There's the Escape Recipe, each of the four tracks framed in an 81/2" by 11" frame and then their list of three columns. You must "strive" to be in the third.
|
DEAD |
MADE ALIVE |
ETERNAL LIFE |
|
LOST |
SAVED |
SALVATION |
|
ENEMY |
SERVANT |
FRIEND |
|
FILTHY |
RIGHTEOUS |
HOLY |
|
WRATH |
MERCY |
LOVE |
|
JUDGE |
SHEPHERD |
LORD |
|
SELFISH |
DENYING MYSELF |
LOVING ONE ANOTHER |
|
CONDEMNED |
JUSTIFIED |
SANCTIFIED |
|
CALLED |
COME |
CHOSEN |
|
ALIENATED |
RECONCILED |
ABIDING |
|
IGNORANCE |
ENLIGHTENED |
FULLY KNOWING |
|
WITHOUT HOPE |
A BETTER HOPE |
SEIZING THE HOPE |
They have a transparency they put over these words with the full explanation of what's going on with the progression. It's all mapped out for you where you are going and what you must do. Like having the art show with the dialog on the back of the picture to read to the unsaved and move them right along. Boy, I'll bet the Apostle Paul or John wish they had this de-coder ring!
The first word is our natural state. The next space is where we can be as saved, and some people decide to stay in. (Is that you?) And the third column is what we must strive to be. Of course, guess who decides if indeed you have striven enough to actually be dwelling or abiding in Christian Fellowship? Guess who has the final say? God? Well, yes, He has had His final say in this matter. It is plain in scripture for those of us who know. But for those who don't have their faculties trained, they have to listen to guess who's judgment?
Sorry, but dem is da facts, ain't they? Say it ain't so, Joe....
I wish it wasn't true, but it is. Your fate, if you so choose, is up to someone who admitted to building on the wrong basis for a measly 20 years. But he's got it now, by George. We're sure of it now. Why, of course he's right. I mean, he thinks he's right. And he's checked it out. I mean, he's stayed up late at night in his ivory tower. It's gotta be true. Doesn't it?
That's about as gracious as I can get in this situation, seasoned with salt.
