A watchman
guards his post from an elevated position in order to warn against any
onslaught from its enemy. He is the first to observe the enemies attack if and
when he isn’t asleep at his post. In fact the enemy seemed so callous in his approach
that I have concluded that “delusion” is at play…
Delusion always
achieves its objective and hoodwinks a person into believing a lie. The irony
of it all; even sin demands acceptance of an actual condition before any rescue
is achievable. This is where the strength of sin lies; even when an individual
seems to be on track, sin still dominates their being whilst remaining
oblivious to it. Alcoholics need to own their disease before they can
successfully conquer their ailment and so on and even though that beast may
eventually be conquered the condition of their hearts remain enslaved to sin.
Patch work may plug the hole but unless we get a new heart we will always be
tricked by its delicacies. Sin will always delude us into accepting foreign
comportment as the norm. On the one hand our hidden agendas that we want no one
to see hidden in plain view, God sees everything! And on the other somethings
that obviously don’t fit, made to fit and then for society to accept it as
natural, when in fact is anything but natural. Same sex marriages are a very
good example; not so long ago this would have been frowned upon by many
self-righteous individuals. They would have not been wrong in their judgments
but sadly that is were it stopped for most when it came to heeding scripture;
“hobby horses” quick to be pointed out error whilst the exclusion of their own
sin is overlooked. Unless the shackle of sin is broken by repentance in Christ
there remains no hope for an individual even though they may not be aware of this
reality. Delusion camouflaged but very much alive and well!
True repentance
will bring change and expose the wood from the trees. Not a change from the
outside in, which will only ever harvest self righteousness but from the inside
out; “And I will give you a new heart,
and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone
from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26) – Resulting with the
evidence of your conviction and this then will be its fruit; “because,
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified,
and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the
Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to
shame."” (Romans
10:9-11)
Most of mankind
have their pet subjects that they are passionate about and are quick to voice
their opinions when those topics come up. As for me I have learnt by the good
graces of my Heavenly Father that anything contrary to His instruction is a
trap waiting to be triggered. So without studying scripture and lending an ear
to His voice how will we ever know what is being said? Foreign voices which
ignite varying topics may trigger our minds into a mistake which occurs
instantaneous but mostly those traps have been wired with a slow release
mechanism. The deeper one gravitates the slipperier the slide. Why would we so
willingly accept certain criteria as the norm? The answer is an obvious one,
“the sin that so easily besets”. It is the way mankind has been
wired, however without deception running a mock we would not be so easily
mislead. And this is why we need rescue, “Jesus in my place” – Bless His name,
Amen!
Here are some
of the brutal facts concerning mankind’s existence according to the Bible
teachings, which I view higher than any other and am willing to place the
existence of my future on its instruction as I believe it is the written Words
of the only true God that hold the keys to heaven and hell in His hands. In
eternal lyrics my infinity hinges on its training. Rather important when
understood wouldn’t you say? It is a treasure map filled with searchable
directives for this life and the life to come. Disregard its instruction at
your own peril. But again I say! Without true repentance is Christ, these words
will have no real substance to your life. This is why a person needs to be
“born again”; they need their spiritual eyes to be opened, without that event
in their lives, nothing but dead works and self- righteousness will encapsulate
their interventions. You needn’t look far to see this at play whilst people
point and jeer as they commend their colleges and peers and yet they have been
hoodwinked by the deception of the devil; a smokescreen of delusion has tricked
them into believing lies with Satan in his chair with the unquenchable pleasures
of sin running a mock.
Without the
mind of Christ it is an impossible task to make head or tails of the real
issues that will play out in eternity. As for the Christian there is a war
which continues to rage, the spirit and the flesh, the “old man” and the mind
of Christ contending for leadership. The sooner we accept the fact that the
“old man” is dead the freer we will be to serve our great God and Father; “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin
and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:11)
Thankfully God
hasn’t left us there with our own interventions running riot; he has given
gifts unto men to unpack the Bibles instructions which teaches us the way of
the Master; "When he ascended on high he led a
host of captives, and he gave gifts to
men." (Ephesians 4:8) – We must always learn to the best of our God
given capabilities and stick to the text of scripture. Another “red flag” that
is contrary to scripture and which certain Christian circles are throwing out
their with woman teachers demanding to be heard. In today’s day and age, women
are demanding to be heard and are being received. However when we accept this
as the norm which is contrary to scripture, delusion is at play. God never
changes - He is constant; “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of
their way of life, and imitate
their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever.” (Hebrews
13:7-8) – These are the types of examples that
will help us test our hearts and where we stand with regard to God’s
instruction. If and when we see resistance, delusion is at play! There are many
other examples I could single out but I mention this as it is extremely topical
in today’s day and age.
So my beloved sisters in Christ do not be fooled by
the fads of the day; we have the mind of Christ.
Scripture is very clear on certain topics and the
sooner we align ourselves with God’s instruction the sweeter our existences
will be. Shirk the Bibles instruction and you can be sure of a downward spiral
that will end badly with damage running a mock. Scripture is filled with
warnings that go against its instructions. We must never forget to glean from
the warnings of scripture; they have been penned for our admonition. Praise the
name of Jesus now and forever more, Amen and Amen!
Signing off
Tyrone