GREENE STREET LETTERS: SATURDAY MUSING

Saturday, November 7, 2020

SATURDAY MUSING

Unless you've been living under a rock, you are probably familiar with the phrase, "you reap what you sow". In this case, talking spiritually, how you live will come back to bless or bite. Simple as that. Yet most give no heed to this statement. Or if they do, they push it to the back burner, giving it no though.

Kind of found myself stuck in Romans 2 this morning, when these verses seem to jump off the page for me.

V.5 - But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed.

When I read the words "Storing up wrath" I had this picture of a space where God's wrath and anger were being held in check (by him of course). But it was a limited space. In other words, He will only hold back for so long. Keep in mind that He is constantly reaching out to us to repent, to change, to turn from our own wickedness and repent. In other words, God isn't just getting angry, He is also moving His Holy Spirit around us, over us and in us to give up our sinful attitude and behavior.

V.6 - God will repay each person according to what they have done

V.7 - To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life.

V.8 - But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

"Oh but God would never do that!!! He is a God of love...of puppy dogs and ice cream, rainbows and unicorns." Such is the mindset of some. While others simply deny that God is real. Mercy on those who live in such a manner.

If anything is clear in this world today, and in this country today, it is the simple fact that people have cast off any moral restraint and have given themselves fully to living under the influence of "SELF". To them, there is no higher authority than "Self". There is no power greater than "Self" and anyone who tries to interject any belief or view other than "SELF" had better back off.

If ever we needed God, it is now.

If ever we needed a nation to be revived, it is now.

If ever we needed to repent, it is now.

God on you...

mbb

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Saturday, November 7, 2020

SATURDAY MUSING

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD