God Makes No Apologies:
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GOD Makes NO Apologies: No excuses, no mistakes, no misjudgments, no false assumptions, and in no way will God’s Word yield to man’s ignorance. See below:
Mark 13:31 (KJV) 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 16:17 (KJV) 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke 21:33 (KJV) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 24:35 (KJV) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 5:17-20 (KJV) 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets [The Law and the Prophets = the entire Old Testament]: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
As you will soon discover if not already: God will never believe in, nor trust in, nor reward man’s gross sense of misinformation: selective hearing, word manipulation; man’s lack of seeing God’s far reaching and eternal consequences; man’s small mindedness, man’s nearsightedness; man’s ignorantly acquired immoral values; man’s flagrant lack of honor, respect, or even due consideration of God’s eternal perspective; man’s ultimate ignorance of God’s infinite integrity.
Man’s ignorance stems from his own individual choice to remain ignorant of God’s heavenly standards & eternally valued living conduct; it will soon be his own downfall, in most cases less than 100 years, from the date of birth, but most likely much sooner. Every single person born into this world, whether he acknowledges the fact or not has a predetermined appointment with death, and then a predetermined appointment with God. How do we know for certain, because God has made it plain as day, to any single person who is willing to re-register his thoughts and understandings to be in alignment with the King of Heaven, the Author of Life, the Saviour of the World, and the Final Judge of all mankind. He has made it plain and His word will stand. And He makes no promises that He cannot keep, and makes no excuses, nor any apologies for putting his Word into writing that can be plainly read and understood by anyone willing seek God’s perspective within God’s Will.
Matthew 24:35 (KJV) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
It is not God’s will that any man should perish … but many will perish due to their own hard heartedness and egotistical pride that dominates and directs his every thought, word, and deed.
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
When a man continually chooses to serve his own lusts, his own cravings, his own sense of self importance, his own need for acceptance, and the vaporous honor that comes from men as fallible and untrustworthy as himself—he chooses to completely ignore the eternal honor, power, favor, and grace that God wants to give him.
In short, he boldly Rejects the Eternal God, and blindly follows other blind men.
Such is the default state of ignorance common among the majority of men. Men in every age continue to make idols after their own mindsets. Men create a warm fuzzy god that winks at their sin, and would never eternally punish a reprobate goon that refuses to give honor to the One who created him, and everything he needs to sustain his life.
What will happen on the Day of Judgement when the Idols of men become exposed and compared to the One True Living Judge of all the Earth. One thing we know it won’t be pretty.
A man’s idols cannot save a man from death, from judgement, from pain, from eternal suffering, from any eternal consequence that involves the Immortal, Invisible, Invincible, Immutable God.
God makes no apology for standing against: Man’s impudent self-centered, sense of self-righteousness, and man’s complete ignorance of God’s eternal justice. Man will never convince God to give Man the higher moral or ethical ground on which men want to poke a hot rod into God’s Eye.
For these reasons and more. Men tend to lock themselves out from God’s Perspective, and box themselves into their own ignorant, hateful, puny, insulated, evil mindsets. Men have trashed the World, violated God’s Holy Daughters, and Holy Sons, and have abused their power, their wealth, their knowledge, and used their schemes to do unspeakable evil to God’s innocent and defenseless children.
Little do men know that God is a perfect record keeper, and everything is being written down in the Books of Heaven. And one day soon those books will be opened, and every sin ever recorded will be addressed. And everyone not under the blood covenant of the Passover Lamb, will be taken by the Death Angel and sent to an Eternal lake of Fire, that God makes no apology for.
It is only God’s sense of immense Mercy, that men have been allowed to continue for the sake of the few who would truly repent of their sins, and turn to God in faith and obedience to Do His Will upon the Earth, and thus become Agents of His Salvation, bringing His message of Hope to the Ends of the Earth.
And yet, the majority of men still have the audacity to call God evil, and label God’s Ways UNJUST, when from the beginning, God has TOLD man: “As man has treated God’s Laws and God’s Children, so shall man be treated”: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, death for death, and life for life, except for the mercy provided in the Blood Covenant of God.
