Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
– Mark TwainFor all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
– Jesus Christ (Luke 12:30-32)
It looks like the government is going to close a bunch of smaller, obsolete prisons and build a super-prison. This is going to take a lot of money and a lot of time.
In the Old Testament, when God established a penal system, there was no incarceration.
Everything we call real is made up of things that cannot be regarded as real.
-Niels Bohr, physicist, human perspectiveNow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen…. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
– Author of Hebrews, divine perspective (Hebrews 11:1, 3)And He (Christ) is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
– Paul, divine perspective (Colossians 1:17)
You can be bitter against two kinds of people.
Ephesians 4:30-32
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Verse 30: bitterness grieves the Holy Spirit — Really Stupid.
Verse 32: refusal to forgive denies God’s forgiveness for you — Really, Really Stupid.
Few things are more stupid than bitterness, for it undercuts a faith founded on forgiveness. I suppose that’s why Satan wants bitterness for us. Choosing what Satan wants is, of course, stupid.
If you struggle with bitterness, just stop. Remember Hell, remember the Cross, remember you have been forgiven. You do have a choice. End the stupidity. Stop now.
Church establishment in the UK is a joke. Neither the Kirk nor the Church of England is the religion of government. That’s no loss, since those churches are corrupt, and true Christianity will never flourish because of government action, anyway. I keep searching the New Testament for the verse telling us a state church is a good idea, but I can’t find it.
“How would you cure a horse that is afraid of cars?”
His kids ask:
“Have you been preaching on joy in ALL THINGS again?” 🙂
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
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