What is it you would like to hear? Would you like to have your ears tickled. What sounds nice and pleasant to the ears, something perhaps that keeps us in an unchallenged manner?
It is true, we all need encouragement, but the occasion demands that we believe the Truth. The Truth in love, will go deep and penetrate that hardness of heart and lay us bare before the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. The Sword of the Spirit is the WORD OF GOD, who is the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
When the Lord Jesus came to this earth in the first instance, He declared, "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." Matthew 10 v 34.
A sword divides, it cuts asunder and puts to death. From the time that the Lord Jesus came until now, this has been the case. It is so because, His ways are different to those of this world. When we answer the call to be His disciples, we are challenged to walk a path that is very different to this world order in every respect.
It is true, we all need encouragement, but the occasion demands that we believe the Truth. The Truth in love, will go deep and penetrate that hardness of heart and lay us bare before the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. The Sword of the Spirit is the WORD OF GOD, who is the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
When the Lord Jesus came to this earth in the first instance, He declared, "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." Matthew 10 v 34.
A sword divides, it cuts asunder and puts to death. From the time that the Lord Jesus came until now, this has been the case. It is so because, His ways are different to those of this world. When we answer the call to be His disciples, we are challenged to walk a path that is very different to this world order in every respect.
The sword is the Word of God, the Spirit of Truth that comes forth from the mouth of the Messiah. It cuts asunder the intentions of the hearts of men, it separates the righteous from the unrighteous.
The Lord Jesus Himself, is the TRUTH. He tells us of things to come in these last days and how we should conduct ourselves in these days. To hold fast to the Truth, is to hold fast to the Messiah. He alone has the words of eternal life.
Wherever you are in this world, be strong, take courage, for the Lord Jesus is with you in these difficult days. Do not feint or lose heart, call upon His Name. May the Lord be your strength, may His grace be multiplied to you, may His love envelop you. The Lord be with your spirit ....
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