Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love these things you show that you do not really love God;

           for all these worldly things, these evil desires--the craze for sex, the ambition to buy everything that appeals to you, and the pride that comes from wealth and importance--these are not from God. They are from this evil world itself.

          And this world is fading away, and these evil, forbidden things will go with it, but whoever keeps doing the will of God will live forever.                                                                                    ---1John 2:15-17
 
 
 

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A MORAL PRONOUNCEMENT

By A. W. Tozer

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path
. . . I will keep thy righteous judgments.
                                                 -- Psalm 119:105-106

    What is God saying to His human creation in our day
and time?

    In brief, He is saying, "Jesus Christ is My beloved Son.
Hear Him!"

    Why is there rejection?  Why do men and women fail to
listen?

    Because  God's  message  in  Jesus  is  a  moral
pronouncement. Men and women do not wish to be
under the authority of the moral Word of God!

    For centuries, God spoke in many ways. He inspired
holy men to write portions of the message in a book.
People do not like it so they try their best to avoid it
because God has made it the final test of all morality, the
final test of all Christian ethics.

    God, being one in His nature, is always able to say the
same thing  to  everyone  who  hears  Him.  Christian
believers must know that any understanding of the Word
of God must come from the same Spirit who provided the
inspiration!

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.