1 Corinthians 6: 19 - 20 NKJV
It's no secret that as a culture that we have been living in a self glorifying "Me generation" for some time now. While it's true that we still believe in charity and helping others, our main and primary focus is on ourselves. So much so that we've fallen for the enemy generated lie that we ourselves are independent and masters of our own surroundings. WE are the ones who are in control or ourselves. It was common for those in the feminist movement to carry signs which proclaimed "Our bodies ourselves!" Of course, this might be a logical assumption for someone who holds to the belief that they are truly independent. I was one of those not so long ago. I had a sphere of influence, and I controlled most everything which was in that realm. I was in control of what happened to me and I dictated how my life path traveled. It was me, and nothing else. I can just imagine God in the background saying, "What about me?" Well, what about God? It is generally accepted that it is He who created not only the universe but ourselves as well. So, how is it that we can then proclaim to our creator, "I got this!" It is only our own arrogance and pride which leads us to such a conclusion. We've fallen for the lie. It is the same lie which satan himself believed as he convinced himself that it was he that would be exalted higher than God. It is the same lie which he then spoke to Adam and Eve in the garden. It is also the lie which many continue to believe to this day. We are in charge of our own destiny, we are the ones who control our own lives. Really? Well, for those who continue to adhere to this belief I offer to you the words of the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 6. For as Paul tells us, "You were bought at a price...you are not your own." That "Price" is the very life and shed blood of Christ Jesus. For it is Jesus who became sin on our behalf that we might be saved. It is Christ Himself who lives on to this day in all who have accepted Him {Galations 2:20}. So, do you still believe that you alone are in charge of your life and circumstances?
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the political, and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the state to use all of it's powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the state."
~Joseph Goebbels~
The greatest mystery to me was just how a christian who adhered to the belief that God Himself is the creator of all which we see could still hold fast to the lie that they were themselves independent. For if God has not created all that we see AND ourselves as well, are we really in control of these lives which God has given us? The lie lives on. Of course, such are the same people who, in times of distress cry out, "Help me God!" So, christian, if you are indeed in control of your own life, why is it that you continue to pray and seek Gods assistance? Were God like many of us, He would simply shrug us off in our time of need and proclaim, "Hey, you wanted it and you got it!" However, in our Lords love and mercy, He gently brings us back into His presence even when we stumble. For He is not blinded by the lie. We do well to realize that we ourselves were indeed purchased by Christ for a price and that we are not our own. The life we live, we live for God.
20But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
Romans 9: 20 - 21 NKJV
~Scott~
~The Fuhrer with his propaganda minister Joseph Goebbles~
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