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November
10, 2019
#Heresies_Heretics
vs.
#They_which_are_Approved
Judges
2 - KJV
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¶And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that
this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and
have not hearkened unto my voice;
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I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which
Joshua left when he died:
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That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the
LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Do
you see the parallel between the two passages - Judges 2 and 1Cor 11?
The
LORD could have easily exterminated all the enemies of His people but He
deliberately left some roaming in the promised land. Why? That through them He
might prove Israel, whether they would keep the way of the LORD to walk therein.
Even
so, for there must be heresies among the churches. Listen up, don't bury your
head in the sand. Heresies among God's people is a most certain thing. The
modal verb "must" denotes a necessity, a necessity that is dictated
by the Lord's wisdom and ordered by His will.
Why?
In order that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. They
who are approved are those who hold to the truth, the opposite of heresies and expose the peddlers of heresies. The value and beauty of the gospel truths
are often magnified and enhanced in the context of heresies. Diamonds are
always displayed with a dark velvet background; the dark velvet DOES NOT
increase the value or dazzling beauty of the diamonds, but it enables feeble
eyes to capture their sparkling beauty better.
In
the presence of heresies, they that are approved of God are made manifest to
those who have eyes to see. Who are they that are approved of God? They who
rightly divide the word of truth. The rest are peddlers of heresies.
2
Timothy 2:15 KJV — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
There
are heresies AMONG YOU and there are those that are approved of God AMONG YOU.
In such a circumstance, you don't have the luxury to sit on the fence lest the
Lord shook the fence vigorously and you fall off and break your neck!
You
will be tested and proven; which way will you choose? You will be tried by the
Lord whether you will tolerate and choose heresies, or you will embrace those things approved of God.
Be
careful, for there must be also heresies among you. Have you been taught the
truth to arm you to recognize the heresies?
