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“Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?” – Rabshakeh (701 BC) Isaiah 36:18

“[All places of worship are]places that people go to retell nonsense stories … They try to telepathically communicate with their imaginary friend.” – Bill Maher (09/14/10) The Tonight Show

“To me,there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions. They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.” Woody Allen (09/15/10) New York Times

Godless people have always wanted to lose God in the crowd and portray him as debile as all the other gods, religions, and faiths.

Hezekiah, wasn’t buying it, nor should we!

“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.” – Hezekiah (Isaiah 37:18-20)

Don’t let the ungodly set the stage, we don’t all worship the same God – only ours is alive. All roads don’t lead to heaven – ours is a narrow path. God doesn’t communicate telepathically – he writes in the heavens, on the pages of history, and in the hearts of the humble.

– fritz

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“[W]e have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ” – Galatians 2:16b 

More than just having faith in Jesus Christ, we must have the faith of Jesus Christ; that is, we are to believe what Jesus, himself, believed.

It is a slippery slope to think of Christ, the Bible, or the apostles as being products of their environment’s world view, currently regarded as uninformed and scientifically ignorant.

Jesus’ abilities and approach to world renewal far surpasses anything modern “science” has been able to duplicate. What hospital can cure blindness, leprosy, or palsy with a touch? What psychiatrist can take hardened lunatics and turn them into wise counselors? What ethics class can take dishonest businessmen and turn them into upstanding citizens?

Early will a wise christian learn what Jesus, himself, believed and accept it as his/her own beliefs.

– fritz

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Now that we are friends

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” – Romans 5:10

When God was our enemy he loved us so much he gave Jesus to die for our sins and make us his own.

Now that he is our friend, how can we think he would reject us for our shortcomings and failures?!

It is time for those who have covenanted1 with Christ, to stop looking at difficulties as God’s anger and start seeing them as God’s allowed opportunities to grow up and experience his life in real circumstances.

Seizing this one fact changes us, seasons us, and makes us more like the people we always wanted to be but had no ability to become.

Ever see a child after conquering a major (to them) problem? That’s how children become mature adults! Us too.

– fritz
1 – “Think Covenant” blog post on August 15, 2010

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