July 28, 2016

Greetings My Friend, "Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to my words;and as for my law, they have rejected it." If God corrected His people Israel, then He will correct us, our nation, the world. Even Jesus talks about correction, the final end of those who do not believe, "Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' For many are called, but few are chosen." We have to choose to believe God and accept His Son or not to choose God. If we choose Jesus and enter into a true relationship we will see eternity in heaven, if we don't then our eternity will be in hell. We can't not choose because no decision is a decision. People talk about being "New Testament" believers and I say that Jesus taught from the Torah or the Old Testament and that makes the whole Bible useful for teaching and for correction. For me I see a lot of the OT the physical learning pointing to spiritual growth. The correction of Israel teaches me that God will correct each nation, each person as He did with His own people. If our country continues to walk away from God then one day we will be corrected. The nation of Israel was over taken by outsiders and one day our country will be taken over by outsiders, when we least expect our country to be taken over. If we choose to repent and turn back to God with a true heart our correction will not be as severe. God did this for Israel many times too. I keep hearing this message as I read the Bible and I feel compelled to point out that God will one day call us to account for our actions and decisions as a nation. Many of us prefer the teachings of "peace" with no regard to God's Word. We want feel good messages, to arrange God the way we want Him to be. Many of us strive to take God at His Word and we are scoffed at and made fun of, not unlike Jeremiah was in his day. Even as the nation was being besieged the prophets kept teaching that all would be well that they heard from God. As they were being taken away these same prophets taught that they would be back. The reality is the people were taken away and lived in exile for 70 years. God had enough of repenting and then turning back to what they just repented from so they were exiled for many years. We have walked away from the God of the Bible and now are making up our god as we go. Today it is called humanism. Humanism teaches us to abort a child because God would not want us to forgo our career, it is not the right time and such. I see all over the Bible that God is a God of life, not death. He exhorts us to go forth and multiply, multiply by having children, multiply by spreading the Good News of Jesus our redeemer and Savior. God wants us to have honest interactions and we are considering voting for a president who has been accused of many wrongs and we overlook many leaders lies and behaviors. We no longer hold them accountable for inappropriate behavior. We continue to allow our differences to come between us and allow 1% of the population to dictate the standard for the majority, instead of treating them with respect. We rewrite history because the past has ugly parts instead of learning from the past. It is time to take God at His Word and live our lives with Him at the center of our hearts and of our nation. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet