Over the weekend, I roasted some Jalapeno peppers. As I was preparing them, I realized that affairs have a great deal in common with roasting jalapenos. When the hot oils from the pepper get on your hand, it is hard to remove. It stings and can irritate your eyes and sensitive areas. Likewise affairs have their own irritants. They promise you to spice up your life, yet often end up doing more irritation than ‘spicing up’. Since the cheater is so desperate to justify what they have done, they will label the irritation as ‘passion’ or ‘excitement’. It is excitement alright, yet of the irritating kind. The kind that burns you for hours after you touched it.
Dirt and grease you can easily wash off. The hot pepper oil takes longer and requires more effort. There is always a little you forgot that ends up irritating your eyes and sensitive areas as well. Rather that wonder what you are going to do about the irritation, just leave the tempting affair alone.
Best Regards,
Jeffrey Murrah
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Did you ever wake up in the morning with a ‘teaching ‘ going through your head? This morning I woke up thinking of the situations that GOD warns us to ‘flee’ and I thought of this post which I read last night
One of the things I instructed my children …and my son in particular was according to the wisdom of GOD that I HAD NOT taken to heart as a young woman …in ignorance I had believed if I just HEARD the word often enough that it would MAKE me ‘not sin’
As time has gone by I have grown in the knowledge of the truth and understanding to the point of realizing that knowledge of the word ALONE would not keep me from sin ….I HAD to take responsibility to CHOOSE to obey it .
I did not WANT to sin but without taking the ‘sword of the spirit which is the word of GOD ‘ into my choices before temptations and entering into situations …I was just as vulnerable to be moved and deceived to sin as a person without the knowledge of GOD .
It is like the quote ‘ a person who does not read is the same as a person who cannot read’ in many ways.
I think this applies to my husband as well as many who know what to DO but do not realize how they must take PROACTIVE wisdom to heart and then DO it.
The WORD ‘flee’ is used 101 times in scripture….it has many ways it speaks but in this aspect of how it PROTECTS I see that it is wise for us to learn WHAT to avoid …and even if we do not understand WHY God tells us …if we believe in HIM being wise and loving we will be wise to listen and obey.
I was reading an article about how ‘scientists’ have concluded that spanking a child caused insanity and all kinds of warping of the personality.
This is in direct opposition to the way GOD instructs parents to train their children.
I do not believe spanking in itself is the problem but that people do not learn from GOD HOW to parent ….GOd tells us that those who neglect to INSTRUCT a child …and then carefully train him HATE HIM
People who apply spanking or any other kind of discipline wrongly often do so out of anger, exasperation and personal selfish intolerance of behavior that annoys them.
God tells parents to represent Him rightly ….God’s way of training a person is to INSTRUCT and INFORM of WHAT His standard is that is right , true , wise and righteous. Through His word he informed Adam what His commad was …and what the consequence would be if he disobeyed …Adam was not without the information needed to avoid the sin .
The consequences were NOT punative…but they were contained in the sinful act and God loved Adam enough to warn him ,…when he did sin God came looking for him and did not lower the boom on him but asked Him to explain himself ..HOW did he come to be in this state?
Adam having to answer then revealed his thoughts process to GOD and GOD instructed him further.
In parenting man GOD has been very gracious working with a rebellious and often imputant people.
In our reading of the OT behaviors and choices that some made we see the content of the way sin destroys a persons life and soul. We are thus able to learn WARNING as to the dangers of sin
A child who is deliberately disobedient needs to learn the painful outcome of such a rebellion in order to grow in knowledge that is experiential in what kind of consequence comes from acts that are out of his carnal mind. A properly applied ‘consequence ‘ that is preceded by instruction,, with a caution of the outcome …and then followed by a confirmation of love is awesome in it’s life long results
When I was a small child my mother applied a hair brush in such a way to my bare behind that I never forgot the way lying was to be avoided at all costs. It hurt but more it was humilating …YET I grew up with an inability to lie ….to almost an extreme degree…often now I think my middle name should be TMI!
I did not like being spanked but my mom did not do so with any kind of vengence …she instructed me and warned me that if ever lied to her again she would find out and then the consequence would be WORSE….I was under the age of five and I am now going to be 65 and I have never forgotten this lesson.
