Isaiah 64:6
King James Version
6 But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind,
have taken us away.
How impermanent our lives are!
And how we all take ourselves too seriously.
How we all want to outlive, and outdo each other.
How we all think our face, form, and fame will do the trick.
How we all try to have smart homes, when we are not so "smart".
How we want to be immaculate on the outside, when our insides are putrid, and impure.
Yes, we present a seemingly pure, perfect, and pristine image to the world.
We glorify in our brains, brawns, and "bonds".
And yet GOD knows how we really are.
There's no hiding from GOD, you see.
He knows our very heart, our very insides, our very thoughts, words, motives, and actions.
Genesis 6:5-6
King James Version
5 And God saw
that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth,
and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord
that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
Romans 3:9
King James Version
9 What then? are we better than they?
No, in no wise: for we have before proved
both Jews and Gentiles,
that they are all under sin;
Romans 3:10-12
King James Version
10 As it is written,
There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way,
they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Romans 3:23
King James Version
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
We can do all the polishing, and public relations we want, but there's no hiding from the truth:
"But we are all as an unclean thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf;"
This is not to demean, or demoralize us.
It just is -- the TRUTH of the MATTER.
We are all a sinful bunch.
With no real LOVE for GOD.
If we did, this would not have happened:
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
King James Version
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world
unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory.
Just so we know, our breath is but a vapor.
James 4:14
King James Version
14 Whereas ye know not
what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life?
It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time,
and then vanisheth away.
And yet there's One kind that lasts, which the LORD JESUS commands we be guided from:
John 3:6-8
King James Version
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth:
so is every one
that is born of the Spirit.
And in that very SPIRIT is LIBERTY.
2 Corinthians 3:17
King James Version
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
Having been taught by the HOLY SPIRIT for nearly seven years now, this born again watchman/workman will never again go back to her old ways.
1 Corinthians 9:27
King James Version
27 But I keep under my body,
and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway.
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 5:1
King James Version
5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made us free,
and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
Let us forsake sin.
Let us repent before the LORD.
Let us know GOD's will, ways, and wisdom.
Never again must we be in the enemy's clutches.
"Be PURE for the LORD now.
Be HOLY in your ways.
Be PERFECT for GOD.
Be BORN AGAIN now."
-- "The REAL target"
Why?
"That SPIRIT may dwell in you.
The Rapture is imminent.
After which, the Tribulation will occur."
-- "The REAL target"
You cannot trust man.
You cannot trust the world.
But you can trust JESUS.
He, alone, gives us the PEACE, and knowledge, we all seek.
He is our PATH to GOD:
John 14:6-7
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me,
ye should have known my Father also:
and from henceforth ye know him,
and have seen him.
JESUS is our ONLY SOURCE of TRUTH, PEACE, JUSTICE, and FREEDOM.
John 8:36
King James Version
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed.
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