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To whom is the Apostle Paul saying that we must give an account- Some would have the God of Deuteronomy 32-35 as the God to whom they must give an account.-----Vengeance is Mine, and recompense- their foot shall slip in due time- for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them.-----People whose understanding of the God of the Old Testament is limited to Deuteronomy 32-35 are trapped in the Islamic understanding of God. This was the understanding of the Jews headquartered in Alexandria Egypt from the time of the Babylonian captivity. These Jews headquartered in Alexandria Egypt became known as the Kabbalah Jews who were in league with the Nazi Germans. These Kabbalah Jews had as their singular focus the destruction of the followers of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob around the World.----But let-s consider how close to the New Testament understanding of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is God of Nehemiah 9-17, Jonah 4-2, and Nahum 1-3. In each instance the God of the Old Testament is -A God ready to pardon, a God who is Gracious and merciful, a God who is Slow to anger, a God who is abundant in loving - kindness, and a God who did not forsake His people.-----Jonah 4-2 adds that the God of the Old Testament is also -a God who relents from doing harm.-----Psalm 145-8 adds that the God of the Old Testament is also -a God who is great in Mercy.-----Colossians 4-1 is leading us to acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Lord of Glory, the King of Glory, and our Master.----We see this first of all in Isaiah 6-1-3.

To whom is the Apostle Paul saying that we must give an account- Some would have the God of Deuteronomy 32-35 as the God to whom they must give an account.-----Vengeance is Mine, and recompense- their foot shall slip in due time- for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them.-----People whose understanding of the God of the Old Testament is limited to Deuteronomy 32-35 are trapped in the Islamic understanding of God. This was the understanding of the Jews headquartered in Alexandria Egypt from the time of the Babylonian captivity. These Jews headquartered in Alexandria Egypt became known as the Kabbalah Jews who were in league with the Nazi Germans. These Kabbalah Jews had as their singular focus the destruction of the followers of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob around the World.----But let-s consider how close to the New Testament understanding of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is God of Nehemiah 9-17, Jonah 4-2, and Nahum 1-3. In each instance the God of the Old Testament is -A God ready to pardon, a God who is Gracious and merciful, a God who is Slow to anger, a God who is abundant in loving - kindness, and a God who did not forsake His people.-----Jonah 4-2 adds that the God of the Old Testament is also -a God who relents from doing harm.-----Psalm 145-8 adds that the God of the Old Testament is also -a God who is great in Mercy.-----Colossians 4-1 is leading us to acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Lord of Glory, the King of Glory, and our Master.----We see this first of all in Isaiah 6-1-3.

Psalm 62 was a Psalm which King David-s worship leader in the Tabernacle in Jerusalem named Jeduthun wrote. King David used the Psalm to encourage himself and profess his dependence on God. ----Peter, in his preaching in Jerusalem, tells us in Acts 2-30-31 regarding King David-s Psalms and those whom he commissioned to write the Psalms such as Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, Levitical servants of the Tabernacle together with the sons of Korah according to 1 Chronicles 25-1-6 these were under the authority of King David.-----Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.-----The Apostle Peter is making it clear that if King David was writing about the resurrection of Christ, he was also writing about the events that led up to the resurrection included the Pharisees, Scribes, and the Sadducees gathering together against Jesus Christ.----The historical context for the writing of Psalm 62 is not fully clear. The possibilities, however, include the plotting and scheming of King Saul, as well as the conspiracy and scheming of David-s son, Absalom. ----Psalm 62 is providing for us a description of Jesus' and his disciples' conflict with the Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees.----Psalm 62 is also providing encouragement for the church of Jesus Christ in the generations following the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 62 was a Psalm which King David-s worship leader in the Tabernacle in Jerusalem named Jeduthun wrote. King David used the Psalm to encourage himself and profess his dependence on God. ----Peter, in his preaching in Jerusalem, tells us in Acts 2-30-31 regarding King David-s Psalms and those whom he commissioned to write the Psalms such as Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, Levitical servants of the Tabernacle together with the sons of Korah according to 1 Chronicles 25-1-6 these were under the authority of King David.-----Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.-----The Apostle Peter is making it clear that if King David was writing about the resurrection of Christ, he was also writing about the events that led up to the resurrection included the Pharisees, Scribes, and the Sadducees gathering together against Jesus Christ.----The historical context for the writing of Psalm 62 is not fully clear. The possibilities, however, include the plotting and scheming of King Saul, as well as the conspiracy and scheming of David-s son, Absalom. ----Psalm 62 is providing for us a description of Jesus' and his disciples' conflict with the Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees.----Psalm 62 is also providing encouragement for the church of Jesus Christ in the generations following the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In the 1970's the Japanese Emperor announced that anything made in Japan had to be of the best quality. My father-s cousins brought with them for the next several furloughs the world-s smallest transistor radio made in Japan, then the first walkman renamed from the Walkalong made in Japan, and the Nintendo game made in Japan.----The Japanese business men joined in with the Emperor seeking to worship the American God better than the Americans. The Japanese business men discovered William Edwards Deming who lived in Wyoming who had challenged the American business men to upgrade their factories. ----When the American business men rejected Deming, he went to the Japanese business men. By the 1980's it was said that -Murphy no longer works here in Japan.- Murphy-s law is, -If something can go wrong, it will.-----The American factories were no longer laughing at Deming. Murphy-s law continued to work in American Factories ----The Cabinet Shop I was working in North Carolina was following the American way. That Cabinet Shop was bought out by a new factory owner who was a Christian who had learned from William Edwards Deming.----The American Factory mentality had forgotten the Biblical Work Ethic which is described in Colossians 3-22-4-1. In the first part of Colossians 3-23, a biblical work ethic is to Work Heartedly. The second part of Colossians 3-23, the second part of the biblical work ethic is Working Heartedly As Unto the Lord. A careful reading of William Edwards Deming-s books reveals the foundation being the Christian Work Ethic found in Colossians 3-23.

In the 1970's the Japanese Emperor announced that anything made in Japan had to be of the best quality. My father-s cousins brought with them for the next several furloughs the world-s smallest transistor radio made in Japan, then the first walkman renamed from the Walkalong made in Japan, and the Nintendo game made in Japan.----The Japanese business men joined in with the Emperor seeking to worship the American God better than the Americans. The Japanese business men discovered William Edwards Deming who lived in Wyoming who had challenged the American business men to upgrade their factories. ----When the American business men rejected Deming, he went to the Japanese business men. By the 1980's it was said that -Murphy no longer works here in Japan.- Murphy-s law is, -If something can go wrong, it will.-----The American factories were no longer laughing at Deming. Murphy-s law continued to work in American Factories ----The Cabinet Shop I was working in North Carolina was following the American way. That Cabinet Shop was bought out by a new factory owner who was a Christian who had learned from William Edwards Deming.----The American Factory mentality had forgotten the Biblical Work Ethic which is described in Colossians 3-22-4-1. In the first part of Colossians 3-23, a biblical work ethic is to Work Heartedly. The second part of Colossians 3-23, the second part of the biblical work ethic is Working Heartedly As Unto the Lord. A careful reading of William Edwards Deming-s books reveals the foundation being the Christian Work Ethic found in Colossians 3-23.

Common sense and Common law went out the window in the sexual revolution of the 1960's. The people of the newly created -generation gap- were resisting the White Anglo Saxon Protestants who had created the social fabric which had held the United States of America together for nearly 200 years. The Anglos and Saxons were two tribes in England who were waring together until they were evangelized and organized as the foundation of the British Empire.----King Alfred the Great unified the tribes and brought the Scotts, Irish, Anglos, and Saxons together into one nation. He created a common law which became the common sense for the British Empire and consequently the United States of America.----Common Sense had been rejected and the generation gap was created because because the sense and sensibility of King Alred had not been confirmed by scientific experimentation. Common Sense was rejected because the so called age of enlightenment was really the age of 'endarkenment'. The true age of enlightenment is found in 1 John 2-8.-----Again, a new commandment I write to you,--which thing is true in Him and in you,--because the darkness is passing away,--and the true light is already shining.-----With the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the darkness of the Greek and Roman Empire began to pass away. The true light of the gospel of Jesus Christ was already shining as the morning sun guilds the sky and rises to the fullest day - - High Noon.----When we first come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the light of the gospel has begun to shine upon us.

Common sense and Common law went out the window in the sexual revolution of the 1960's. The people of the newly created -generation gap- were resisting the White Anglo Saxon Protestants who had created the social fabric which had held the United States of America together for nearly 200 years. The Anglos and Saxons were two tribes in England who were waring together until they were evangelized and organized as the foundation of the British Empire.----King Alfred the Great unified the tribes and brought the Scotts, Irish, Anglos, and Saxons together into one nation. He created a common law which became the common sense for the British Empire and consequently the United States of America.----Common Sense had been rejected and the generation gap was created because because the sense and sensibility of King Alred had not been confirmed by scientific experimentation. Common Sense was rejected because the so called age of enlightenment was really the age of 'endarkenment'. The true age of enlightenment is found in 1 John 2-8.-----Again, a new commandment I write to you,--which thing is true in Him and in you,--because the darkness is passing away,--and the true light is already shining.-----With the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the darkness of the Greek and Roman Empire began to pass away. The true light of the gospel of Jesus Christ was already shining as the morning sun guilds the sky and rises to the fullest day - - High Noon.----When we first come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the light of the gospel has begun to shine upon us.

The goal of the Buddhist is to become one with nothingness. The goal of the Buddhist is to become a little drop in the vast ocean of life called the Universe. The goal of the Christian in Colossians 3-17 is being always thankful. We are to be thankful in the morning. We are to be thankful in the evening. We are to be thankful on the adventures of life. We are to be thankful in retreat.

The goal of the Buddhist is to become one with nothingness. The goal of the Buddhist is to become a little drop in the vast ocean of life called the Universe. The goal of the Christian in Colossians 3-17 is being always thankful. We are to be thankful in the morning. We are to be thankful in the evening. We are to be thankful on the adventures of life. We are to be thankful in retreat.