Sometimes hostility is disguised as hospitality. How do you react to hospitality disguised as hostility when it gives you a nickname?  When it calls you a fool but uses another word.  To offset such labels and joking pranksters one must use Discretion. Discretion is a defense against Hostility.  What you are known for people tend to bring to mind, when they see you. It is a great honor to be recognized as a Man or a Woman of God I believe that to be the Highest Honor one could achieve.  Discretion must be activated and in gear to receive this honor.   

It’s amazing if you knew how many Christians were on your jobs, in your neighborhoods, and right next to you outside of the four walls of the church.  Yet it seems like that in your downtime people seem to talk about everything except the Lord. Because darkness shuns light and evil hates exposure including many people because hostility (enmity) is lodged in the heart.   So, when people see your light, they are hospitable yet because of their personal struggles insecurities and inner turmoil it is disguised hostility.  It’s a façade. 

The light emanating from those who have spent time with God becomes apparent and offends the sinful heart. Solomon said boldness makes a man's face shine and his countenance is changed.  Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing?    Discretion is the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information. The performance of your duty in a world so full of violence further separates the upright.  

 Q: When did animals become ferocious? A: It was after sin entered the world.    Because of Sin (1), there was a need for (2) Atonement blood became the Propitiation (satisfactory redemption). Defined: the action of propitiating or appeasing a god, spirit, or person: 

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sin. The process of reconciliation back to God must include the death of a soul. The soul that sins shall die mandate that predates human history is still the rule that was never rescinded.  Therefore, Animal sacrifice became the rule as mankind lost innocence and gained consciousness, and later went on to govern themselves Post Babel, ferocity became commonplace in animals and men became carnivorous.  Men were instructed to eat meat but without the blood, because it is blood contains the mystery of life and gives activity to the soul.   

TODAY traps are set that look hospitable but seek hostility against your life.    A: To elaborate on the question Hostility towards others came about as a means for survival against those hostile agents whether man or beast. In other words, to survive the fittest resorted to fighting hostile acts with reciprocity.   Like the Dispensation of Innocence, the Post Grace Dispensations will again see the Lion lay down with the lamb.   We are moving towards this future. Sin certainly brings hostility out and creates an environment for hostility to thrive.  Indirectly or directly: Direct hostility is directed toward your Indirect hospitality is directed towards someone or something that you love. Even though you have a right to be hostile to truly quench the fire of offense one must adopt an attitude that quenches the Firey darts of hostile acts a break the chain of violence.  Discretion is a defense against Hostility.

 HOSTILITY | AUGUST 10, 2022 | BEREA COGIC | PASTOR REGINALD BOSWELL | S. 12 EP. 2