It only takes one wrong move.

 John wrote the Apocalypse. He wrote in detail his amazing vision to seven churches in Asia Minor. When writing to the church at Ephesus, Christ was boasting on all of their good deeds. Yet, there was one thing that concerned Christ. 

The congregation had left their first love (Rev. 2:1-4). This warning demonstrates an important fact; we can appear to do everything right and have one thing wrong, and that one wrong thing could actually erase the good we are performing. This is true in the realm of holding grudges that mature in our spirit, growing into a root of bitterness (Heb. 12:15). 

We must follow the Scripture and learn from the experiences of others. We have to learn what is good and what is evil, what blesses and what curses. The biblical apostles and prophets wrote what they knew and not just what they thought. Their insight was experience-based and divinely revealed; no information was based upon their assumptions or opinions. 

For example, why did Peter warn believers to be aware of Satan coming as a “roaring lion” (1 Pet. 5:8)? Because Satan plotted an assignment against Peter prior to Christ’s crucifixion. Out of fear, Peter denied he knew Christ (Matt. 26:69-75). Paul wrote of his traveling ministry, revealing that he was being hindered, but refused to be defeated (2 Cor. 4:8-9). 

Paul understood attacks, informing readers there was a satanic, “thorn in the flesh” assigned to him, harassing him from city to city. He knew that extreme “grace” from God was necessary to sustain him from the pressure of this opposition (2 Cor. 12:7-9). It was the Apostle John who wrote about love toward God and one another, more than any other New Testament writer. He was the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” Thus, being loved by Christ, he expressed the power of love (John 13:23). John addressed his converts as “little children.” Not because they were immature, but because he viewed them from the eyes of a caring, spiritual father (1 John 2:1, 2:12, 2:13, 2:18, and 2:28). 

Paul penned Romans 11 exposing the spiritual “blindness” upon many of his own Jewish brethren. Paul himself was once a Pharisee, a persecutor of Christians, whose own eyes were veiled from the truth. Thus, a man who was blind that now sees is the right man needed to tell others who are blind how they too can see. No one in the Bible understood the need for forgiveness, nor did they comprehend the mercy of God, as did King David. This man wrote numerous Psalms from the perspective of God’s forgiveness and mercy toward him. A man receiving mercy is a man who releases mercy toward others.

My name is Cesar and I’m a Voice in The Desert 

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