Really Christian, Do You Desire Your Best Flesh Life Now?
Muse this over and don't be amused by fallible human intellectual pride!
The Prideful lure of being anchored down by the world system.
"8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (Matthew 4:8-10 KJV)
In this passage God in flesh, Who successfully fended off Satan with the Word of God, and set precedent as the Saviour of the world, the proper position of the world in regards to the Kingdom of heaven and its Lord, the Creator. To be desiring the things of the world, the here in now is moot after Jesus set the precedent of the fallen temporal World in relation to the Believers who are in this world as pilgrims and not to be allured into its system.
"4 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?" (James 4:1-5 KJV) Friendship with the here and now world system makes one any enemy of Christ, and at enmity with Christ's purpose. Jesus in His ministry, demonstrated the application of His not being enslaved to the world system, pride, and ruler of this temporal fallen world. He owned no property except His precious garment that would be stripped from Him and gambled over by godless Gentile heathen invaders. Recall these passages of Jesus that stand out and all alone in the self absorbed, Burger King (have it my way now...) Drive through Society, and have it now me first emotional flesh driven mentality that is all about earthly ego-prideful stance against Christ and His teachings:
58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58 KJV)
"19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" (Matthew 6:19-25 KJV) These passages are in opposition and enmity against Christ's teachings and doctrines. Look at the image of world systems fulfilled and fallen that though their world systems of evil and corruption that implode seeking now the best of human deceitful designs and desires. Not unlike the covenant nation of Israel that placed their pursuit in the economy, alliances of their own here and NOW prestige attitude, in place of God's way and design. Note, Israel and Judah fell to these nations that conquered and themselves fell of their own earthly prideful here and now desires.
Now the ultimate teaching proving a presumptuous position of grace, and self misuse of God's eternal promises to twist a doctrine into "God wants me temporal blessed NOW" instead of eternally perfected in the image of Christ. Remember Beloved, a man who is rich, will more times than naught trust his bank account, self assurance and worldly ways to hinder His entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven. The rich man is warned of the extreme difficulty of his entrance into life with Jesus. For it is easier for him to enter through the eye of a needle as a camel!
A Story Of A Best Life Now
Not a parable, an actual story with names of a man who had his "Best Life Now."
Remember this certain RICH MAN had his best life NOW!
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. (Luke 16:19-31 KJV)
The certain man received his best life NOW. The story of what Jesus taught about being heavenly minded. Those who presumptuously take the doctrine of grace and apply it to temporal life and possessions are missing the teaching of Jesus, the life of Jesus, and worst the spiritual truth of spiritual life abundant life.
I leave you with a Pauline doctrinal statement against your best life now:
"16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 KJV)
Honestly friends, do you really want "Your Best Life Now?" Use discernment with these new enlightened television speakers. Going by Luke 16, by Christ's words, I sure as heck don't want my best life now!!! Love in Christ, Jason
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