“Six days shall thou labor”

October 2, 2010

Often many people forget that God also said in His 4th Commandment that we should  “labor” six days a week. Infact God even “authorizes” that ” work “can be good for six days a week. So many times I hear Christians say “oh, I worship God SEVEN days a week”, when infact that is not God’s design. He knows that we must work by the sweat of our brow(due to our original sin). If we quit work and lay around we produce NOTHING and the bible says (2 Thel 3:10) “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if ANY would not work, neither should he eat”.  Laziness is detestable to God!

I remember my dear old grandpa (who lived to be 95 years!) said to me “When you are working for someone, always do what they ask, and A LITTLE MORE” This is so true!  For Christ definitely approves a hard and honest worker! Since I have become a ‘true” Christian I have be inspired to go the “extra” mile in my work. For the bible says “do ALL in the glory of God” ( 1 Cor 10:31) And I enjoy working hard and COMPLETING the job fully! Even clean up.

If you are working daily in your job and someone asks you  for something, do it with a “smile”,  that way you are doing “extra” and showing God you are doing for HIS glory! And be sure to do “honest” labor. If you are paid for certain work, do what is expected and DON’T overcharge! In my line of work , I hear SO MANY horror stories of “milking” the job and it’s makes me mad!

So let us “work” as the Lord said, but do “honest” work for His Glory. Amen!

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Just how important is the Sabbath anyway?

September 18, 2010

Again, I was scheduled to write about the prior said post about how many are breaking the Commandment of worshipping idols and images(one day I will get it done,lol). But it is always important to listen to the Lord and write what “He” tells me,  not necessarily what I had in mind. But what has been revealed to me is VERY profound! Please  read this carefully.

The Sabbath I believe,  is so much more important to us than many believe. It’s implications go farther than many also realize. In Isaiah 58:13 we read  ” If you keep your foot from doing YOUR OWN PLEASURE on  ‘MY’  Holy day and call the Sabbath a delight and honorable,  THEN you will find joy in the Lord. ”

In today’s practice their are basically two different types of Sabbath keepers. One type honors the Lord by going to church, yet after that they seldom stop from doing their “pleasures” (ie. TV, worldly radio, going out to eat, visiting with friends to gossip, etc.)  Then the other, observes the  Sabbath closer to God’s intention. They realize that  this day is ALL about HIM. And they give Him honor and praise through out the Sabbath. Their whole desire this day is to draw close to the Lord in prayer and fellowship and abstainment from worldly things. Which one are you?

God’s intention is so clear for this day. His word says (Exodus 31:13) “…My Sabbath you shall keep,….that you may KNOW that I am the Lord, who sanctifies you.”  God does something VERY special this day. You may look at it like this. All week we are faced with polluting sin and temptation. Yet because we honor His day as He said, He “recharges” us greatly every Sabbath. He provides stronger armor for us.

Another way to look at it is like this. On the Sabbath, the Lord takes out His tool box, and starts looking over your heart and goes to work, adjusting and fixing certain areas of our spiritual condition that may need improvement or re-alignment.

Speaking from  a personal view, the times where I had not kept the Sabbath as I should, I have found that the following week I seemed alot weaker and susceptible to the devils attacks.  I believe  what Isaiah meant when he said KEEP FROM  doing your own pleasure was a BIG  KEY in observing the Sabbath. In other words,  give your devoted  love and attention to Him this day and you’ll find He makes you holy and stronger to go through the next week. Weekly He covers us with His sanctification!

Again we are told HOW important the Sabbath is (Ezekiel 20:20) “Keep my Sabbaths HOLY, that they may be  a sign between us. THEN you will know that I am the LORD YOUR GOD”  Amen!  How powerful is that?  God bascially is saying not to just ‘observe” His Sabbath but KEEP  IT  HOLY!!  There is the great difference. When we finally realize just how important this day is, we do indeed DELIGHT and have JOY in the Lord!    Amen.

For those of you interested in proper Sabbath keeping, you may want to see our post in www.oursword.blogspot.com  called “The Sabbath, what it is and how to keep it” listed under “Sabbath.”

