Perhaps there is a reason God has shut down the church gatherings in our country. Yes, I said that it was GOD Who shut them down using the unsaved to do it. There are many things the church does today that are based not on God's word but rather on human ideas to control the people.
1. Forgiveness without repentance...wrong
2. One man pastor...wrong
3. Women pastors...wrong
4. Becoming a Christian without sorrow over sinfulness...wrong
5. Divorce accepted as a right...wrong
6. Remarriage normal and common...wrong
7. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Birthday Celebrations,...wrong
8. Worship of human beings as heroes...wrong
9. Seminaries to Train preachers...wrong
10. Rejection of the head covering for women...wrong
11. Encouraging believers to bring unbelievers to
12. worship...wrong
13. Altar call after preaching in worship...wrong
14. Paying a salary to pastors...wrong
15. Entertainment bands in the gathering...wrong
16. Elevation of paid pastors above other in the
gathering...wrong
17. Choosing leaders outside the gathering who are unknown to
the congregation based on their credentials and talents for
speaking...wrong
18. Leaders who control the congregations...wrong
19. Prosperity preaching...wrong
20. Name it and claim gospel that guilts people into thinking they
do not have enough faith if they can't just make things appear
by the word of their own mouth the way God did with the
universe...wrong
21. Infighting over the nature and timing of the rapture...wrong
22. Dismissing prophesy as unimportant...wrong
23. Leaders intimidating rather than leading by example...wrong
24. Older folks leaving the teaching to paid hirelings rather than
obeying scripture to teach the younger ones...wrong
25. Young folks refusing to listen to the older folks...wrong
26. Joking and flippancy in the believer's gatherings...wrong
27. Allowing the "leaders" in the church to speak anything they
wish without challenge as though they are the authority
over the people...wrong
28. Leaders who lead by intimidation rather than by
example...wrong Lack of discipline and accountability for sin
and error...wrong The mentality that only the "preachers" can
know truth...wrong The idea that those who bring the gospel
to the unsaved must only be trained missionaries...wrong
Our church gatherings have so much wrong with the way they worship, the reason they meet, and those who lead them that they no longer resemble the model of the gathering as described in the first-century church that God gave for born again believers.
Many people have the erroneous ideas that we should not correct one another, that we should accept sin in the body and that the only ones who should teach, preach and rebuke are trained pastors...all of this is wrong according to God's Word.
Over the next few days and weeks, I would like to bring scripture to bear on every one of these false beliefs. Having been raised with the "cultural" Christianity and having my eyes opened by the Lord about it, I can say that most people who have been raised in this false system or who became born again and entered them after salvation have these ideas so firmly planted in their minds that it sounds very wrong to them. If anyone will ask God and search the scriptures without reading other books for the answers, God will open their eyes.
The problem is that so many teachers have been indoctrinated themselves by seminaries and bible schools that have brought their own bent to the teaching, using outside the bible writings and psychology in addition to the scriptures that they have not had "the pure milk of the word", it has been mixed with human traditions and sociological thinking of our time.
May the Lord be the focus and the Holy Spirit be the teacher of those who would desire to know the truth as each one seeks Him and His Word for themselves. Let no man be the hall monitor as you study, let no man influence what God has told you unless that man brings more scripture.
Consequences, circumstances, and life experiences do not determine truth, only the "pure milk of the Word" along with the tutelage of the Holy Spirit brings unadulterated truth.
1 Peter 2:1-3 "1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. 2 Like newborn infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.…"
Shed the idol worship of educated teachers who have been trained by schools rather than the Holy Spirit. If it was not the Holy Spirit Who taught then it must be questioned according to the Scriptures as well as the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
An idea or thought entering your head does not constitute the prompting of the Holy Spirit, when you hear from Him you will know it and it will do two things, it will match perfectly with the Bible and it will glorify God.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
If God Saved You, You are Saved Forever
Never allow anyone to convince you that God did not do enough on the cross to cover your sin or to be able to make you into a new creation.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"
When God changes someone into a new creation they cannot go back to the old again, we cannot undo what God did. Those who remain disobedient while claiming to be Christian were never born again.
Ephesians 2:10 "10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.'
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
God does not throw away His children when they disobey, He disciplines them to return to obedience.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
God changed us into a new creation we no longer think the same way we did when we were sinners. Born again believers do sin and hate that they do. The unbeliever does not care if they sin, they even defend their sin. The born again believer who was changed by Christ will not defend their sin, they eventually confess to be cleansed. 1 John 1:9 was written to born again believers not to the unsaved.
1 John 1:9 9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If anyone is working really hard to change themselves or to be good they are doing it in the flesh, not in the Spirit. No one will make it to heaven because they were good enough. Only those who have trusted in Christ for their salvation and their cleansing will be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-10 "…8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.…"
Those who have trusted Christ will depend on Him to be changed, their desires are changed, their way of thinking is like that of Christ. However, we are trapped in this sinful body that tempts us and sometimes we give into it and fall. When we fall we hate it, we confess to be cleansed by Christ and go on to improve and trust Him more.
Every time we fall and confess we grow spiritually. Those who do not grow Spiritually are those who are depending on their own acts and good deeds not on Christ. These people are often prideful, full of self and resistant to correction.
1 John 1:7-9 "…7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.…"
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:…"
When God changes someone into a new creation they cannot go back to the old again, we cannot undo what God did. Those who remain disobedient while claiming to be Christian were never born again.
Ephesians 2:10 "10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.'
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
God does not throw away His children when they disobey, He disciplines them to return to obedience.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
God changed us into a new creation we no longer think the same way we did when we were sinners. Born again believers do sin and hate that they do. The unbeliever does not care if they sin, they even defend their sin. The born again believer who was changed by Christ will not defend their sin, they eventually confess to be cleansed. 1 John 1:9 was written to born again believers not to the unsaved.
