Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

I love the Word, I love the law of love, which is the New Testament law. I am not old school. But I have to tell you that nothing takes me back to school like being offended. I am not offended, my sensibilities are offended. That only means I am sensitive and that sensitivity will and does affect my peace.

When I see people who are intentionally offensive, because they have the right to be themselves, I ask myself, “What went wrong in this child’s life?” They were not born this way. Something happened in their lives to cause them to act out in this manner. Children do not act, they re-act.

Being offensive is not an act, it is a reaction. Just as a child cries out in pain, the child in these adults cries out in pain. You don’t love me, so I will give you a reason not to love me. The offended becomes the offender.

Exodus 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

That’s old school and somewhere this cycle has to be broken. Sadly when you see it, the damage has already been inflicted. The state cannot fix it. All they can do is break it even more. That is true because the law does not fix and repair, it only punishes.

Luke 5:30-31 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.

Love must dwell with the offender and that will not happen if we cast them out of our lives.

Ephesians 6:18-19 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

Great summation, how do I get there?

1+2+3+4+5=15 With very little training summations can be accomplished. Many of us do not even need a piece of paper to work this problem. It is easy for us and perhaps not as easy for others. The more complex the problem the more of a mystery it becomes.

Imagine someone shows you this beautiful pristine beach with shimmering sand and inviting clear blue waters. It is within your desire to be there, so you ask, “How do I get there?” Now his answer comes back, “You must find your own way.” Now is that fair?

I dare say that if you read all of Ephesians you will come to a better understanding of what Paul is saying when he invites you to become a partaker of the mystery of the gospel. I also say that those words do not contain all there is to learn about coming to a knowledge of that mystery.

To all those who say to me, “I read the end of the book. We win.” I ask, “Did you enter the battle?”

1 Timothy 4:15-16 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.