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Period.

by Steve Countryman  
3/11/2017 / Christian Living


It represents the finish, the end, a completion. Yes, it is what finishes the end of a sentence but also represents so much more. A declaration made or statement proclaimed… period. It is also used to indicate the end of a discussion. It is what Pilate used when he sat in his judges seat to render his verdict. When he did so time for all evidence to be presented and testimonies given had come to an end…PERIOD. That is when as ruler he would give his final answer and ruling on a matter.

As Christians we need to make such declarations of God’s Word over our situations and problems. For our guidance, our position, our understanding, our wisdom, our power and authority and what defines who we are and who God is can ALL be found in the Word of God! “To be Christ-like” is what being a Christian means. Jesus represented God the Father and His Word fulfilled everywhere He went.

I am amazed at those who call themselves Christian yet do not believe what the Word of God says. They believe in God, they believe He had a Son who lived on earth named Jesus but beyond that things get real muddy. Funny thing is that God’s Word is not muddy. But that hasn’t stopped man from throwing mud on it to make it as confusing, difficult and distorted by compromising it with worldly wisdom to weaken it. So that man can have a god on man’s terms not God on God’s Word.

I am tired of the world telling me to keep my religion and my beliefs to myself. That the Word of God is hate-speech so don’t pray out loud in the name of Jesus. To do so I risk being labeled as intolerant, racists, hateful and offensive. All of this of course comes from the LEAST tolerant and MOST offensive groups out there. Tolerance to them is a one-way street and they will not tolerate anyone with opposing views, beliefs or opinions. Our country is rapidly seeing the extinction of one of our most precious freedoms… freedom of speech!

It is not politically correct to say or print anything that MAY offend someone. Amazing thing is that Jesus offended people EVERYWHERE He went. Jesus stirred those around Him to draw them closer to Him with the TRUTH. Others were offended by the truth and were driven away. They had to make a decision… to take Jesus at His Word or to ignore the truth and be offended by it. Jesus didn’t come to earth to win a popularity contest but that through Him men could have everlasting life. John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

As Christians we should be able to agree on two important key areas in the Bible. These two items are detestable to God which means that they should be detestable to us. The Bible is very clear about them but many “Christians” struggle with them. They are sin that the world wants everyone to accept as normal. The first is all forms of sexually immoral living. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 “9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.”

The second is the killing of babies in the womb by the millions calling it Pro-Choice. Sacrificing the life of the unborn baby to the god of convenience! Jeremiah 19:4-5 “4For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned incense in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.” Ezekiel 16:21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.”

1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.” We are to love the sinner as Christ loves us but not their sin. Worse yet there are churches out there who love the sin with the sinner and allow them to become church leaders, teachers, ministers and preachers!

As Christians it is becoming more and more important that we take a stand on God’s Word and His righteousness and make that our stand! “Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.” It is time for God’s children to declare the Word of God out loud in the name of Jesus. Standing on His Word against all vile, sinful and detestable things… PERIOD!

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