How do we do this? My wife is wonderful in so many ways ...and she also gives me much of the insight that I try to communicate to you. She humbly often does not want me to share this aspect of her beauty, but has granted me permission to quote her here:
"Amos 7:8 ~ And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
There has always been a standard. People may not have always followed it, they may have veered away, but the STANDARD was always there to return to. The whole Old Testament pointed to redemption. The coming Messiah who would be the standard... The plumb line.
Now people are changing and discrediting the standard. Making it what they feel or want it to be. Or to have it disappear altogether. A plumb line was used to build a foundation straight. To start out correctly and make sure it was exact before progressing on. You can't build a house beginning crooked and expect it to turn out right in the end. John the Baptist preached to make the crooked path straight. Turn to Jesus. God said 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!' as Jesus came up out of the water of His baptism! He is the plumb line and the standard.
I'm saying, the troubling and heartbreaking thing about this is that when we attempt to form the standard to our own ideas and self wisdom, when we pick and choose what we want to believe and cast doubt on God's Word, we are only watering it down for future generations. Blurring the lines. That house using crooked lines will collapse like one built on sandy soil rather than on the solid rock...."
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"Amos 7:8 ~ And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.
There has always been a standard. People may not have always followed it, they may have veered away, but the STANDARD was always there to return to. The whole Old Testament pointed to redemption. The coming Messiah who would be the standard... The plumb line.
Now people are changing and discrediting the standard. Making it what they feel or want it to be. Or to have it disappear altogether. A plumb line was used to build a foundation straight. To start out correctly and make sure it was exact before progressing on. You can't build a house beginning crooked and expect it to turn out right in the end. John the Baptist preached to make the crooked path straight. Turn to Jesus. God said 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!' as Jesus came up out of the water of His baptism! He is the plumb line and the standard.
I'm saying, the troubling and heartbreaking thing about this is that when we attempt to form the standard to our own ideas and self wisdom, when we pick and choose what we want to believe and cast doubt on God's Word, we are only watering it down for future generations. Blurring the lines. That house using crooked lines will collapse like one built on sandy soil rather than on the solid rock...."
http://whenwillitcometoenoughbeingenough.blogspot.com/
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