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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Sunday, June 2, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Net Bible Verse:Matthew 13:47-50 (ESV) "“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”" Message:
Christ loved to illustrate and explain his teachings with different kinds of metaphors and parables. In today’s example (technically a “simile”), he likens his work to that of a fisherman who has thrown his net into the sea. The net is Christ’s word, and the fish are the people that hear His words.
Some of the fish are good, which stand for the people who hear Christ’s words and believe in Him; like good fish, which are saved by being put into a basket, the believers will be saved by angels who will take them to heaven. Like bad fish, which are discarded or destroyed, those who hear but do not follow will be thrown by the angels into a furnace of fire.
It is not often that Christ speaks of the horrors of hell. The current cartoon version of hell always involves fire, and this passage is one source of that depiction. But it is not a cartoon. Rather, it is a direct statement that those who do not accept Christ will suffer terribly, as if they were put into a furnace of fire.
Lake of fire, monotone
This teaching has been lost in today’s humanistic, “culturally sensitive” version of what happens after death. Movies, television, and those who comfort mourners tell terrible lies about the status of those who have died. They say that the deceased is “in a better place” because he has led a “good life.” They avoid the truth about what becomes of those who die outside Christ’s grace: that they are damned to suffer torment for eternity. Fear of God has become politically incorrect and socially unacceptable. People think that heaven will be awarded like ribbons at a children’s swim meet, as a participation trophy.
I’m not suggesting that one walk up to a widow at a funeral and say, “too bad he was an atheist and is going to spend his eternal life in torment,” or “if you think the struggle with cancer was bad, just think about what he’s going through in hell.” In the first place, God has not asked for our opinion about how He will judge any specific person. Just the opposite: see Matthew 7:1-5. And besides, such cruelty to someone grieving is just not an act of love, nor helpful to anyone’s faith. Kindness is a biblical virtue! (Colossians 3:12)
But it is important that we always recall, with clarity and precision, the fate of the unredeemed. We need to remember what is at stake. We cannot let human emotion defile religious truth, for we risk something much more permanent and critical than hurt feelings and emotional discomfort.
Meditation : Prayer : Now to him who is able to keep us from stumbling and to present ourselves blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever........Amen |
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