RE: Thoughts for the day - Mark 9:35
Spiritual/Metaphysical Truth Seekers is with Anna Fon Berg.
January 27 at 8:06pm ·
If you harbor hate for some or blame or despise others, be they politicians, religious leaders, “sinners” of the flesh, or those who use you or harm you, then by the natural law of sowing and reaping you cannot lead a quiet and peaceable life.
The problem is most people see things through the lens of their flesh eyes instead of their spiritual eyes. To that end, they are both spiritually evil (ignorant) and spiritually adulterous (idolatrous). That is why they look to or seek after signs. That does not mean they are necessarily “bad” people. It’s just not their “end time”, their “last days” yet! Again, we all are brought to the glory of God in our own order (1 Cor. 15:23)
Keep in mind what an evil (ignorant… of Christ) and adulterous (idolatrous) man the Pharisee Saul was before Christ revealed Himself to him and his name (nature) was changed to Paul (meaning little).
Question: If you knew prior to Saul’s conversion what God’s plan was for him in the future, would you have “judged” him differently before his conversion? Would you have harbored hate or resentment for his severe persecution of Christians or would you have prayed for him as instructed in 1 Ti 2:1? I ask that because there are many Saul’s in the world today whose time has not yet come! Think about what unconditional love is.
Yes, this is a very good question and often asked via.
If you knew Hitler was going to kill millions of people, would you, given the chance had killed him before he rose to power? When he was a young man? When he was a child? When he was an infant? How about his mother if you knew she was to give birth to him?
We are not called to answer these questions nor given the wisdom from the Father to do so. This judgement is the Father's alone.
Thanks for the reply.
Many blessings
Craig
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