No Servant Can Serve Two Masters, For Either He Will Hate the One, And Love the Other, Or Else He Will Hold to the One and Despise the Other - Part 1609

"For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:10-12)

In other words, as Jesus so clearly stated in Luke 16, you cannot serve both God and mammon. Neither can we compromise our faith, as the debtors so willingly did, when the unjust steward came their way (in Jesus parable regarding the unjust steward).  (Luke 16:5-7) And yet, when we look around and see how the scriptures are being twisted and even worse completely ignored, we are left wondering (as did the Lord) if He would find any faith in this world when He returns again for His chosen.

Nevertheless, like the Israelite's did when they crossed through the Red Sea, we follow a Rock and that Rock is Christ. (I Corinthians 10:1-4) That Rock has not changed. In fact, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And, for the record, His Word doesn't change because there are some who choose to believe otherwise. This is why we are instructed to study His Word to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth. (II Timothy 2:15)

In so doing, we give diligence to make our calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall; for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (II Peter 1:10-11)

This is important because we live in a time period when the illiteracy rate for knowing the scriptures and thereby understanding Jesus' goodness and mercy for each and every one of us is almost at an all time high.  It is in this context that those who believe in Jesus by faith should pray for the Lord to raise tutors, who will stand in the windy places of this world and proclaim the gospel -- as it is written.

What do the scriptures say? "Let us not love in word, neither in tongue -- but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him ... for if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart condemns us not [then] have we confidence toward God.And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment -- that we should believe on the "Name" of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment. And he that keeps His commandments dwells in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us." (I John 3:18-24)

His Name is Jesus! Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. King of kings and Lord of lords, so the next time someone comes along and tries to deceive you with some notion that both the Lord and the devil are within you at the same time, tell them what Jesus said -- that no man can serve two masters.

Jesus said, "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy WHOLE body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness. No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Matthew 6:22-24)

Luke explains Jesus' teaching this way: "The light of the body is the eye: therefore, when thine eye is single, thy WHOLE body also is full of light: but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light." (Luke 11:34-35)

And who is the Light, the Light that lights the world? Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus the Christ. After His love and kindness, did this same Lord God who created this world love us enough to become the perfect sacrifice on a cross for you and I. And He never fails! Why?

Because "in Him was life; and the life was the light of men, and the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." As the scripture proclaims, John the baptist was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light."That was the true Light which lights every man that comes into the world. He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on His Name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father -- full of grace and truth." (John 1:1-18)

The One and Only Saviour, wherein is our hope and peace and joy. Ask Jesus to fill you with His Light today. Stand in the offering plate.