Hi there,
So I just wanted to get a feel for your faith, out there: there should be some kind of prophecy, that you would hold greater than all the others - it gives an example of what kind of strength God has given you, right? Like is the whole hot/cold thing when it comes to Churches, going to be something that you continue to think about; what about works? does surviving the fire play a big part in your life; maybe its the whole male/female thing, being one in the end (as is the Bridegroom coming for His Bride prophecy? Can you see where I am going with this?
The mystery of the faith, is a big thing for me, it keeps me sane, but I'm not so sure I am going to dwell on being sane, when I get to Heaven. I would die for it, yes, as I would die for many of the prophecies, but on the other hand, I would want to be rewarded with something more than the bare necessity of faith and prophecy. I mean if you came to me in Heaven and you said "Wow, I had faith too", I'd be appealing to God pretty quick, to show you something other than just more faith, at my expense - I've worked for my faith, I have asked dozens of times for wisdom, I don't just cast my pearls before swine or give what is holy to the dogs. You might think your faith is worth something, and that's great, but do me a favour and give me a sense of where your faith is based, not just in what ways you have exhausted it?
This is important, right? That Jesus have a sense of what you like about Him, why you trust Him, what other contexts you would like to see Him in? I mean this is real stuff, the stuff of relationships. As Jesus said "blessed are you to see the things you see and to hear the things you hear, for many prophets and kings desired to see what you see and did not see it and to hear what you hear and did not hear it" (from memory, Matthew 13:17), these are the Days of the Holy Spirit - the One who came alongside on the Way to the Cross. If we are not trusting the Word now what good is all our reading the Bible? That we put nothing on the line? That we just read page to page, without something impacting us, again and again and again? Surely we have to commit to the idea that there will be truths that last with us, more and more as the Day approaches (I am asking you, as I asked myself, "where is your faith?")
I think if I have a failing, it is that I may indeed be condemned, by something I say, but I still expect the Lord to be propounded more and more. Like if I overlook repentance, and still proclaim the Lord, the Word of the Lord won't suffer - well, it might not suffer as much, but it will still suffer: you can't be a slave to sin, and not increase suffering. I guess I have to remind myself to be humble, is what I am saying. I want what I say, to get easier and easier to understand, not just because it is convenient (to forget sin with). There's probably a tonne of things the Lord could say about my trust in Him, I guess I am going to be asking for Wisdom, more than I think, if I can get through this.
But I suppose if you said "what verse is it, that you would quote at your death?" That's a tough one: I think I would quote "Let your yes, be yes and your no, be no" that says everything you need to know about death right there. If you can resist the evil one, and you die that way, there is nothing that Heaven will hold back from you. I even think, that God would concur, its not for anyone to be the judge of another's death, but that we all must answer yes or no to everything that happens in Heaven - for Glory or Greater Of God. This is supposed to stretch your faith, that's why I am asking it. I need to know what is coming, where you stand, what you stand on. Make sense? I trust God will make up the difference between your faith and mine, some time soon!
I hope this has been of some encouragement to you.
God bless.
So I just wanted to get a feel for your faith, out there: there should be some kind of prophecy, that you would hold greater than all the others - it gives an example of what kind of strength God has given you, right? Like is the whole hot/cold thing when it comes to Churches, going to be something that you continue to think about; what about works? does surviving the fire play a big part in your life; maybe its the whole male/female thing, being one in the end (as is the Bridegroom coming for His Bride prophecy? Can you see where I am going with this?
The mystery of the faith, is a big thing for me, it keeps me sane, but I'm not so sure I am going to dwell on being sane, when I get to Heaven. I would die for it, yes, as I would die for many of the prophecies, but on the other hand, I would want to be rewarded with something more than the bare necessity of faith and prophecy. I mean if you came to me in Heaven and you said "Wow, I had faith too", I'd be appealing to God pretty quick, to show you something other than just more faith, at my expense - I've worked for my faith, I have asked dozens of times for wisdom, I don't just cast my pearls before swine or give what is holy to the dogs. You might think your faith is worth something, and that's great, but do me a favour and give me a sense of where your faith is based, not just in what ways you have exhausted it?
This is important, right? That Jesus have a sense of what you like about Him, why you trust Him, what other contexts you would like to see Him in? I mean this is real stuff, the stuff of relationships. As Jesus said "blessed are you to see the things you see and to hear the things you hear, for many prophets and kings desired to see what you see and did not see it and to hear what you hear and did not hear it" (from memory, Matthew 13:17), these are the Days of the Holy Spirit - the One who came alongside on the Way to the Cross. If we are not trusting the Word now what good is all our reading the Bible? That we put nothing on the line? That we just read page to page, without something impacting us, again and again and again? Surely we have to commit to the idea that there will be truths that last with us, more and more as the Day approaches (I am asking you, as I asked myself, "where is your faith?")
I think if I have a failing, it is that I may indeed be condemned, by something I say, but I still expect the Lord to be propounded more and more. Like if I overlook repentance, and still proclaim the Lord, the Word of the Lord won't suffer - well, it might not suffer as much, but it will still suffer: you can't be a slave to sin, and not increase suffering. I guess I have to remind myself to be humble, is what I am saying. I want what I say, to get easier and easier to understand, not just because it is convenient (to forget sin with). There's probably a tonne of things the Lord could say about my trust in Him, I guess I am going to be asking for Wisdom, more than I think, if I can get through this.
But I suppose if you said "what verse is it, that you would quote at your death?" That's a tough one: I think I would quote "Let your yes, be yes and your no, be no" that says everything you need to know about death right there. If you can resist the evil one, and you die that way, there is nothing that Heaven will hold back from you. I even think, that God would concur, its not for anyone to be the judge of another's death, but that we all must answer yes or no to everything that happens in Heaven - for Glory or Greater Of God. This is supposed to stretch your faith, that's why I am asking it. I need to know what is coming, where you stand, what you stand on. Make sense? I trust God will make up the difference between your faith and mine, some time soon!
I hope this has been of some encouragement to you.
God bless.
