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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Matthew 5:22, “But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
If we are genuinely experiencing the Lord’s transcendent life in us, we cannot say things that are incompatible with that life without retracing our steps in the Spirit and making it right.
We cannot live in an insensitive way.
We find ourselves saying, “I’m sorry. That was too much.”
We may apologize not just for what we said, but for where it came from.
It came from the source of the self in the form of a fixed attitude that wrote someone off as a fool.
When the transcendent life operates in our being, God begins touching our source about everything.
Who is relating to people?
You or the Lord?
So life operates in us in a detailed way, checking our words by the Spirit.
This is what it means to deal with the Lord and to be dealt with by Him.
It is learning to know Him as He reproduces His life in us.
Matthew 5:21-22 tells us that in His transcendent life we will have dealings over our speaking, not in a general way but in a fine way, even over one extra word.
Just “Raca” or “Moreh” is enough to produce an uncomfortable feeling within you.
Do you know why you feel uncomfortable?
It is because you are wearing the wrong clothing.
You are not wearing Christ.
At that moment you have not put Him on.
When you put Him on, you find that He is a heart of compassion, He is longsuffering, and He is kindness.
When we put on the disposition of Christ, we feel comfortable.
It is like feeling comfortable with clothing that fits and matches.
When we say words that do not fit and match Christ in us, we feel uncomfortable within.
We realize that we are wearing the wrong words, that is, we are making Christ wear them (1 Cor. 6:15).
This discomfort is the fineness of His life operating to bring us up to a higher, transcendent level, where He is.
In these kinds of dealings we discover that His life is transcendent in its fineness.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Dr. Don Davis – Home
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Jane Hicks
Joan Cronan’s Sister
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
John McClain
Ronnie Palmer
Linda Lanier
Melisa Smith’s G’Father
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Tom Witcher
Ann Sullivan – Paula’s Friend
Bentley Smith
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kenny & Nora Allison
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad