Reality Check

[tsth]

Great post Keith!!!

In His Love,

Suzanne

[Imamom]

Keith, once again another post that makes me ponder and look at myself and the world around me. In our society there is to much pressure for the worldly treasures. Many people I know have a tendency to compete with their neighbor as to who has the most and best posessions. In some communities there are expectations as to the material status of persons who live there. In many communities persons who can not afford to luxuries themself are looked down upon. It's all so sad. None of these posessions will go with us when we die, they won't save us. And guilty, I have looked upon these posession based persons without checking to see the status of their soul.

Where would I even begin as non-spoken as I am? I have had a tendeny to trust that my actions will serve the purpose, be in place of, the vocalizing words I should use.... Are you saved? Do you know Christ? Let me tell you..... Would I even be taken seriously since I am low status when it comes to societies perception of wealth? Is the saying, 'actions speak louder than words', true? Oh, I just don't know.

[nebula]

My point is that Christians everywhere seem to be more distracted by the world and it's treasures and worries than ever before.  Sometimes even prophecy and end times events can get some Christians to lose their focus on what is really important..... Going about our Father's business of bringing the lost to Christ and fulfilling the call He's placed on our lives.  We should be thinking towards our eternal life and it's rewards rather than spending so much time on our shorter futures here and trying to make our lives in this world really great.  We need to beware of the distractions the enemy uses on Christians.

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Your post reminds me of a passage in Scripture:

1 Corinthians 3:11-15

11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

13 each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.

14 If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.

15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

What are we building with here on Earth -

Is it wood, hay and straw?

Or is it gold, silver and precious stones?

The interesting thing with these analogies is what it takes to create the material.

Wood is chopped down and cut; hay is easily grown and cut; same with straw, I guess (not a farmer - don't know clearly).

It is not all that difficult to shape.

But gold, silver, and precious stones have to be mined and purified.

It takes a lot of work to dig the metal and stones out of the ground and separate it out from the dirt and rock that surrounds it.

Then it has to be worked further to fashion into treasure.

It takes work to build the Kingdom!

[Keith]

Keith, once again another post that makes me ponder and look at myself and the world around me.

[Keith]

Your post reminds me of a passage in Scripture:

1 Corinthians 3:11-15

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nebula,

I can't think of a more appropriate addition to this thread! Thank you very much for your post! I'm actually going to copy those scriptures down and put them up where I can see them as a daily reminder.