Be worried if you feel nothing. Feeling nothing is not an achievement of freedom from worrying. Feeling nothing could be an eternally fatal malady. Feeling nothing could be a final stage of eternal spiritual and then physical death. What does it mean to feel nothing?
Families would like to reach a point where there is no needy person amongst them. Neighbors would be glad if they could declare that there is no needy person among them. A community would have achieved something that is almost impossible if they can truly announce to the world that there is no needy person among them. Governments would be glad to say that there are no needy persons in their jurisdictions. Religious organizations would feel a huge sense of credibility if there would be no needy persons among them. There were no needy persons among them!
Bottom line is that you didn’t know or you still don’t know. This particular knowledge would have changed many things. You wouldn’t speak as you do. You wouldn’t act as you do. The problem is that you didn’t know. If you knew the gift of God…
Isn’t it a good thing to be acknowledged? To be recognized for who you are. To be praised. To be celebrated. To be treated like a celebrity. Yet Jesus rejected recognition by these characters. He didn’t allow them to acknowledge Him!
Sometimes as worshippers we get too critical and permanently fault the preachers. It seems like all else is well in the church except the preacher and the sermon delivered. The Bible tells us that the problem is more than the sermon. While it’s easy and heroic to point an accusing finger at the pulpit, the Bible wants us to look for the problem at the pew…
In pursuit of peace of mind, happiness and comfort we seek many things. We seek education. We seek approval by others. We seek prosperity. We seek excellence. We seek protection and safety. But are we seeking the right things? Seek these three things first.
Why should prayers be clear? Clear for who? God knows everything therefore He doesn’t need clear prayers. For whom are prayers to be made brief, simple and clear?
How many people will be saved? So many? Uncountable? 144,000 only?
Are we ready to be among the saved? Why are the saved referred to as victorious? Victorious over what?
Even the best soldiers and most courageous avoid death. The best armies in the world would do anything possible to minimise death of their officers. Even Jesus avoided death. How comes Jesus avoided death yet He had come to die for us?