Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
I understand having anger rise up from time to time when we see the word of God rejected.
Yesterday I read the following and when I read it I saw it as a way provided by God for us to escape this type of anger.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. II Peter 2
And at the beginning of this chapter in II Peter 2, we see the following instruction to the church ...
Wherefore laying aside all malice... II Peter 2:1
One definition of "malice" is ... ill will ...
Take heed, brethren, lest there
be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be
hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we are made partakers of
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as
in the provocation. Heb. 3
We could end up being "hardened" through the deceitfulness of other people's sins. Jesus said: And because iniquity shall abound,
the love of many shall wax cold. 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved. Mt. 24
As we see the word of God rejected we could be "hardened" by their sin. We do not want to allow this to happen. When we think on such things as the elect of God, the chosen of God ... and such things as
II Peter 2 ... "whereunto also they were appointed" ... it can be helpful in softening us so we not be hardened by their sin.
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