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Date Posted: 09:30:35 12/08/08 Mon
something that the luddite said here a few years back struck a chord for me this morning. He wrote:
"when it comes to the salt of each man's being, we are all pretty much in the same boat."
I agree with this statement and Proverbs 20:27 backs this up when it says: "The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart."
The salt of each man's being is the 'spirit of a man' and in that sense we are all in the same boat because we are all spirit beings. God is a spirit and we are made in His image.
When our spirit, which is our inner light, gets turned on to the things of the Lord, then we can truly live as we were intended to live, to the fullest! There is so much more to this life than what we can see.
If you are reading this, be encouraged! No matter what you are facing right now, physically, emotionally, financially there is hope for you over in the realm of God.
From the 2nd epistle of the apostle Peter starting in the 1st verse:
"Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first:
that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.'
For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men.
But, (me not the Lord - here's where the hope comes for all of us in the same boat here and now!) beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concering His promise, as some count slackness, BUT IS LONGSUFFERING TOWARD US, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTENCE.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His PROMISE, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless (me again - and this happens when we call upon the Lord to save us!) and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation--as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen."
- Peter (2nd epistle 3:1-18)
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