MORNINGTIME 2166
by Benjamin Munsell on September 2, 2016MORNINGTIME 2166
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that GOD IS LIGHT, AND in him is NO DARKNESS AT ALL. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7. Imagine this picture in your mind. A 4 sided rectangle on the ground 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. Stand on the 20 foot end and see a long diagonal line from the corner at your left, ending at the other end ahead of you at the corner to your right. Where you are standing is all painted black with just a sliver of white, on your left. At the other end it’s almost all white with just a sliver of black to your right. Here are the rules. The black part is worldliness and sin. The white part is God and CHRISTLIKENESS. As a baby, brand new Christian, you are standing on the black end with just enough Holy Spirit, (the white sliver), to start a hunger for more of Christ. As you walk on the narrow white part moving towards the other end, the "world", (black), starts to get smaller as "christ", (white), keeps getting bigger. The other end represents your "going home" to be with Christ. How much of "Christ only" you want in your life is up to you. How much of "worldliness" you still want to dabble in is also up to you. You'll always have the Choice to Obey the Holy Spirit a "hundred" times a day. As you Seek Christ day by day, don't get condemned for stepping in the black, get Forgiven, learn from your mistakes, and head for the white, no matter how many times you "step in it", keep your heart, mind, soul and body stayed on Christ. As the white grows, the black diminishes until, at the end of the walk, you're with no spot, no blemish, and no wrinkle. YOU HAVE NOW WON YOUR RACE and hear those words from The Lord, "WELL DONE thou good and Faithful servant, and, Be Blessed.
backThis then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that GOD IS LIGHT, AND in him is NO DARKNESS AT ALL. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7. Imagine this picture in your mind. A 4 sided rectangle on the ground 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. Stand on the 20 foot end and see a long diagonal line from the corner at your left, ending at the other end ahead of you at the corner to your right. Where you are standing is all painted black with just a sliver of white, on your left. At the other end it’s almost all white with just a sliver of black to your right. Here are the rules. The black part is worldliness and sin. The white part is God and CHRISTLIKENESS. As a baby, brand new Christian, you are standing on the black end with just enough Holy Spirit, (the white sliver), to start a hunger for more of Christ. As you walk on the narrow white part moving towards the other end, the "world", (black), starts to get smaller as "christ", (white), keeps getting bigger. The other end represents your "going home" to be with Christ. How much of "Christ only" you want in your life is up to you. How much of "worldliness" you still want to dabble in is also up to you. You'll always have the Choice to Obey the Holy Spirit a "hundred" times a day. As you Seek Christ day by day, don't get condemned for stepping in the black, get Forgiven, learn from your mistakes, and head for the white, no matter how many times you "step in it", keep your heart, mind, soul and body stayed on Christ. As the white grows, the black diminishes until, at the end of the walk, you're with no spot, no blemish, and no wrinkle. YOU HAVE NOW WON YOUR RACE and hear those words from The Lord, "WELL DONE thou good and Faithful servant, and, Be Blessed.
