Friday, June 16, 2017

True or False Humility

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It Costs Us Everything

Persecution for Christ

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Defensiveness is Rooted in Pride

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Does Pride Reside in Us Still

Is the dross of pride still residing in us?

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Liberals Promote Disrespect

The liberals are now promoting disrespect for all authority. And, mean spirited mocking toward those who love righteousness.

The very people who love to kill unborn babies are attacking others for not wanting to.

People who want to turn innocent children into transgender are angry because we think children ought to be what God made them.

Science has proven beyond any doubt that babies in the womb are persons, and small children are born male or female.

When children are expendable and used like as one uses cattle, based on the whims and selfishness of the parents, we are in desperately wicked times. And, this is only the tip of the iceberg regarding wickedness that looms over this nation.

How can anyone expect blessing from God for our country, we ought not to presume that God will turn a blind eyes to all this evil. Hang on, we are in for some very rough times.

Socializing Can Be Tedious

I am not interested in "socializing" but rather in sharing in fellowship with other believers in Christ. Sharing the gospel yes, but not to hang out with those who have rejected Christ nor those who claim Christianity while acting like heathens.



A Nation Restored

Isaiah 62:11-12

"Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
12 And they will call them, “The holy people,
The redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

Coming Soon for God's Beloved Israel!!!

Isaiah 61
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;"

2 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,

3 To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

4 Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.

5 Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ministers of our God.
You will eat the wealth of nations,
And in their [f]riches you will boast.

7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
Everlasting joy will be theirs.

8 For I, the Lord, love justice,
I hate robbery in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations."

Israel's Future is Bright

Does this sound like God is finished with Israel?

Isaiah 60:18-19
"…18"Violence will not be heard again in your land, Nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. 19"No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory.

There is still violence in the land all around Israel, the sun and moon are still shinning there, so we know that this passage pertains to the very end when God makes Israel and Jerusalem the capitol of the world.

We know that the people of Israel are not yet righteous and yet God says this about them in their future;

Isaiah 60:21-22
“Then all your people will be righteous;
They will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.
22 “The smallest one will become a [b]clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

God will be their "EVERLASTING" light, everlasting means forever.

Isaiah 60:14
"“The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet; And they will call you the city of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel."

God is not only NOT finished with Israel, but He will make them rulers over all the earth and the most blessed of all the nations. This is what is in store for Israel very soon now as things progress toward the end of days, believers can expect to see amazing things in God's city, Jerusalem and in all of Israel.

Confess to Grow in Holiness

We confess our sins as believers not for salvation but for spiritual growth. Our sins as believers have been covered by the blood, past, present and future sins. However we will not grow in holiness unless we admit and confess our sins to be cleansed.

Matthew 10:35-37

"For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me."


Titus 3:3-7

"For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life."


Luke 12:25

"And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?"


Luke 12:1-59

"In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! ..."


Facing Truth Before it's too Late

"People say you don't know what you've got until it's gone�. Truth is, you knew what you had¦ you just never thought you'd lose it."
Eltry K. Somba