Thoughts and Considerations

                                              # 3-The Righteous Crusader Attitude-   “And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest… ‘it is hard for you to kick against the pricks(goads).'" Acts 9:1-9 POINT - There are situations where we feel we are on a righteous campaign and we need to defend against, attack, oppose, and fight an (actual or assumed) evil. This attitude is likely marked with hostile attitudes and behaviours against persons and/or things. Conflict and strife, even anger and hate, are in the path and wake of such an attitude, all the while feeling totally justified, and even doing God a service.     “The time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God a s...

                                                             # 2 –  An Angry Man   ( anger as a means and a way)   “He that is soon angry deals foolishly:” “An  angry man  stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgressions.” Proverbs 14:17, 29: 22   Description:  Hot-headed, attacks, likes to fight/contentious, disagreeable, must have his own way…  The Lord’s testimony against this behavior is most serious,  “Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go: lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.” Proverbs 22:24-25  Here in the Scriptures, the Lord is declaring to us that being an a...

  THE HUMAN SOUL "For the Word of God is quick(living) and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to  the dividing asunder of   soul and spirit , and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4:12  "Bless the Lord, O my  soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name." Psalm 103:1 "And Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is One Lord: and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your  SOUL , and with all your mind, and with all your strength." Mark 12:29-30  "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole  spirit  and  soul  and  body  be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calls you, Who also will do it." 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 INDEX: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUL SIGNALS OF OUR SOUL AND OUR SP...