DISCIPLE

     Biblical Christians believe that all lives matter , because God created mankind, not one race or another, but the whole human race. No race or ethnic group is better than another. And yet, racism exists on every continent and in every ethnic group.      Other forms of discrimination are commonly accepted. For example, abortion is freely practiced and government-subsidized in many countries. Do "Infant lives matter"?  Some are proposing euthanasia for older people who are no longer "productive members of society" (whatever that means!). Do older lives matter? Many other examples could be given, except among Christians. Violence and destruction are sinful behaviors, never justified in Scripture. They are the carnal screams of those who do not pray or trust God.       But consider how real Christians respond to mistreatment. We know that over the ages there have been multitudes of Christian martyrs -- saints who wer...

THE WAY OF CAIN "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord." – Genesis 4:16 "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." – I John 3:12   "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core." – Jude 11   As "the way of Cain" is spoken of by the apostle Jude, as specially the way of the last days, let us inquire what it was. It was evil, not good. He is an open and defiant sinner; and in him sin takes its full swing. He is the first child of the fall, and the offspring of the fallen; he is no common transgressor; he runs no ordinary career of wickedness; he rushes to the extremity of evil. He is given as a beacon, yet as a true specimen of man, of the human heart even in the most favorable circumstances. He came into t...

"Study long and well the record and the teachings of Jesus while He was on earth. In them lies the answer. It is a sin for the children of God not to hate what ought to be hated. Our Lord Jesus loved righteousness, but He hated iniquity. I think we can say He hated sin and wrong and evil perfectly!     If we are committed, consecrated Christians, truly disciples of the crucified and risen Christ, there are some things we must face.      We cannot love honesty without hating dishonesty.      We cannot love purity without hating impurity.      We cannot love truth without hating lying and deceitfulness.     If we belong to Jesus Christ, we must hate evil even as He hated evil in every form. The ability of Jesus Christ to hate that which was against God and to love that which was full of God was the force that made Him able to receive the anointing - the oil of gladness - in complete measure. On our human si...