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The full Counsel Newsletter - No 418

MOREOVER I WILL BE CAREFUL TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A REMINDER OF THESE THINGS AFTER MY DECEASE......2 PETER 1:15.

AND WHEN I DIE AND WHEN I'M GONE
(don't forget the word)

What a wonderfilled piece of scripture, a true and classic example of a man who had weathered the rigors of following the lamb of Yah, Jesus the Christ. Always remember the cross takes no casualties, all die.

The end is highly important, how we finish the race if we finish it and if we even start it. How frightening to even consider for one moment the many who did manage to start the race of 'faith' yet due to many carnal interrupters, interruptions and for some maybe just a last minute major interruption even a  departure from 'the faith' altogether. Almost persuaded to finish but damned you could say.....2 Timothy 2:1-13....click.

As I heard only recently of a man who was raised to read and believe the holy bible scripture yet confessed himself to simply like the stories in the old testament yet once given the age of consent and complete freedom of choice he put his bible away and as he put it "became an agnostic"......click.

I must say I truely like the reminder of Peter which was simply about 'Fruitful Growth In The Faith' which placed the spotlight of life once again onto the teachings/doctrine of the Christ by holy ghost power. Not on Peter.

● What a superbly selfless finish for all listeners...."Don't forget the prophetic Word" a light that shines in a dark world to the very end......2 Peter 1:19.

We often hear men and women in their vanity talking about when they die and what they want people to think of them and even what they expect people to remember them as, how foolish. If that is what really matters to you, you need to stop talking and make your imprint now so that when you do eventually die not even your enemies will forget you. No human opinions will be valid in heaven.

I find it terribly conceited for any human to actually want to be remembered, especially if they claim to be a 'christian-dead to self'. I don't find any new testament saint harbouring such desires, I believe it is part of the walk and faith in 'the faith'. What people think is not what you are. What and who you really are is governed by 'how responsive you are' to him/Jesus the Christ.

And if you are a person who does not respond to the 'doctrine of the Christ' as he wants, you are nothing in his eyes therefore someone in the eyes of the world and they shall remember you in one way or another, that is, if it is convenient or profitable or both, savvy?.......Luke 8:21, Revelation 22:14-17.

And how would I want to be remembered?, it doesn't matter. I would have left this beggarly life on earth and moved to where there is no liar, thief, evil, greed, plagiarists, jezebels, injustice or uncleanness. I simply have no regard for the cheat, opinions of heathens, hedonists, liars or religious-heretics and is this not the basic content of the large majority of peoples on the earth today if we would be honest for once.....Matthew 7:13, 14, Romans 9:27-29.....click.

THERE WAS FOUND IN A LITTLE CITY A POOR WISE MAN AND HE BY HIS WISDOM DID DELIVER THIS CITY FROM IT'S TROUBLES YET NO ONE REMEMBERED THE SAME POOR MAN.....WISDOM IS BETTER THAN STRENGTH......ECCLESIASTES 9:13-16....Amen.....click.  
 

Pastor Paul Sheehan

02.03.2008

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