Many say that while they hope so, they're not sure. They're afraid they will ruin their salvation between now and the day they die. (I used to think that I had to keep doing good out of fear of going to hell, but I know better now) Jesus says in Matt 13:36-43, "The righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom." This is a promise we can count on.
God isn't going to remove all the weeds from the earth just yet, but he certainly wants to remove their influence on us. This is why He has given us his own Holy Spirit. We must seek to do good, and seek God with a pure heart. I believe that God sends us angels to help us sort right from wrong, truth from deception, good seed from bad seed. We may not recognize their presence but they are capable of protecting us from the infections of evildoers as long as we remain humbly correctable.
This was also the realization over the weekend,the Gospel text of Luke 11:1-13; I have always walked away with this message "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you." but I just realized a important message at the very end of the passage;
"If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the Father in heaven
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment