Last night, against my better judgment, I watched the runoff debate between Mississippi politicians, Cindy-Hyde Smith and Mike Espy. Nothing new…two political parties using smear, lies, and embellishment to impress the voters. I came away unimpressed and wondering, why politicians put themselves through this? Can either party really make things good in the USA?
Imagine there were no political parties. It’s easy if you try (to quote John Lennon). What if the country was managed by good men and women who were directed by the principals and letter of the Constitution and the Bible alone with love for each human being regardless of where their ancestry and where life’s journey has brought them? Would love for our neighbors finally become real and universal?
I am an optimist, but this will never happen on this earth. In our hearts, we all know this to be true. The answers to fixing this world are beyond our reach and wisdom. Again, in our hearts, we know this to be true.
The sins of selfishness, pride, and narcissism will always reign in the heart of carnal men and women. Therefore, we are destined to fight and continue to breed oppression, death, and misery. God doesn’t create these troubles…we do! Laws and lawsuits will never change the corrupt heart of mankind.
Whether liberal or conservative, we all have a desire for something good for us, our children, and those who are persecuted abroad, but this is as good as it is going to get. This I know with certainty because I have read and contemplated the word of God for over 40 years.
God is at work preparing us for the day when sin and sinner shall be no more. The words of the prophets and Jesus are sure. If you go to the grave with hate, pride, and rebellion, you will rise the same way. The change of heart/character starts today. It is the work of God (through your cooperation) to make this change. We are powerless. The only thing we have to offer is the power of choice. God will never trample on this gift. When we are changed at the resurrection, the character is already set. This is why Jesus said, “you must be born again.”
This work of God is accelerating around the world. Thousands are receiving Christ and baptism are in the thousands per day. It will continue to increase until the announcement from heaven is made,
“He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
Revelation 22:11.
The very next verse proclaims the work is done and Jesus returns:
“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.
Rev. 22:12.
Heaven’s plea is through the movement of the Holy Spirit upon the heart. Those who have experienced the work of the Holy Spirit know that God is calling. Don’t put it off another day! This decision will lead to peace, happiness, and a change of heart, unlike anything this world has to offer and He will prepare you for that great day!
I tell you this, my brothers: an earthly body made of flesh and blood cannot get into God’s Kingdom. These perishable bodies of ours are not the right kind to live forever.
But I am telling you this strange and wonderful secret: we shall not all die, but we shall all be given new bodies! It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For there will be a trumpet blast from the sky, and all the Christians who have died will suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die; and then we who are still alive shall suddenly have new bodies too. For our earthly bodies, the ones we have now that can die must be transformed into heavenly bodies that cannot perish but will live forever.
When this happens, then, at last, this Scripture will come true—“Death is swallowed up in victory.” O death, where then your victory? Where then your sting?
1 Corinthians 15: 50-56 (TLB)