A Reckoning

It is important, when trying to understand the ways of God, to know the difference between "revenge" and "a reckoning."

"Fairness" and "Justice."

"Punishment" and "Judgment."

We must also see the identification of "sowing and reaping" (Galatians 6:7) with "the wages of sin" (Romans 6:23).

Hindus call it Karma . . . God calls it getting what you work for. God doesn't malevolently and maniacally rain down trouble and misfortune upon us . . . He just insures that our crops come up . . . our chickens come home to roost . . . our dogs come up on the porch.  

We choose to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and God has promised that when we do that we will experience Good if we choose to know it . . . and to know Evil, if that is our choice.

It was an odd situation for such a scoundrel to be on the right side of the reckoning that he was a witness to ("You ever seen anything like that?"  "#@$%, I never even heard of anything like that!")

He said with great pride and commitment, "Wyatt Earp is my Friend!"

Jesus . . . is mine.

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