Lying is one of the WORST sins we encounter in life …our hearts are prone to lie to us under circumstances and our carnal minds will ‘rationalize’ sin if we do not recognize not just that it is WRONG but that it is very dangerous and damaging …even as the WORD tells us so .
Even with KNOWlLEDGE of scripture people go headlong into sin ,
Adultery is not just wrong and painful it is dangerous …so many outcomes we see now on the news that are driven by the jealousy and anger …the sorrow and the sickness that result from people not heeding the command to FLEE FORNICATION ‘ as it is so dangerous to the body [disease and death] and the soul [ eternal damnation if not repented of ] and mind …[openness to further deception and abuses of extortion, black mail …and slavery to the many CON artists out there ]
Lying is a HUGE business as advertising industry displays images and slogans that break down people’s expectations of being offered anything of real worth …they have learned over time and since the readily available use of media to be cynical as lying now is expected
The TV series “House’ made it part of House’s character mantra…” Everybody lies’ ….
The Bible warns us against this activity and instructs us to be cautious ..to examine ouselves and all through the means of the lens of the wisdom of scripture wlsely applied to our every thought…and every aspect of our lives
1Cr 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
I taught my children .If you want every memory to be sweet, make sure every thought and anticipation is lined up with God’s WORD …What is true …what is lovely …what is godly …what is worthy and profitable along the same guidelines as GOD says is indeed profitable to your SOUL,.
Emotions are neither good nor bad . God has emotions …and we being made in His image are also provided with emotions .’
The ignorance of the existance of the Devll and what he is allowed to do and where his domain of influence is in our world has brought about confusion ..which is NOT OF GOD …as GOD tells us that Jam 3:16 For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.
Confusion arises from our not having understanding …it comes through our not examining ourselves in terms of HOW we come to conclusions …what thoughts we have that work through our emotions often times without regard to what is prompting those emotions and in what context they are just and worthy to be allowed to effect our lives
Sorrow and anger are two emotions that are wrongly dealt with due to a lack of knowledge and understanding of their godly purpose and how we are to GOVERN them so that they have their righteous effect upon our lives and our conduct,
I was reading a blog that deals with women who are abused in marriage or in romantic relationships .
There is a trend in these situations . One of the things that makes women vulnerable to the advances of men who solicite them for any reason is that women are by design more sensitive emotionally than men …or usually so .
God tells husbands to live with their wives ‘according to knowledge because she is the ‘weaker ‘ vessel .
Women ARE usually weaker physically than men …but not always.
This ‘weakness’ is not in regard to less valuable or less important though carnal man often ‘hears’ it this way and thus we have many generations of wrongly applied understanding of the role of ‘head’ or ‘leader; in marriage …one of the KEY ways that sufferage and feminism was able to gather many converts to it’s cause.
The ‘weaker ‘ vessel is making reference to a woman’s NEED to be protected from appeals to her emotions…
Back in the day …men defended the honor of women against men who would try to violate her emotions. It was recognized that an unworthy man was to be dealt with severely for trying to solicite the affections of a woman …He was regarded as a ‘cad’ who preyed upon women to get their hearts and perhaps more for his own use and pleasure.
The women were raised to realize that their behavior and dress would draw men to them either upright or according to their outward appearance and behavior they might draw the attention of men looking for an ‘easy’ woman …
Today all kinds of lying instructions are doing what CADS of years past do ….they solicite the affections of young women who are craving love and affection due to the neglect as their fathers are distant and ignorant themselves of the need for daughters to experience the way a man ought to value her …not for her sexuality or outward beauty but simply because she has value in her being a child of the God who made her …
She is not taught to protect her virtue but to exploit it either through the way her father behaves around her and women who are NOT his wife …and neglects his wife ..She observes the kinds of women her father ‘enjoys’ and thus becomes aware that to gain affection , and attention she must conform to what a man ‘wants’
This is the sad effect of having viewed my own father’s behavior and even stumbling across his playboy magazines at a very young age.
When a woman has been raised to feel her value is in what she looks like and how ‘sexy ‘ she is and is not given the kind of loving respect and honor from her father …and she has not observed her mother having any more time and attention from her father as he goes about his life …she is left wanting …she is left seekking love ..which is dangerous and very hurtful
Every event growing up where there is a ‘set up ‘ of socialability being defined by having a date or some other venue where a young girls desirability is the standard for her worth works against the God given order for how a young women will learn her value and thus protect herself against being violated emotionally and eventualy physically
Women allow and accept poor treatment from men many times due to this definition of their value being based upon their attaining the acceptable appearance and qualitites that magazines, movies and tv put forth
I recently read an article that commented on the percentage of plastic surgery and the rise of those in their late to mid twenties being the greater number seeking to modify their appearance with such methods!
