As a family, we subscribe to several Yahoo group lists ... and this came to us just today. It inspired more than a few DEEP conversations today ... and we hope it inspires conversations (and thought too !) for everyone who happens to read it.
1. If you must envy, envy the woman who hugged the feet of the eternal God, or envy the children He held in His arms.
2. If you must steal, steal more time away from your daily routine and spend it with Jesus.
3. If you must murder, work on crucifying the "old man" who lives inside each born-again believer. [Caution: The old reprobate is extremely hard to kill and does not tend to stay dead very long.]
4. If you must lie, tell the "old man" he can do as he pleases today.
5. If you must be a man of strife, put on the whole armor of God and remember that we war not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places.
6. If you must "get high" be intoxicated with the Holy Spirit.
7. If you must fear, fear that within yourself which can cause you to fall.
8. If you must be angry, rage against those sin-weaknesses in yourself.
9. If you must covet, covet those things that be of God: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
10. If you must hate, hate the works of the flesh: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, revellings, etc.
11. If you must be overly ambitious, reach for a star: " ... To him who overcomes, I will give the Morning Star." Rev. 2:26 & 28.
12. If you must be lazy, lie down in His green pastures and walk beside His still waters.
13. If you must be shameless, walk this earth boldly, having no shame of your King or His gospel.
14. If you must be gluttonous, open your mouth wide for God to fill. Psalm 81:10
15. If you must be stubborn, trust in the Lord and you'll be as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but which abides forever.
16. If you must be nosy, poke your nose into the gospel of Christ, which is something angels desire to look into. I Peter 1:12
**Originally titled: Loopholes for Determined Sinners
*** By: Sharon Bouriaque
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This was one of several things my Mother wrote. She loved the Lord Jesus with all her heart, and joined him four years ago. Thanks for posting it, it was good to read this again.
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