Understand, Convert & Be Healed

The world becomes violent as it grows older w/c means that the people around the globe could not be healed because of the worldly values that have been passed off from generation to generation.

Today's race mirrors what we have learned from the past & present. We could not be what we are today without the influence from the past and present social standards. What's dangerous is we crowded on pleasures than pleasing God w/c makes the earth loaded w/ defilements.

Most of us may be aware on distinguishing the right and wrong but we set it aside because we value pleasure more than holiness making excuse that everyone does it already.

We're all given the intellect to weigh down our perspective on what we see, hear, and feel through the rise and fall of every individual but we're unmindful of it because we have depended so much on our personal belief rather than communal belief which focuses on spiritual maturity.

Many Messengers through media, TV, walk-in evangelists have been reaching us out to proclaim the Word but instead of listening to their preaching, we mock them, we laugh at them, we ridiculed them. In effect, we missed the good news that will suppose to guide us in all our directions.

Sisters & brothers, think of it once more. If the entire world is in trouble today because of global financial crisis and many other violent life-threatening occurrences, then, there must be something wrong with our choices and beliefs. Perhaps, we believe so much on our intelligence w/c treats wrong to be right rather than the Giver of the intelligence Who teaches us to be conscientious.

Let us look back again! The challenge is to open our minds & hearts to face the reality, learn from it and deny ourselves to allow the truth to come in and accept the truth. There is no conversion when there's no acceptance and comprehension of the truth. There could be no healing in our ways, personhood, lifestyles, when there's no conversion because our mental grasp, conversion and healing shall be the fulfillment of our wholeness. Our wholeness is the fulfillment of God's power w/in us.

Isaiah 6:9-10 And He replied: Go and say to this people: Listen carefully but you shall not understand! Look intently, but you shall know nothing! You are to make the heart of this people sluggish, to dull their ears and close their eyes; else their eyes will see, their ears hear, their hearts understand, and they will turn & be healed.

Acts 3:19-24 Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old. For Moses said: A prophet like me will the Lord your God, raise up for you from among your kinsmen, to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you. Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people. Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel & those afterwards also announced these days.

Matthew 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.