Loving – Nasty
You ever known somebody who’s just so kind-hearted, good-natured and loving…but they’ also kinda nasty ? You know what I’m talkin bout … their hygiene ain’t took care of regularly and they got them cats all in the house all up on the kitchen counters. Sweet people … just nasty ! You have that family get-together…that “dinner-on-the-ground”, or that “pot-luck” thowdown, and you’re tryin t’ make sure you eyeball that dish they brought in… you and several others. Y’all wanna make sure you don’t get none o’ whatever they brought in. Love the person…just ain’t wantin no cat hairs in your thoat 🤪 ! Your rejection of their dish ain’t a reflection on the person … it’s just playin it safe…health reasons an all that. Politeness has its limitations; right ? Have you ever wondered how God must feel, when someone “rejects” Him ? I mean… He’s knocked on your door/their door so many times, His knuckles must be raw ( Revelation 3:20 ) ! He’s placed various believers in your/their path, and you/they keep avoiding them ! Songs on the radio were presented as a message of salvation and hope, but you/they changed the station…turned it off completely ! That time you/they gave in and attended a worship service somewhere, you/they zoned out on the message that God built for you/them, and left as empty as you went in. How would it make you feel … especially if you’ve tried over and over again ? “ How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace ?” Outright rejection of God and His redemption is one thing ( that’s gonna send you/us directly to hell )… but to deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth…! That’s another matter altogether ! Reject that casserole Miss “so-n-so” made … Reject that proposal or that invitation to go on that date … Reject the advances of that wierdo … Reject that “only $19.95” tv special offer … but DON’T reject God or His perfect plan of salvation ! Hear Him ( John 6:44 )…Go through Jesus ( John 14:6 )… and ACCEPT, BELIEVE and CONFESS ( Romans 10:9 )… then, live in obedience. That’s it !!