Wednesday, July 15, 2009

What Do You Carry?

Mat 10:12-13 MKJV
(12) And when you come into a house, greet it.
(13) And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Getting used to the idea that I have an element of Heaven within me - to give - just freaks me a little, to be honest. It means I have a responsibility to give something away that I have not been in the past. Perhaps I should have included the following verse:

Mat 10:8 MKJV
(8) Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, freely give.

As I have been given... freely... Notice that it doesn't itemize everything I've been given. I tend towards the belief that I've been given ALL of it, and might have ANYTHING at my disposal at any given time. Now, what soldier on the battlefield wouldn't jump at the opportunity of being in 'that' position?

Many claim that this was simply a commission to the disciples, except for all the people that regularly heal the sick and cleanse the lepers and raise the dead (yes, it's happening). They missed the cease and desist memo. And apparently they are still 'unlawfully' tapped into the power source that allows them to do such things, because according to Jesus Himself, Satan's kingdom is NOT divided against itself.

That isn't readily explained by those think the Christian walk is paying the 10 and giving 3 hours a week - 4 if you're fanatic. It's the last days, though, my friends. Everything is extreme. The scripture is becoming more extreme every time I read it. I'm all in.

I will let no man challenge me on any work, be it in the natural or the miraculous, if that work successfully navigates the filter of scripture.

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