Glimpses of God
A Time to Hate
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
The Desolation of Abominations
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh.
Luke 21:20
A Proud Look ..
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? An
high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words,
whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of
men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is
godliness: from such withdraw thyself. For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man
should boast.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let
each esteem other better than themselves.
A Lying Tongue ..
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye
know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
The anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that
any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is
truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as
though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not;
handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and
doctrines of men?
Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's; and be not ye the servants of men.
Hands that Shed Innocent Blood .. Have we not all one father? Hath not one God
created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by
profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, thou hast established them for
correction: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou
that judgest doest the same things.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God
also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find
nothing after him. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his
land, or for mercy. For thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. For thou
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Have
hope toward God that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just
and unjust. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. And to make all men
see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world
hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. And that ye put on
the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. For
by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities,
or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of
him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in
all.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another,
and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is
the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
A Heart that Deviseth Wicked Imaginations .. Do ye imagine to reprove words, and
the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Which imagine
mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. Deceit
is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is
joy.
Let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Feet that be Swift in Running to Mischief .. The spirit lifted me up, and
brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and
behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men ... Then said he unto me, Son
of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this
city: Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron,
and we be the flesh.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that
have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept
not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for
the fashion of this world passeth away.
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
A False Witness that Speaketh Lies ..
The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. As the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto
him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! When
their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they
are sweet.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that
God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be
still. Selah. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. He healeth the broken in heart, and
bindeth up their wounds.
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul. Let
not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the
table of thine heart.
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of
faith, which we preach.
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord
shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due
season?
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What
hath the Lord answered? And, What hath the Lord spoken?
He that Soweth Discord Among Brethren .. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For the kingdom of God is not
in word, but in power.
Hate the evil within yourself, love the good in others and, thereby, establish
true judgment in the gate.
Amos 5:15a (par.)
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
and the froward mouth, do I hate. For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery
for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke
thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord,
which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their
daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
Shall even he that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is most
just? The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence
his soul hateth.
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending
them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. But they hearkened
not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense
unto other gods. They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him
that speaketh uprightly.
And 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. He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he
that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works
which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and
hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be
fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
© 2007 by Joyce C. Lock,