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WORD FOR TODAY: SEPARATION!
Faith is well….taking things on “Faith”. There used to be a time
when the U.S. Dollar represented the “full faith and credit” of these United
States of America. We all know what happened to the latter – the credit of the
United States is lower than a crawling reptile’s stomach! The full faith part
still exists. In fact, some people seem to have more faith in the concept of this great
country, than they have faith in the God Who created us!
Our next verse in the Hebrews 11 Series is 13 "These all died in faith, not having received the things
promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having
acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth….Hebrews 11:13
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Every Old Testament saint died without seeing the Great Hope and
Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Adam knew the Creator Jesus, Who walked in the
“cool of the Garden” and talked with Adam daily. But he lost that fellowship
after sinning with Eve and the serpent in Genesis 3. Still, the Lord provided
for and blessed his family. What about the others?
The following well known saints died without seeing the Promise
of Christ, yet they believed: Enoch; Noah; Joshua; Samuel, King David;
Jeremiah; Daniel; Hosea and Abraham. These are the well known faithful ones, but there
were many, many whom God calls His Remnant throughout the almost 4000 years
before Christ, who never sold out to the world, sin and Satan!
They are like
you and I!!
They are the ones who went about their lives; raised their families
and had a Fear of Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. We hardly ever see the awe
and respect and fear for Holy God we read and know about from Tradition or of
long ago Biblical Worship services.
But while the modern church does not
conduct according to the high standards of Old Testament believers, in our own
lives and families, we do not have to participate.
So for today - the word is SEPARATION. Yes, separate yourself from the Culture and the Filth, even if we have to live and work next door to or IN it!
Let us be strangers and
exiles like those whom we read about in Hebrews 11:13!
Amen!
