Exposed

John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

Vulnerability by a worldly standard denotes weakness. In war terms it denotes point of attack, both offensively and defensively. In both cases efforts are made to hide those vulnerabilities from exposure. We cloak it.

Luke 14:18a And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

And there is our cloak, we all have one if not many excuses. What are we to do about it? In my case I can tell you I found a place where I can be vulnerable, where I do not have to make excuses, where I can confess what I am and not be judged for it. Why?

Because when I did they all took off their cloaks and said, “I’m just like that too.”

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

There is strength in not being alone. It is more than understanding, compassion, and unburdening. It restores you to a right condition. It brings healing to your brokenness.

You are not alone.

 

Agent Man

Revelation 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

How long does it take to pour out a vial from eternity into time? In my thinking it isn’t instant, that it might take some length of time. How long has man been pouring toxic waste into our water systems which make their way to the sea? We are killing life in the sea and we are getting better at it.

The viles of wrath are poured out upon the earth and from the sounds of it, God is responsible, like He instructed the angels to do this. I suppose one can blame God and in another sense God knew what man would do over the course of history and created man anyway. Man in that sense is the agent of God, the angel which actually did the damage. Revelation only warns us what would happen and we did not heed the warning.

Most of the men responsible for this act have never read the bible, much less connect the prophecies to their acts. These acts are harbingers of our future. We can see them coming true, today. They were written thousands of years ago before man had the technology to pollute on such a massive scale.

I hear men claim the bible is irrelevant, out of touch, meaningless to these times. They deny the power of God to effect change yet write books and make movies and documentaries reporting that the bible documented all this was to happen as if man is helpless to change anything.

If God was so accurate about the events surrounding the planet, the seas, the rivers, the plants and grasses, which have no soul, why doubt what He says about man’s soul? Isn’t man more important than the rocks and waters upon which we live? Why doubt when the evidence is shown?

Romans 1:19-21 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Agent man here to share the good news, it is not too late for your soul.

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