The Violent takes it by force!!!
According to the Merriam Webster to be violent is to be extremely powerful or forceful and capable of causing damage.
According to the Merriam Webster to be violent is to be extremely powerful or forceful and capable of causing damage.
Now this got me thinking really hard about "this generation Christians". If the Bible which we believe is our manual as a Christian by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 11verse 12 clearly indicates that "from the days of John the Baptist UNTIL now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force"(KJV). Then why do we get so lackadaisically, lethargic and stolid about the Kingdom of Heaven. We feel we don't need to go out of our comfort zone inorder to stay focus as a Christian brother or sister.
The scripture reference noted that since that time(John the Baptist) till that very moment the kingdom of God requires even the violent man to employ force in order to get hold of it. C'mon we're saying the violent man won't get it on a platter of gold but would have to go more violently inorder to get it as at then. I.e mathematically Violent man + Violence that's like a double of whatsoever level of Violence that he/she had been exhibiting before that time.
Now is the scripture indicating that we go all wild about the Kingdom of Heaven? I'd say No as regards my understanding.
Now like a man of God once said and I quote "some of us(Christian) are spiritually daft". Daft in the sense that we get so myopic about some spiritual things.
The "UNTIL" in that scripture indicates that as at that particular time and not after that time.
Christ already left His very own comfort zone which was His Father's house which had many mansion all because He was on a mission which obviously was for our sakes. He said I go to prepare a place for you....why would He go and prepare a place if He hadn't obtained for us the ticket required to access that place (kingdom of Heaven) where He's going to prepare. Christ perfected it all when he said "it's finished". He has given us this ticket so literally that means we need not be violent about it any longer but there's someone who is hell bent on destroying that access (ticket) of ours which we're entitled to at the point we acknowledge Christ as our Lord and personal saviour.
So it's either the devil is working so hard to hinder you from accessing this ticket or take it from you. So dear reader how lackadaisical have you been about keeping your tickets safe or how far have you been distracted about getting this ticket (Salvation). An occupant of a building who knows he/she would be bugled would definitely stay alert having put all security measures in place.
#StayAlert
#StayVigillant
#God'sKingdomIsn'tFood&Drink
