It is all Backward!!! Nearly Every Single Thing

Jeremiah 23:14 "14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah." 

 

We have been so soft on sin that those who chastise for it, are the ones who are bludgeoned. Bad truly has become good and good has become bad.

The one who is disciplined in our culture is the one who tells the truth, the one who is comforted is the one who does evil.

Honesty Before God Reveals Us

Do people who are not born again really change?


I think that as a non-believer gets older, they get worse, because they stop trying to "appear" good anymore.


The believer gets better because they are being shaped by the Holy Spirit to be wiser through life experiences.


I think this is why so many people backslide as they get older, they no longer care what others think of them and for years they were pretending, to be accepted by others.


One clue about a persons salvation might be whether or not they regress or improve as the years pass.


Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."


Psalm 91
"1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”


One way to test ourselves is to ask God, "have I progressed in my walk with You, desiring more than ever to honor and obey You." If we are honest, we will be able to say one way or the other what has happened to us over the years. 

Anti-Semitism is Evil

Who murdered the Jews?:

Acts 4:27
"27 For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy [a]servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,"

AND YOU AND I

Jeremiah 30:11
"‘For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
Only I will not destroy you completely.
But I will chasten you justly
And will by no means leave you unpunished.’"

Hebrews 12:6 "FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

Psalm 129:5-8
5 May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward;
6 Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;
8 Nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”

Romans 3:1-4
"3 Then what [a]advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What then? If some [b]did not believe, their [c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? 4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,  “That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged.”

Anyone who is anti-Semitic is in sin and must repent from their self righteousness.