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Wrangled Way

  “ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. ” Psalms 119 : 1 - 3 NKJV There is no doubt that those who abuse the grace of God have little or no understanding of the concept of the narrow way. For  “ Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it ” ( Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬).  The narrow way cannot be widened because it is not only strait , it is extremely wrangled. So, when the scriptures proclaimed the blessedness of “ the undefiled in the way ”, it merely commends their consecration to righteousness and commitment to the wrangled way. The wrangled ways are the divine molding wheels for forming God’s children into His effective a...

Deranged Defilement

  “ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!” Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The undefiled in a sane system with institutional uprightness shouldn’t be so confident. Even the most fraudulent people will behave themselves in sane and orderly society with an uncorrupted system of policing. It implies that the true test of uprightness and sincerity is a passmark and freedom from deranged defilement. This appears to be the focus of the psalmist when he alluded to the blessedness of an escape from deranged defilement. “ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! ”. Unfortunately, this type of blessedness is attainable only by those who, like Jeremiah the Prophet, can withstand the derangement in persecution and the temptation to dump the truth. “ Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name. ” But His word was in my heart...