1 John 1:9 9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If anyone is working really hard to change themselves or to be good they are doing it in the flesh, not in the Spirit. No one will make it to heaven because they were good enough. Only those who have trusted in Christ for their salvation and their cleansing will be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-10 "…8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.…"
Those who have trusted Christ will depend on Him to be changed, their desires are changed, their way of thinking is like that of Christ. However, we are trapped in this sinful body that tempts us and sometimes we give into it and fall. When we fall we hate it, we confess to be cleansed by Christ and go on to improve and trust Him more.
Every time we fall and confess we grow spiritually. Those who do not grow Spiritually are those who are depending on their own acts and good deeds not on Christ. These people are often prideful, full of self and resistant to correction.
1 John 1:7-9 "…7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.…"
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
God's Way is not Man's Way
Feminism purports to be on the side of women to declare their equality with men.
The only problem with this idea is that in order to fight to be equal one must believe they are not equal.
What the feminists fail to understand is that equality with someone does not mean that we are capable and do whatever the others do. It also does not mean that we are unequal simply because someone else treats us disrespectfully.
Disrespect for the genders is not translated to inequality. Those who treat others disrespectfully are not declaring inequality they are simply narcissists who are demeaning someone else to elevate themselves.
The feminists don't understand that being equal means each one has their own abilities and talents separate from anyone else. To attempt to be exactly like someone else in order to feel equality is denying the individuality of the genders.
In God's eyes, all men and women are equally valued each with their own gifts and talents. The roles of men are different from the roles of women. Each gender is suited beautifully to their own physical and emotional makeup. Neither one is less than the other, they are just different.
To say that one gender is less than the other is to deny their special gifts as given to them by God to do the task they were designed to do.
Just because someone's task is different from someone else's task does not mean one person is "less than" the other. All tasks are needed in society, all jobs are needed.
No one should be ashamed of a task they are called to do just because mankind elevates one over another. We can admire the abilities of others that we do not have, but without diminishing our own.
Proverbs 3:13-18 "13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding."
Every person doing any job can gain wisdom from God equal to every other person doing any job. Wisdom is not the same as abilities, it is the understanding of spiritual and emotional matters that come through living life and seeking God.
Every job can be used of God to bring the same wisdom. Many highly educated people lack wisdom because they do not know God. Because they do not know God they do not know His Word or hear His voice. Uneducated people also lack wisdom for their ignorance of God's Word and stubbornness to do things their own way.
Both highly educated people and uneducated people can have the wisdom of God equal to one another, separate from their job description. Education does not determine wisdom and lack of education does not determine the level of wisdom.
Wisdom comes from God and experience in life that show us God's truth. Those who do not want to learn will not, those who want to learn from their life experiences will learn. Those who think they know everything very seldom learn from life, they interpret everything in terms of their ignorance rather than thinking new thoughts because of new information.
The character of a man is not based on his physical abilities. Good character is developed by seeking God and learning from our mistakes and sins. Those who do not seek God, who do no learn from mistakes and sins will remain depleted in their character. Not only do we regress in character building by resisting correction and learning, but we also reduce character.
Those who resist the truth, resist God, and elevate themselves as all-knowing will reduce their character over time becoming a bigger fool as they grow older than they were when they were young.
Proverbs 29:1
"He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing."
Where has feminism led our culture? Simply, feminism has destroyed families, increased crime while leaving the youth without hope.
Those who place the value of a person on their job description lack wisdom, even proving their own lack of ability to discern right from wrong.
Romans 2:5
"But because of your hard and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed."
Philippians 2:3
"Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves."
John 5:30
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of Him who sent me."
Wisdom comes from God, talents come from God, personality and character come from God. Those who wish to be wise must seek God in all these things.
Proverbs 12:1
"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."
Psalm 1:1
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;"
Proverbs 1:24-26 "…24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, 25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, 26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,…"
Proverbs 1:29-31…29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. 30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. 31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.…
Those who wish to see a successful life will not base their hope on fame or fortune, they will seek the character of God and He will make them into the likeness of Himself.
The only problem with this idea is that in order to fight to be equal one must believe they are not equal.
What the feminists fail to understand is that equality with someone does not mean that we are capable and do whatever the others do. It also does not mean that we are unequal simply because someone else treats us disrespectfully.
Disrespect for the genders is not translated to inequality. Those who treat others disrespectfully are not declaring inequality they are simply narcissists who are demeaning someone else to elevate themselves.
The feminists don't understand that being equal means each one has their own abilities and talents separate from anyone else. To attempt to be exactly like someone else in order to feel equality is denying the individuality of the genders.
In God's eyes, all men and women are equally valued each with their own gifts and talents. The roles of men are different from the roles of women. Each gender is suited beautifully to their own physical and emotional makeup. Neither one is less than the other, they are just different.
To say that one gender is less than the other is to deny their special gifts as given to them by God to do the task they were designed to do.
Just because someone's task is different from someone else's task does not mean one person is "less than" the other. All tasks are needed in society, all jobs are needed.
No one should be ashamed of a task they are called to do just because mankind elevates one over another. We can admire the abilities of others that we do not have, but without diminishing our own.
Proverbs 3:13-18 "13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding."
Every person doing any job can gain wisdom from God equal to every other person doing any job. Wisdom is not the same as abilities, it is the understanding of spiritual and emotional matters that come through living life and seeking God.
Every job can be used of God to bring the same wisdom. Many highly educated people lack wisdom because they do not know God. Because they do not know God they do not know His Word or hear His voice. Uneducated people also lack wisdom for their ignorance of God's Word and stubbornness to do things their own way.
Both highly educated people and uneducated people can have the wisdom of God equal to one another, separate from their job description. Education does not determine wisdom and lack of education does not determine the level of wisdom.
