01/01/2013 - Made to be caught and destroyed

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But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption.

II Peter 2: 12

Irrational animals were made to feed men and some of them to assist men with hard work. We were made to praise and to glorify our God and that’s the reason why we mustn’t accept living in disagreement with our Lord’s plans. The purpose of the divine plan for each one of us is beautiful and perfect because it was designed by The One who holds the knowledge of all things, The One who’s the very source of love Himself. Getting to understand the will of The Most High for your life must be your very first priority.

It turns out that there are so many people deceived by the devil that they even get to the point of taking the likeness of irrational creatures. They don’t think of the bad example they’re setting nor that, one day, they’ll be standing before God and that they shall be accountable for all their actions. There’ll be no excuses for those who won’t have fulfilled the ordinances of The Lord. Yet, those who are well acquainted with them and have put them into practice shall get a perennial reward.

Adam’s sin brought death – Satan’s very essence – to mankind and, precisely for that reason, a human being is already born under evil influence (Romans 3: 23). And that is so up to the moment a sinner listens to The Gospel, believes in the divine message and gets converted; that’s when he or she is born again (John 3: 5). Up to that point his or her essence is still evil and it cannot be improved at all; yet, he or she is remade in his or her rebirth through his or her justification achieved in Christ Jesus. From that moment on he or she is no longer under the dominion of evil (Romans 6: 14).

Those who won’t be reached by The Gospel will be held down on eternal fetters and they’ll experience eternal death. The fate of sinners, those who won’t listen to the voice of The Lord, is going to be really tough and quite painful. Those who insist on advocating their atheism or those who prefer to stay away from the divine love will repent tremendously in all eternity; yet, it’ll be too late.

It’s easy to tell the saved from the lost considering that the latter speak of what comes out of their hearts. We can see from their way of speaking that they haven’t experienced the heavenly blessing. Now, the saved one’s speech is in accordance with the oracles of God. The lost, however they might strive to look like Christians, will not be able to go too far because their unregenerate heart is not qualified to speak the heavenly language (I Corinthians 2: 14).

The way people live their lives also proves if they’re saved or not. A child of God might be tempted terribly and even be fooled but, whenever sin is on the verge of being committed, The Holy Spirit opens up their eyes and then, they turn round and drop the idea. The servants of The Most High are obedient to all the words and hints coming from The Holy Spirit.

Those who aren’t born again will be greatly harmed: they’ll perish in their corruption. Look at the sort of life you’ve been living, to the thoughts which have crowded your mind and see if your heart has been pure or not considering that if evil is dominating you and if iniquity has become part of your life it turns out that you’ll perish eternally as you’ll be heading towards death. Make the right choice! Come back to The Lord and receive the life of God! That’ll be health and quite a rest for your body (Proverbs 3: 8) apart from assuring you eternal salvation!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares