#‪#‎GRABYOURBIBLE‬-05/31/16
READ Luke 15:4-7
(“And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing” Vr. 5)
The Words of Jesus (written in red ink in mostly the King James Version translations) are the most powerful and assuring of all Words and Revelations in His Word.
From the scripture above we are told by Jesus himself of the ordeal gone through by the shepherd to find the lost sheep. When we fall from the faith there is a multiplicity of Grace to bring us back to Christ, because in such cases we need special attention from God, and He does give such attention to us. It is that increased indescribable Grace of God that causes the shepherd to leave all ninety nine sheep just for the lost one. And when the sheep is found, He does not lead it by His voice literally, but carries it on His shoulder. When His voice becomes louder, clearer, and softer (For no man in settling a dispute with his child scolds, but rather speaks in calmness). He makes an extra effort to keep the sheep from going astray.
This scenario baffled my mind and for a moment shattered my theologies. I have come to learn and wish you to understand that, WHEN I, YOU, WE HAPPEN TO FALL FROM THE FAITH, GOD, EXHIBITS SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION FOR OUR RECOVERY. There is an extra effort to bring us back to the faith, an extra attention, a fine tuning of God’s beam light focus on us, overlooking the other very strong believers and just following our trace to find us. Isn’t that reassuring my dear? .
I for one was once in that shoe, I was lost, I was blind, I was in obscurity, I was on my way to perdition. However, that Great Grace found me, now I am found, can see, I’m enlightened and I am on my way to see my Heavenly Father. And because he has done this for us, we also must grant other backslidden sheep (Christians) special attention. “The strong should care for the weak until the weak become strong” (Rev. Dr. Robert Ampiah-Kwofie).
We need to know that “not everybody doing something wrong is wicked or careless. There are people who do wrong and go wrong not because they are evil but because the devil is pressing a peculiar pressure on such people. ” (Rev. Dr. Robert Ampiah-Kwofie). But rather let us bare one another in the faith. Let us support each other. God doesn’t conclude on people, He believes, that with new information your mind can change. The Word of God can change anybody. The Word of God will make you into the image of Christ. So instead of judging people who fall in the faith, rather apply the extra peculiar pressure of care, of love, of the word in softness and when necessary in hardness. Because when their minds are renewed, they shall make good things happen.
Remain blessed church.
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O.Charles