Wisdom comes from God and experience in life that show us God's truth. Those who do not want to learn will not, those who want to learn from their life experiences will learn. Those who think they know everything very seldom learn from life, they interpret everything in terms of their ignorance rather than thinking new thoughts because of new information.
The character of a man is not based on his physical abilities. Good character is developed by seeking God and learning from our mistakes and sins. Those who do not seek God, who do no learn from mistakes and sins will remain depleted in their character. Not only do we regress in character building by resisting correction and learning, but we also reduce character.
Those who resist the truth, resist God, and elevate themselves as all-knowing will reduce their character over time becoming a bigger fool as they grow older than they were when they were young.
Proverbs 29:1
"He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing."
Where has feminism led our culture? Simply, feminism has destroyed families, increased crime while leaving the youth without hope.
Those who place the value of a person on their job description lack wisdom, even proving their own lack of ability to discern right from wrong.
Romans 2:5
"But because of your hard and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed."
Philippians 2:3
"Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves."
John 5:30
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of Him who sent me."
Wisdom comes from God, talents come from God, personality and character come from God. Those who wish to be wise must seek God in all these things.
Proverbs 12:1
"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."
Psalm 1:1
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;"
Proverbs 1:24-26 "…24 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, 25 because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, 26 in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,…"
Proverbs 1:29-31…29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. 30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. 31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.…
Those who wish to see a successful life will not base their hope on fame or fortune, they will seek the character of God and He will make them into the likeness of Himself.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Opinions?
Our thoughts and opinions do not matter! When someone says "but I think this or that" even though the Bible proves them wrong, you know they have placed themselves above God.
If we don't understand something in it all we have to do is ask God to show us.
James 1:5-6 "5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
Proverbs 3:4-6 "…4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.…"
Psalm 94:10-12 "…10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? 11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. 12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,…"
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Friday, August 21, 2020
Think about it a little!
When the cop does wrong he becomes a criminal just like the criminal he arrested, they are both criminals then. One criminal does not become a hero because another criminal killed him. They both remain criminals.
One Cannot Follow Man and Christ Too
If you have been following Calvin then you have not been following Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.…"If you speak more about Calvin than you do of Christ you have a false god who usurps Christ.
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me."
Anyone or anything you hold in high regard equal to or above God is an idol to you.
If you quote C.S. Lewis more than Christ then you have a false god.
Both Calvin and C.S. Lewis wrote blasphemies and loved their intellectualism more than Christ. One clue about these two men is that the secular community loves them as much as the apostate Christians. Pagans do not love what God teaches, they love the wisdom of man and despise the wisdom of God.
To say that the devil had any part in anything concerning creation or the price for sin is to follow the false teachings of Mormonism in which they say the devil and Jesus Christ were brothers.
C.S. Lewis loved the teachings of the Catholic church, and all other pagan religions, he counted them as equal. Sadly he said some things that we might agree with as Christians but added to those things many pagan teachings that negated the right things he said.
Calvin did exactly the same things as C.S. Lewis, adding the teachings of the Catholic church he left to his Christianity making it a false Christianity.
Matthew 24:24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."
Yes, it is possible to fool Christians who love intellectualism and false signs and wonders.
Those who follow these two men often refuse to look at the evidence of their false Christianity. Their pride to appear superior to others prevents them from looking deeply into the Bible to compare the belief systems of these two men to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."
Psalm 118:8-9
"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes."
Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 15:9
"In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Those who would defend these two men adamantly are not following Christ. All that is necessary to learn this is to compare their writings with the Bible. They must stop reading what men say about these men and begin to read the Bible and compare their writings with what God says while praying for wisdom.
James 1:5
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."
This is the warning, now it is the responsibility for all reading this to pray for wisdom and believe God when He speaks.
Ezekiel 33:6-8 "…6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
7 As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them warning from Me.
8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.…"
1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.…"If you speak more about Calvin than you do of Christ you have a false god who usurps Christ.
Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me."
Anyone or anything you hold in high regard equal to or above God is an idol to you.
If you quote C.S. Lewis more than Christ then you have a false god.
Both Calvin and C.S. Lewis wrote blasphemies and loved their intellectualism more than Christ. One clue about these two men is that the secular community loves them as much as the apostate Christians. Pagans do not love what God teaches, they love the wisdom of man and despise the wisdom of God.
When a man mixes false gods with Christianity that man has a false Christianity. To mix blasphemies against God with God's Word is to have left only the blasphemies. Mixing evil with good leaves only evil. Mixing poison in with the cake mix will kill someone who eats it.
C.S. Lewis wrote in his writings that Aslan the lion who represented Christ went into a tent with the white witch representing the devil to negotiate the price for sin. This is clear blasphemy. Satan had no part in determining the price for sin, it was God the Father who determined this.
C.S. Lewis wrote in his writings that Aslan the lion who represented Christ went into a tent with the white witch representing the devil to negotiate the price for sin. This is clear blasphemy. Satan had no part in determining the price for sin, it was God the Father who determined this.
To say that the devil had any part in anything concerning creation or the price for sin is to follow the false teachings of Mormonism in which they say the devil and Jesus Christ were brothers.
C.S. Lewis loved the teachings of the Catholic church, and all other pagan religions, he counted them as equal. Sadly he said some things that we might agree with as Christians but added to those things many pagan teachings that negated the right things he said.
Calvin did exactly the same things as C.S. Lewis, adding the teachings of the Catholic church he left to his Christianity making it a false Christianity.
Matthew 24:24 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."
Yes, it is possible to fool Christians who love intellectualism and false signs and wonders.
Those who follow these two men often refuse to look at the evidence of their false Christianity. Their pride to appear superior to others prevents them from looking deeply into the Bible to compare the belief systems of these two men to come to a knowledge of the truth.
Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."
Psalm 118:8-9
"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes."
Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 15:9
"In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Those who would defend these two men adamantly are not following Christ. All that is necessary to learn this is to compare their writings with the Bible. They must stop reading what men say about these men and begin to read the Bible and compare their writings with what God says while praying for wisdom.
James 1:5
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."
This is the warning, now it is the responsibility for all reading this to pray for wisdom and believe God when He speaks.
Ezekiel 33:6-8 "…6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
7 As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them warning from Me.
8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.…"
Thursday, August 20, 2020
You Aint Seen Anything Yet!
And you think this virus is terrible, think again, compare it with the events of the tribulation as described in Revelation.
Revelation 9:9-11
"9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. 11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.…"
Revelation 9:9-11
"9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. 11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.…"
For the Believer in Christ Correction is a Daily Occurrence
Amen, this is for those who don't believe we should correct one another.
Alan Brayshaw Shared This:
"SEEK THE LORD, ALL YOU HUMBLE OF THE LAND," you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger." GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED." The Day of the Lord is at Hand." REPENT.!"
" Gather together, gather yourselves together,
you shameful nation,
2 before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,
before the Lord’s fierce anger
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath
comes upon you.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger."
Zephaniah 2:1-3
" Gather together, gather yourselves together,
you shameful nation,
2 before the decree takes effect
and that day passes like windblown chaff,
before the Lord’s fierce anger
comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath
comes upon you.
3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger."
Zephaniah 2:1-3
The Times We are Living in Now!
Ephesians 4:18
"They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart."
Matthew 13:14-15
"Indeed, in their case, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears, they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’"
Proverbs 28:13-14
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity."
The answer to all of this is to confess sinfulness to be cleansed by Jesus Christ.
"They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart."
Matthew 13:14-15
"Indeed, in their case, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears, they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’"
Proverbs 28:13-14
"Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity."
The answer to all of this is to confess sinfulness to be cleansed by Jesus Christ.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
False Women Preachers
False preachers such as Beth Moore consider those who actually follow the Bible as hyper-fundamentalists in derogatory terms.
When the false teachers cannot disprove the Bible we speak, they will discredit us by name-calling and character assassination. This is the first sign they know they are wrong but cannot prove it by the Bible.
Joyce Meyers, Beth Moore, and Paula White, are the most prominent today. These women teach against the true gospel of Christ leading people to believe their own mind is their power among many other heresies.
If a woman is a preacher over men and very popular that is the clue they should be avoided.
1 Timothy 2:12 "12 I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet."
Violation of the scripture is no small matter, these women are focused on their own desire to be wealthy so they justify it by preaching it is God's will that we all are wealthy and we are lacking faith if we are not, another lie from the devil.
Philippians 4:11-14 "11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Notice that these women are deeply invested in the latest clothing style and even dress like men when on stage. They tell more stories than they read from scripture and they use a lot of joking to keep their audience from thinking too deeply.
I have listened to parts of their messages to see the tenor or their preaching, it's really not preaching, they use motivational methods to encourage the people to feel good about themselves. This is the reason they draw such big crowds, the flattery keeps the congregation coming back.
Proverbs 26:24-28
"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."
Proverbs 29:5
"A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet."
Psalm 5:9
"For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue."
These lying heretics do not love those to whom they preach, they only love their own popularity and wealth.
True preachers of the word obey the Bible and tell the truth because of their deep love for those to whom they minister.
There is no love in a false preacher, even their good deeds are to glorify self. A true preacher of the word has no concern for himself, his desire is to hide behind Jesus Christ so that only Christ can be seen.
When the false teachers cannot disprove the Bible we speak, they will discredit us by name-calling and character assassination. This is the first sign they know they are wrong but cannot prove it by the Bible.
Joyce Meyers, Beth Moore, and Paula White, are the most prominent today. These women teach against the true gospel of Christ leading people to believe their own mind is their power among many other heresies.
If a woman is a preacher over men and very popular that is the clue they should be avoided.
1 Timothy 2:12 "12 I do not permit a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet."
Violation of the scripture is no small matter, these women are focused on their own desire to be wealthy so they justify it by preaching it is God's will that we all are wealthy and we are lacking faith if we are not, another lie from the devil.
Philippians 4:11-14 "11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me."
Notice that these women are deeply invested in the latest clothing style and even dress like men when on stage. They tell more stories than they read from scripture and they use a lot of joking to keep their audience from thinking too deeply.
I have listened to parts of their messages to see the tenor or their preaching, it's really not preaching, they use motivational methods to encourage the people to feel good about themselves. This is the reason they draw such big crowds, the flattery keeps the congregation coming back.
Proverbs 26:24-28
"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."
Proverbs 29:5
"A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet."
Psalm 5:9
"For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue."
These lying heretics do not love those to whom they preach, they only love their own popularity and wealth.
True preachers of the word obey the Bible and tell the truth because of their deep love for those to whom they minister.
There is no love in a false preacher, even their good deeds are to glorify self. A true preacher of the word has no concern for himself, his desire is to hide behind Jesus Christ so that only Christ can be seen.
Christ was Good to All!
No matter how nice Jesus Christ was to Judas it did not change Judas's heart, he still betrayed Christ.
Also, Christ did many miracles while on earth, He did nothing but good to everyone all the time and yet they killed Him because they hated Him.
His kind deeds meant nothing to them, they even accused Him of evil for the good deeds.
When evil people hate us it has nothing to do with whether or not we treat them well, it has to do with their own evil heart that hates God.
Matthew 10:22-23 "22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.…"
Times have not changed, people are the same today as they were in the time of Christ.
Also, Christ did many miracles while on earth, He did nothing but good to everyone all the time and yet they killed Him because they hated Him.