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The Lord turns on the light

September 4, 2010

It was Thursday(yesterday) afternoon and I was driving to a service call, and as the Lord oftens does, He leads me into thinking what my next post would be. The post would be about how so many people today are breaking His Commandment “Thou shall not worship idols or images”. I was jotting notes as I could, getting thoughts put down. Then it all changed(the message)  when I got home!

As I have posted before, I often pray this prayer “Lord, help me to be righteous, lead me in the right path, PLEASE admonish me and warn me if I am doing wrong in your eyes, just YELL it to me if you have to, so I am very clear as to what I am doing wrong”. The last few weeks I had sensed something was amiss. I have experienced a real closeness to the Lord, and of late it was as if my walk wasn’t just right. Somewhere I was doing a wrong or going down a useless path causing this feeling.

So I got home, tired from the day. I proceed to walk into my bedroom and what I saw stunned me!  My bedroom night light was on (next to my bed) and the clock was blinking! I stopped in mid track and just stared at them. I DID NOT leave my night light on as I always turn it off when I go to bed the prior night. “What is going on??” I thought. Then it hit me. The Lord has turned it on! Amazed, I knelt down and tearfully thanked Him after He told me what this was all about.

The Lord was telling me “Rob, you have been spending almost all your evenings watching TV (poker, sports, etc.) and forgetting about reading my word!” The clock was blinking, to remind me, that it was TIME to get back to studying and devoting myself to learning His word and other God inspired writings. He knew that I always read the bible and other God inspired writings in bed next to that light.  At first I thought that maybe we had a “brown out” because the clocks will go off then when the light goes back on,  they blink.  But I had checked the other clocks in house and NO blinking! Plus the time was correct.

Still stunned I walked around the house in a blissful daze, knowing my almighty Lord had spoken to me DIRECTLY. He had answered my frequent prayer and showed His power through this sign. I can’t tell you how elated I felt to KNOW we have such a caring and watchful Lord, able to show signs to tell us He’s with us,  watching our every move.  The scripture (John 14:21) comes to mind “He that has my Commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me and shall be loved by the Father, and I will love Him, and WILL REVEAL MYSELF TO HIM”    Amen!    This “revealing” can do SO MUCH to boost our confidence in the Lord, it staggers the mind!

I have wondered just why the Lord has given me many such signs, and I believe that He wants me to spread His truth with a passion. “Go” as He said “and PROCLAIM the gospel to all nations” And this I will do! I am not unusual in this, because in these last days He is pouring out His spirit and His signs will get even greater as we approach the close of probation.

So please be aware of His speaking to you through many ways, such as dreams, signs, and people. Things are going to come your way from  the Lord, you must be on look out and BELIEVE He’ll speak to you. But don’t kid yourself, take a long look at your life.  Are you “obeying” His Commandments?  If so, you are indeed “loving Him” (1 John 5:3) “For this is the LOVE OF GOD, that we KEEP His Commandments, and His Commandments are not burdensome”

Let us go forth with FULL confidence in His love and power, amen.

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Satan- the great blender of mixed truth

August 20, 2010

From the very beginning satan has mixed truth with lies. That has been his modus of operation from the beginning of the world. In Genesis(3:4)  satan said “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  Here, satan mixed truth with lies. Yes, man would have his eyes “opened” and would know good and evil (sin), but he would also “surely” die. This mixed truth has not changed from satan, even to  today.

Satan and his devils ardently went to work after Christianity burst upon the scene. At first he used persecution as his method of silencing them. When he found out that it only strengthened the movement, he switched his plan. It would involve mixing truth with error. His knew that his very first “mixing” had worked, why not now? So a plan was made and put in motion.

That plan would involve blending a true Commandment , with a pagan ritual. Rome, being a world wide empire had marked “Sunday” as it’s day of worship for their  “Sun” god. Constantine, a very shrewd emperor, was satan’s choice to begin this plan. Constantine in early years of the 3rd century would issue a decree that “Sunday” would be the consolidated day of  rest (worship) , for both Christians and pagans. “It’s ok to worship the Lord, you Christians, as long as you stop doing it on the seventh day, and do it on the first day-Sunday”  Constantine thus consolidated his power with the people.  (* The official councils of Laodicea (343-381) Canon law #29  “Christians shall not judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day, but the Lord’s day (Sunday) they shall especially honor…”)   Satan had made his important imprint on Christianity(through Constantine). And it would stick, through the centuries, even to this very day! The deception would be ingrained in the people’s minds  and actions.

