Another Poem from Annie Johnson Flint...enjoy!!!!
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Kingdom that tuurned the world upside down....
Obedience...
During WW11, the US government rationed a large number of items. Rubber was the first to be rationed. Gas soon followed. Before long, the government began rationing sugar, coffee, meats, butter, canned goods,dry peas and beans, and a variety of other things. Eventyally, the government rationed or restricted even such items as shoes and clothing.
Now, what would people have thought of a person who claimed to be a zealous patriot if we were caught stealing gas from a local refinery so that he wouldn't have to endure the inconvenience of wartime gas rationing? What if the same person broke numerous other wartime laws?
Would anyone have called him a true patriot? They would have called him a hypocrite, a fraud, and even a traitor.
Its no difference in Christs Kingdom. Jesus has issued various laws and commandments, and all of His laws are wartime laws. When we break His laws, we show ourselves to be traitors. We show that we have no real love for our new country. We want to enjoy the benefits of living under His government, but we dont want to incur any inconveniences. Jesus sees right through any fake patriotism for His Kingdom, any artificial love for Him.
More tomorrow....
LOVE to all who read...
~~~TERRI!!~~~
During WW11, the US government rationed a large number of items. Rubber was the first to be rationed. Gas soon followed. Before long, the government began rationing sugar, coffee, meats, butter, canned goods,dry peas and beans, and a variety of other things. Eventyally, the government rationed or restricted even such items as shoes and clothing.
Now, what would people have thought of a person who claimed to be a zealous patriot if we were caught stealing gas from a local refinery so that he wouldn't have to endure the inconvenience of wartime gas rationing? What if the same person broke numerous other wartime laws?
Would anyone have called him a true patriot? They would have called him a hypocrite, a fraud, and even a traitor.
Its no difference in Christs Kingdom. Jesus has issued various laws and commandments, and all of His laws are wartime laws. When we break His laws, we show ourselves to be traitors. We show that we have no real love for our new country. We want to enjoy the benefits of living under His government, but we dont want to incur any inconveniences. Jesus sees right through any fake patriotism for His Kingdom, any artificial love for Him.
More tomorrow....
LOVE to all who read...
~~~TERRI!!~~~
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