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What Price Is Too High For Obedience?
-by Patrick Burwell
I have several mature Believer friends, including myself, that have had their trust in "Church" organizations be foundationally challenged. We don't want false friendships with Sunday hello's and Stay away any other day relationships anymore. We want family or forget it!
Many are questioning trust in God at all. "Where is He?" they say.
This is what was the basis for my beginning a Financial Faith discussion with some friends. I have now seen it mushroom into the present epiphany of God's provision of suffering to teach obedience to the Body Of Christ. Just like my little son, we have to be taught to obey without question. If Jesus had to learn obedience by way of suffering then we must also expect to be similarly tried. Don't lets use the teachings like the Rapture to find some relief. God is requiring our utter trust or the fire will only get hotter. A Night is coming when we shall all be SORELY tried and this Tribulation will appear to be our greatest defeat. The Devil will be allowed to overcome the Saints, but this will be one of God's greatest Victories. God wants us to succeed and He is preparing us by testing whose we are now.
What will it be like in the end times if we cannot handle today's tests?
Will we compromise so we can eat what we want or do we starve our cravings to not take the Mark of the Beast? Will we be able to reduce our caloric intake? Will we be able to kick the carb habit? Will we be able to say no to cigarettes and alcohol and caffeine? Will we be able to say no to sugar and carbohydrates, if God decides that's best? Remember that God said He feeds the sparrows so He will feed us. We may just not like the fare.
Remember Satan is devious and he will make the compromise appear to be 'no big deal'. But, if you take the Mark of the Beast so you can have your chips and chocolates, then you WILL be LOST Forever. If you go along with the crowd, go with the flow of society for any reason and take the oath of loyalty to the Anti-Christ you will be cast into the Lake of Fire with him, in the End.
Will we be able to "handle" our own family betraying us to the authorities that are looking to rid the world of "haters"? I know you probably laughed at that and we may not be called that, but we will be "tagged" and that tag-line will be used to ferret us out. We will not be "going along" with the world, so we will have to be gotten rid of. We will even be judged as child abusers to not take the Mark so our children can "eat". "What? You deny the 'googly' bars for your children? You spank your children too don't you? Abuser! Abuser!"
Will we be able to face living in the woods if it comes to that? Where do the sparrows live after all?
Will we be able to accept wearing dungarees? Second hand clothing is very reasonable.
Will we be able to accept losing our jobs rather than accepting the Mark of the Beast to stay employed? I am in Information Technology and I can guarantee you this security chip will be in use and pushed by corporations very soon. WalMart and other large chains already use the RFID (Radio Frequency Identifier Device) to track their packaging. It's a GREAT tool for inventory control and loss management, so it is an easy transition to people. It may be that HR departments will push this - beginning with our badges and then the "convenience" chip will be offered. "Aw come on, it's only a chip! Show your loyalty! You don't want to be seen as one of 'Those' people do you?"
This same sub-dermal micro-chip that is being right now disseminated as a wonderful solution for our senior citizen medical records access. This chip is being implanted in our citizens here in the USA on a "voluntary" basis. But, as we all know, the drivers license is "voluntary" too, but try living without it.
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As you can see it has already begun...
The security of this chip is not even regulated by the FDA, even though it is approved by it! No, the company that makes it "asks" the businesses using it to prescribe to the Veri-Chip privacy policy. This nonsense about being reversible is funny it's so pathetically transparent. And this sub-dermal microchip is being used to make purchases simpler in some popular bars at resorts as a "gag". Some gag! Here is the "come on" line Applied Digital Solutions is using to attract customers to use the Veri-Chip for security: "and since it is implanted it cannot be forgotten"
Here is an example of a company that wants to use this Veri-Chip for secure access to their facilities. Note the words "or otherwise":
'American Capital intends to integrate VeriChip into its Freedom 4 Emergency Alert Display Services and Emergency Alert System for secure identification access by authorized personnel via PDA or otherwise. Commenting on this relationship, Barney Richmond, CEO of American Capital stated, " Secure access by authorized personnel only to the Freedom 4 network is pivotal for enhanced security of the network. For homeland security, law enforcement and commercial applications, we believe VeriChip, whether external or sub-dermal, can ultimately further enhance the security of our network capabilities. We look forward to working with the VeriChip team to accomplish this integration.'
About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first
sub-dermal, radio frequency identification microchip that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications.
American Capital Holdings has signed distribution agreements for Texas, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, California, New Jersey and Arizona.'
-VeriChip Technology For 4G Wireless
(My emphasis added to highlight the point)
You'll also note they are using the Homeland Security issue as impetus. American Capital is saying they intend to implant personnel to gain access to their network. Guess I can't get a job there. So it begins...
Will we be able to face these hard situations if we have not already made a habit of wholly relying on Jesus while we face these relatively minor matters now?
The answer is a resounding "NO!" And this is why God is trying us today, before the trials and tribulations really begin.
What do I mean?
Will we go further into debt rather than reduce as best we can?
Will we turn off the cable or DSL or satellite rather than get behind in our debts?
Will we stop buying junk food and start learning how to cook less expensively?
Will we sell our expensive cars and buy used ones we can afford?
Will we be able to accept our frailties and not take all these unnecessary drugs?
Will we be willing to learn some simple home remedies when we can no longer afford "insurance"?
Will we obey God and live according to the means he has provided or will we decide how we should live?
I didn't expect to write all of this but God must want some of us to hear this.
Thank you Father for these struggles that seem so tough right now. Give us your perspective and show us what we are to face soon. Teach us all to be wholly reliant on your Person for our very strength, and hope, without question and requirements. Teach us to keep our eyes on your face Father, that we may see what your Will is, and not be stirred by our circumstance. Teach us, as Paul said, always to be content, whether in plenty or in poverty, whether in sickness or in health, whether in freedom or under oppression. Cause us to be faithful even unto death.
Draw all men to yourself and cause your Name to be Glorified forever in us Yahweh, our Dear Father, through the Blood of Your Christ, Jesus, may His name be praised forever.
And come quickly Lord Jesus! Draw this Age to it's end that we may enter the Blessed Hope you have Prepared soon.
Amen.
Patrick Burwell
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