Post by Les Brewer on Jul 15, 2012 11:37:32 GMT
John Wolf
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the Pastor's desk....
Just a small thought for the day,and I hope it will encourage us to look at things a little differently....
You hear a lot in the news about racial issues,racial profiling,presidents being elected to office because of skin color.You never hear about the atrocities being committed around the world,against men,women and children,of Islam.You won't hear about the absolutely despicable way women are treated in the Islamic world,all because of some demonically inspired book called the Koran.You won't hear to much from the news media about the so called "honor killings" in Islam,to preserve the family name and heritage.I call it "murder",and there certainly isn't any honor in it.
I hold the highest amount of contempt possible for those who look at others with disdain because of their skin color or because of their ethnic upbringing.Rev.Jackson and Rev.Sharpton,you should take off your backward collar and start selling car insurance.Your a disgrace to the human race.
I've studied the Scriptures for over 30 yrs.and have yet to find more than two races listed in the Scriptures as having a legitimate claim to any fame.If more people would discard their assumptions and pre-conceived ideas about what they "think" the Bible says,and actually start to read it,they too will find that there are only two races listed in the Scriptures.
We race to work,we race home from work,we race to church,we race to the store,we race to pick up the kids from soccer practice,we race to do "this",we race to do "that".What is all the racing about? We become so accustomed to the "rat" race of life,that by the time we have grown older,we begin to realize that so much of life has escaped our very grasp.And for what? We need no longer to look at others as inferior to our own particular racial origins and begin to look at the real picture.Satan is such an expert at distracting us from the two most important "races" of all.
I'm sure there are some who are wondering what the two most important "races" are that are listed in the Bible. Do you give up?
Genesis 1:28,"Then God blessed them,and God said to them (Adam and Eve),be fruitful and multiply;fill the earth and subdue it.....",The first "race" listed in the Bible is the Human Race.No one is anymore important or better than anyone else.We all came from the same first couple.In reality,there are no big "I's" and little "you's" in God's eyes.We are all the same.Had it not been for the fall of the human race into sin and wickedness because of disobedience,we wouldn't even begin to see skin color or any other prejudice.
Which brings me to the second race listed in the Scriptures.Would any one care to take a guess which "race" is more important than any other "race"?........II Tim.4:7;Hebrews 12:1,tells us of another race that I hope we all are in.It's the "race" to see Jesus.I really wonder how many who read this, thought of which skin color I was going to mention?! If you're one who did,let it be known to you right now that your heart is not right,repent and get right!
The race to see Jesus is the most important race you'll ever enter into.Run the race with patience,endurance and wisdom.Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 says,"I returned and saw under the sun that....'The race is not to the swift,nor the battle to the strong,nor bread to the wise,nor riches to men of understanding,nor favor to men of skill;but time and chance happen to them all.For man also does not know his time:like fish taken in a cruel net,like birds caught in a snare,so the sons of men are snared in an evil time.When it falls suddenly upon them." (NKJV) Our time is short,what time we do have is given to us by God.Let us use it to reach others who need Christ and stop playing the "race" card. We are not commanded to finish first,we are commanded to finish.....Thank you.....God bless you all......J.W.
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the Pastor's desk....
Just a small thought for the day,and I hope it will encourage us to look at things a little differently....
You hear a lot in the news about racial issues,racial profiling,presidents being elected to office because of skin color.You never hear about the atrocities being committed around the world,against men,women and children,of Islam.You won't hear about the absolutely despicable way women are treated in the Islamic world,all because of some demonically inspired book called the Koran.You won't hear to much from the news media about the so called "honor killings" in Islam,to preserve the family name and heritage.I call it "murder",and there certainly isn't any honor in it.
I hold the highest amount of contempt possible for those who look at others with disdain because of their skin color or because of their ethnic upbringing.Rev.Jackson and Rev.Sharpton,you should take off your backward collar and start selling car insurance.Your a disgrace to the human race.
I've studied the Scriptures for over 30 yrs.and have yet to find more than two races listed in the Scriptures as having a legitimate claim to any fame.If more people would discard their assumptions and pre-conceived ideas about what they "think" the Bible says,and actually start to read it,they too will find that there are only two races listed in the Scriptures.
We race to work,we race home from work,we race to church,we race to the store,we race to pick up the kids from soccer practice,we race to do "this",we race to do "that".What is all the racing about? We become so accustomed to the "rat" race of life,that by the time we have grown older,we begin to realize that so much of life has escaped our very grasp.And for what? We need no longer to look at others as inferior to our own particular racial origins and begin to look at the real picture.Satan is such an expert at distracting us from the two most important "races" of all.
I'm sure there are some who are wondering what the two most important "races" are that are listed in the Bible. Do you give up?
Genesis 1:28,"Then God blessed them,and God said to them (Adam and Eve),be fruitful and multiply;fill the earth and subdue it.....",The first "race" listed in the Bible is the Human Race.No one is anymore important or better than anyone else.We all came from the same first couple.In reality,there are no big "I's" and little "you's" in God's eyes.We are all the same.Had it not been for the fall of the human race into sin and wickedness because of disobedience,we wouldn't even begin to see skin color or any other prejudice.
Which brings me to the second race listed in the Scriptures.Would any one care to take a guess which "race" is more important than any other "race"?........II Tim.4:7;Hebrews 12:1,tells us of another race that I hope we all are in.It's the "race" to see Jesus.I really wonder how many who read this, thought of which skin color I was going to mention?! If you're one who did,let it be known to you right now that your heart is not right,repent and get right!
The race to see Jesus is the most important race you'll ever enter into.Run the race with patience,endurance and wisdom.Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 says,"I returned and saw under the sun that....'The race is not to the swift,nor the battle to the strong,nor bread to the wise,nor riches to men of understanding,nor favor to men of skill;but time and chance happen to them all.For man also does not know his time:like fish taken in a cruel net,like birds caught in a snare,so the sons of men are snared in an evil time.When it falls suddenly upon them." (NKJV) Our time is short,what time we do have is given to us by God.Let us use it to reach others who need Christ and stop playing the "race" card. We are not commanded to finish first,we are commanded to finish.....Thank you.....God bless you all......J.W.
