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Date Posted: 12:48:33 07/01/00 Sat
Author: MICKI
Subject: : The Inevitable Penalty......My UTMOST



The Inevitable Penalty

"You will by no means get out of there
till you have paid the last penny"
(Matthew 5:26).

There is no heaven that has a little corner of hell in it.

God is determined to make you pure, holy, and right,
and He will not allow you to escape from the scrutiny
of the Holy Spirit for even one moment.

He urged you to come to judgment immediately
when He convicted you, but you did not obey.
Then the inevitable process began to work,
bringing its inevitable penalty.
Now you have been "thrown into prison, [and]
. . . you will by no means get out of there
till you have paid the last penny"
(5:25-26).

Yet you ask, "Is this a God of mercy and love?"
When seen from God's perspective,
it is a glorious ministry of love.
God is going to bring you out pure,
spotless, and undefiled,
but He wants you to recognize the nature
you were exhibiting -- the nature of demanding
your right to yourself.
The moment you are willing for God
to change your nature,
His recreating forces will begin to work.
And the moment you realize that God's purpose
is to get you into the right relationship
with Himself and then with others,
He will reach to the very limits of the universe
to help you take the right road.

Decide to do it right now, saying,

"Yes, Lord, I will write that letter,"
or,
"I will be reconciled to that person now."

These sermons of Jesus Christ
are meant for your will and your conscience,
not for your head.
If you dispute these verses from
the Sermon on the Mount with your head,
you will dull the appeal to your heart.

If you find yourself asking,
"I wonder why I'm not growing spiritually with God?" -- then ask yourself if
you are paying
your debts from God's standpoint.

Do now what you will have to do someday.
Every moral question or call comes with
an "ought" behind it --
the knowledge of knowing what we
ought to do.
[IN HIS SERVICE,
MICKI
ONLY WHAT'S DONE FOR
< WILL LAST !
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