Our paragraph topic is: (Their persecution of religion) Part 6.
They were taught well, the sons. Their fathers were the leaders of the people who killed the prophets in order to keep the people in line with their interpretation of religion. They did not want to change. They did not want to show love, or mercy, or faith, or hope in God that they could show the people. They only had what they knew to be their own way of knowledge and understanding.
They had the writings of the prophets and the commandments. They had the rules as given by Moses. But those were from ancient history passed down from centuries ago. Their fathers needed new rules and new laws to fit their needs and their ways of thinking so they made their own. And they taught those new learnings to their sons to rule the people so that they would continue to persecute the people. Christ told them: "You also fill up the measure
of your fathers."
Their fathers would be proud of the way they rule over the people. They would be honored because their sons carry on the traditions that they established. The sons continued the sins of the fathers and persecuted religion the same as their fathers. They know no difference. They seek no change. They understand no sorrow or pain for the people. They know no mercy or love, for they live in palaces away from the common people, they fill themselves with fine foods, dress in the best of clothing and live a life of luxury.
Has time changed so drastically today that we are that much different from the past? Some live in poverty, some live just above poverty. Some live, in the median, and then there are those who live above the median and those that live ultra median. And above all those are the generational life that has known luxury for many lifetimes. This is our society today. This is our way of life today. This is our religion today.
Christ came, to bring about change to the system. He came to open our minds and our hearts to a different way. We live in the system but we do not have to be a part of it. We are in the system but we are not bound by it, if we choose. We are flesh and spirit but we are bound by spirit. He has given us a new spirit, a new life, a new light. He has given us the key to the kingdom if we choose to accept it.
Our key allows us to step out of the worldly system and into the spiritual system. In our new life we are given the riches of the world plus the wealth of the kingdom of heaven. We are given the eternal joy and the peace and the everlasting happiness that the worldly system cannot buy or give us. We are given the love and protection of the ever-living creator of the universe, our Father Almighty God. We are given the promise of Christ that he will be with us always, that he will guide us and protect us from harm. All this we are given because of his love for us. If you have ever been down and out, know that he is with you. All you have to do is call upon him and you will know his love. And his love for you will fill you with a love for him.
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 nd 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.
They were taught well, the sons. Their fathers were the leaders of the people who killed the prophets in order to keep the people in line with their interpretation of religion. They did not want to change. They did not want to show love, or mercy, or faith, or hope in God that they could show the people. They only had what they knew to be their own way of knowledge and understanding.
They had the writings of the prophets and the commandments. They had the rules as given by Moses. But those were from ancient history passed down from centuries ago. Their fathers needed new rules and new laws to fit their needs and their ways of thinking so they made their own. And they taught those new learnings to their sons to rule the people so that they would continue to persecute the people. Christ told them: "You also fill up the measure
of your fathers."
Their fathers would be proud of the way they rule over the people. They would be honored because their sons carry on the traditions that they established. The sons continued the sins of the fathers and persecuted religion the same as their fathers. They know no difference. They seek no change. They understand no sorrow or pain for the people. They know no mercy or love, for they live in palaces away from the common people, they fill themselves with fine foods, dress in the best of clothing and live a life of luxury.
Has time changed so drastically today that we are that much different from the past? Some live in poverty, some live just above poverty. Some live, in the median, and then there are those who live above the median and those that live ultra median. And above all those are the generational life that has known luxury for many lifetimes. This is our society today. This is our way of life today. This is our religion today.
Christ came, to bring about change to the system. He came to open our minds and our hearts to a different way. We live in the system but we do not have to be a part of it. We are in the system but we are not bound by it, if we choose. We are flesh and spirit but we are bound by spirit. He has given us a new spirit, a new life, a new light. He has given us the key to the kingdom if we choose to accept it.
Our key allows us to step out of the worldly system and into the spiritual system. In our new life we are given the riches of the world plus the wealth of the kingdom of heaven. We are given the eternal joy and the peace and the everlasting happiness that the worldly system cannot buy or give us. We are given the love and protection of the ever-living creator of the universe, our Father Almighty God. We are given the promise of Christ that he will be with us always, that he will guide us and protect us from harm. All this we are given because of his love for us. If you have ever been down and out, know that he is with you. All you have to do is call upon him and you will know his love. And his love for you will fill you with a love for him.
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 nd 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.