Now, this deception has caused even the vast amount of Christians, to believe in this “mixed” truth. The truth being that they come to worship the true Lord, our God, yet they break a Commandment to do so (ignoring the true seventh day Sabbath, for satan’s day- Sunday). Satan proudly points to his fellow fallen angels and says “See, my power and works, and how they pay homage to it!”  He truly is like the mad suicidal man who knows he is going down but wants to take as many as he can with him.

Satan know’s God’s word cannot fail like scripture such as (Matt 5:18-19) “Until heaven and earth pass away, not ONE iota or letter  shall pass from the LAW, until all has be fulfilled. Therefore, whoever BREAKS the least of the Commandments (yes, even the Sabbath) and teaches others to do so shall be called least in heaven, but whoever DOES THEM, and teaches others to do so, shall be called great in heaven” . So this  MUST be ignored, so he can bring the people down. And sadly it has worked to a very large degree!

So please understand this deception and decide to obey God’s word and you’ll be safe from that great deceiver who loves to have you believe in “mixed” truth. It’ll also save you from receiving the soon to be issued–mark of the beast. The Lord spoke true, when He said in (Matt 7:14)” For narrow is the gate, and the straight way that leads to life, and FEW find it”. 

With the great deception by satan working today, we can see that possibility. Stand firm for God and His word, and you’ll obey the “real” truth , not “mixed” truth.

View the “mark of the beast”  at www.7thchurch.wordpress.com, click ” The Mark 666″

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God protects His message

August 6, 2010

The following story shows how God protects His true message. With so much false teachings are out there today, this shows the length at which God goes, to help His people stay tuned to His messengers who proclaim the “true gospel”.

Her name is Liduvina, and she’s a spanish lady. They have a satellite on their home to watch their many stations. One day her and her husband were channel surfing to watch something good.They came across something that caught their eye, it was a station called  3ABN. They liked this station and would, from time to time come back to this station and enjoy the message it proclaimed.

One day after their spanish programs ended, they pressed their remote and nothing happened. The satellite appeared to stop working except that they could ONLY get 3ABN( a station proclaiming God’s true gospel). After watching  3ABN for about two weeks they finally called a technician to come and repair and reprogram their system. Once again they could get all their stations. But they now could not get 3ABN. Apparently the technician hadn’t programmed it into their receiver.

Two or three weeks later they still missed 3ABN. They thought about calling him back again, but didn’t get around to it.Then one day it began to rain hard as they were watching TV. They heard the thunder and lightning, and considered turning off their TV for safety. But the soccer game was too exciting to miss, so they kept watching. Then there was a flash of lightning, followed by a loud clap of thunder which caused  a momentary loss of electricity. But it was what next happened that startled them!

They watched in amazement as they both stared at the screen. Instead of the soccer game they were now watching 3ABN! Dropping to their knees right then and there, Luduvina’s husband thanked God that they could once again watch this network. To them, that flash of lightning was God’s way of getting their attention. Indeed it was!

God has shown this couple that he wanted them to hear His message and went to such a length to help guide them in the way they should go. I have also been given such signs to guide me into the way I should go. He will also guide YOU, if you’ll seek Him and ask for His guidance.

God is watching “who” is really spreading His truth and God is really using this station to help His people in these last days. I hope you will consider watching this station for the many truths it brings. God want’s you to.  You can also get it online at www.3ABN.com ( Three Angels broadcasting Network)

Story Source: 3ABN monthly updated publication

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God’s perfect circle plan of salvation

July 24, 2010

The 3 angels message is now beginning to be proclaimed. The”true” gospel is starting to be proclaimed and is getting louder and farther upon the nations. Very soon the angels messages as stated in Revelation are to be completed. They proclaim that Babylon is fallen and that we MUST come out of her. Babylon , meaning the false religion and it’s fowl(for the birds) teachings.( Rev 18:1-10)   Follow me as we see God’s circle about to be completed.

