The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

[JREG19]

I think a lot of people don’t want to be accountable to the Truth. That goes for Christians as well, it’s not easy to deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow. It’s much simpler to gratify the flesh.

I totally agree, just seeing Scripture is a reminder that there is more to life than doing whatever feels good. It's a reminder that there is a Creator who has standards for His creation. Which can be a real gut punch sometimes.

 

[JREG19]

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

Any time I encounter someone who can't handle the word or has a visceral reaction this verse shoots into my brain. They are in a spiritual war that they have no understanding of and no way to fight it.

Amen brother. It really is sad.

I always picture spiritual warfare as, my family and I inside our house doing life and somebody outside shooting up my house. I would never just keep doing what I was doing (watching TV, or eating dinner, or whatever). At the very least I would call for some one to help me ie law enforcement (God). Hopefully, I'm putting on my armor, strapping up, and fighting back. But, if you can't acknowledge you're getting shot up, you're dead already.

I think it's to easy to focus on what we have to change or give up, we lose sight of what we get in return.