KEEPING THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM!
Brother James, OIC
1Co 2:2-8 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Confusion is not of God but of the Devil. I have a friend who recently has come under the conflict of confusion again in their life. One tool Satan used was the thought they were not doing what they thought they were suppose to be doing. That thought turned to confusion then counsel with those who fed that thought so this person turned back into a situation God had delivered them from, not once but several times.
My own life in the past has followed similar unwise choices and the people of God that were placed in my life to help me and love me just prior to those choices were hurt, disregarded and left behind but they stood then and are still standing today in the grace and faith of God. I’ve often wondered if I had been faithful to continue walking through the open door into Christ’s Kingdom at that time how much further along I would have been.
Errors in judgments must occur so we can learn from our mistakes. Most of those errors occur when we enter the deception into things acceptable to society that society calls good. But these mistakes should not be the same ones over and over again as that is insanity. Yet God is faithful and will deliver again unless you are fallen from grace having the thought that it is what you are doing that saves you and not Whom you should be trusting.
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Grace is the vehicle that moves you into the position that God wants you in through Faith in Him. It is when we follow our own reasoning and way of thinking that Satan’s Demons begin working confusion then wrong decisions in us.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
There is Hope and that Hope is that when Gods Grace delivers you again seek the fruit of Patience in your life, as it is only through faith and patience that you will hold the keys to the Kingdom and inherit the Promises of God.
Rev 3:7-10 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
