WARNING

THOSE WITH A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT ALWAYS PERSECUTE THOSE SENT FROM GOD - WHO ARE USED BY GOD - JUST LIKE THEY DID TO JESUS HIMSELF.

THEY USE THE VERY WORD OF GOD TO DO THIS - THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WILL OF GOD IN DOING THIS.

RULES - RULES THEY CRY - ORDER - ORDER THEY SAY - THIS IS THE WAY IT IS DONE AND ALWAYS WILL BE DONE THEY SAY.

MUCH OF THE CHURCH IS LIKE THIS - IT IS ONLY BY THE GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD THAT PEOPLE ARE SAVED AND HEALED - FOR GOD CANNOT GO AGAINST HIS WORD EVEN WHEN IT IS USED IN THE WRONG WAY - AGAINST THE WAY HE INTENDED.

FOR THE WORD WITHOUT THE SPIRIT KILLS - THE SPIRIT WITHOUT THE WORD HURTS PEOPLE - BUT THE SPIRIT BRINGS LIFE TO THE WORD AND THE WORD BRINGS STABILITY TO THAT OF THE SPIRIT.

HUMBLE YOURSELF OR I WILL HUMBLE YOU - FOR I WILL RAISE UP THE TRULY HUMBLE IN HEART - WILL REALLY USE THEM - WILL LIFT THEM UP BEFORE MEN BUT THOSE THAT DO NOT I WILL CAST DOWN - HUMBLE THEM BEFORE THE WORLD.

WHO ARE YOU TO TELL THE LORD WHAT TO DO - TO TRY TO SQUASH HIM INTO YOUR MOULDS - TO TRY AND MAKE HIM IN YOUR IMAGE - DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT HE MADE YOU IN HIS IMAGE - CAN THE POT TELL THE POTTER HOW IT SHOULD BE MADE - HOW HE SHOULD USE THE POT - THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING WHEN YOU - HIS PEOPLE - DO THESE THINGS - REPENT - LEAST I COME AND DASH YOU AGAINST A STONE - HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD.

THEN HE WILL FILL YOU AND LIFT YOU UP BEFORE MEN - HUMBLE YOURSELVES FOR YOU ARE THE CLAY AND I AM THE POTTER.

DAVE 25.3.99.