Wig’s Word of God Today 11-14-2010
You will be hated by all because of My name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives. Luke 21:17-19
Malachi 3:19-20a, Psalm 98:5-6, 7-8, 9, 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 & Luke 21:5-19
A Hebrew writer wishing to conceal his identity because of his sharp criticisms of the rulers and people of the time coined the phrase from a Hebrew expression ” Malachi” translating to “my messenger”
detailed the day when the Lord will come and “all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, And the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts. But for you who fear My Name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.” Malachi 3:19
When I read two Thessalonians verse 3:7-12, I am reminded of something my grandfather and grandmother on my father’s side said to my brother and sister and I one summer when we went to visit them on their farm where there was no running water or inside plumbing. They said, “when you’re in public you must make sure that you act with total respect of your elders. This means no horseplay or messing around as to make sure you show no disrespect. In our house you work for everything you get. Each one of you will have chores to do that will earn your keep while you are here the summer.” The sounds and smells of my grandparents farm are so vivid in my mind even to this day. Fresh bacon frying before sunrise with the aroma of fresh homemade biscuits baking in the oven. Pigs grunting and roosters crowing. My grandfather and my grandmother were a model of American citizens who worked hard each and every day to accomplish the Will of God. God-fearing reading us the bible often during our stay.
Just as Paul explains in 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 “For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you. Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others. Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food.”
To many people in today’s world are acting in total disrespect believing that everything should be just given it to them by the sweat and tears of everyday hard-working Americans. Each and every day I pray that I am a model of Christian behavior to imitate and seek advice from. I want to give more than I receive but I believe everyone who has a strong mind and body can find work somewhere to accomplish the Will of God of living. I’d give the shirt off my back to people who need clothes. I’d give the food that I have to people who are hungry. But I believe the people of America need to stand up and stop demanding our government give them everything and instead come together to create blood, sweat and tears to make a better America. The values our country was created on have not changed and these God-fearing values need to be reintroduced to society. This will only happen by each of us living a life Paul explains throughout his writings in the New Testament. I beg of you not to just read your Bible but to live your Bible each day sharing the Good News of Christ Jesus.
Jesus is warning us in the Luke 21:8 not to follow the people who come in His Name stating the time has come. “See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!” He reminds us not to be afraid when people seize us because of our love of Him and our belief of His Gospel stating not to worry about what we are to say when presented to you the testimony. “Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute.” Luke 21-14-15 When you are loving your love of Christ, your ability to share His Truth will be undeniable in your manner of speaking all for the Glory of God. Hallelujah!
And so we pray: Dear God, we pray today to be model citizens and our great country by working hard and sharing the Truth of Christ Jesus. We fill our mind, our voice, our hearts and souls with the Truth of Your love. Give us the desire to share hope, faith, charity and love in the Name of Your Son Jesus Christ. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
God bless,
Cruz-Wig
Romans 8:28
All Wisdom You Will Speak
Coming is the day
Evildoers will say
My soul is on fire to pay
For life I led astray
The world is ruled in Justice
No man can escape this Truth
Humanity that dwells within it
Must seek the Gospel as proof
Disorderly conduct is unbecoming
Imitate the Christ-like man to choose
Where all sins are truly forgiven
The Blood of the Lamb is for me and you
Do not be a burden
Work hard for all you do
No handouts for the unwilling
To accept work in His Name to prove
Believe not in the false prophets
Who come saying he is the Messiah of truth
He hides behind the walls of Satan
To steal your soul for his use
Because of His Name they will hate you
Not to worry His love will prove
All wisdom you will speak
Will be impossible for them to refute
© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins November 14, 2010 @ 7:11 AM EST
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Hi Deb,
I pray you can call on the Holy Spirit to guide you in your walk with Christ.
May God Bless you always,
Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins
i am not a catholic. i am first a child of God (a believer in Christ). Here is my concern, my in-laws are catholic i here a lot about the catholic church this and the catholic church that. i feel that they put the church first and Christ second. I want to reach out to them but being a baptist they shut me off. Now remember i am a Christian first, baptist is how i was raised. I feel they love the church more than Jesus .
I liked what you wrote , you personified Christ . You talked about being Christ-like and living your life in a Christ-like manor. I do believe we are in the last days and i don’t want anyone to not know Jesus. Any thoughts.
In His name.
Hey Mark,
Thanks for the question. I would tell your in-laws how you feel. If not in person becasue they shut you off but in writing to share truly how you feel. I think they would let you know that they love Jesus just as much as you do. I call all humanity to go arm-n-arm as Brother’s and Sister’s in Christ. We must remain faithful to His Teachings and embrace each as Christ-like for the Glory of God the Father.
I’m Catholic but I’m a Christian first. Catholism is the Rock Peter built the Church on. The problem isn’t the Church, it’s the people who run the Church. Being Catholic (meaning Universal) means we are universally wanting to proclaim the Good News to every corner of the earth, which is what the Catholic Church has done and continues to this day by Christ’s own Words. “This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all nations.” Matthew 24:14
We embrace daily the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in His Bread of Life, which Jesus commanded us to do in the Gospel of John. “So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the True Bread from heaven. For the Bread of God (Jesus) is that which comes down from heaven and gives Life to the world.” So they said to Him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the Bread of Life; whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.” John 6:32-35 I never hunger for Christ for I consume Him daily as He intructed. The beauty of being a Catholic is the structure of the Mass allowing us to be educated by God’s Word, embrace fellowship with other men and women of faith and most importantly consume the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus. It is Heaven on earth and levitates the soul.
Mark, stay centered on your surrender to a life of Christ where you place God First and all else will fall into place. It is the love He gives us that allows us to be Brothers in Christ. It is the love we give each other that allows us to live Christ-like to share His Redemption of sin affording all who confess with the lips Jesus is LORD Eternal Life in Heaven. Amen.
Yours in Christ Jesus,
Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins