What then Shall I Say?

Ever since I started this blog, I have had one main rule - which I have at times forgotten. That rule is - say what God tells me to say, even if I don't think I know what it means. This has been a major purpose that God had given me with this blog. For it is His words that need to be said and He will use them wherever and whenever he chooses. And from what I can tell - from others reactions to my posts or others, and from my reactions to some posts of others - it is very easy to tell when God is speaking to someone. Hang out till the end of this post and I'll give you the insight that God has given me here.


So, what is the Scriptural support for this purpose that God has given me with this blog?

Mark 13:8b-13 (TNIV)

These are the beginning of birth pains.

You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me, but those who stand firm to the end will be saved.

The alternative sources (other gospels) for this are: Matthew 10:5-42 and Luke 12:1-12.

So this is one of the major purposes of this blog - to "say whatever is given you at the time." It is no coincidence that two of the three scriptures that define this blog's purpose are also directly relating the terms of the end times through a direct quotation of Micah.


I have only read Micah for the last couple days, and I have come to feel very close to this prophet. He speaks very plainly about what actions would have made God happy and bless Israel, and what actions were taken that made God very angry with Israel. Angry enough to scatter its citizens to the four corners of the planet and to shatter his people's nation that he created.

This same warning applies now. The nations do not practice justice and mercy. God's own people are not interested so much in justice and mercy, but in declaring what is righteous and decrying the wicked. True religion is an unknown quantity throughout the land, as acts of "righteousness" are more important than mercy and loving-kindness.

Turn from these wicked ways of hypocrisy and learn to do good. Give to those in need, in whatever way they need. Instead of casting your judgments on those who feel they need an abortion, try to empathize with them. Why do they feel they need the abortion? Treat the root causes instead of the symptoms. Show the love of God instead of self-righteous condemnation. And above all else, do not fight battles in generalizations that dehumanize the people. One cannot fight a cause about a topic and not become desensitized to the people suffering that God has created and wishes to show mercy upon.

In short, judge not. Let God be the judge. Love, as he has loved.

Show one cause that Jesus' fought that hurt people; that was not against hypocrisy. When you have found that cause, study it to determine what the cause actually was and what Jesus was truly saying. You might just find that it was something other than what you believe it to be.


And finally, as promised at the start of this post. What is the easy way to tell when God is speaking to someone? That someone will feel hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy (or some such emotion). They will not feel love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness or self-control. (Galatians 5:19-26)