resting kitten: December 2022

Saturday, December 31, 2022

I lost a dear friend

I lost a dear friend......

I had a dear friend who recently died from breast cancer.
She is often on my mind because....she believed that everybody would eventually be saved and go to heaven.

We had our discussions and she was adamant she was right!
What I could not get through to her was that it does not matter what “WE” think, it’s what God’s will is,
according to His Word, the Bible.

We are sinful and fail at every turn.

She did not believe that either,

she was also sure that people are “good” (which a lot of people think.) So I asked her,
“If we all go to heaven eventually, why did Jesus have to come in the flesh and then, have to die on the cross.?”

I am convinced that Jesus died in my place and that He came in the flesh so He could also die to the flesh, which I cannot do. My flesh keeps rearing up again and again.

Even though I tried to tell her that we sin, every day, (she agreed with that)and the Bible tells us “the wages of sin are death” (Romans 6 v 23) I asked her had she done any reading from the Old Testament?

She said, “No, she was mainly in the New testament”
I explained that God had made a covenant with Abraham, and this covenant is still on going!

It is not just with Abraham, if it was it would have died with him,
it is with his seed as well and eventually Christ, and by adoption we are also part of that seed,
because we have accepted Christ as our saviour, and He died for all our sins...

So she then said, “Well, what about “the elect?” that are so often mentioned in the Bible?” So again I tried to explain that “we” are all the elect. Everybody who accepted Christ as their Saviour is!

There is not a special group that is “the elect” I told her I left a church because that was what they taught, and no where does it say so in God’s word!.
John 3 v 16: clearly states “God so loved the “world” with this word “World” we all know God means all the people...right?”
She agreed.....

Then her biggest fear, “Well, what about hell, God sends people to hell....
how can he do that?”

So I then tried to explain to her that......
“God does not send people to hell....” they decide for themselves where they go....

God has given us all a free will so we can decide for ourselves who to follow......

God made hell for the devil and his angels because they rebelled against God......

not for humans!

God loves us and sent His Son to be our hope. He has provided all that we need “for life and godliness.”

What the Father has done for us in Jesus is enough. We are not condemned and no longer need to live in fear, shame, and inadequacy. Jesus is our hope, our righteousness, our life. The truth has set us free.

The devil wants as many humans as possible, (because they are made in God’s image and he hates, no loathes them) to come with him, and hence he tries to deceive them.

The thing is....if you do not follow one.......

then by default you follow the other.

And as C.S.Lewis said.....”The devil will get people to say and do anything.... to make you believe that he does not exist!”

But he does!!!

And of course we need faith, and faith is like a muscle,
the more we use it,

the stronger it becomes,

but it also works in the opposite,

the less we use it,

the weaker it becomes!

We often had discussions like this,

but.....she’s gone now, and as I said,

I often wonder where she is right now!
Blessings..
Yaddy

The End-Game: Hiding in Plain Sight – Pastor Jack Hibbs and Charlie Kirk

Blessings...
Yaddy

Friday, December 30, 2022

What am I to do?

What am I to do?

I have been going to the same church now for more than 20 years.
I love going to this church, I watched the littlies grow up and get married and have their children.

I watched them grow from 3 and 4 year olds, to now having their own babies.

But.....and it's a big "but" I am feeling discontent and almost dread going, for the last year or so.

I broke it down to going once every 2 weeks......I was almost relieved, when my "don't have to go today" came around.
What is wrong with me????

Sure, I am not so young anymore, but that should not matter....should it?

The lady next to me, brings earplugs, because, as she says, "The music is deafening!"
Could that be it?
It is very loud, although I did hear someone say the chappie in charge of music could have a hearing problem.
Many times some have asked could the music be turned down some, the pastor says, "no"

I listened again last Sunday, and it seemed like the pastor was talking to a Sunday school class....all milk and no meat....
Could that be it?

I did mention to another person that I thought I might not come back, as I was not getting much out of it anymore....
she thought I should keep coming as an example for others.
But, somehow I don't think I make a very good example, sitting there, not getting anything out of it...
I do go to a midweek meeting, we are studying the book of Genesis, I will admit I get a lot more out of this study than actually going to a church.

I don't know...….will have to see how I go.....I honestly don't know what to do....I live in a small country town, there are not many churches to go to, to try out to see if they are different, or more to what I might need, and, I do believe we go to a church to have a need filled.

Blessings
Yaddy

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Humour me....

HUMOUR ME....... Just humour me and go along with this……
Two angels talking and watching…..what…or who are they watching?

God the father….
God the Son…..
and God the Holy Spirit

God the father is speaking….
(The angels are listening)

God says....
“I am going to make a planet…an earth like planet, so I can put beings on it, which will be made in our image!”

God the Son thinks that a fantastic Idea, and so does God, the Holy Spirit. “But,” God the Father explains…. “These beings, we will call them humans, will be tempted….. and will give in to that temptation” and He looks questioningly at God the Son, Jesus, “They will commit what we will call sin”
“I think to have beings made in our image wonderful we can love them and love them….” Says Jesus. “But…” says God the Father… “We will need some one to stand in for them…..someone who is totally blameless and sinless….so they can be redeemed as it were….”
The Son Jesus looks at God the Father…..then He looks at God the Holy Spirit….and speaks up…. “I will stand in for them to redeem them…..” He says.

God the father is smiling….so is God the Holy Spirit who says…. “And I will come, when the time is right, and be right along side of you….so we can do the work together…”
The two angels look at each other in horror…….

Their precious Jesus…..the darling of heaven.....going down to earth? What is he planning on doing?

God is speaking again…… “Son….you do understand that you will have to go down and become one of them? You will have to be born like one of these humans…else you cannot take their place when the time comes?”

Jesus smiles…. “yes…I understand…”
(So….when the time comes….the earth has been created and the humans have been made and have become sinners…. The time for Jesus to go down has arrived…. The angels have been told that the only thing they are allowed to do is announce the event to some simple shepherds…when it is time….).
There is silence in heaven…….Jesus is walking down a long corridor….ready to go down to earth….to “become one of them”

The angels hold their breath….this is awful……

One minute Jesus is there……
. the next he is gone…..
(Not long after, by heavenly time….,)

the angels are told to go and proclaim a message to the shepherds…which they are overjoyed to do, as they now know all went according to plan….
A lovely little boy was born to a lowly couple named Joseph and Mary….they named Him Jesus just as the angel Gabriel had told them to do….
We celebrate His birthday soon…please remember why we celebrate!
Blessings..
Yaddy