That Those Who See May Be Blind

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What's it going to take to get the godless and unrighteous who sin for the pure enjoyment of it...like i used to do...selfish enjoyment.  What' it going to take to receive the love of the truth or the truth about His love.  Is it that fashionable to be so anti-Christian?  And with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. -- [Thessalonians 2: 10-12]

Do they think they will beat God to the punch?  Do they figure they'll turn their backs on Him when He's already turned His back on them?  He's not just a figurehead.  Jesus Christ is salvation.  There was a time when i didn't consider myself as a good or bad seed.  i considered myself a wild seed.  To live in harmony with You, Lord May you create in others what You Yourself can do.  i will not be focused or attracted to any messenger and some messingers i won't even listen to anymore.  It doesn't feel right when they speak.  It doesn't feel right opening their mail when it arrives.

With Your help, i must determine for myself with only Your help what messages or ministry is sealed by the Holy Spirit so that it is genuine.  Pastor Greg seems to be pandering.  He seems a little star-struck and even full of himself now that his new movie has come out.  He seems bent on entertaining or becoming more entertaining with jokes that aren't funny.  Lord, keep him real and genuine.  He has written some fantastic material that i've been blessed with.

For judgment I have come into the world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be blind. - [John 9:39]

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