(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)The world is blind! It has been for decades. Its even more blind today than yesterday. We have inflicted undue pain on one another because we have been separated from God. There is only two sides to life; Hatred or Love. We hate each other so much that we are looking at each other as the enemy when the enemy has taken over within...its a spirit that looks like us to make us fight one another til death; for he (the devil) is DEATH! When we love (absent from God) in our humanity, we exemplify HATE especially when it is not reciprocated the way we believe it should be. For example: We result to murder with our words, our hands, and our looks (attitudes).(James 4). WHO ARE WE WORKING FOR? the enemy???!!!! Lets be real. IS THIS TRUE LOVE? SOME SAY "YES" OK. God loved us so much that he allowed his son to be murdered for our sin. hmmmmmm....sounds like a different kind of love to me. You see Jesus died so that we may have life and have it more abundantly, while humanity is living to die by the hands of another. NO ONE IS DYING FOR THE TRUE CAUSE, WHICH IS TO SAVE A LIFE! We are dying because of hatred, selfishness, jealousy, wrongful intentions, etc.
Our (humanity) has to battle the world by putting on a new set of war clothes to be protected from this harmful world. You see we all have defense mechanisms that drive our enemies away. With it, we derive a new name for ourselves, one that reminds people of how we defend ourselves from our perpetrators. Further, if we are the type that don't have the power to fight ourselves, we get into clicks (somewhat gang related), actual gangs and so forth to be protected. This is the worlds clothes.
If you put on the whole armor of Christ (Ephesians 6:11), we don't have to live by the sword and die by the sword ( Matthew 26:52). Ephesians 6:12 says we do not fight against flesh and blood, but against wicked spirits in high places; ones that take on human form. BUT, if we follow the INSTRUCTIONS OF GOD in Ephesians 6: 13-18, we can DEFEAT the real enemy of EVIL/HATE.
GOD IS LOVE (1 John 4:7-10): We are to love, not hate, encourage, not tear down, be cordial, not sow discord. When we as a people, can face our faults, except the repercussions, learn from it, apologize (repent), and move forward, we have then experienced the characteristics of God. Who gave any of us the right to Judge one another, or to act as if we are above, and others are beneath us. Love is recognizing we are imperfect, and in need of help! Understanding that we all have come through the womb of our mothers in sin (Psalms 51:5), that we all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). We will always be in a constant need of a changed life/lifestyle, as well as have our lives reshaped. Let's help one another succeed without bias, jealousy, or envy. Allow Only God to do the Judging; for he judges us righteously! (James 4:12).
GALATIANS 5:19-21, BAD/HATE - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these:
- Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
- idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
- wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders,
- drunkenness, revellings,
GALATIANS 5:22-26, GOOD/LOVE - But the fruit of the Spirit is:
- love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
- faith, meekness, temperance:
STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER & LETS FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY!
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