Well...here I go again. Folks, I get SO TIRED of hearing people say things, religious things, to God that really make no since at all! I flipped on a Christian radio station the other night (mistake) just to see what was on. I heard this minister saying things like: Lord, just come down....Lord, just abide with us...Lord, fill this house (building) and several other ridiculous things. The minister seemed to be very serious and very pure in his motive. Well, the truth is the Lord has already come down 2000 ago and if we are His, he already abides IN US. Also, the Lord will NEVER dwell in a building again. True, He did live in the first Temple in Jerusalem, BUT now He lives in us. It's really totally unbiblical to ask God to live in a house that man has made. This is OT talk not NT reality. This makes no since!! People gather these OT verses and pray them in NT days. You often hear folks say, "Lord just rend the heavens and come down." (Is. 64:1). People sure spend a lot to time asking God to do things that He has already done IN CHRIST. Can you imagine me buying a car for my son's birhtday and then in a few days he asks me for a car?? How silly would that be...to ask for something you already have? Well, I made this same silly mistake for years until my eyes were opened and are still being opened. People also spend a lot of time asking God to to things that He's never gonna do. Deception is everywhere it seems. The serpent tricked Eve. He took something SHE ALREADY WAS and deceived her with it. He said 'you will be like god.' Folks, she was already LIKE GOD! This mistake got her and us in a lot of trouble. He said, ' you will know good from evil.' She already knew she shouldn't taste of the fruit. Paul said 'I fear as the serpent tricked Eve THAT YOU TOO WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST' 2 Cor. 11. May we stop asking God to do what He has already done. May we see and walk in what Christ has done for us. And may we STOP believing God for OT patterns to work in NT reality. Alot of prayers that are being prayed each Sunday 'at church' or in general, have already happened.
Just Thinking...James
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