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Wednesday,
January 6, 2010
Those That Make It
Proverbs 2:3-5 Yea, if thou criest after
knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; (4) If thou seekest
her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; (5) Then shalt
thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. (KJV)
Those that truly make the grade, those
that are chosen of God are the ones that are willing to forsake all the
cheap imitations that this world has to offer so that they can grab and
hang onto the things that our Lord has to offer His people. So how would
you categorize your life today, are you as diligent in the things of God as
you are for the things of this world? Because in the end, or should I say
the beginning of each day you are on this earth, this is the mindset it is
going to take if you are going to be one of the few that make it home.
Luke 16:9-11 And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,
they may receive you into everlasting habitations. (10) He that is faithful
in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in
the least is unjust also in much. (11) If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true
riches? (KJV)
You know folks, this is what separates
the children from the adults, those that truly grow up and mature in the
realm of the Spirit, and those that stay stuck in the dead end rut of the
flesh and its fallen desires. If you don’t break free and be over comers in
the area of finances then you will not be used of God or able to grow up
and mature in Christ.
Luke 16:9
[Into
everlasting habitations]-- into "mansions" more durable than this
steward was welcomed into when turned out of doors. But how are these
friends to receive us into everlasting habitations? By rising up as
witnesses of what we did in their behalf for Jesus Christ’s sake. (from
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary)
What would you really have to offer
anyone if it is not all the true and real treasures of wisdom and knowledge
which is in Christ? So in order to access that realm and be trusted of our
Lord, you will have to forgo the things of this realm and what is highly
esteemed in the sight of man.
Luke 16:9
Thus,
the only difference between this view of the saints' admission to heaven
and that in our Lord's grand description of the Last Judgment <Matt.
25:34-40> is, that there Christ Himself as Judge speaks for them, in the
character of omniscient Spectator of their acts of beneficence to "His
brethren;" while here, these brethren of Jesus are supposed to be the
speakers in their behalf. There, Christ says, "I was an hungered, and
ye gave Me meat;" for "inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of
these my brethren ye did it unto me." Here, these least of Christ's
brethren themselves come forward, one after another, saying, `I was hungry,
and that dear saint gave me bread; ' `and I was naked, and that other saint
clothed me; ' `and I was sick, and that saint there laid me such heavenly
visits; ' `and I was in prison for Thy name's sake, but that fearless one
came unto me, and was not ashamed of my chain. ' `And, they did it unto
Thee, Lord! ' "Come, then," will the King say unto them, "ye
blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world." (from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Commentary)
Do you have the bread of life to give to
one of God’s people today? If so, then you are doing it unto Christ
Himself. Are you able to provide the Spiritual clothing one needs to be
clothed in, or how about the meat of the Word that will last and bring
nourishment to the believers in Christ? Those are the things that our Lord
truly cherishes and desires to see His people operate in. Do you desire to
be one of the few that truly make it? Then you better be prepared with the
things above and let go of the cheap petty things below.
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