The way a father TENDS to his OWN flock of his family is SO important to protect his wife and daughters from this state of vulnerabllity
Sons also need to learn how important their own virtue is to be protected
It is THIS exhortation that sons need to hear and heed…>TO FLEE from fornication ‘ is a serious command because our minds ‘disconnect’ from our reason when the hormones that are excited by sexual situations come up close and personal”
We are told to become ‘armed ‘ with the WORD in order to learn to see trouble coming or situations that will lead us into temptation and AVOID them altogether
Todays work place is one very difficult area that men and women MUST become very careful about …but consistant exposure to the close proximity …the joint ‘ overcoming ‘ of various challenges that come into the business venue all are alternative aspects that once were part of the bonding of spouses in life as they overcame together many of the things that came upon them in life
The closeness ,…the daily proximity …the familliarity ..and the added aspect of the loosening of morals …and dress that has arrived at nearly pornographic proportions all challenge a man’s fidelity …men in particular having been designed to be effected most quickly by what they SEE …
Thus GOD instructs men to FOCUS their attention upon their wives…and to avoid “setting ‘ their eyes upon other women ! How a man works daily with other women in his office..many of whom are hungry for affection , appreciation and love …is one huge aspect a man MUST deal with PRIOR to his entering into this situation in order to ‘keep himself unspotted from the world ‘ and to remain loyal to GOD and his wife.
A man who grows up feeling he is ‘naturally ‘ going to be sinful sexually …that is is ‘normal’ for him to ‘sow wild oats’ is not going to be all that concerned with being a faithful husband ‘
Diets of daily TV viewing bring about the normalization of immorality as sitcoms and now ‘reality’ programs not only approve of sin but create an attitude of ‘pleasure in those that do them’ !
We are up against a HUGE tidal wave of unlawful life style choices .
People who are lacking understanding of the way they are designed and the ways that even godly emotions and sensations are NOT godly outside of the boundaries and provisions GOD has set forth and provided out of his LOVE and GENEROUSITY not just for our pleasure but for our growth in knowledge and wisdom for HIS purposes and glory are VOID of all kinds of satisfaction as they SPEND themselves in and endless search of pleasure which does not fulfill but drives them onward on an endless search for the ultimate sensation or experience
This is not just sexual …it prompts all kinds of risky and carelessness with the life GOD has brought us into this world to live according to his will for HIS glory and our good.
Bungie jumping comes to mind ….as well as many of the ‘sports’ that place heads of households many times into unneeded risk of harm or death without any regard for the loss of the family should the worst case senario come to pass.
It is poor stewardship at the least and selfishness at the length …lack of prudence to think about the outcome in the lives that men are charged with to protect and provide.
Adultery is often now sought out even by men who say they love their wives and families,
Lacking understanding of the gender differences due to the wholesale working of false teaching ….men are lacking the understanding of the duty and the calling to lead and protect their wives and children from their own urges which are good but HARMFUL when they are followed outside of the marriage and family
So many ways emotions let loose of this knowledge of their godly purpose …GODLY PURPOSE
God KNOWS the Devil and his tactics….THe Devl solicites through the godly emotions to take them outside of the godly purposes.
Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of GOOD and EVIL not because she did not have every tree in the garden which differed ONLY in the sense that IT was forbidden to them …it was the TEST of man’s love and loyalty to GOD …Man demonstrates love and loyalty by trusting GOD is GOOD and Trustworthy ….man decided to disobey for the only difference that the Devil lured him with ….KNOWLEDGE ‘to make one wise’ ….
They already HAD all knowledge available to them through GOD ..who is ALL WISE…but they were lured by the idea of something unknown …something that they could learn that they did not already know….’to be as gods …knowing good from evil’
They already had all they would need to know about GOOD …as GOD was their prime companion in the garden
Man’s desire to learn about what he does not know …cannot learn by his sight …causes him to seek what is supernatural and not apparent
He goes after signs , wonders, miraculous displays and the Devil KNOWS this about man.