In the beginning God created perfection, and it was everything perfect. His perfect plan was in place. But, being the all-knowing God, he needed ONE thing placed in this perfection, to know beyond doubt that His creation, wanted Him and indeed appreciated Him and loved Him. That one thing was the apple tree. It was placed there as a point of obedience. For  if man and woman really loved Him they would SHOW God by their obedience.

Sadly, we all know what mankind proved. So from the very beginning,  there was ONE thing God would observe to KNOW if mankind  really loved him. So to, in these last days God has placed ONE thing to observe whether mankind loves Him and shows it by  “obedience” just like the apple. The circle comes full circle in this regard.

Also in the beginning, two kinds of worship was made by Cain and Abel. One was approved and one was not approved. One type of worshipper killed the other. So to will the circle complete itself in this regard. Very soon, the world will be a setting whereby “worship” is mandated in the form of observance that directly BREAKS a Commandment of God. Ultimately satan will call upon his followers to go out and persecute God’s  true worshippers. Some will be killed for not worshipping on MAN’S(and at  the devil’s instruction) day- Sunday.

Now we get to that ONE thing God will look to in these last days as “proof” that we love Him and obey him. It will be the observance of His long forgotten 4th Commandment– The seventh day SABBATH. 

The angels are instructing the world right now to “go and proclaim the true gospel to the ends of the earth.”  With the computer, satilite TV and radio, publications, etc. the true gospel is indeed ‘going out”. After this has reached the ends of the earth, a great final cry from God’s people (who obey His Holy Commandments) will be proclaimed loud and clear—STOP worshipping Him on man’s traditional day and obey His Commandment, the Sabbath. That ONE thing is yelled from the mountain tops as the angels message is declared.

Then the ones who accept this last message and decide to “obey” God, just as God had asked in the beginning, will be “sealed” and protected from the plagues that start coming, fast and furious. At this point there is NO turning back. If you did NOT decide to follow God and obey His Commandments, you are given the death mark(Mark of the Beast).    (Rev.22:14)   “Blessed are they that DO HIS COMMANDMENTS , that they may have the right to the tree of life”. This mark is not given by man but by God (unseen to humans).

Here is the final circle of His salvation plan being completed. God watches as He BEGS you to show Him you love Him by OBEYING that One last thing.

May you truly be in the spirit and understand this,  as time is quickly closing for all this to take place. God be with you and give you the understanding to make the right choice, my  friends!

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Once saved, always saved, is it true?

July 10, 2010

Today a very popular doctrine being preached is called  the “Once saved, always saved” doctrine. As with ALL important  bible truths we must look to the scriptures for the real answers. I can tell you there is so much bible evidence against this , it would take up too much here to allow. So I will condense it.

The basic belief is that once a person “accepts” Jesus as their Lord and savior, that settles the issue once and for all. They are saved no matter what they do after this. On the face of this it seems perposterous, but MANY believe this. There are so many flaws to this I will post a few of the obvious ones.

Jesus died for us because we were hopeless “sinners”. His death paid our deserving death and punishment. It is because of this that our slate has been wiped clean. Would it then make sense to assume we can go ahead and filthy our lives with continual sinning and expect our Lord’s sacrafice to be therefore of  no significant importance? What was His sacrafice for? If we can continue to sin and simply “say” I accept Jesus as my savior, it makes a mockery of Jesus suffering death!

(Romans 6:1-4) says “… are we to CONTINUE in sin, so that grace abounds? God forbid!  How shall we who died in sin, still LIVE IN IT?”  Here it is bascially saying that once we are saved, do we continue to willfully sin, relying on His ever expanding grace to cover us? God forbid!  Meaning –Don’t do  it. Stop your sinning and appreciate His suffering sacrafice for you.

Then we have the powerful (Hebrews 10:26) ” If we sin willfully AFTER receiving the knowledge of the truth, there remains NO MORE SACRAFICE FOR OUR SINS”. Now this one is about as straight forward as you can get. It means that once we acknowledge that our Lord paid the sacrifice for our sins, we CAN’T continue to willfully sin or else we can’t rely on the Lord’s sacrafice to save us.

(Eze 33:11) says ” Say unto them, as sure as I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but want that the wicked turn from his way and live, turn ye, turn ye  from your evil ways, for why will you die, oh house of  Isreal?”  Here it says if we continue to live wicked lives (continual sinning) we shall die, but why do it when we can live righteously in Christ? The Holy Spirit will help us to keep from this continual sinning, IF WE SUBMIT!

