Much Learning Does Make Us Seem Mad

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Hi A____,
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this.

Yes, I am in “very good spirits” and Sandi is also doing very well. We also think of you as the Christ who means so much to us. I do indeed know you are with us in spirit, but being yet in these vessels of clay, it is especially nice to get the clay and the spirit together!!!
I am praying with you that you will soon be given back your laptop, and you will be able to be with us on the studies again. It is such a blessing to be able to use the technology God has given us.
I always get so very much from your comments, but I especially appreciated this comment in connection with our present series in the book of Revelation.

2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that [… the Revelation of ] Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

You are so right, it really is the inside that must be cleansed, and that automatically cleans the outside.

Mat 23:25  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mat 23:26  [ Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Luk 11:39  And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Luk 11:40  Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Luk 11:41  But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

While Christ’s emphasis is within, it is natural for ours to be without. It requires a miracle for the natural man to “read, hear and keep the thing written therein.”
I was also taken with this verse you pointed out.

Psa 78:49  He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

I had never noticed that there is a verse which actually tells us that “He cast his fierce anger and wrath upon them by sending evil angels among them.” Wow, what an incredible revelation!!! I will be sharing this with everyone who is with us this weekend!
Thank you for sharing this revelation with me. That is indeed how God sends His wrath and His indignation. He plunges us into darkness that causes us to “gnaw our tongues for pain”.

Rev 16:10  And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

Not knowing what is happening at that time does not change the facts. We have all “abhorred the meat” of God’s Word, and He has taken away our appetite for the things of the spirit. We have all been there and done that, and if we have not, then we certainly will.

1Co 3:21  Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1Co 3:22  Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

It is all part of “His wonderful works to the children of men.” But in His mercy He then sends the same word that once afflicted us, and now it heals us.

Psa 107:17  Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psa 107:18  Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Psa 107:19  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [ and] he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:20  He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Psa 107:21  Oh that men would praise the LORD [ for] his goodness, and [ for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psa 107:22  And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Psa 107:23  They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
Psa 107:24  These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psa 107:25  For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psa 107:26  They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Psa 107:27  They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
Psa 107:28  Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psa 107:29  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Psa 107:30  Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psa 107:31  Oh that [ men] would praise the LORD [ for] his goodness, and [ for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

Your brother in the Christ,
Mike

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