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Living by example: The good; bad and the ugly
Revisiting the theme from the last post; let's consider the situation where someone fails in a mission through no obvious fault of their own. In the example of witnessing in a dangerous neighborhood an incident can quickly arise that abruptly ends our attempts at sharing God's truth. No computer can give us wisdom to fall to our knees and pray; or tell us where to go and when to move on. Paul faced times such as the desire to go to Bithynia and the Spirit said NO; and other times when he was called elsewhere (such as the call to go instead to Macedonia). When someone is in need we can discover what we are supposed to do but not how to help. In Acts we read about someone that couldn't be helped with silver or gold but was healed by Peter ( Acts 3:6) during the time of his unique unction.
We can no more explain God's calling and choosing to reveal Himself to a previously dead heart than we can explain a heart of unbelief that Satan has blinded and who cannot find objective truth (such as the Pharisees finding a need to ask for a sign after all of Christ's miracles). Judas' betrayal made no sense when all the riches of heaven were there for the asking if he would only believe.
In short the spiritual dimension is only comprehended by someone with an eternal soul; namely man albeit the animal kingdom and all of creation reacts to what is happening but only men can truly be judged based on eternal truths evident in the creation as Romans 1 states either sentenced to eternal condemnation or eternal reward of heaven's joy depending on their spiritual state.
What the world doesn't get is that once we are removed as "salt and light" that once 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 occurs (the restrainer removed) the preverbal you know what is going to hit the fan. Antichrist somehow will be able to craft a deception uniquely appealing to every particular person (AI?)
Living by example: The good; bad and the ugly
Revisiting the theme from the last post; let's consider the situation where someone fails in a mission through no obvious fault of their own. In the example of witnessing in a dangerous neighborhood an incident can quickly arise that abruptly ends our attempts at sharing God's truth. No computer can give us wisdom to fall to our knees and pray; or tell us where to go and when to move on. Paul faced times such as the desire to go to Bithynia and the Spirit said NO; and other times when he was called elsewhere (such as the call to go instead to Macedonia). When someone is in need we can discover what we are supposed to do but not how to help. In Acts we read about someone that couldn't be helped with silver or gold but was healed by Peter ( Acts 3:6) during the time of his unique unction.
We can no more explain God's calling and choosing to reveal Himself to a previously dead heart than we can explain a heart of unbelief that Satan has blinded and who cannot find objective truth (such as the Pharisees finding a need to ask for a sign after all of Christ's miracles). Judas' betrayal made no sense when all the riches of heaven were there for the asking if he would only believe.
In short the spiritual dimension is only comprehended by someone with an eternal soul; namely man albeit the animal kingdom and all of creation reacts to what is happening but only men can truly be judged based on eternal truths evident in the creation as Romans 1 states either sentenced to eternal condemnation or eternal reward of heaven's joy depending on their spiritual state.
What the world doesn't get is that once we are removed as "salt and light" that once 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 occurs (the restrainer removed) the preverbal you know what is going to hit the fan. Antichrist somehow will be able to craft a deception uniquely appealing to every particular person (AI?)
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