Forged By Faith

1 John 2:16 NIV rejects the objectionable Which is arguably the part which poses the most profound problem of all those waiting to be found within what is a faith that leads us forever away from everything that is objectionable as the same are what have long been quite possibly our greatest objects of affection. For the truth is that we haven’t merely come to somewhat enjoy some of the things that are only slightly displeasing to God. We’ve not sort of dipped the toe into sin, kind of just testing, playing around with it only now and then. No. We have all chosen to dive headfirst and headlong into what it is to die unto that life for which He created us to live, living then as if nothing at all of all that He intended and thus clearly desired for us to be. Indeed, as the Word puts it, we’ve all of us what is an obvious form of godliness having all of us been made in the image of the only God there is, but so too have we all denied the power, the purpose, the promise thereof in what’s b...

Titus 2:12 NIV For what none of us can be as soon as today since as of today we’re still what are projects under the projection of a protection of the promise of the Son who came for us to find us from among the many who are still wholly lost and not looking to find there any reason to find the reason behind the rejection of anything and every way that may lead further astray within either this day or any of the many others that most of us still like to assume all but assured. And why? Because we know we need the time. For what? To find the better that’s somehow never been behind our inability to say “No” to anything from ungodliness to the every other version of ugliness that we can see both within the world in which we walk and within any mirror that we walk by which seems to show only the scene of the world in us. Yes, I have indeed had a long-strained relationship with every such reflection that dares show my reflection as nothing but a reflection of all the many things that I thou...

1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV Being given something doesn’t necessarily mean we have it. Because while we may in fact have all these “rights” as given us by those of us who’ve taken it upon ourselves, themselves to determine and/or define what is right for all of mankind, such a jury of the jaded and jealous was never convened within the courts of Heaven. Rather we as humans have long had this bold arrogance to inspire to conspire to perspire to inspire one another to do all of whatever we alone decide we’d like. And thus it’s come that many of our “mere human rules” as having to do with “things destined to perish”, well, they’ve produced a great many “rights” that we’ve been given. But that doesn’t technically mean that we have the right to do whatever we like. In fact, with just as simple little study throughout the Scripture, another of Paul’s offers in particular, we’d learn that the entirety of the Law which was given us as God’s commands for us, it is what brought sin to life. Romans 7...

Proverbs 18:15 NIV So turn mine eyes. For I know they’re not mine as is a Word won within the wisdom I’ve not as yet. Simply because wisdom waits through wonder as if to ponder the purpose of the often denied distance between wish and wellness. Because sadly we’ve all come to see life as but a wishing well and God the bucket from whom we seek to assume our every pursuit proven as prize-laden as our petty pride might always prefer. But contrary to our common consensus as His being just endless in terms of meeting our desires, no, He is rather the Father who seeks always instead to inspire us unto the hunt for what hope really is. Because it’s not nearly as close as any of us may often wish it were. In fact to think such a thing as hope or healing or happiness to be held close enough for us to see them before we feel them is to betray them the fullness in which we should insist them. Alas fullness demands a fervor willing to fight for every last morsel of every such more as all that bett...

John 7:24 NIV Discernment is defined as the ability to judge well. What? Hold up. Wait a minute! STOP RIGHT THERE!! How dare your speak of judgement? Such a dirty word in our world today. This society has grown so fearful of judgement that we seek out any possible way to avoid it, and what better way to avoid it than to condemn it? See, judgement is based on standards, truth, expected behavior, and in a world lacking moral standards, afraid of the truth, and unwilling to uphold any semblance of mature and sensible behavior, well, judgement is simply unwelcome. But that poses a rather interesting predicament when it comes to our faith. How are we supposed to ensure that we’re following the right path if we’re unable to determine what is in fact right? Yesterday we discussed the vast importance of that discernment and what it means in our faith. It's the ability to determine, to weigh, to judge what is good and right and true, and what is none of the above. You see, in this world whe...