Outside the Camp - 7.21.08

Dear D.

The highest love one person can bestow on another is to bring them Christ and bring them to Christ.

By loving Christ because He fist loved us, we experience peace, joy and faith that are higher and happier then any natural "love" in the soul. I have experienced this. . . . By his mercy I will continue to experience this. When I told the Lord that I wouldn't lose the love and beuaty of his face for a person's face I was flooded with joy. . . and also with the assurance that the price I paid would be the means of bringing God to this person. I have the assurnace now that he will meet the Lord. . . and when he does he'll understand even more. . . and there will be no bitterness, but thankfulness.

The Word says. . . "they overcame Him (referring to the author of the evils of this age) . . .by the blood of the lamb, and by the Word of their Testimony and loved not their Soul-life unto death. . . therefore Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

You don't really believe the thing you profess to believe. . . that human love is a God to be worshipped, whatever the source of circumstances. . . or you wouldn't have advised me against procaticing this.

I am sorry you spoke to your brother. . . I would ask you to refrain from speaking it to any other family members. . . we want to hear no more. Any person you have a romantic attachment to is not welcome in our home unless they are male & you have an engagement or firm intent of one. It would be nice to mee him first. . . a courtesy neither you nor M. paid us.

Leprosy is a type of sin. Lepers had to stay outside the camp until considered cleansed by the priest as a protection to the health of the children of Israel as they travelled together. Moses, God's man of that age. . . spoke these things for their benefit and protection.

If you continue to marginalize the Christ who indwells you and speak these things to us & other family members we may have to do something similar.

The Bible is open in our home. . . you may not blow in the front door and tell us "You don't want to hear that."

You ar proud, defiant, full of yourself and full of a truck-load of liberal garbage. Until you come to yourself and come home to be fed like the prodigal son we will pray for that day to come. Oh. And I'm not willing to be hung up on. . . (by coming home I mean willing to listen with an open spirit.)