Abomination

Abomination

            Jehovah God, establishing the stage for human history, opening the curtain of time, showing the scenery on to which all creation should perform, perfect, I believe in every way, perfect. So many mere mortals think they are so smart but, could they in any way improve God's magnificent creation of a rose, a tree, even the splendor of a mountain range? And then, we come to God's true creation: mankind. The first time you show a baby his image in a mirror, he realizes and will continue to realize that he or she is one of a kind. God chosen for life. The artist, canvas, film, ability to enhance and present the beauty of nature. It is very rare to find anyone presenting ugliness. Every mother thinks her child is beautiful and so she should. Every pet lover thinks their dog, cat, horse, is exceptional. It is a poor farmer-gardener who does not use every method possible to present a good crop, tasty vegetables, beautiful flower.

            The nastiest thing I know anything about, and I learned about it first hand on the farm, the hog pen. The slime-culture of nasty animals is something which human beings must tolerate. Why should human beings, created in the image of God, instead of staying clean in body and mind, wanting the very best for self, seek refuge-solace in the hog pen (crippling addictions)?

            Even at the church house, IF YOU CAN'T WIN THEM, JOIN THEM. At the school house, if you can't educate-entertain them, just let them go. At the court house, they are beyond help-rehabilitation, just lock them up away from the rest of us. At your house, a beautiful baby with so much promise, your very genes, just not worth the interference in my life....AND, we think, that God is not holding us responsible, individually and collectively, for the care, redemption, salvation for those created in his own image. The entire message of Christianity, getting people out of the hog pen. God must have been disappointed with the first two boys born on earth. One killed the other. He must have been disappointed with Isaac's twin sons, Jacob and Esau. He surely was disappointed with Saul, who after conversion on the 150 mile road between Jerusalem and Damascus, became Paul, to whom we owe the New Testament church. He must have been disappointed with Judas who was standing right there when the alabaster box was broken, right there when Jesus washed even his feet. From FLAWED people, Jehovah God, who has built by faith through his holy spirit, a church which has changed the lives of people the world over. Light came into the world but men preferred darkness to light (John 3:19).

            We are a separated people, set apart (Romans 1). It is an awesome thought that those who are set apart-chosen-elected-predestined, do not want to pay the price of Christianity. The GENUINENESS of God's holy spirit shown in your life. Why should any child of God, born of the spirit, look with such envy on the activities-interest of the unsaved (the hog pen)? We live in a day when the Christian is not distinguishable in dress, words, actions, from the pagans...those who do not want anything to do with Christ or His church. Some are "yolked" together even in marriage. The believer has such a testimony. Many willing to spend their entire life representing God, fulltime Christian service, even the mission field.

            Does the Christian actually know what lies ahead for the child of God? The person chosen by God for an eternal relationship. Has the Christian actually read the 21st chapter of Revelations, next to the last chapter in God's word? What God has prepared for His own?  "And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass" (Revelations 21:19-21).  The finite mind of man does not have the ability to comprehend what God has prepared for his own. This totally blind writer looks forward to the opening of a gate of pearls. I do not need any "finery," a simple hut would satisfy me. I just want to see, and it has been a long time since I have seen anything, the one who forgave me of all my rotten sins..who pulled me out of the hog pen.

            In this life, and it is so very short, redeemed by the blood of the lamb, why would anyone have the desire to play around in the hog pen...all the ugliness, nastiness there, when a holy God has offered-selected us for something so much better? Why would anyone envy the lifestyle of the depraved?