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Summary: If charges were brought against you to take you to court for being a Christian would there be enough evidence to find you guilty? How do we measure being a Christian?

IS THERE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Watch YouTube: Wade Hughes

LET US CONSIDER IF THERE WAS A CRIMINAL OR CIVIL TRIAL TODAY: WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT ME BEFORE A GROUP OF MY PEERS? WOULD A TRIAL BY 12 JURORS FIND ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT I WAS A SOLD OUT CHRISTIAN?

ORDER IN THE COURT! Let us call the witnesses: WILL YOU TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? WHAT IS THE MEASURING STICK TO EVAULATE CHRISTIANITY’S LOVE?

THE TIME COMES WHEN OUR STRENGHT WILL WANE AND PLEASURE WILL BE ELUSIVE.

We had a friend that lived to be 102. As a matter of fact, I married her and Bill on her 100th birthday. Dana was in the rest home. The doctor and the nurses told me I had to make her eat. She told me: PASTOR, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, NOTHING TASTE GOOD. I just can’t make myself eat. After many rounds of chemo-radiation my sons would say: DAD YOU HAVE TO EAT. I would say: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, I AM NOT HUNGRY, NOTHING TASTE RIGHT. I DON’T WANT TO EAT. Solomon warned us about life’s battles. He said: ENJOY LIFE WHILE YOU CAN.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

WILL WE TRAIN OUR MIND AND BODY TO ACCOMPLISH MORE? WHAT THINGS BRING JOY? DO WE REALIZE JOY IS A CHOICE? TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

The largest ocean animal is a whale. Whales can be trained. I am told they lay a rope on the bottom of the pool. They work with the whale swimming over the rope for days. When the whale becomes acclimated to the rope they raise the rope several inches off the bottom. Every few days they will raise the rope a few more inches. The whale swims over the rope. Eventually they raise the rope where the whale swims under the rope. They continue every few days to raise the rope a few inches at a time. When the rope reaches the water level the whale learns to jump over the rope.

The largest land animal is the elephant. They train the elephant through POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT with REWARDS when the training progress is achieved. They can be trained? I was amazed when I saw a trainer push a steel rod in mud and hook it to the elephant’s ankle. I told the trainer, I can’t believe the can hold that big elephant. The trainer replied: the elephant could move anytime it wants too. Once it pulls and senses resistance the elephant quits trying and it will stand for days.

I am amazed how humans can train themselves. Trey Hensley picks up a guitar and his fingers flow over the strings like water. Tommy Emmanuel from Australia has 5 brothers, all of them are professional guitar pickers. Tommy is one of the world’s elite pickers. He has trained his fingers. Watch those figure skaters spin? How about those men on motorcycles flip over and land right side up? How about two brothers said man can fly? Man can go to the moon? I saw where a 12 year old boy was trapped on a raft and his family was dying. His mom asked him to swim 3 miles to the shore to save his family. He said every time he was ready to quit, he would hear his mom say. If you fail we will all die. He would get a second wind and swim until he made it and notified those that would save his family.

MY FRIEND YOU ARE STRONGER THAN WHAT YOU THINK. YOU CAN DO MORE THAN YOU EVER DREAMED POSSIBLE.

We must learn to concentrate and stay focused on what is important. LOVE NEVER FAILS. YOU CAN TRAIN YOURSELF TO LOVE.

HOW WELL DO WE KNOW THE BIBLE? DO WE TEACH OUR OPINIONS AND COMPROMISE DIVINE TRUTH?

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:31 (ESV) So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

LOVE LOVES GOD’S COMMANDMENT AND WILL FOLLOW THEM.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

AM I GUILTY OF LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE?

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