Dear Editor,
The world presently is in a deception mode. What I am about to say is not intended to offend anybody. But it can, depending on your life style or your values in life. My purpose for this article is for people to think well based on facts before they make a decision.
Deception is the act of hiding the truth to get an advantage to control and use people.
I will not waste time anymore if any one rebut against this article, I let the words and facts defend itself. What is truth? Truth defined in the dictionary is that which is true in accordance with fact or reality.
John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. Many people believe in God; the big question is which God they believe in. Believing in God is one thing, but trust and obedience is another matter. In relationships, be it business, friendship, marriage or organization, they are all built on trust and obedience to the rules that are established. When disobeying a rule in any relationship trust is broken and the relationship becomes in jeopardy and causes great challenges which can or will lead to destruction.
Obedience to God proves our love for Him; it demonstrates our faithfulness to Him, and glorifies Him in the world, and opens avenues of blessing for us. Obedience proves love and fulfils trust which leads to a good decision. In order words, true love is proving faithfulness when nobody is around to see you while you are doing what is right and truthful to the commitment you made. Your commitment being made or kept is what you choose to do.
Choices have consequences.
My point is, if you love God prove it by obedience and trust, in fact, God commands us to do that. It is our choice not to do it, but it is never a right to do what is wrong. God will be a fool to give you a right to do something wrong, and then hold you guilty. The people who preach that are deceiving you. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This means you have to neglect your feelings and your desires and live to please Jesus Christ.
The truth is, I am still struggling with it, but I continue to pursue to do what is right or to please to him. But being disobedient is to intentionally live to please to yourself. This means to live a lifestyle of telling lies, killing, stealing, fornicating and committing adultery, or so-called living, or marrying your same-sex partner and without concern for what God commands. All these things are disobedience and distrust in God which makes destructive decisions.
Many of us use our accomplishments as a manner to comfortably live in sin. We use our money and business and our nice cars and houses to seduce others to commit acts displeasing to God, and we call that happiness. We brag and boast about our sinful deeds; when this lifestyle becomes the norm, the Spirit of the Lord leaves you, and you are already lost without knowing it.
If you truly love God and choose Him as your Lord and Saviour, then your choice must be to obey and trust Him. In closing, I leave you with this, choose wisely! God never tolerates sin; He curses and punishes sin.
Psalm 101:3-8 (NIV) I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it. The perverse of heart shall be far from Me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil. Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate. My eyes will be on the faithful in the land that they may dwell with Me; the one whose walk is blameless will minister to Me.
No one who practices deceit will dwell in My house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.
My friends, it is crystal clear now, obedience and trust make good decisions.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
