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much so He hands down the verdict while we yet remain Such a tragedy! And as the village burns behind us we still

breathing in this life. want to act innocent and shrug our shoulders and act like we had
The height of hubris is to repeatedly tell someone how they nothing to do with it. Hebrews 4:13 warns us that “Nothing in all
ought to live their lives…sighting God and scripture along the creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed
way, and then to go out and dump it all yourself. We “burned before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.”
down the village” and we stand giving the child’s shrug while still You see, for those of us that have been so blessed as to know
holding on to the match and the gas can. Who? ME? Him, there comes a great responsibility. And that is to never mis-
And now? Well, the "name of God is blasphemed…because of represent God. How easy are those words…“God told me” or
you," …. (Romans 2:2) “God said…” Scriptural history if full of such accounts and it
I think most often we think we can clean it up later. But I never ended well for folks that messed this up. In fact, it seems
think that shows great ignorance of the situation or the power of God is quite gracious and patient in so much of our
Satan once a person has been so released from guilt and shortcomings. But on the matter of misrepresenting God…and
questioning. The fact is, after such an event, it is very rare that then causing someone to stumble because of such pride, there is
we ever see the questioning soul again. No, their beliefs have a reckoning day coming…
been confirmed…their understanding of you, the church, and
Christianity has all been made very real. Free at last…free at
last!...and they are gone…and gone forever!

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