...not to “die,” and go to heaven.
[Pastor]
Jesus prayed: “father, I'm not asking that You take them out of the world,
but that You guard them from the Evil one.” [John 17:15/msg]
Escaping, or getting out of, the
rigors/tests/or trials of “this life” was never the plan/purpose or intent of
God; but bruising the head of the adversary of our souls (aka the devil) was
...remember the “enmity.” [Pastor; Gen 3:15]
When God blessed man and charged
him to “replenish,” “subdue,” and “have dominion over” His
creation, implicit in those words is the inevitability of opposition; a “fight”
(a wrestling/or warfare).
[Pastor; Gen 1:28]
“Until now the kingdom
of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent (believer,
“born again,” into 'the Ring') take(s) it by force.” [Matt 11:12; Pastor]
ThenSingsMySoul:
JUST TO KNOW YOU AND TO MAKE YOU
KNOWN
WE LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH;
SHINE, LIKE THE SUN MADE DARKNESS
RUN AND HIDE.
WE KNOW THAT WE WERE MADE FOR
...MORE
THAN ORDINARY LIFE;
IT'S TIME FOR US TO MORE THAN JUST
SURVIVE
WE WERE MADE TO THRIVE!
[Casting Crowns]
