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| Hebrews 10:24-25 Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works;not forasking the assembling of ourselves together. We are ALL capable of being spiritual sluggards; we do not want to mix with the rough and tumble of life as it is, our one object is to secure retirement. The note struck in Hebrew 10 is that of provoking one another and of keeping together, both of which require initiative, the initiative of Christ realization, not of self realization. To live a remote, retired, secluded life is the antipodes of spiritually as Jesus Christ taught it. The test of our spirtuality comes when we come up against injustice and meanness and ingratitude and turmoil, all of which have hit tendency to make us spiritual sluggards. We want to use prayer and Bible reading for the purpose of retirement. We utilize God for the sake of getting peace and joy, that is, we do not want to realize Jesus Christ, but only our enjoyment of Him. This is the first step in the wrong direction. ALL these things are effects and we try to make them causes.
" I think it meet," said Peter, : to stir you up by putting you in remembrance." It is a most disturbing thing to be smitten in the ribs by some provoked of God, by someone who is full of spiritual activity. Active work and spriritual activity are NOT the same things .. Active work may be the countterfiet of spiritual activity. The danger of spiritual sluggish is that we do not wish to be stirred up, all we want to heart about is spiritual retirement. Jesus Christ NEVER encourages the idea of retirement..." GO TELL MY BRETHREN" for it is WITH God ALL things are possible. Have a very blessed Thursday all...
Edited by Ladyjockey 2 2018-07-12 7:13 AM
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The Spiritual Sluggard