Jesus came and did miracles NOT to gather people to himself so much as to FULFILL prophesies that would cause people who should have recognized him by these fulfillments….to recognize who he was …they did not …and those who drew around him came for the excitement …the food …and most left and returned home after the ‘show’
He was not pleaed with this truth of man’s heart ..fickle …and seeking signs and it was not just that he was offended by the desire of man to seek entertainment and fleshly fulfillment of appetites…but it was that THIS aspect of man’s character ,,,,lacking love FOR GOD Himself …was one of the most warned about attributes of man
Through seeking visual evidence of GOD …over and above the testimony of creation all around us …and neglect or rejection of the testimony of the word of GOD man would easily have his heart led away by signs, wonders, spectacles, emotional appeals and appeals to his fleshly appetites.
This is exactly what HE warned us false teachers and false prophets would work in …this realm of the world …the flesh .
Seductions come to our flesh and appeal to our appetities and emotions …The word tells us of the various environments and character traits that we must take heed to …in us and around us and CHOOSE to avoid as much as we are able those things that draw our hearts in …and away from the actual safety that comes from a relationship with GOD
Man today is tempted to sin through an attitude that true manhood is careless , risk taking , often violent and free of responsibliities and constraints
The Devil has brought all kinds of damage to men and those who they are entrusted with ..by way of challenges to his ‘manhood’ that are only calls to endulge in risky and sinful activities.
Decisions made upon emotion alone are the worst platform to make any decision .
Children raised to believe that anything they want to do is not going to bring about any kind of loss or painful consequence…indulgent parents or those fearful of the intrusions of social services are destine to stumble and fall into sin due to lack of training to experience that disobedience to godly order and self seeking indulgences have huge consequences often times people are drawn away and into habitual traps of behaviors that take MUCH effort and systems of support to overcome
Hopelessness often defeats them before they can make recovery ..
The lies of the Devil have worked themeselves into churches and doctrines that departed from the whole counsel of scripture …there are no restraints that are brought to be seen as wise while outside there are increasing ;’justifications’ for following our flesh to sin because we are ‘beasts’ and in truth the Bible describes man apart from being under the guidance of the word which is the spirit of Giod as ‘beasts’
Man who sees his plight needs to also have hope in that GOD is true and can be relied upon ..the wile of the Devil in many hearts today ,..having been lied to in church ..people have departed and dispared from trusting in a GOD they THINK they know but have only been given a ‘god’ created by man.
The only true GOD is REVEALED by his SON who reveals THROUGH his WORD
We need to get into the word with an attitude of expectation that answers to all of what is going on around us has an explanation that is true as GOD’S vantage point is from ABOVE and outside of this world’s realm
He is all knowing …man CAN be taught BY GOD through HIS WORDS …they must be taken INTO his mind
I used ot believe that if I heard the word often enough THAT alone would cause me to avoid sin …it was good in some sense but the only REALLY effective IMPACT upon my life came when I TOOK IT TO HEART … I recognized the need for ME to not just hear but to follow it ….to obey it ..to ask God to help me …and to recognize that the verse where GOD promises to ‘give us the desires of our hearts’ was really more about changing our desire to desire HIS WILL rather than our own will …our own ‘list ‘ of what we want for our lives
THis one perspective change on this verse was huge…to ask GOD to change the heart from what we want for us to want what HE wants …is really helpful to strengthen our appetite for his righteousness and his wisdom
To learn HOW to apply what we read ..and not just take someone elses word for what GOD says is a wise things…it is to eat ‘our own bread’ instead of observing someone else eat and share what they experience ,we take that as an appetite stimulant to go back to eat of the bread that comes down from heaven ourselves ,…sitting at the ‘table ‘ of God’s word with HIM as our host and chief and eat and drink of HIS word. ..with HIM …
This brings a dynamic that changes within our attitude and desire for GOD
We go to the word out of desire to meet up with HiM …in his WORD rather than reading out of duty …it brings LIVING words into our thiinking and we apply them and avoid harm to all
The world is now running on ‘fumes’ of experiences of the flesh and is fast drawing people away by emotions and appetites.
We need to have a change of appetite …and of diet
God’s WORD IS HIS spirit …it enters into our minds and directs our way ..our choices so that we learn to avoid those kinds of things , environments and people that will draw us further into sinful behaviors ….
