KHANDIE'S KORNER - "January 18, 2004" | |
Timely Insights into God's Word from Khandielese Reyes | |
This Weeks Message- (scripture taken from King James Version) "THE SILENT SPIRITUAL KILLER" Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall
kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with
his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to
his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,
shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if
thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go
thy way; first be reconciled to thy bother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou
art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the
judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means
come out thence, till thou has paid the uttermost farthing. (Matt 5:21-26) Man
looks at that which is physically visible and views one a sinner when
hes able to see with the natural eye the outward effects of
disobedience. However, the Lord sees the
heart. Oftentimes believers look upon the
drug addict; the prostitute; the murderer; the liar; the thief; the slanderer; the
adulterer; the homosexual; the unwed mother; and the like and points his finger at such
declaring aha, there goes one whos bound by sin, whos headed for eternal
damnation, there goes one who needs repentance!
But, while they are pointing and examining another, The Lord Himself is examining
them. And having seen them inwardly, have
found that many have secretly hidden within, The
Silent Spiritual Killer! Here is a
sin so deadly it will eat away at the very heart of man, and like cancer spread itself to
its members attacking the spirit of man and causing the heart to turn from that
which was once flesh, to stone! Oddly, these
believers feel confident this sin will not be exposed, that it will remain hidden and they
go to great lengths in attempting to do so. In
the presence of others they give off the illusion as being righteous, Godly, full of the
Light of the Lord, loving and kind while inwardly, The
Silent Spiritual Killer is at work and while it appears to be tucked away from
the natural seeing eye, NOTHING is hidden from THE LORD! This
silent sin that does so much damage to the spirit of man has a name. It manifests itself in the form of Anger and if not released IMMEDIATELY,
it will welcome other spirits to join in namely bitterness,
resentment, hatred, rage and unforgiveness, who would eagerly take up residence in the
heart of the one who opened the door, and begin its spiritual torment. We all get or have gotten angry over something or
someone at one time or another, however there are those who take that anger a step further
in allowing it to fester within their hearts and grow like a cancerous sore. They remain focused on who caused them pain and
the circumstances surrounding it and harbor in their hearts anger towards the
individual(s) to the point of wishing the one who caused them pain, pain in his/her own
life. Your neighbor, brother, sister,
mother, father, husband, wife, fellow worshiper
.the one you once called friend, you
now hold anger in your heart for them. Refusing
to forgive, refusing to communicate, refusing to walk in the Light of the Love of Christ
Jesus! It
is ironic that in the beginning of these passages of scripture, the Lord first begin
speaking on the commandment thou shalt not kill, and then moves on to speak
concerning a brother who has anger in his heart over another as if the two a
murderer and one who harbors bitterness are one in the same. As if the two sins are no different one from the
other. In truth, they are NOT! In The Lords eyes, they are not as both are
equally damaging, one to the body and the other to the soul. For while one kills the physical body, another
kills the soul and both sins are in danger of judgment!
It is The Lords will and desire that one whos angry with his/her
brother be forgiving of the sins committed against them, and IMMEDIATELY be reconciled to
his/her brother or sister before the anger settles and begin to house itself in the heart
of the believer! How
is it that one can ask ANYTHING of the Lord while holding in his/her heart bitterness
towards another. Do you realize the prayers
youve prayed will receive NO answer until you FIRST repent of the anger, forgive the
one whove caused you pain, and be reconciled to him/her in LOVE? Neither will your sins of which youve
committed be forgiven by our Father. For the
word of God declares: For
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive NOT men their trespasses,
NEITHER will your Father forgive YOUR trespasses. (Matt 6:14-15) You may say that its very
difficult to forgive for the pain that was caused to you was most horrific, the words said
most unkind and unloving, the slander, the gossip, the utter betrayal and these things may
be true. But, consider this: we have ALL sinned and fallen short of Gods
Glory and Christ carried the weight of the sins of the whole world. This INCLUDES every sin you yourself have
committed. So think over your life, has there
not been a time when youve caused hurt and pain to someone else be it through your
speech, or a form of betrayal? Has there not
been a time when youve engaged in idol gossip and slander that has hurt another
brother or sister? Has there not been a time
when youve spoken a harsh and ugly word that crushed the heart of another? Has there not been a time when you even were angry
with God because of your life and the circumstances surrounding that you refused to pray,
refused to share with Him your heart, refused to accept HIS perfect will? Has there not been a time when you surrendered to
the flesh and committed sinful acts against The Lord?
Did he at any time turn away from you, refusing to receive you, refusing to
accept your apology, refusing to love you despite your shortcomings? Or
..Did he not FREELY FORGIVE? Did he not LOVE YOU with an everlasting love
DESPITE the pain you caused him and how you broke his heart. YOUR SINS, MY SINS, the SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD
were SO GREAT that it took the DEATH of a SINLESS GOD to bring us reconciliation, and yet
to bring upon reconciliation with a brother or sister who may have caused you harm, ALL
that it would take would be to simply forgive and yet you are unwilling and would rather
remain bitter. What would have happened to
you if Christ had chosen to be unwilling and singled you out declaring your sins were to
great to receive forgiveness, that they hurt him too much to forgive and forget? Where spiritually would you be? Is it so difficult to love my friend? Is it so difficult to let your heart be at peace? If Christ is so willing to forgive, why are you
not able? For the same Spirit that raised
Jesus from the dead, ALSO is available to YOU and all you must do is surrender to His
leading. Dont allow the sin of anger
and unforgiveness to eat away the very soul Christ died to save! Every
man/woman examine your hearts and let NOT in it be found, The Silent Spiritual Killer. Rebuke
the spirit of anger, rebuke the spirit of rage and bitterness, rebuke the spirit of hatred
and unforgiveness, LOVE and be at PEACE with one another thus fulfilling the prayer of the
Lord, Father, I pray they may be ONE even as YOU and I are ONE! Let the Light of Love SHINE and cast anger back
into outer darkness! I love you all so very much. Have a blessed week in the Lord and remember: Whatever we do, do ALL for the GLORY of GOD, who ALONE is worthy of the GLORY and the PRAISE! The Lord be with you this day and always! Shalom Uvracha (Peace and Blessings)
.. Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, Holy,
Holy, Holy
KhandieleseLord God Almighty Daughter & Servant of the Lord God |
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