All this really shouldn’t be a  concern  for the true believer. Because the Holy Spirit should have taken up within us to help us overcome this repetitive sinning. Sanctification takes place and our life is changed.

In summary, let us never think we can carelessly continue to sin, relying on the false belief that we are saved no matter what. The Lord’s sacrafice was an awesome thing for us and we can never hold it in contempt.

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Are we DOING the great Commission or the great omission?

June 26, 2010

One of the last words our Lord said as he rose up into the heavens was ” Go ye into all the world and PREACH the gospel to everyone”. Are we as Christians do this great command, or are we “sitting” on our salvation? (Mark 16:15)

First of all, what “gospel” are we to preach? To really understand this we must look to the “last” book our Lord provided for mankind,as the FINAL word on who will be saved. It is the book of Revelation.  The lost are identified in the last days as those who worship the “beast”. The saved are clearly identified as believing in Jesus AND keeping His (and his Father’s) Commandments. Not just believing in Jesus alone BUT doing BOTH! (Rev. 14:12) “Here is the perserverance of the saints (those saved) who KEEP the Commandments of God, and the faith of  Jesus” (Rev 22:14) “Blessed are they that DO his Commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life”

So the “gospel” to be preached right now is to tell people to accept our Lord as savior AND once they do, then to OBEY the Holy Commandments. That is the reason Jesus died for us! We were sinners (transgressors of His Law) and He paid our price. Now that we accept Him, do we then go out and transgress? Ofcourse not. This is the message to be preached. Many today are doing the first part  of telling people of Jesus but ignoring the second part (?)

So now that we know what gospel message to proclaim , are we doing it? Let me give you an example of “sitting” on our salvation.In my own church, I attend a bible study before church service every Sabbath morning. A few Sabbath’s ago I brought with me some flyers and doorknob hangers about www.3abn.com,  to show our group (about 20-25 people). I explained to them that www.3abn.com was offering to mail these out FREE (approximately 500). They all heard this and showed their interest. But guess what? I don’t think even ONE called and requested them!

For those of you who don’t know about www.3abn.com, it is one of the fastest growing Christian ministries in the world. They are bringing people to Christ in an awesome way. They provide testimonies, bible studies,prophecy studies, missionary work, and a myriad of other great works for Christ. It is now available to watch online in most of the countries all over the world.

So I guess I could throw up my hands and say “Oh well, I guess I’ll also just sit on my salvation, and not worry about bringing other people to Christ”   No! I must do the great commission and so should anyone calling themselves “Christians”. Do you think Jesus would be happy if we are content to be good and enjoy ourselves, not helping others come into salvation? Ofcourse not!

With all that being said let me give some good concrete advice on how you can GO and preach the gospel.

1) You can call www.3abn.com at 618-627-4651 and order those free flyers. Take them to the Sunday churchs and put them on the cars as they are in service. Keep some in your car and when you pull up to the supermarket, get out and place a few on the cars next to you. I personally pray before hand “Lord, help me to park near someone who needs this message”.  I also go out in my neighborhood and put them on the house doors.

2)Tell them about www.amazingfacts.com , also a great ministry proclaiming God’s final message. Pastor Doug Batchelor is probably one of the most spirit lead pastors today and believe me, he can help you understand God’s word almost better than anyone else alive today.

3) Tell them about www.7thchurch.wordpress.com and have them watch the “666” video. It excellently explains the mark of the beast. We want people aware of this “beast” and just exactly what  it will be in these last days.

4)Order the book called “The Ten Commandments twice removed” from www.3abn.com  I personally came back to the Lord after reading this. An awesome book, and eye opening! If you want  FREE copies just contact me and I’ll send it, no charge.

Finally, let’s not “sit” on our salvation rather let’s “GO” and preach the gospel. The Lord is counting on us to work hard these last days to bring the TRUE message to the people so they may be saved, yours in Christ.

Ps. Recently great results were had on “going out” and spreading His word, go to our sister site at www.oursword.blogspot.com for the amazing story. Listed under the heading “Revivals”

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Can you imagine?