WE are not called to leave this world but to live IN it and THROUGH it ..effecting others lives but not controlling them ….by way of our lookiing unto our LORD …serving HIM in truth we do then ‘serve’ others …serving GOD does not mean we BECOME GOD to others…but that our devotion and love will encourage others to want to seek HIM …
HOWEVER once a person has rebelled with knowledge and understanding but CHOOSES to do evil …there is little any ‘example’ of a godly life seems to effect in them
Lying false teachers and pride in self intelllect seem to have a way of solidifying people …their own industry and devices that have provided positions of power …money and other ‘benefits’ are allowed by GOD as HE is just and does not seem to contradict his own character
Work brings income and often positions of honor …even these are not SIN but it is the ATTITUDE of the heart that makes or ‘breaks’ the effects of them upon a person and his choices’
God in is mercy will often allow the collapse of such things in order for the person to be brought low …consequences of sinful living are supposed to cause us to wake up and make proper changes in all of our ways ….
Todays ‘easy credit’ seems to be another way that the Devil has helped people avoid consequences of sinful living to the end that more and more of what WOULD have drawn them to the LORD are ‘delayed ‘ until the snare is so huge in their eyes …and the life left to live is so short that discouragment comes over them and they then lack confidence in GOD doing anything with them
They are deceived into thinking in terms of this world .linear time and all of the ways that man by flesh does things
The hope and benefits of changing of lord is overwhelming ..the ‘loss’ of comfort too great to imaging …and so a life continues to grasp at the diminishing ‘returns’ of efforts to delay the painful losses …until the lifetime expires and they end …as empty vessels ..or worse …wth their ‘cup’ filled not with the blessing of a lifetime of walking after the Lord and his holiness but after sin so their cup is filled with wrath
The wrath of GOD is NOT something I see as ‘coming ‘ upon all the earth from HIS pooring out anger
It is the result of continued filling up the individual ‘cups’ of lives lived in sin …willful and rebellious…hardened and emboldened by the MANY who have made it seem normal and expected of people ….many peoples ‘cups’ filled up with consequences from sinful living overflow and take a whole community down in the various ways sin and the seeds of sin planted in individual lives effect the environment first morally and then physically , including not just bodies but the world environment as well…
Sin brings about death in many ways before ones lifetime expires.
God has provide THE Way to come to Him and into HIS KINGDOM ….HIS WORD as HIS SON revealed and does reveal IN those who take it in and trust in HIM to teach and guide us into all truth.
NO OTHER venue is provided BY GOD …but many ‘roads’ are offered by the Devil who is the god of this world and has the freedom to function as the ‘tree of knowledge of good and evil ‘ did once in the garden of Eden …do we listen and become citizens of GOD’s Kingdom through seeking HIM ? or do we remain slaves the kingdom of this world through having been enslaved by following our flesh and our appetites through offerings of pleasure and advantages of THIS WORLD
Which ‘kingdom’ determiines not just our destiny but our effective influences upon other people as well
The Devil and his angels offer all kind of things that appear good and even try to have us respond by way of what IS good …but OUT of the godly context …in order to help us JUSTIFY why it is ‘ok’ or ‘doable’
Many men and women who ‘love ‘ people have been lured into doing something to ‘help ‘ or do good ‘ for someone who is NOT within their god given jurisdiction and thus not only are their time and resources being stolen by way of solicitations to please flesh …please men or please their need to be needed’ for some good feeling ..but they are proven to be unwise STEWARDS of what GOD has entrusted then to take care of
We are told in scripture that “he who is faithful in that which is least will be made faithful in that which is greater’
A man who does not take heed to care properly for his wife ..and his own children in all ways ..avoiding violating their lives …emotions will not be equipped to stay out of involving himself in lives of others properly
When the anger arises from being violated we are told that anger in an of itself is not bad or sinful .there is JUST anger when someone sins against the laws of GOD …we are told to not sin OUT of anger …not to act impulsively but to judge ..not acccording to appearance but to judge righteous judgment …” so much for satanic views that we are not to JUDGE
But OUR judgment is to be what GOD judges about things…situations …and people …we do not have the final ‘say ‘ or judgment ”GOD DOES ..and HE has revealled HOW HE judges all things …by HIS WORD which WE CAN KNOW …for our own protection and guidance .
