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The Cancer of Sin. (Why do Christian Suffer?)
A Way To Escape Have you ever stumped your toe and the most fowl words hung on the tip of .....
The Cancer of Sin. (Why do Christian Suffer?) We all at one time
or another have seen many types of cancer, the cancer of the
flesh and the cancer of the spirit. Cancer is a silent killer,
resting in the body until one day it shows itself and by that
time the body is already consumed, with no hope and no cure,
death is inevitabile. Even thou God allows cancer of the flesh
to exist, cancer of the spirit can be destroyed. What is cancer
of the spirit? Sin. Why do Christian Suffer? Because we have
chosen a path that the world rejects. Many hikers will choose a
path to walk, sometimes its the easy way and sometimes its the
hard climb. Christians suffer because the path that we've chosen
is hard and trecherious.1Co 4:11-15 Even unto this present hour
we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and
have no certain dwellingplace; And labor, working with our own
hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the
world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. I
write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I
warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,
yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have
begotten you through the gospel. "Even unto this present hour we
both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and
have no certain dwellingplace" you say, "This isn't me!" yes it
is, if one Christian sufferers this day and age, we all suffer.
"we are made as the filth of the world" strong language from the
Apostle Paul, but true. Sin has overcome the world. And when the
world looks for a person to blame for all its troubles they look
at the Christian first. Government, Federal, State, Local, we
have become a hated people because we stand up for the truth, we
rock the boat and we call evil as it is. Many today that are
caught up in their own little world are calling, Good - evil and
evil - Good, because they are so miserable with their own lives
they want everyone else to be just as miserable. "are
buffeted"{Struck; beaten. l Cor.4.11. l Pet.2.20.}, "being
persecuted{Harassed by troubles or punishments unjustly
inflicted, particularly for religious opinions.}, we suffer it"-
We sustain it; we do not revenge it; we abstain from resenting
or resisting it. "Being defamed{ Slandered; dishonored or
injured by evil reports.}, we intreat","being
reviled{Reproached; treated with opprobrious or contemptuous
language.}, we bless","We are the offscouring{That which is
scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile
or despised. Lam 3. 1 Cor 4.} of all things". Rom 8:17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together. As the cancer of sin grows, those that have been
warned to be cured are rebuilding Babylon, the bars, nightclubs,
homosexual parades, the total Eco-system of non conformity
toward Gods word. Instead of looking for the cure, mankind is
trying to spread it to all around. Corruption is cancer,
homosexuality is cancer, theft, prostitution, false doctrine,
robbery, rape, lies, drunkenness, drug abuse, pride, child
abuse, in deference, unbelief, all of these and more are
symptoms of a cancer, eating away at the very fabric of mankind.
ANYONE AWAKE OUT THERE?As we reel from the news of the recent bombings in London, England, it is incumbent upon all of us to examine, seriously, why such attacks by ..... 1. Muslim Mob Attacks Christian Homes in Pakistan. 2. Messianic
Jews Harassed in Israel. 3. Vietnamese Authorities Burn Down
Christians' Homes. 4. Thousands of Congo Christians Mourn
Murdered Italian Missionary. 5. Palestinian Authority policemen
deployed along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip fired
warning shots into the air Saturday in an effort to stop
hundreds of Palestinians from crossing the border. 6. The number
of storms that reach Category Four and Five--the most powerful,
damaging hurricanes--has nearly doubled over the past 35 years,
the study finds. What is causing all the hurricanes and floods?
Mans rejection of Gods Word. Sin has caused man to overturn his
basic love for God and has replaced it with, lies and deception.
Asia, the United States, Africa, North, South, East and West are
under the plagues of the Bible, the curse of disrespect and
disobedience. Psa 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the
earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea; Psa 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be
troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Selah. Jer 25:31-38, A noise shall come even to the ends of the
earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will
plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the
sword, saith the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold,
evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain
of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the
ground. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in
the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your
slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall
fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way
to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. A voice of
the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the
flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce
anger of the LORD. He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for
their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the
oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. Who among you can
stand against the Lord or His word and say that The Seas are
calm, the Mountains Rest and the People are safe? Who will stand
and say this? Who will stand against the Lord and say that His
word is corrupt and disallowed of knowledge, who can stand and
say we prophecy in someone else's name? How many today are full
of cancer and are yet aware of the fullness of the wrath coming
upon them. Do we believe Gods word? Do we really? We ether
believe or we don't. I heard a story yesterday about a man who
climbed a mountain by himself. He only took a rope and a few
provisions. Almost at the top he stopped and looked back at what
he had accomplished, having pride in himself. All at once he
slipped and started to fall, being at night he could not see
where he was and thought he was going to die. He screamed out
for the Lord to save Him. All at once he reached the end of the
rope, it tightened and stopped his fall. He cried again to God
for help. The Lord then spoke and asked him,"Do you Trust in
Me?" Yes the man replied. "Then cut the Rope." But Lord I cant
see where I am, its so dark and cold! "If you believe in Me, Cut
the Rope!" I cant the man replied. The next morning a search
party found the man, frozen to death, only 10 feet from the
ground. Sin has overcome the world and man no longer believes
God. Sin has overcome the world and there is a noise of war in
the air. Sin will no longer be tolerated, sin will no longer be
a cancer to Gods creation. The end times that everyone is
waiting for are here. Look at the signs of the times, look at
the prophecy's of God. Mat 16:3 And in the morning, It will be
foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye
hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not
discern the signs of the times? Luk 21:25-26 And there shall be
signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the
waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for
the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Act 2:19 And I will shew
wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood,
and fire, and vapour of smoke.
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