His kind deeds meant nothing to them, they even accused Him of evil for the good deeds.
When evil people hate us it has nothing to do with whether or not we treat them well, it has to do with their own evil heart that hates God.
Matthew 10:22-23 "22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.…"
Times have not changed, people are the same today as they were in the time of Christ.
Stories Teach and Influence
Our country is blatantly becoming what it has been working toward for 160 years, ever since evolution began to be taught in public schools and the parents didn't remove the children then. Evolution began being taught in the schools in 1861.
I was taught evolution in school and I am 68 years old, this tells you how long our country has been moving toward godlessness.
From then on everything else that was wicked was subtly introduced and the parents did not fight it. We did not just all of a sudden go bad in the last few years, we have been moving toward godlessness since that time when evolution began to be taught. Our nation has always been godless for the most part with slavery, prohibition when people hid in speak-easies to have their booze as well as the roaring twenties when jazz was introduced. Many more people attended churches but the majority of the people were ungodly.
For those who think our childhood was so wholesome, it was not, it was only our perception. I once had this perception until God opened my eyes to family life back in that day.
The television shows began to introduce into the culture psychology in those "wholesome shows" such as "Ozzie and Harriet." Yes, the father worked outside the home and the mother remained in the home but notice the psychology and the rock music that was being shown as good and normal.
The first television was sold in 1946 after world war two. This is when the war was over, the people needed a sense of community when their soldiers returned, the culture was ripe for entertainment after a decade of fear and war. This is when the devil introduced things to the public through the television in nearly every home.
Our country has been progressing toward godlessness ever since the onset of the television and movies.
That so-called wholesome show "Ozzie and Harriet" appeared to be sweet and happy but introduced psychology and rock music to the public.
I recall "Gunsmoke" a show in the '50s in which the sheriff of a town was the hero and his girlfriend was a madam in the saloon. Our family watched this show every Saturday night. Sunday we attended church.
Every show that I could name that is seen as innocent back in the '40s and '50s has subtle elements of godlessness. It was so subtle that the families ignored it, just as they ignore the filth today. Most people tend to ignore language and ideas they don't wish to see, as if they ignore it, it must be that it didn't happen. Everyone was heavily influenced by these shows without realizing it.
Sadly most Christians could not watch these shows without it shaping their lives in some way. A steady diet of ungodly thinking leads to dilution and delusion of our morals. Today I hear Christians using words that God told us not to express, by this I know what kind of shows they are watching.
Psalm 101:3 "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me."
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
If you cannot watch a show on television without becoming like those actors on that screen then you have an idol and will be corrupted. If you ignore the filthy language and keep watching that is an endorsement of that language. Even worse, if you watch these shows, continue watching even begin using that language then you are being influenced by the devil to diminish your Christian witness.
And, now the television is promoting evil ideas, rebellion and lies through the newscasts. There is very little that we can believe that comes from the news. Everything is skewed to present what they want us to believe, sadly it is working for many people.
Since most people do not think very deeply and are enamored with gossip and famous people, we can see how it is deeply changing our world. If a famous person speaks, the general public believes it must be true because he/she is famous.
This same thinking is in the Christian church too, if someone is a famous preacher they must be speaking the truth in the eyes of many.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;"
Very few people, even very few Christians bother to examine everything, they simply accept whatever is popular. This keeps them in a state of childlike trust in wrong thinking.
If you want to grow in holiness then you will evaluate every single thing you see on television, movies or the news, soon you will lose interest in most of it because the light of God's word will shine on it revealing the truth.
By the way; stories teach and influence!!!!
I was taught evolution in school and I am 68 years old, this tells you how long our country has been moving toward godlessness.
From then on everything else that was wicked was subtly introduced and the parents did not fight it. We did not just all of a sudden go bad in the last few years, we have been moving toward godlessness since that time when evolution began to be taught. Our nation has always been godless for the most part with slavery, prohibition when people hid in speak-easies to have their booze as well as the roaring twenties when jazz was introduced. Many more people attended churches but the majority of the people were ungodly.
For those who think our childhood was so wholesome, it was not, it was only our perception. I once had this perception until God opened my eyes to family life back in that day.
The television shows began to introduce into the culture psychology in those "wholesome shows" such as "Ozzie and Harriet." Yes, the father worked outside the home and the mother remained in the home but notice the psychology and the rock music that was being shown as good and normal.
The first television was sold in 1946 after world war two. This is when the war was over, the people needed a sense of community when their soldiers returned, the culture was ripe for entertainment after a decade of fear and war. This is when the devil introduced things to the public through the television in nearly every home.
Our country has been progressing toward godlessness ever since the onset of the television and movies.
That so-called wholesome show "Ozzie and Harriet" appeared to be sweet and happy but introduced psychology and rock music to the public.
I recall "Gunsmoke" a show in the '50s in which the sheriff of a town was the hero and his girlfriend was a madam in the saloon. Our family watched this show every Saturday night. Sunday we attended church.
Every show that I could name that is seen as innocent back in the '40s and '50s has subtle elements of godlessness. It was so subtle that the families ignored it, just as they ignore the filth today. Most people tend to ignore language and ideas they don't wish to see, as if they ignore it, it must be that it didn't happen. Everyone was heavily influenced by these shows without realizing it.
Sadly most Christians could not watch these shows without it shaping their lives in some way. A steady diet of ungodly thinking leads to dilution and delusion of our morals. Today I hear Christians using words that God told us not to express, by this I know what kind of shows they are watching.
Psalm 101:3 "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me."
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
If you cannot watch a show on television without becoming like those actors on that screen then you have an idol and will be corrupted. If you ignore the filthy language and keep watching that is an endorsement of that language. Even worse, if you watch these shows, continue watching even begin using that language then you are being influenced by the devil to diminish your Christian witness.
