The Stranger Within Thy Gates. Part [11] 08/04/2025 (Morning thought)

Isaiah 59: 14 Judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

Great changes in perspective, and practice are now warranted, for there is a callous view on human life that has come to be the norm in many places and in many countries. Starvation of the less unfortunate is used as a weapon, and the stranger within our gates is being brow beaten, to say the least. God is now calling on those who name the name of Christ to consider your ways, for even though these things have been predicted to come to pass, God is not pleased with the deteriorating state of things.

And as our first passage stated, God will intervene in the fulness of time, for the time is coming when He will say thus far and no further. It is not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when….. Isaiah 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. 19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

Now is the time for the Christian to shine amidst the moral darkness that is now enveloping the earth like a pall. The glory of God’s character and the light that streams from Calvary are meant to dispel the clouds that are gathering on the horizon, even as we speak. Therefore, let us in our neck of the woods be found living in harmony with the great moral law, for the Scripture that says “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you” is scheduled to be fulfilled in due season. We therefore end with a passage that’ll encourage us to make changes in perspective and practice as is necessary for God will bless all sincere efforts aimed at reform and change, in the right direction.

James 3: 8 If you fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, you do well. 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

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

The Stranger Within Thy Gates. Part [10] 08/04/2025 (Evening thought)

Luke 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

There are several questions the good Samaritan did not ask and we owe it to ourselves to take note. [1] He did not ask the man which country he was born in, or what language he spoke. [2] He did not ask what religion he belonged to. [3] He did not ask whether the man was a Sabbath keeper. [4] He did not ask the man for payment for medical services, for helping the wounded was a moral duty even if it would cost.

It becomes obvious that we are in deep trouble, for some Christians in our day have become very far removed from the gold standard set forth in the Scriptures. When Christ reproves the Laodicean church in the book of Revelation, chapter 3, He is speaking about persons who have adopted the Christian name, but whose works and actions are of such that The Lord neither recognizes, or endorses them.

Luke 10:36 Which now of these three, do you think, was a neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

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