IT IS FOOLISH TO BE FOOLISH

"Woe to those who live only for today,

indifferent to the fate of others!

Woe to the playboys, the playgirls,

who think life is a party held just for them!" (Amos 6:4-5, The Message).  

There is always need for balance in life. God's word admonishes us to live free of anxieties about tomorrow. That is good for our health and the health of our today. Please read Matthew 6:25-34. But the Bible does not teach against planning for tomorrow. It is true that the Bible says tomorrow will take care of itself, but that is also because we have put appropriate things in place to enable tomorrow take care of itself. Having anxieties or worrying is not the same thing as planning. The latter is positively productive while the former is not only useless but tends to multiply problems for today and tomorrow. 

IT MAY BE GOOD YET NOT RIGHT

"And

Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God" (2 Chronicles 14:2).

One of the strange truths of life is that it is not every good thing that is right. I have heard it said that "If it is good, it is God". That may not always be true because it may be good and not right. That you feel good about a thing does not make that thing right. Honey will always taste good in your mouth regardless of who owns it. The taste of the pudding is in the eating and not in the ownership. So, the fact that another man's honey is sweet in my mouth does not make it right for me to take what does not belong to me. 

MY LITTLE SECRET

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel" (Romans 2:16). 

A secret is defined as knowledge that is hidden. In the definition itself is a subtle contradiction because once you refer to something as "knowledge", there is really nothing secret about it anymore. At the best therefore, we could say that a secret is something hidden from the knowledge of some persons. It is only to those persons from whom it is hidden that it could be called a secret. The point therefore is that it is a waste of time to fool yourself thinking that you have some secrets somewhere. There is really nothing of such. 

AS OLD AS MAN

"But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man" (Judges 14:20, Bible in Basic English). 

A betrayal occurs when you violate the confidence someone else has reposed in you. It is to deceive someone who has trusted you or to hurt someone who trusts you (such as a friend or relative) by not giving help or by doing something morally wrong against them. The act of betrayal is as old as man and it goes on in our world in different forms and shapes on a daily basis. It produces hurts, heartaches, depression, discord among brethren and so many other emotional imbalances that further societal disequilibrium. 

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The purpose of these words is not to instigate church members against their pastors or to encourage unnecessary arguments with church leadership. But wanted in this end time is the character of the church in Ephesus which knew the truth of God's word with which they tried false prophets, exposed lying apostles and unmasked fake pastors (Revelation 2:2). The Lord Jesus Christ was so proud of that church in this respect and promptly commended her for her spiritual vigilance. If you will not be deceived my dear friends, you have to take the time to study the Scriptures and get close to God. The hour has come when every believer must continually labour to have an inspired scriptural position on every topical issue that concerns the Christian faith and his walk with God. That is the way to beware of false prophets. 

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"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" (Matthew 7:15-16). 

The Bible makes it clear in many places that one of the things believers would have to contend with, particularly as we near the end of times is the rise of false prophets and fake pastors. The Lord Jesus Christ said it, warning that there would even be "false Christs" (Matthew 24:11, 24). Paul said it (2 Corinthians 11:13) and added that there would also be "false brethren" (Galatians 2:4). Peter warned us (2 Peter 2:1). And then, of course, apostle John warned us, urging us not to believe every spirit, but to "try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1). 

WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.