Plans of men are not the plans of Father God. i was going to go back to finish up what looked like 22 days more on love but seems that’s not going to happen right now. So we move forward.

 

 

Hebrews 12:14-17 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many are defiled; that there is no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

 

Esau gave his birthright (his inheritance) away for a simple meal, a bowl of stew, to never to be able to receive it; he received a few moments of physical pleaser.

 

As Christians it seems we do the same thing, we willingly give up our inheritance in Christ for the pleasure of sin. For the pleasures of this world it seems that many are willing to jeopardize spending eternity in hell rather than with Jesus in heaven.

 

And even stranger a lot of the sins that are chosen are not that enjoyable, many chose to be hateful, bitter, condescending, they chose to ridicule, manipulate, used and others.

All for a moment of what they think is pleaser but if you really look at those who live that way you will see they are miserable. It is like their spirits know they are going to hell, but things are so out of control they can’t do anything about it.

 

Further on in Hebrews 12 we are told

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

 

See to it that you do not despise or refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, ho so much more will we not escape if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

 

And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN.”

 

This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire

 

Jesus has come to warn us of the consuming fire of Father God, He has told us and shown us the way to eternal life, and we have been warned, and we have been given guide lines to live by, and with an attitude of gratitude we should be obeying Christ Jesus for if we do not we will feel the wrath of Father God comedown upon us.

 

If you chose to disobey, and live a life of disobedience to the Lord you will pay the consequences, you are either living a life in heaven or you are building a life suitable for hell.

The choice is up to each of us, a few moments of pleaser for an eternity of peace and joy.

The choice is yours to make, no one can make it for you. But if you will turn from the ways of this world and turn to your loving King, ask to be forgiven repent of your sins, grasp hold of Christ and His ways you too can spend eternity with Him in perfect peace and joy.

You will find the narrow path that leads to the small gate and you will be small enough to enter in.