Showing posts with label Tenth Commandment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tenth Commandment. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

SIN OF PRESUMPTION: Covetousness




Covetousness Is Presumption! 

There Is The Old Saying:

Covetousness Is A Curse
And
Licorishness Makes It Worst!

There Is The Word Of God:






Covetousness Is Idolatry
And No Idolater Nor Covetous Person
Shall Inherit The Kingdom Of God!

The Lord Has Made It Abundantly Clear That
He Will Never Leave Us Nor Forsake
And
That He Will Provide For Us
According To His Riches In Glory!

I Ask Us All:

Where Is The Faith, The Hope, The Trust!?!
Why Are We Christians Indulging In Worldly Lust!?!

We Need To Recognize, Brethren
That There Is Good Lust
And There Is Bad 
And
We Need To Know The Difference
And
Practice That Which Will Cause Our Savior
Over Our Decision To Be Glad!

Brother Billy, 
I Don't Understand How Covetousness 
Could Be Both Good And Bad
When The Word Says That
You Can't Get Sweet Water And Bitter Water From The Same Souce
With The Apostle James Also Stating That
Blessing And Cursing Shouldn't Come From The Same Tongue!

Very Good Points, Danette!
Let's Figure This Out Together!

Achan Coveted Forbidden Gold
Silver And A Babylonish AKA Worldly Garment!
Was This Good!?!

That Was Very Bad! 
He Caused The Unnecessary Deaths Of God's People
And He Lost The Goods Coveted And His Own Life!

Prophet Balaam Coveted King Balaam's Treasure 
Even Though It Was The Forbidden Reward 
For Doing A Disobedient Work!
Good Or Bad!

Bad! Real Bad!
His Wickedness Cost 24,000 People Their Lives Up Front
And For His Trouble
Both He And His Evil Paymaster 
Perished In War Against Their Despised Targets!

Are We Learning Anything Yet!?!

I Know That I Am:
Covetousness Doesn't Profit!

Well Said!

Those Were Old Testament Cases!
Now We Shall See If The Law Of God Has Changed
And
"Made" New Testament Covetousness A "Baptised-Good" Thing!

Let's Consider The Close Companion Of Christ
The Bag Man Aka Accountant
Aka In-house Thief, Judas Iscariot
The Betrayer!

Judas Coveted Perishable Silver
And Sold Out Eternal Gold
To Get What He Could, Would, Never Spend ...!

... This Was Bad, Bad, Bad!
10,000 Times Bad ... And Inordinately Foolish!
He Lived With God In The Flesh
And Still Said There Was No God
By Believing That He, A Mere Man
Could Set, As In Direct, The Lord's Calendar
Life And Times!

Very True!
This Brings Us To ...!

... I Know! I Know!
Ananias And His Confederate Wife, Sapphira!
Those Two Lied To The Holy Spirit
And Those Two Swiftly Died For Their Lies!

Indeed!
Theirs Was Folly Of The Highest Order!
They Were Coveting The Praise Of Man
Over A Gift That They Freely Chose To Give To God
To Get The Praise Of Men
For A Gift They Gave To God With One Hand
And 
Blithely Took Back With The Other!

Just Hearing You Say That Is Twisting My Tongue!

Sincerity Before God Is A Serious Business!

Now That We Know What Bad Covetousness Is
What Would You Say Is Good To Covet!?! 

The Things Of God
Things That Don't Perish ...!

... Things That Elevate Us And Draw Us Closer To Christ!

Prophesying ... Teaching The Word
Being Blessed To Bless Others ... In Jesus' Holy Name
And Seeking After Skills Or Gifts 
To Be Used To Enhance The Work Of Spreading The Good News

Covetousness Was Introduced Into Heaven By Satan
And
Promulgated And Practiced On Earth
And
It Shall Be Terminated By Jesus Christ The King
When He Shall Cast All Its Adherents 
Into Hell At The Third Coming
When He Will Deal With Those Who Get Up
At The Second Resurrection
Those Whose Names Are Not Found Recorded
In The Lamb's Book Of Life!

Brethren, 

The Choice ... As Always
Is 
Personally Each Man's Own
No Force
No Coercion!
We, Each, Must Choose To Believe ... Or Not
That The Lord ... The Word Made Flesh
Is 
True And Faithful
Ever Keeping His Word Of Promise!
There Is No Straddling The Fence!
Believe ... Or Doubt
But Don't Ever Waffle!

Believers Are Blessed!
Doubters Minds May Change!
Wafflers Are Neither Coming Nor Going
And As Such
Are Good Only For The Burn Box!
They Are Double-Minded ... Unstable
Therefore ... Unprofitable
Useless 
Condemned 
Damned!

The Lord Can Relieve Honest Doubts
If We Are Willing To Be Convinced!


Think About It:


Image result for psalm 19:13 kjv

Presumptuous Sin Is Deadly, Twice! 

You, A Mere Mortal, Being Willfully Disobedient
Tempt Almighty God 
By Demanding He Save You From The Folly Of Doing 
What He Didn't Ask 
And
You Act As God
Demanding The Real God Do What You Command! 

Disobedience Is As Witchcraft, A Sin
And 
Acting As God Is Idolatry ... False Worship
Which Is Also A Sin! 
Covetousness Is Also Idolatry! 

We Are To Have Total Faith And Trust In God 
And 
We're Never To Test ... Tempt ... Almighty God 
In A Foolish Effort To Prove His Faithfulness! 

Satan Tried This On Jesus! 
Jesus Christ The Lord ... Our God Holy
Put Satan In His Place With The "Thus Saith The Lord!" 
Please Don't Let The Lust Of Your Flesh 
Incite You To Offend The Almighty 
And 
Sin Against Your Own Soul! 

The Lord Has Given Us His Holy Law 
And 
He Has Given Us His Promise Of Care: 
For All Your Needs
Let These Be Sufficient!