Stubble

See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts. Remember the teaching of my servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel. Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse. (Malachi 4:1-6 NRSV)

Evildoers are going to be stubble. They will be burned up and there will be nothing left of them for God can not stand the evildoers to be in His presence. That is why we need to make sure that all of the evildoers know they are evil and correct them. Because we are the ones who revere the Lord and uphold His statutes and ordinances…

Have you ever heard this from someone? Sounds a bit arrogant, which means something… The person who said this has a different translation of the passage above from me, or they did not read it clearly. The passage above says that the arrogant and the evildoers will be stubble, burned until nothing is left. God does not like the arrogant, and seems like from the passage puts them in the same class as evildoers. Those who think they got it all together and will help every one else be saved are just as bad as those they are trying to save…

We need to be humble and realize we can not make it on our own. We need God and the whole community of believers not just the ones we agree with or like, but all of them. We are one body knit together by God to send His message of love, mercy, grace and healing into a dark and broken world. So humbly go and help everyone see the relationship God has for them, knowing you are in need of Him just as much (or maybe even more) than the others…