July 8th, 2006 @ 12:48 p.m.
Thus saith the Lord to the naysayers who believe that He is all hearts and flowers without judgment and justice:
"MY WORD IS SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD...FOR MY FATHER GAVE UNTO ME ALL JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE. YES I AM A GOD OF LOVE BUT MY LOVE IS TRUTH! MY LOVE IS RIGHTEOUS! THINK NOT THAT I CAME TO LOVE ONLY WITHOUT JUDGMENT FOR MY LOVE AND MY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS GO HAND IN HAND AND BOTH COME FROM MY LOVE. IF YOU SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME BUT DO NOT LOVE MY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS THEN YOUR HEART IS FAR FROM ME AND SPEAKS VAIN IMAGININGS. WOE UNTO THEY WHO COME IN MY NAME BUT SPEAK NOT MY TRUE TRUTHS, MY COMPLETE WORD. FOR YOU CANNOT PICK APART MY CHARACTER AND MY WORD AND TAKE THE PARTS THAT YOU LIKE AND TOSS OUT THAT WHICH YOU CONSIDER NOT SO NICE! WOULD YOU DIVIDE ME ASSUNDER AND CRUCIFY ME YET AGAIN? I CAME TO GIVE LIFE ABUNDANTLY BUT ABUNDANT LIFE CAN ONLY COME WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOURSELF TO MY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT DAILY. FOR THEN YOU ARE SEEKING ME WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART - FOR THEN YOU WANT ALL OF ME AND RECEIVE ALL THAT I AM. ALL OF ME OR NONE. YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS," SAITH ALMIGHTY GOD.
Psalm 52
To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation[a] of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.
1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous also shall see and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
7 Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9 I will praise You forever,
Because You have done it;
And in the presence of Your saints
I will wait on Your name, for it is good.
As The Lord Speaks
via His Messenger
July 8th, 2006 @ 12:48 p.m.
