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You know you've heard a good sermon, when even a week later you are still chewing on it! I don't want to extol Will Graham just coz he is Billy's grandson but his sermon was good.....thought provoking in it's simplicity. He preached about the indecisive nature of Pontius Pilate. Here was a man who came eye to eye with the creator of the universe...though granted, he did not see that! He had the choice to either believe that Jesus was who He said He was....or not. He didn't choose either, but instead chose to wash his hands of the whole affair.....he refused to take responsibility for his decision....yup an indecisive man. Something stood out for me in this sermon......the discernment of Pilate's wife. She had a dream, and she warned her husband not to be involved in the death of this man, Jesus. But unfortunately, there are some men who don't seem to think a woman has the discerning capability to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. I wonder if his wife's words niggled at him, or did he just fob off her words as foolish nonsense...being a mere woman and all! As it turns out, perhaps he should have heeded his wife's warning. Now I don't know what their marital relationship was like...perhaps she loved her husband immensely...yet I wonder if her respect in him diminished somewhat after this incident? I wonder if he humbled himself enough to admit to her that he was wrong, or did he shirk his responsibility here as well....did he wash his hands of the decision to not heed his wife's warning? LOL when I started writing my post, this was not the direction I intended to take it...the words have kind of flowed so I'm going to keep it as it is and save my other thoughts for another post! Anyways, it kind of bears thinking about, huh? I'm a Spirit-filled woman of God. Sometimes I hear something, and I'm not totally sure it's God speaking, but there are other times when I have no doubt in my mind that I heard a word from God. There have been times when I have been fobbed off... You reap what you sow, right? I wonder what Pilate reaped from his indecisive action?  Penelope Captive of Hope 
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10/13/2008 5:01 pm |
Good post! Penelope, I just commented in someone else's post about something similar to your last few sentences. There are times when I'm certain it's God, and there have been times when I thought it was God but it was only my will. And yes, there have been times I've placed Him on the back burner! When you get to heaven, be sure to ask God what happened to Pilate!  God bless. - Pat -God's Freebies !! Please pray for my kitty Blackness. My sister called me last night.
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10/13/2008 5:10 pm |
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. . . Saying I am sorry is WORTHLESS without real repentance. True or FALSE ? Without a personal and intimate relationship with God, how can you ever realize the true identity and person of God? Continue to be faithful, deliverance is near, obedience must be seen, be an unconditional blessing as He continues to bless you. This time is short, serve Him well, serving all. Without exception. Know ? Yes ? ? .
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10/13/2008 6:44 pm |
I think indecisiveness is a character flaw used by the enemy to keep us from doing anything at all for the Kingdom....there are so many people that would defer decisions to anyone else to keep from making one...and then are rendered completely ineffective; I also find a correlation with that and the concept of being lukewarm for God. When you are on fire for God, sometimes others actually have to hold you back, because you are raring to go. But a lukewarm person....does nothing at all...except to slowly baste. Revelation 3:15 "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth." Christianity is all about decision...no fence sitting, no middle ground...it's all or nothing at all. He is no fool if he should choose to lose the things he cannot keep to gain what he can never lose.....Jim Elliott Deena 
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 10/14/2008 1:52 am |
I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure!  Seriously, God does speak through dreams. You see that throughout the Bible from Joseph {Jacob's son} to Joseph {Mary's husband}, and he has done so to me a number of times. I agree with floridagal2's comment that the enemy often uses indecisiveness to hold us back - or more to the point we are encouraged {too much I think} to sound out "wiser counsel" before making important decisions and discouraged from taking responsibility for our own decisions. Great post Pen! Peter "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth" 2 Timothy 2 v 15
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