"Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything is before him. It is the same for all." (Ecclesiastes 9)
Most "spiritual" people do not like this, "It is the same for all." They would react with something like, "Wait! If, 'It is the same for all", then why am I a part of this? I came to get something that the, 'all', don't have." And just what is that?
There is no doubt that there is a "you-are-special" gospel out there. It has been infecting the Church mostly strongly and powerfully for the last 50 years. Just peruse a little "Christian Television," or go to a "Christian" bookstore.
"Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him" (Amplified). There are "form criticism" people out there who might say that since Ecclesiastes was the last of Solomon's writings, he "lost" something. What would motivate such a thinking is what has been the ruin of so many in Christendom. It is what I have called before, smorgasbord religion. People go through the line (churches) and pick and choose what they want, what feels good, what "bears witness" to them. They do the same with the Bible.
Solomon was not like Job's friends, though their words are in the Bible. God said that they did not speak, "....of Me what is right." Solomon, as I wrote yesterday, was affirmed by our Lord Jesus, viz., "the wisdom of Solomon." Jesus did not say that, "the wisdom of Solomon," was just in the Proverbs or the Song of Solomon. This is why you and I need to read the whole Bible the whole time. One just cannot help creating their own religion if they do not.
There is in life a, "It is the same for all." This should humble you and me. This reality will help us to not be surprised by, "....whether it will be love or hatred", coming at us from unexpected sources. You and I have in Jesus' Precious Blood, death and resurrection the forgiveness of sin, "accepted in the Beloved," a home in Heaven, "peace which passes all understanding," and many, many more, "exceeding great and precious promises." What we need to walk in His Peace and contentment, however, is the ability to distinguish between this, "so great a salvation," and life's, "It is the same for all."
Father, in Jesus' Name, only You can help in this distinguishing. Amen.
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"Germany's Muslim Demographic Future" at: jhs58.blogspot.com
Fall Mission: October 28-November 15
Most "spiritual" people do not like this, "It is the same for all." They would react with something like, "Wait! If, 'It is the same for all", then why am I a part of this? I came to get something that the, 'all', don't have." And just what is that?
There is no doubt that there is a "you-are-special" gospel out there. It has been infecting the Church mostly strongly and powerfully for the last 50 years. Just peruse a little "Christian Television," or go to a "Christian" bookstore.
"Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him" (Amplified). There are "form criticism" people out there who might say that since Ecclesiastes was the last of Solomon's writings, he "lost" something. What would motivate such a thinking is what has been the ruin of so many in Christendom. It is what I have called before, smorgasbord religion. People go through the line (churches) and pick and choose what they want, what feels good, what "bears witness" to them. They do the same with the Bible.
Solomon was not like Job's friends, though their words are in the Bible. God said that they did not speak, "....of Me what is right." Solomon, as I wrote yesterday, was affirmed by our Lord Jesus, viz., "the wisdom of Solomon." Jesus did not say that, "the wisdom of Solomon," was just in the Proverbs or the Song of Solomon. This is why you and I need to read the whole Bible the whole time. One just cannot help creating their own religion if they do not.
There is in life a, "It is the same for all." This should humble you and me. This reality will help us to not be surprised by, "....whether it will be love or hatred", coming at us from unexpected sources. You and I have in Jesus' Precious Blood, death and resurrection the forgiveness of sin, "accepted in the Beloved," a home in Heaven, "peace which passes all understanding," and many, many more, "exceeding great and precious promises." What we need to walk in His Peace and contentment, however, is the ability to distinguish between this, "so great a salvation," and life's, "It is the same for all."
Father, in Jesus' Name, only You can help in this distinguishing. Amen.
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"Germany's Muslim Demographic Future" at: jhs58.blogspot.com
Fall Mission: October 28-November 15
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
