When was the last time you cried because you saw yourself for what you really were in the sight of God yet sensed that God was not through with you yet?
When was the last time you cried because you were harsh, rude, selfish, demanding, uncharitable, and mean?
When was the last time you cried upon hearing about some horrible crime that happened in the world i.e. child kidnapped, mother beaten to death, a father who killed himself because he lost his job and could no longer see how to provide for his family and his wife had left him?
When was the last time you cried seeing how impartial, blind, greedy, hypocritical, and lukewarm churches are today and how they earnestly contend for the dead faith which was delivered to them by their dead leaders, churches and parents?
When was the last time you cried reflecting upon the Christ crucified, battered, bloodied, and bruised for your sins?
When was the last time you cried because you witnessed to a stranger and you supernaturally felt the love that God has for them and you earnestly pleaded for them to seek the Lord and they listened for a time but walked away?
When was the last time you cried or at least felt like crying because the power of the holy Spirit was so convicting your heart and stirring you to stand for the truth?
When was the last time you left your house to run errands and you could hardly walk to your car because the presence of God was so heavy and real in your life and you fell upon your knees in holy fear to tremble in worship?
When was the last time you went to purchase groceries and you could hardly leave the store because you were so overwhelmed with the reality of God's eternal judgment and your heart was in anguish and constrained with the compassion of Christ so you were drawn to share the Gospel with souls on every isle of the store and it took you several hours just to get your groceries?
BEHOLD THE LAMB . . . BLEEDING FOR YOU AND FOR ME!!!! BEHOLD ETERNITY!!!! BEHOLD THE KINGDOM GOD HAS PROMISED TO GIVE TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!!! BEHOLD THE LOST SOULS BLINDED BY THE RULER OF THIS WORLD!!! TIME IS SHORT DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!! GO LABOR FOR TRUTH, THE GOSPEL, THE KINGDOM, THE LOVE OF GOD!!! BE HOLY!!!! REDEEM THE TIME!!!! THESE DAYS ARE EVIL BUT THE LOVE OF GOD IS GREATER THAN THE EVIL!!!
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“Reason dictates that persons who are truly noble and who love wisdom will honor and love only what is true. They will refuse to follow traditional viewpoints if those viewpoints are worthless...Instead, a person who genuinely loves truth must choose to do and speak what is true, even if he is threatened with death...I have not come to flatter you by this written petition, nor to impress you by my words. I have come to simply beg that you do not pass judgment until you have made an accurate and thorough investigation. Your investigation must be free of prejudice, hearsay, and any desire to please the superstitious crowds. As for us, we are convinced that you can inflict no lasting evil on us. We can only do it to ourselves by proving to be wicked people. You can kill us—but you cannot harm us.” From Justin Martyr's first apology 150 A.D. Martyred A.D. 160