When adultery happens to us …we have JUST ANGER …JUST SORROW and JUST jealousy BUT GOD being our LORD directs us to trust HIM for a perfect outcome and dealing with that situation
After all …many confess many horrific imaginations for ;’punishments ‘against the violators of our marriage …our LIVES but GOD is PERFECT ..and HIS JUDGMENT is PERFECT
HE told us to pray for those who violate us ….to do ‘good’ to them …DOING “GOOD”” is not according to feelings OR The way ‘goodness’ is defined in society …
The way the WORLD defines what is GOOD is NOT good according to the way GOD uses this word…GOD is the ONLY “good’ according to Jesus so we must learn from HIM what being “GOOD ” and ‘DOING GOOD” is ….in truth.
Praying for and blessing someone who sins against us is more for them to be stopped in their sinful ways and it is by way of experiencing consequences …the deep sorrow that leads them to SEEK repentance….
Many feel they ‘do good’ by acts of kindness that lead to assumption and presumption on the part of the person how has practiced sin and deceit …whose life has been FORMED to respond to all kinds of sinful temptations and have their consciences SEARED by way of their having normalized and legitimized sin in their minds as not having any consequences …They HAVE guilt but they experience it and regard it as someone elses FAULT of reason it is because of this feeling that they must seek more comfort in sinful ways .
Their minds are ‘reprobate ‘ they have no knowledge or way to know what IS indeed ‘good ‘ anymore
But GOD is wise …and HIS instruction for us to follow is GOOD ..and whatever we do …as we endeavor to obey HIM …we learn and we experience HIS LOVE within …those who sin and continue to sin will eventually destroy themselves …the woeful aspect is that they are CAPTIVE …and do not realize this ..they cannot see ..cannot understand ..their views are blind to the costs …they do not see the ‘harm’ and the deep wounds of those they harm
This blindness is one of the difficult things to experience as we who have been harmed try to understand how a person who says they ‘love us ‘ and believes it to be so ; but justifies or compartmentalizes their lives in such a way .
It takes their being confronted with the word of truth ..AND it takes them RECEIVING it
One of the things that is most difficult in our marriage is that I have told my husband things to expect in his continued choices …not from my hurt but from what GOD has shown in his word as to the results and outcomes of certain ways of thinking , deciding and acting …the ways that various ‘efforts ‘ of carnal man has of trying to ‘fix’ his life of sin …and ALL of what I told him has come to pass in his own eyes as he continued to ignore that wisdom
It was not MY wisdom that predicted these outcomes ..it was the testimony of what OTHERS who did the same things in scripture did and what happened to them and others as a result
Still …even as my husband has had to admit that these things were true…that even as I did not have personal experiences with this woman or with the things that were going on …THE WORD told what the truth was …AND I TOLD my husband and he ignored me and the wisdom of GOD and THEN SAW and admitted that they were true ..
BUT HE STILL refuses to acknowledge that the way GOD tells us is going to work out as HE said about people of certain character …of activities with certain aspects and sin ..
This is as someone once said ‘insanity ‘ …doing the same things the same way and expecting a different outcome
Going by his feelings and his own way of doing things is STILL his go to ! He sees that they do not work out the way he thinks they will but still insists upon doing them anyway!
This I believe is what GOD calls ‘foolishness’
Man does not have to be foolish …but he will be if he denies GOD and refuses wisdom …there is ONE enemy of his soul who loves this kind of set up in the heart
I believe that false teachings and filthy doctrines brought into the church ..beginning from the first century onward by evil men who intended to turn people away from the truth has wrought this ..BUT every person has had the exhortation and command from GOD to SEEEK HIM
and the WORD is available …GOD told us that IF we would SEEK HIM ..we would FIND HIM
IF we will CONTINUE in HIS WORDs then we will learn and be taught all things for this life and a godliy relation with HIM and with others
Failing to seek out what the truth of scripture IS we often fall into ditches of opinions and even our own desire to avoid the cost of our faviorite comforts …but if we love GOD we are led along ..not stopping too long …but as Jesus said ” my sheep know my voice …another they will not follow’
May those caught up in sin be brought ‘low ‘ not because of vengence upon them but to deliver them from the chains their own rebellion has wrought upon their minds and souls through practicing sinful activities…including idolatry that has many forms in our day and time ….
Ultimately we must choose to obey our flesh or God’s commandments…and thus the ‘sword of truth ‘ cuts away the fleshly veil over the heart that we may SEE GOD as HE desires us to see HIM …in scripture …This truth makes us free to obey ….and free indeed!