The Thessalonians

So, in Matthew we are commissioned to cut off our hand and pluck out our eye if they cause us to sin. Sin is what keeps up from progressing in our walk with God. Sin causes us to wallow in our spiritual infancy. We, as a church often view it as acceptable to remain a spiritual baby for longer than we should. We don't see a problem with seeing a lack of wisdom in people who have been a Christian for 6 month, a year, or even years. When Paul went to see the church at Thessalonika, he was with them for 3 sabbath days, that is equal to about two weeks. Now, within this two weeks, people accepted Christ and were being taught about the second coming of Christ. That is a pretty deep subject for someone so young in the faith. Many people would ask how the church would be ready to receive this. It's simple, they cut away their sin. Instantly. Whenever God convicted them of having an idol, they cast it down. Whenever they were made aware of the sin their hand our eye caused them, they removed it. How radically changed would our lives be if we reacted the same way to our sin rather than bargaining, arguing, or excusing ourselves?

Bondservant

So, I've been having this huge dilemma in my life over my various issues. I'm working on not airing my dirty laundry, so we'll just say that what the issues are doesn't really matter. Anyways, so I was struggling the other night and I went to God's Word like we should when we struggle. I read 1 Cor. 6:20 which says that we are not our own, but we are bought at a price. That's what the term bondservant means, bought at a price. So, that just really got me thinking. I do have a question for all you blogging geniuses, how do I add your blogs to my favorites on my profile so that I can get onto them without having to track you down or remember url's?

I fail

I know I fail because I haven't posted in so long. So I thought I would talk about something challenging. You know me, I'm deep when you can't see my face. Lol! Anyways, go to a Sunday night bible study with some peeps and we have been studying Hebrews for about two months now. One thing that has really challenged me is that our leader told us that in our spirits we know if we are ready for Jesus to come back. I remember telling Ron one time in about February 2007 that if Jesus came back, I would be ready, but I don't know if that's true anymore. How do you feel? Think about it and pray about it. Are you prepared for Jesus to come back like a thief in the night?