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Over the last few years I have noticed a trend 
in our culture....     

God loves us... Therefore He turns a blind eye to sin...  

and for those of us in the church  
-> after all..... 
Jesus died for our sins 
Therefore we are covered.... Right?.... 

The apostle Paul 
when he was in prison and given opportunity 
to speak to the Man in authority 
spoke clearly 
and plainly about    
- Righteousness   
- Self-control   
- the Judgement to come   

The response to that message was not
distain or ridicule from the man in authority Over Paul
but the man was
Afraid.....
Read about it in Acts 24:24-26

So, am I missing something?
Is my culture missing something.....
God is Love...
Yes.
So what is missing?

What does my culture not understand about God?
Where are we going that is not truth?

The writer to the Hebrews has a strong word....

10:26 If we deliberately keep on sinning
after we have received the knowledge of the truth,
no sacrifice for sins is left,
27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment
and of raging fire
that will consume the enemies of God.
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses
died without mercy
on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much more severely
do you think a man deserves to be punished
who has trampled the Son of God under foot,
who has treated as an unholy thing
the blood of the covenant that sanctified him,
and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him who said,
"It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"
and again,
"The Lord will judge his people."
31 It is a dreadful thing
to fall into the hands of the living God.

He doesn't say it is a Wonderful thing
to fall in to the Hands of the Living God.....

Hmm.....

Choosing Sin
Knowing it is presuming on the GRACE of God
and the Covering of His sacrifice for me
this man says
I have stepped out from under the cover of Christ.....
I have despised the Holy Sacrifice
I have insulted the Spirit of Grace.

And that is no small thing
in the Face of God
who is
HOLY.

Lord,
How do I need to walk?
I choose reverence
and honour
and care
of my thoughts
and justifications over actions
of habit....

I open my ears again
to hear You instruct me
how to walk.
In Grace
AND
Holiness.

Thank You
Jesus.
Holy Spirit.
Father.

You Love me
And want me to live in 
ALL the fullness of
Who You created me to be
In the Likeness of You.

Yeah.

PJ