Zander, it seems you are almost taking knowledge as a bad thing
We teach our children so they will be able to make good decisions. Then once we have instructed them in something then we expect them to be able to do it. Let's say we show them how to swim, it may take a while but they get it figured out. Now they have knowledge that not only can they enjoy, but could save their life. It would be a very ungrateful child to come to their parents and say, 'I have no use for swimming, what good is it to me? I wish you had not even taught me.'
Think about it, God has given you something very precious, you may not see the good of it right now, but the value of what you know will never diminish. You should hold on to what you have, because if you do not want it He just may take it away from you.
Here is a section of the '05 conference 'What Is The Gospel of The Kingom.'
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Let me give you something powerful. Everybody has kind of a feeling, they say, ‘well nobody is perfect and I’m not perfect and therefore I’m okay, because nobody is perfect.’ This is the attitudes of Laodiceans, I’m lukewarm. What does God say about lukewarmness? "I will vomit you out of My mouth."
There is either light or darkness with God. Jesus Christ says if you are not for me, you are against Me. ‘Well wait there must be something in between, you can be pretty much, maybe not completely.’ No, you are either for Me or against Me. If you are lukewarm you are totally deceived.
Rev 3:14 "And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, "These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:
v. 15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
v. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth.
v. 17 Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods (‘oh I understand these truths, I know all this, I could teach it, I could write articles on this, I know these things, they are second nature to me’), and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
Wow, it doesn’t say you are a little deceived, I mean come on. Here is somebody that believes in God, these are members of the church of God, this is the seventh phase, Laodicea. “you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know…” You don’t know you are totally deceived… “that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.”
You are like the emperor that had no clothes on and when somebody says ‘you don’t have any clothes on.’ He get’s angry with you and says beat that servant. The truth of the matter is he doesn’t have any clothes on and you are just trying to save him some embarrassment. But he hates the servant and would whip the servant that would ever suggest such a thing.
HIDDEN TREASURE
Rev 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold tried in the fire…
Buy it, that is the hidden treasures. The “gold tried in the fire” is the hidden treasure. Buy it whatever it takes, sell everything you’ve got and buy it. That’s what you want, you want that gold tried in the fire. That’s what you want. You are either for Me or against Me.
Remember in verse 10 James said, “humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord.” Now back up in verse 6 notice what it says;
James 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says, God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
He resists the proud. If you start to go with these truths… I’m talking about when you left your first love and now you are coming back, if you don’t grow in these truths, God will resist you.
If you don’t grow you are like the man that took his talent and wrapped it in a napkin and hid it, so it can’t grow. Guess what? You will lose the one talent you had. If you had some abilities and you are not growing, guess what? God will take them away. He will take them away and you will lose what you had. He will resist the proud.
Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they who love Your law (and we know that God‘s Law is spiritual), and nothing (not anything) shall offend them.
If you are living by God’s Law, you can’t be offended. You will only pity the poor slob who tries to put you down. If you are not offended, truly not offended, you will be a king who will bring judgment to that person one day. Then they will learn to be humble like you.
So God has great things in store for the few, the called, the chosen, the humble. The ones that are like little children, just wanting to do the will of their Father.
Kings - lords - priests - a royal nation - a peculiar people - a special people to God. It’s all at hand, that how close it is, it’s at hand.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat