Daily Deprogramming

Today Ardith Keef tells us , “You were chosen and set apart before you were born. and you have an undeniable purpose for your life.  You have been woven into The Plan  and you have the assurance of the revelation of, or leading into the purpose for which you were intended. Many desperately seek the will of God.  He does not make it hard, and He does not require different things of different followers. He requires only one thing, faith.”  “Galatians and all the rest of God’s Word.”

Isn’t it interesting that today Ardith Keef says “He  requires  only one thing, faith.”  Every day there is a different “requirement”, or many, depending upon where  she is leading her follower at that moment.

Although “without  faith it is impossible to please God” Heb 11:6  , there are things we can do to keep us from entering into His rest.  No, He hasn’t made it hard, but “the deceitfulness of sin can harden our hearts as it did to the Israelites. Heb 3:7-13   We (Christians)  are warned here by the example of the Isrealites that God was angry with them, and He said “Their hearts are always going astray. They shall never enter into My rest.”  Moses himself never got to see the Promised Land because of sin. 

When we witness misery after misery in our lives, and curses instead of blessings,  as did the Israelites for 40 years it begs us to take stock of our behaviors, and attitudes, to examine  where we might be with God.  Only a self-confident fool will look into the face of God  arrogantly saying , “I have faith, that is all I need.”  Moses could have said, “I am the meekest man in all the earth,”  but he didn’t see the Promised Land because of sin.   However  hundreds of years later when Jesus Christ was transfigured on the mountain, Moses was there.  This was because of Gods Faithfuness and Mercy.  Isn’t it comforting? 

 We are creatures who are easily deceived by sin  ,and we have an enemy who is a master deceiver.  We had better not be too sure of ourselves, because then we may become “hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”  We may not lose out on Eternal Life if we are His , but we may displease Him, the Lover of our soul.  It is your life,  and here on Earth there is only one chance to do it His way!