June 12, 2010

The word says that if we see our brother and sister living in “sin” it is our responsibility to help them see the error of their ways. This post is to help show those who are living in error, their wrong ways.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, stealing week after week, from their friends, then proclaiming  “Oh, I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, having sex week after week, with someone other than their spouse, then professing “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, cussing profanely God D this or JC that,week after week,  then proclaiming “Oh, I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, saying “Oh I hate my Dad, he’s such a so and so, week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, angrily yelling at people with murder in their eyes, week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, wanting more and more “things”, a new car,a craving for more money, more pleasure toys, etc., week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, lying and telling falsehoods about their fellow human beings, week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, bowing down to a statue of Buddha, week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, spending so  much time living his life with all the pleasures he can find, dedicating very little time to God, week after week, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”.

After reading all the above most Christians today would definitely say “God forbid!” They would readily say ” That is not right, that  is  real hypocrisy”.  “Please stop this sinning  and live righteously with God.” Each of the  above  examples are of breaking God’s Holy Commandments. Christendom is unanimous in this agreement of condemnation. Now let’s look at the last example.

Imagine a Christian brother or sister, every seventh day (Friday evening to Saturday evening) doing their “own” thing. Enjoying their pleasures, going to parties or even working, then proclaiming “Oh I love Jesus”. Yes! We can imagine this and we see it ALL OVER Christendom!

Now, think about this. To many Christians,  Jesus has come to release ONE Commandment at the cross. It was the Sabbath! Jesus wants us to “forget” the only Commandment He said to “Remember”. Does this make sense? After all we just established that Christians hold all Commandments in truth of Jesus’ righteous living, but ONE Commandment has no truth(?) One Commandment is not to be obeyed?

Please send this post to your Christian friends and family,  just maybe it will make them think. For Jesus said “Whoever breaks the LEAST of the Commandments, and teaches others to do so, shall be called least in heaven, BUT, whoever does them, and teaches others to do so, shall be called GREAT in heaven”. (Matt.5:19) . We break ONE we break them all.

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Are you esteemed by God?

June 5, 2010

After searching the scriptures I discovered some qualifications for being “esteemed’ by God.  Can you imagine being highly thought of, by the creator of the universe? Wow!  It should send shivers up your spine! The amazing thing is that our great God DID give clues on what makes Him esteem us.

In (Isaiah 66:2) it reads “… This is the one I esteem, he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.”

What is interesting about the above verse, is that we see that humility is very important. What is being humble all about? Let’s look at it like this. Suppose I have a belief concerning God and a brother or sister tells me I’m wrong for such belief. How to I react? Do I say “oh, you are wrong!” Showing my exalted postition. Or do I say “ok, please show me in scripture my error, that I might see my mistake” My point being that I am humble and WILLING to learn. If I am shown, by reading the scripture, the error of my beliefs, do I then become “contrite”? Ofcourse I should. I am willing to summit to the truth of God’s word! This should also apply to those who I likewise show the truth, and error of their beliefs.

But how many times do we attempt to show God’s word in scripture, only to be ignored, or even rebuked? Can this be a real sign of humility before the Lord? Do they exalt their opinion above God’s word? Without humility it will be VERY hard for contriteness of spirit. My eyes and ears are ALWAYS open to learning, are yours?

Then we find another example of God showing His high esteem of someone. It is in (Daniel 9:4). Here Daniel begans his very long and contrite prayer. In the  beginning of his great prayer he says ” O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with ALL who love him and OBEY His Commandments. We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and rebelled, we have turned away from your Commandments and Laws.” As Daniel continued, the Angel Gabriel came in mid prayer and said ” Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for YOU ARE HIGLY ESTEEMED”

What can we learn for the above example of  Daniel? We can see he was humble and contrite, acknowledging his and his peoples sins.Then Daniel shows God just what He values greatly. It is the obeying of His Holy Commandments. After this righteous prayer God did not hesitate to let Daniel know he had spoken beautifully before the Lord! We can see that when we have an almost “trembling” fear and concern to obey His Commandments, we are looked on with high favor by our Lord.

To summarize, let us always strive to be humble. Ready to listen and learn, no matter how much we “think” we know. And if we are shown the REAL truth from scripture, let us not turn away.

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