and Holy Spirit, which, by the way, Obama's, "one of the world's great religions," vehemently ridicules and calls polytheistic.
The great majority of politicians want to come off as "nice guys," appeal to the majority. But the majority of humanity is not right. The majority is wrong. So much for "majority rules." The "majority" rejects Jesus Christ, the One Who laid down His Life, shed His Precious Blood, gave His Body to be beaten, bruised, whipped, nailed to a cross, then triumphed over the grave, rising from, "among the dead," so that you and I may be born into the Family of the Living Triune God, citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. To the one who wants to be popular, "fit in," be accepted as "normal," not extremist, and very open minded, I say, The Kingdom of Heaven is no place for you. To the one, however, who, "loses his life for My sake and the gospel's," I say, "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that You define "nice" in me. Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
