What’s Peculiar About You? Part [5] 01/30/2024 (Evening thought)

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

In other words, if a person were to give up on their former way of life, to link up with God’s people, and were to espouse the uniqueness of God’s kingdom, he/ she, in most cases should not come up short, in any aspect of life, because the tenor of the Gospel, and the principles, and laws of God’s kingdom are greatly superior to those espoused by the popular, secular majorities.

The Scriptures are clear, and unequivocal in stating that every law, and instruction pertaining to God’s kingdom would put the believer on a significantly higher plane of existence, when the principles laws and statutes are incorporated into our everyday experiences. If this were not the case, then persons could point to the Gospel as being malicious, for if one were to surrender their former life for the Scriptural ways of doing things and then become worse off than they were before, then the abundant life Christ spoke of would be a mere figment of the imagination.

That this is absolutely not the case, is made clear in the Bible, for the tenor of the Gospel is to elevate, not to depreciate, to build up, not to tear down, to make better, not to make worse. In other words, at the end of the day, the bottom line of the Gospel is that individuals should absolutely be better off, on every level than they were before.

Deuteronomy 4: 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land whither you go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What’s Peculiar About You? Part [4] 01/29/2024 (Morning thought)

Matthew 23:1 Then spoke Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples, 2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Thus, when the Bible speaks of a peculiar people, it not only encompasses our doctrinal elements, but more so, refers to the living persons, through whom there ought to be a real time manifestation of that Royalty spoken of, and as such, it should inevitably translate into stark differences, and significantly elevated ways of doing things, when compared to average norms.

Therefore, for all practical intents and purposes, the study will deal very specifically with what that word “Peculiar” should translate into, as it pertains, both to the true people of God, and to the observer who, might be contemplating joining God’s unique family, so that they too may become partakers of the same peculiarity the Bible speaks of.

Now, God does not desire His people to be peculiar just for peculiar’s sake. It must always be peculiarity for the better, never for the worse, because the one who is seeking to link up with God’s people must be a beneficiary of the ways, and means adopted from the Bible.

John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!