scripture
1 Corinthians 4:11-13
To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
quote
The whole of life is a test, a trial of what is in us, so arranged by God himself.
William Plumer
scripture
Psalm 97:10-12
Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
thoughts
Most people would say that we are not supposed to hate. However, Christians should hate evil. Evil is the enemy of God and therefore is also our enemy.
I am struggling with what I see in the lives of professing Christians, including myself.
This is not about pointing out specks in others while there are planks in our own eyes. This is about realizing that we all need help seeing.
If we do not confront one another then we are just a horde of blind leading blind with the inevitable ditch before us.
We are supposed to be representatives of Christ. What kind of representation are we as a collective and as individuals? What specks and planks should we be confronting?
scripture
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
quote
My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil’s most wanted list.
Leonard Ravenhill
