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“But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. [*Luke 11: 20-22 (KJV)]”
“Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? [*Isaiah 33: 13, 14 (KJV)]”
The love of our heavenly Father is completely overwhelming, even an all-consuming fire; causing us to lose any and all of our taste, desire, for appearing outwardly important, significant, impressive in the eyes of vain men and women. What does American christianity know of the love of the Father? Ah, the generation of men and women who have loved money, things, material possessions, along with the praise of men… and the pride associated with all of it… far more than they have ever shown any interest in coming to know the Father and His heart of love, The Lamb, Himself. Ah, the generation of men and women who have only ever attempted to use God to achieve, attain, accumulate and maintain all of those vanities… money, things, material possessions, the praise of men, and their pride associated therewith! It has all been coming back to bite them in their self-righteous asses, has it not?? People’s false sense of peace, being temporarily and fragilely guarded, protected by all of that facade, that fake armor, is coming to an end, and so are we… Thank God! In general, their particular armor is not actually armor, at all; but a smokescreen, and their fig-leaf aprons, into which they have invested a whole lot of time and effort, crafting and perfecting outwardly. But that’s all it really is… a vain, external, outward, superficial, artificial show… an epic production… in the eyes of other vain, corrupt men and women, being just as narcissistic, self-righteous. Our lack of true peace, today, proceeds from our attempting to hold onto a myriad of external, outward, superficial, artificial things; in addition to our attempting to hold onto the One True Head…
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