And, now the television is promoting evil ideas, rebellion and lies through the newscasts. There is very little that we can believe that comes from the news. Everything is skewed to present what they want us to believe, sadly it is working for many people.
Since most people do not think very deeply and are enamored with gossip and famous people, we can see how it is deeply changing our world. If a famous person speaks, the general public believes it must be true because he/she is famous.
This same thinking is in the Christian church too, if someone is a famous preacher they must be speaking the truth in the eyes of many.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;"
Very few people, even very few Christians bother to examine everything, they simply accept whatever is popular. This keeps them in a state of childlike trust in wrong thinking.
If you want to grow in holiness then you will evaluate every single thing you see on television, movies or the news, soon you will lose interest in most of it because the light of God's word will shine on it revealing the truth.
By the way; stories teach and influence!!!!
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
What is Love!
Love is Jesus Christ, we can only love through Him.
Love is doing what's best for those we love, not necessarily what they like.
Psychology teaches that everyone is a victim therefore we must be careful with everyone no matter how terrible they are to others.
The victims of wicked people are abused through pressure to forgive mean people. It's not God Who teaches what psychology teaches.
It is love to discipline bad people, it is love to comfort victims. Everyone in the world could claim they have been victimized by someone else at one time or another, this can never be an excuse to victimize others.
We have all fallen short of righteousness at one time or another. There are no excuses for emotionally or verbally abusing others.
God clearly stated that we are to bless those who curse us, remove ourselves from them if we can, and never exact revenge on anyone.
Luke 6:26-28 "26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. 27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
Romans 3:10-12
"As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 12:18-20 "…18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”…"
Love is doing what's best for those we love, not necessarily what they like.
Psychology teaches that everyone is a victim therefore we must be careful with everyone no matter how terrible they are to others.
The victims of wicked people are abused through pressure to forgive mean people. It's not God Who teaches what psychology teaches.
It is love to discipline bad people, it is love to comfort victims. Everyone in the world could claim they have been victimized by someone else at one time or another, this can never be an excuse to victimize others.
We have all fallen short of righteousness at one time or another. There are no excuses for emotionally or verbally abusing others.
God clearly stated that we are to bless those who curse us, remove ourselves from them if we can, and never exact revenge on anyone.
Luke 6:26-28 "26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. 27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
Romans 3:10-12
"As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 12:18-20 "…18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”…"
When Christ Rebuked the Devil in Peter
When Christ turn to Peter and said the following, He was not speaking to Peter but to the devil who was using Peter's mouth and placing thoughts in Peter's mind to deter Christ from His purpose.
Matthew 16:22-23 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
This is what we are encountering right now in these end times. Many people are being used by the devil to cause division in the church, in families, in governments, and in communities.
There are days when we can feel it emotionally and even physically as we encounter the wicked spirit world that is intensifying before the rapture and the tribulation.
The devil is influencing the minds of people to deter them from God's truth.
1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"
How to resist the devil:
James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
How to submit to Christ:
Read His Word for the purpose of obeying it! Then pray that if there be any false way in us, He would remove it, replacing it with the truth.
We are all being affected and tempted to act in ways we should not in order to diminish our testimony for Christ.
We are all being tested and tried to make us stronger.
James 1:2-8 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
If you are to resist the devil and follow Christ you have to want it badly enough to ask God in humility for it.
If you think you can be righteous on your own in the flesh you will not be able to ask nor will you be able to resist the devil.
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
Matthew 16:22-23 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
This is what we are encountering right now in these end times. Many people are being used by the devil to cause division in the church, in families, in governments, and in communities.
There are days when we can feel it emotionally and even physically as we encounter the wicked spirit world that is intensifying before the rapture and the tribulation.
The devil is influencing the minds of people to deter them from God's truth.
1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"
How to resist the devil:
James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
How to submit to Christ:
Read His Word for the purpose of obeying it! Then pray that if there be any false way in us, He would remove it, replacing it with the truth.
We are all being affected and tempted to act in ways we should not in order to diminish our testimony for Christ.
We are all being tested and tried to make us stronger.
James 1:2-8 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
If you are to resist the devil and follow Christ you have to want it badly enough to ask God in humility for it.
If you think you can be righteous on your own in the flesh you will not be able to ask nor will you be able to resist the devil.
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
Monday, August 17, 2020
Time to Focus on Christ!!!
I agree with all this, now we can stop focusing on the country we live in and the inheritance we have as well as speaking to others about what is coming and their need for Christ.
I am convinced God is not going to save America but He can and will save those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to save them not for this world but for eternity.
Fred Banners posted the following:
"From another"
"I never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America.
Today I woke up and as I had my morning breakfast I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.
I look at people I have known all my life so filled with hate that they will agree with opinions that, if they were in their right minds, would never express as their own. It's absolutely unbelievable. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.....then I saw this and I think that it's pretty close to describing how I feel.
I'm not starting a fight, but it is something to think about. This may open up a ton of outraged comments by some. Many who will argue how "wrong" this post is. My suggestion, save your time and effort! You're not changing the reality of what we are living by trying to somehow justify this insanity.
Nevertheless, I couldn't resist because we are becoming the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!
• Defunding police is actually happening.
• Systemic racism is everywhere but no one knows what or where it is.
• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.
• And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China.
We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right, where darkness is light and light is now darkness.
Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely!
Not my words but very accurate and disturbing!
Feel free to copy and paste. I did."
I am convinced God is not going to save America but He can and will save those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to save them not for this world but for eternity.
Fred Banners posted the following:
"From another"
"I never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America.
Today I woke up and as I had my morning breakfast I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.
I look at people I have known all my life so filled with hate that they will agree with opinions that, if they were in their right minds, would never express as their own. It's absolutely unbelievable. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.....then I saw this and I think that it's pretty close to describing how I feel.
