Our paragraph topic is: (Avoiding scandal) Part 4.
Scandals, are an evil in the fabric of mankind. Scandals, are an opening into the heart and soul of man. Scandals, are a thing that once spoken and breathed, takes on its own life. Christ warns of these things. He speaks to his disciples telling them to beware. For Scandal will come. Scandal will take on its own life. Scandals will spread like a plague, a disease in the minds and hearts of men. It is spread by word of mouth. It will consume. It will destroy. And when it has fulfilled it's purpose it will die.
Christ tells his disciples that the world will suffer because of scandals. He warns them of the impending doom brought on by it. And he tells them that it is a necessary evil. Scandals must needs be. But scandals only come through men. They only have life and take form through the thoughts and minds of the men and women that allow it to be created, allow it to have life in their minds and hearts. Christ warns his disciples against scandals. He tells them: "For it must needs be that scandals come, but woe to the man through whom scandal does come!"
Woe to the man or woman through which it comes. Beware, Christ tells us, that we are not the messengers of scandal. For the punishment is great, the wrath is everlasting, and the justice of God will come to those who open the door to scandals. Pride, envy, revenge, self-interest are all the causes that open the door to scandal. For it is these evils that invade the heart and pollute the mind to bring forth scandals that destroy mankind. For scandal is now commonplace in our society. We have engines of scandal, tools that we can use to promote scandals, TV shows, news broadcasts that excite and tell us about the latest scandals, and talk show hosts that help us to laugh and joke about the scandals that are in our daily lives. All these opportunities allow us to practice the basest of behaviors easily and readily without even leaving our homes or bedside.
We are children of God created in his image and likeness, children of light. Christ gave up his majesty and royalty to become man that we could be redeemed from death and given new life. It is with gladness and hope and joy that we should be rejoicing in the new life that is available to us and the gifts that our father has prepared for us in heaven. Why then, do we need to pride ourselves in the meaningless travails that the world has to offer. Why then, do we need to be jealous and envious of what others have? Why then do we need to spread lies and rumors and gossip about the affairs of others that we may profit ourselves through the pain and suffering of others. The creator of the universe has already given us far greater gifts that fulfill our deepest desires and passions? We seek to fill the holes within us when we practice such behaviors without realizing that evil has crept into our hearts and polluted our minds. Christ has given us the keys to fulfilled our lives for eternity.
It is with those keys that we can open the door to eternal life and welcome the truth of life into our hearts. The Holy Spirit is given to us freely if we only believe and seek it. The light of life will come to us if we only desire to know the truth of who we are. The love of God will overwhelm us if we only ask to know his boundless love. Our father is alive and wants his children to know who he is. He wants to protect us. He wants to provide for us. He wants to love us, if we let him. The choice is yours. Awake from the sleep of the world and become alive with the truth of who you are in Christ. Follow the path before you. Open the door to the Holy Spirit. Live the life that you are meant to live for eternity, both here on earth and in heaven.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Scandals, are an evil in the fabric of mankind. Scandals, are an opening into the heart and soul of man. Scandals, are a thing that once spoken and breathed, takes on its own life. Christ warns of these things. He speaks to his disciples telling them to beware. For Scandal will come. Scandal will take on its own life. Scandals will spread like a plague, a disease in the minds and hearts of men. It is spread by word of mouth. It will consume. It will destroy. And when it has fulfilled it's purpose it will die.
Christ tells his disciples that the world will suffer because of scandals. He warns them of the impending doom brought on by it. And he tells them that it is a necessary evil. Scandals must needs be. But scandals only come through men. They only have life and take form through the thoughts and minds of the men and women that allow it to be created, allow it to have life in their minds and hearts. Christ warns his disciples against scandals. He tells them: "For it must needs be that scandals come, but woe to the man through whom scandal does come!"
Woe to the man or woman through which it comes. Beware, Christ tells us, that we are not the messengers of scandal. For the punishment is great, the wrath is everlasting, and the justice of God will come to those who open the door to scandals. Pride, envy, revenge, self-interest are all the causes that open the door to scandal. For it is these evils that invade the heart and pollute the mind to bring forth scandals that destroy mankind. For scandal is now commonplace in our society. We have engines of scandal, tools that we can use to promote scandals, TV shows, news broadcasts that excite and tell us about the latest scandals, and talk show hosts that help us to laugh and joke about the scandals that are in our daily lives. All these opportunities allow us to practice the basest of behaviors easily and readily without even leaving our homes or bedside.
We are children of God created in his image and likeness, children of light. Christ gave up his majesty and royalty to become man that we could be redeemed from death and given new life. It is with gladness and hope and joy that we should be rejoicing in the new life that is available to us and the gifts that our father has prepared for us in heaven. Why then, do we need to pride ourselves in the meaningless travails that the world has to offer. Why then, do we need to be jealous and envious of what others have? Why then do we need to spread lies and rumors and gossip about the affairs of others that we may profit ourselves through the pain and suffering of others. The creator of the universe has already given us far greater gifts that fulfill our deepest desires and passions? We seek to fill the holes within us when we practice such behaviors without realizing that evil has crept into our hearts and polluted our minds. Christ has given us the keys to fulfilled our lives for eternity.
It is with those keys that we can open the door to eternal life and welcome the truth of life into our hearts. The Holy Spirit is given to us freely if we only believe and seek it. The light of life will come to us if we only desire to know the truth of who we are. The love of God will overwhelm us if we only ask to know his boundless love. Our father is alive and wants his children to know who he is. He wants to protect us. He wants to provide for us. He wants to love us, if we let him. The choice is yours. Awake from the sleep of the world and become alive with the truth of who you are in Christ. Follow the path before you. Open the door to the Holy Spirit. Live the life that you are meant to live for eternity, both here on earth and in heaven.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
