Moving Obstacles
The king placed a boulder in the middle of the road and hid to watch the people pass by. What would they do with the boulder?
First, there came a group of wealthy advisers who spent much time debating. They began to complain that the king should take better care of the kingdom. Still debating, they walked around the boulder.
Then, a pauper, carrying a load of vegetables, approached the boulder. Laying aside his personal burden, he proceeded to push the boulder out of the way. Just under the rock he found a small purse filled with gold coins and a note from the king.
It said that the gold was for the person who was willing to move the obstacle.
Our King knows there are obstacles to the preaching of His gospel. With prayerful struggle, we can move the impediments and discover the most precious treasure beneath—souls."
Bait and Switch
They call it “bait and switch hacking”. It is the practice of sneaking malicious programs onto the computers of unsuspecting down loaders through switching beneficial programs with nefarious ones.
After receiving approval, the hacker advertises his program on a trusted site. Once listed, he then switches the link’s destination to a more dangerous version of his program.
Satan is a bait and switch hacker. He is willing to let the gospel of grace be embraced by numerous seekers of righteousness, knowing that he intends to redirect their “link” to the false teachings of a perilous counterfeit: the “gospel” of works.
Make very sure that, having subscribed to the true gospel, you have not been switched to a false one along the way."
The king placed a boulder in the middle of the road and hid to watch the people pass by. What would they do with the boulder?
First, there came a group of wealthy advisers who spent much time debating. They began to complain that the king should take better care of the kingdom. Still debating, they walked around the boulder.
Then, a pauper, carrying a load of vegetables, approached the boulder. Laying aside his personal burden, he proceeded to push the boulder out of the way. Just under the rock he found a small purse filled with gold coins and a note from the king.
It said that the gold was for the person who was willing to move the obstacle.
Our King knows there are obstacles to the preaching of His gospel. With prayerful struggle, we can move the impediments and discover the most precious treasure beneath—souls."
Bait and Switch
They call it “bait and switch hacking”. It is the practice of sneaking malicious programs onto the computers of unsuspecting down loaders through switching beneficial programs with nefarious ones.
After receiving approval, the hacker advertises his program on a trusted site. Once listed, he then switches the link’s destination to a more dangerous version of his program.
Satan is a bait and switch hacker. He is willing to let the gospel of grace be embraced by numerous seekers of righteousness, knowing that he intends to redirect their “link” to the false teachings of a perilous counterfeit: the “gospel” of works.
Make very sure that, having subscribed to the true gospel, you have not been switched to a false one along the way."