I'm not starting a fight, but it is something to think about. This may open up a ton of outraged comments by some. Many who will argue how "wrong" this post is. My suggestion, save your time and effort! You're not changing the reality of what we are living by trying to somehow justify this insanity.
Nevertheless, I couldn't resist because we are becoming the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!
• Defunding police is actually happening.
• Systemic racism is everywhere but no one knows what or where it is.
• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.
• And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China.
We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right, where darkness is light and light is now darkness.
Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely!
Not my words but very accurate and disturbing!
Feel free to copy and paste. I did."
Time of Weeping will soon be Over for the Born Again Believer
When things get tough or you cannot avoid someone or something in your life that brings you pain, do you give up or do you keep going?
The sign of strength in a believer is the ability to cry when needed to relieve stress and get up after to begin doing what is needed. Those who are strong admit their pain, cry over it from time to time and continue on the path God has given for them.
Psalm 30:5
"For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Jesus Christ cares about our tears.
John 11:33
"When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled."
Psalm 56:8Psalm 56:8
"You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?"
Even the Patriarchs wept!
Genesis 43:30
"Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there."
Even the Matriarchs wept!
John 20:11
"But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb."
Even Jesus Christ the Lord wept!
Luke 19:41
"And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,"
When this life is over for the believer the time of weeping and mourning will be over and then we will laugh and dance.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
The time of weeping will be over soon for those who love the Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 5:5
"And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
The sign of strength in a believer is the ability to cry when needed to relieve stress and get up after to begin doing what is needed. Those who are strong admit their pain, cry over it from time to time and continue on the path God has given for them.
Psalm 30:5
"For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning."
Jesus Christ cares about our tears.
John 11:33
"When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled."
Psalm 56:8Psalm 56:8
"You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?"
Even the Patriarchs wept!
Genesis 43:30
"Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there."
Even the Matriarchs wept!
John 20:11
"But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb."
Even Jesus Christ the Lord wept!
Luke 19:41
"And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,"
When this life is over for the believer the time of weeping and mourning will be over and then we will laugh and dance.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
The time of weeping will be over soon for those who love the Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 5:5
"And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Whose Community Standards?
I am convinced there is a concerted effort to exclude and block Christians from the media. Just recently I was told I would not be considered for advertising on my blog because what I wrote did "not hold to community standards."
I am quite sure many of you who are my friends are being excluded from expressing your thoughts and ideas in an attempt to sensor Christianity.
Those in control exclude in various ways, one of which is discrediting what you post by claiming through the "fact-checkers" that your post in your status is false.
I see now that these mediums are free, not charging anyone money, allowing the controllers the privilege of censoring anything that does not meet with their agenda.
We can see how our world is moving rapidly toward the tribulation in which all believers will be threatened with death if they speak the truth of Christ.
I remember a day as a child when tv censored evil things, now it is evil that is being protected and good that is being censored.
Romans 12:9
"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."
Isaiah 5:20
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
Matthew 24:12
"And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold."
Ephesians 6:13
"Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm."
I am quite sure many of you who are my friends are being excluded from expressing your thoughts and ideas in an attempt to sensor Christianity.
Those in control exclude in various ways, one of which is discrediting what you post by claiming through the "fact-checkers" that your post in your status is false.
I see now that these mediums are free, not charging anyone money, allowing the controllers the privilege of censoring anything that does not meet with their agenda.
We can see how our world is moving rapidly toward the tribulation in which all believers will be threatened with death if they speak the truth of Christ.
I remember a day as a child when tv censored evil things, now it is evil that is being protected and good that is being censored.
Romans 12:9
"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."
Isaiah 5:20
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
Matthew 24:12
"And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold."
Ephesians 6:13
"Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm."
What is an Idol?
What is an idol? Answer this question in all honesty and we are likely to make changes in our lives!
An idol is anything we love more, trust more, fear more and defend more than we do God.
Some idols can be material possessions, tv shows, famous people, famous leaders even church leaders.
Other idols may be friends or family members who do not love the Lord.
If we cannot walk away from things and people who detract us from our walk with Christ then we have idols.
1 Corinthians 10:13-15 "13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say."
1 John 5:19-21 "19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols."
An idol is anything we love more, trust more, fear more and defend more than we do God.
Some idols can be material possessions, tv shows, famous people, famous leaders even church leaders.
Other idols may be friends or family members who do not love the Lord.
If we cannot walk away from things and people who detract us from our walk with Christ then we have idols.
1 Corinthians 10:13-15 "13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say."
1 John 5:19-21 "19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols."
Saturday, August 15, 2020
The Holy Spirit Teaches Every Believer
Every teacher of the believer must be tested, questioned, and vetted according to the Worf of God. We know that no one is perfect only Christ and He lives in the Believer.
No one can teach us better that Jesus Christ Himself.
Never allow anyone to tell you that you cannot understand the Bible and that you must be led by another human being. Pastors and teachers are there to teach but not to act as though they have superior knowledge. They are not better than the Holy Spirit. All born again believers must evaluate every teacher to see if he speaks the truth according to the Bible.
If a teacher does not speak truth then he is to be corrected, if he will not listen then he is to be ignored.
1 Corinthians s14:38-40
"38 But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant (ignored).
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
John 14:25-26 "
…25 All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. "
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
May all we believe be filtered through the word of God and no meanings changed to fit our desires or the culture.
Deuteronomy 4:2 "2 You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you."
Deuteronomy 12:42 "32 “Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it."
Revelation 22:18 "18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;"
It is very serious to snatch out of context scripture and replace it with lies to make it say what God never said, to make it acceptable to your human thinking or the culture around you.
No one can teach us better that Jesus Christ Himself.