“And Yes, God believes He has a Right & Responsibility
To Judge Sin, Wickedness, and Evil.
And He makes No Apology for It.
And He does so against: Individuals, Families,
Communities, and Nations.”
Isaiah 44 gives a detailed presentation about God’s firsthand eye witness account regarding how he feels about the idols that men make. It reveals God’s perception and God’s judgment and God’s sarcasm and God’s ridicule of those who would replace a living God with a block of wood, a chunk of stone, or a piece of metal fashioned by man’s hands.
Read it for your own enlightenment. If you have the time and the space in your mind, it may take a couple times to read it to really grass all that God is trying to communicate through the prophet Isaiah in this short chapter. There are many things that are layered within the message. Somethings stand out more quickly than others.
You may choose to join God’s Perspective and get a good laugh at the fallen thinkings and doings of men.
Isaiah 44:6-28 (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel,
and his redeemer the LORD of hosts;
“I am the first, and I am the last;
and beside me there is no God.”
7 And who, as I, shall call,
[Who can I summon to tell me the future, and put into order?]
and [who] shall declare it, and set it in order for me,
since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told thee from that time,
and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses.
Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image [a carved idol] are all of them [are] vanity;
and their delectable things [gold, silver, wood with silk clothing] shall not profit;
and they are their own witnesses;
they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
[Of course idols cannot see, hear, nor speak nor do anything.]
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [a metal idol]
that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed:
and the workmen, they are of men:
let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;
yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
[they will quake in their boots when they stand before, the one true, holy and living God]
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals,
and fashioneth it with hammers,
and worketh it with the strength of his arms:
yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth:
he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;
[making a wooden idol, making a god out of wood]
he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass,
and maketh it after the figure of a man,
according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak,
which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:
he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn:
for he will take thereof, and warm himself;
yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread;
yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it;
he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire;
with part thereof he eateth flesh;
he roasteth roast, and is satisfied:
yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha,
I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image:
he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it,
and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18 They have not known nor understood:
for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see;
and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart,
neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
I have burned part of it in the fire;
yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof;
I have roasted flesh, and eaten it:
and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination?
shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes:
a deceived heart hath turned him aside,
that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,
Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these, O Jacob
and Israel; for thou art my servant:
I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it:
shout, ye lower parts of the earth:
break forth into singing, ye mountains,
O forest, and every tree therein:
for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob,
and glorified himself in Israel.
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer,
and he that formed thee from the womb,
I am the LORD that maketh all things;
that stretcheth forth the heavens alone;
that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars,
and maketh diviners mad;
that turneth wise men backward,
and maketh their knowledge foolish;
26 That confirmeth the word of his servant,
and performeth the counsel of his messengers;
that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited;
and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built,
and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry,
and I will dry up thy rivers:
28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd,
and shall perform all my pleasure:
even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built;
and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Again you can see that God makes no excuses, no apologies for knowing the future and laying it out is clear as day detail. Once you study who this figure Cyrus is, you will be blow away how clearly God predicts the future, naming the man who would deliver his chosen people Israel out of the pagan Kingdom of Babylon, some 200 years, before Cyrus would be born … but that is another story ….
What ca we take away from this Study? That God knows who He is. He Knows His own plans. And He reveals them to those will to humble themselves before him, who will throw out their idols, and zero in on the very Words and Perspective of God, and be willing to be stretched, and be willing to be chastised and even disciplined in the process.
Remembering that God Makes No Apologies for Being God, knowing the future, and calling those who will hear his voice out of their own darkness, into His Marvelous Light.
In fact, God says, that if He does not discipline His Children, then He does not love them. Same as if a Father who hates his children will neglect to take the time and effort discipline his sons and daughters and show them the right way to go, and how and why to avoid the wrong way to go, in order to become wise, and not be a fool in this world, and in the world to come.
5 … My son, despise not thou the chastening [discipline] of the Lord,
nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening,
God dealeth with you as with sons;
for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not?
Hebrews 12:5-11 (KJV)