Never allow anyone to tell you that you cannot understand the Bible and that you must be led by another human being. Pastors and teachers are there to teach but not to act as though they have superior knowledge. They are not better than the Holy Spirit. All born again believers must evaluate every teacher to see if he speaks the truth according to the Bible.
If a teacher does not speak truth then he is to be corrected, if he will not listen then he is to be ignored.
1 Corinthians s14:38-40
"38 But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant (ignored).
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
John 14:25-26 "
…25 All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. "
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
May all we believe be filtered through the word of God and no meanings changed to fit our desires or the culture.
Deuteronomy 4:2 "2 You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you."
Deuteronomy 12:42 "32 “Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it."
Revelation 22:18 "18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;"
It is very serious to snatch out of context scripture and replace it with lies to make it say what God never said, to make it acceptable to your human thinking or the culture around you.
Friday, August 14, 2020
Choose Christ or the World, You cannot have Both
Someone sent me a dirty joke in a text as though she thought I would laugh at it. She does not know me at all or she would know I am not pleased with dirty jokes.
I sent the message back to her that I will look to God for my wisdom rather than through dirty jokes. I have not heard from her since. Sadly this was a person who would consider themselves a Christian and attends church regularly.
These narcissists think they know someone based on their own idea of life not on the character of the other person. They think we are just like them and when they find out we are not then we are the enemy.
Galatians 4:16-17 "16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? 17 Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.…"
When the narcissist discover we are different from what they thought we were, they are confused and choose to retain their false idea of us. These people treat us as though we are worse than they in some way to elevate their own special illusion of themselves.
When we see this happening the best response is a short one as led by the Holy Spirit and to remove ourselves. We are living in a crude world now in which even the media does not sensor their language or news stories to protect the sensibilities of the hearers.
Many Christians today take on the crude ways and language of the world so as not to be ignored or minimized as a person.
Very few people care anymore about the impact of their actions or words. If they want to do or say something they do it and then become angry if called out to clean up their language. Now, I am not talking about unbelievers, we expect the world to be crude, I am talking about those who call themselves Christian who think talking and acting like the world somehow makes them more influential with the world.
Proverbs 4:24
"Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you."
We are not called to be like the world to win them, just the opposite, we are called to be a representation of the character of Christ.
Let's be honest, the only reason a "Christian" wants to act like the world is not to win them, but rather to be loved by the world. The excuse to "be like the world to win them" is a lie and patently against the Word of God.
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
God never told us to be careful not to offend, that lie comes from the devil. The devil wants to ruin our testimony by demonstrating we can be as crude as the unbeliever and still be a Christian. This is cultural Christianity at its worst.
When a crude "Christian" is called out for their language and becomes angry over it then we see the rebellious heart of that person. Their anger at rebuke is on them not on us.
There is another lie the secular are promoting, that is that if someone becomes angry someone else must have made them that way. The truth is that every person who becomes angry chooses to do it to manipulate and intimidate others because of their own guilt over sin.
The only anger a born again believer should experience is when someone blasphemes God, then we defend His honor not our own.
Christianity in our time has been watered down, maligned and coaxed into false mantras in order to preserve friendships with the world.
James 4:4
"You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
Many teachings and rules in the modern church are not from God but from psychology. They do not reflect the heart of God nor do they match pitch with the Bible. We should reject ideas and teachings that are counter to the Word of God. In order to do this, we must be determined to make Christ first in our lives above anything and anyone else.
I sent the message back to her that I will look to God for my wisdom rather than through dirty jokes. I have not heard from her since. Sadly this was a person who would consider themselves a Christian and attends church regularly.
These narcissists think they know someone based on their own idea of life not on the character of the other person. They think we are just like them and when they find out we are not then we are the enemy.
Galatians 4:16-17 "16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? 17 Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.…"
When the narcissist discover we are different from what they thought we were, they are confused and choose to retain their false idea of us. These people treat us as though we are worse than they in some way to elevate their own special illusion of themselves.
When we see this happening the best response is a short one as led by the Holy Spirit and to remove ourselves. We are living in a crude world now in which even the media does not sensor their language or news stories to protect the sensibilities of the hearers.
Many Christians today take on the crude ways and language of the world so as not to be ignored or minimized as a person.
Very few people care anymore about the impact of their actions or words. If they want to do or say something they do it and then become angry if called out to clean up their language. Now, I am not talking about unbelievers, we expect the world to be crude, I am talking about those who call themselves Christian who think talking and acting like the world somehow makes them more influential with the world.
Proverbs 4:24
"Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you."
We are not called to be like the world to win them, just the opposite, we are called to be a representation of the character of Christ.
Let's be honest, the only reason a "Christian" wants to act like the world is not to win them, but rather to be loved by the world. The excuse to "be like the world to win them" is a lie and patently against the Word of God.
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
God never told us to be careful not to offend, that lie comes from the devil. The devil wants to ruin our testimony by demonstrating we can be as crude as the unbeliever and still be a Christian. This is cultural Christianity at its worst.
When a crude "Christian" is called out for their language and becomes angry over it then we see the rebellious heart of that person. Their anger at rebuke is on them not on us.
There is another lie the secular are promoting, that is that if someone becomes angry someone else must have made them that way. The truth is that every person who becomes angry chooses to do it to manipulate and intimidate others because of their own guilt over sin.
The only anger a born again believer should experience is when someone blasphemes God, then we defend His honor not our own.
Christianity in our time has been watered down, maligned and coaxed into false mantras in order to preserve friendships with the world.
James 4:4
"You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
Many teachings and rules in the modern church are not from God but from psychology. They do not reflect the heart of God nor do they match pitch with the Bible. We should reject ideas and teachings that are counter to the Word of God. In order to do this, we must be determined to make Christ first in our lives above anything and anyone else.
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