Proverbs 28:1
"1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion."
Yesterday I was confronted by someone with an accusation of "judging" others because of my assertion that those who do not obey the Word are sinning.
One of the clues of a disobedient believer is when they flee at the sight of scripture presented to prove a truth.
I call their tactic, "hit and run" because they accuse abruptly and then quickly block as soon as the scripture is presented that refutes them. After all, how can a "hit and run" confront God's Word with an argument against it.
In these last days, we will be accused of many things because of the love of many for their traditions or the teachings of psychology, which by now has become a tradition of men.
We will be rejected by family and friends for staying to the word of God in every discussion.
Do not lose heart when you are abandoned or rejected outright. Simply praise God as the scripture tells us to do and move on to others who may want to hear.
James 1:2 "2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."
Romans 5:1-5 "5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Hallelujah!!!!
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Delusion is Here!
I am convinced the delusion that God will send when the antichrist has appeared on the scene of the world is here in part right now. It will become even worse when the church is removed.
Here is what we are headed toward, the very same mentality that was present in the days of Noah. Here's what God said that looked like:
Genesis 6:5 "5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time."
Matthew 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
So many do not see the deceptions going on right now that will ultimately lead to the worship of the antichrist. It has been a gradual eroding of moral standards and simple courtesies until most people do not know the nature of kindness, the look of hospitality, or even the feel of empathy for another human being.
We have all been raised in a country so full of nearly total freedom that we have missed the creeping sin and immorality encompassed around us now every single day.
Every day we see seemingly small things that are sinful but we do not call them that, we ignore them as though they are as normal and natural as breathing.
Truth has been minimized and even treated with contempt.
2 Timothy 2:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears, they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
We will speak the truth constantly as led by the Holy Spirit but few if any will listen. In fact, the only ones who will listen are those who already know it and love it. So we speak to encourage them, the ones who seek affirmation in their walk with Christ. Those who may become discouraged believing there is no one left who understands the heart of God have great joy when they meet someone else who is like them, full of the Holy Spirit and enthusiastic about Christ and their walk.
Hallelujah!!!!
Here is what we are headed toward, the very same mentality that was present in the days of Noah. Here's what God said that looked like:
Genesis 6:5 "5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time."
Matthew 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
So many do not see the deceptions going on right now that will ultimately lead to the worship of the antichrist. It has been a gradual eroding of moral standards and simple courtesies until most people do not know the nature of kindness, the look of hospitality, or even the feel of empathy for another human being.
We have all been raised in a country so full of nearly total freedom that we have missed the creeping sin and immorality encompassed around us now every single day.
Every day we see seemingly small things that are sinful but we do not call them that, we ignore them as though they are as normal and natural as breathing.
Truth has been minimized and even treated with contempt.
2 Timothy 2:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears, they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
We will speak the truth constantly as led by the Holy Spirit but few if any will listen. In fact, the only ones who will listen are those who already know it and love it. So we speak to encourage them, the ones who seek affirmation in their walk with Christ. Those who may become discouraged believing there is no one left who understands the heart of God have great joy when they meet someone else who is like them, full of the Holy Spirit and enthusiastic about Christ and their walk.
Hallelujah!!!!
Discernment, Discernment, Discernment!!!
Romans 16:17-19 "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil."
Looking to Teachers, Politicians, and anyone else will Ruin You
We are living in nearly completely narcissistic times now. AS in the days of Noah.
Genesis 6:5 "5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time."
Do not believe what people "SAY", watch how they act, see their mindset through the lens of Scripture by the power of the Holy Spirit and you will be able to discern righteousness from evil.
If you read this while discerning teachers, leaders, politicians, and everyone else you will see what is happening in our world right now.
Why are so many Christians looking to the world leaders in these last days when they should be looking to Christ? Here is a possible answer.
Jeremiah 23:16-22
"16 Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you.
They are leading you into futility;
They speak a vision of their own imagination,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 “They keep saying to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace”’;
And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart,
They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
18 “But who has stood in the council of the Lord,
That he should see and hear His word?
Who has given heed to His word and listened?
19 “Behold, the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath,
Even a whirling tempest;
It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
20 “The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days, you will clearly understand it.
21 “I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.
22 “But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds."
Genesis 6:5 "5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time."
Do not believe what people "SAY", watch how they act, see their mindset through the lens of Scripture by the power of the Holy Spirit and you will be able to discern righteousness from evil.
If you read this while discerning teachers, leaders, politicians, and everyone else you will see what is happening in our world right now.
Why are so many Christians looking to the world leaders in these last days when they should be looking to Christ? Here is a possible answer.
Jeremiah 23:16-22
"16 Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you.
They are leading you into futility;
They speak a vision of their own imagination,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 “They keep saying to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace”’;
And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart,
They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
18 “But who has stood in the council of the Lord,
That he should see and hear His word?
Who has given heed to His word and listened?
19 “Behold, the storm of the Lord has gone forth in wrath,
Even a whirling tempest;
It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.
20 “The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days, you will clearly understand it.
21 “I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.
22 “But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds."
Don't Judge Mantra
The "don't judge" mantra has been a ploy to cause believers to fear "being judged" as bad for having discernment or for hearing a clear message of warning from the Holy Spirit.
God never taught not to judge, He taught not to judge others if you are doing the same things the others are doing. And, He told us to take the log out of our own eye "first" before judging what someone else is doing.
Another favorite mantra of the world is "only God knows the heart", while this is true, remember that God lives in every born again believer leading us into all truth. We can know a person's heart by the way they live their life.
We were told not to judge who is going to heaven or hell because we don't know if someone will repent in the future.
That is God's business. If we are told to warn people about their sin then there is a clear directive to tell others when they are sinning. We are told that "you shall know them by their fruit" shows us we can know if someone is born again or not.
Matthew 7:1-6
Judging Others
7 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Read verses 5 and 6 in this passage carefully. How does one know if they are giving their pearls to swine unless they have judge them as swine, to begin with?
In these verses, we see that God tells us to make sure we are not being hypocritical in our judging. It is only a fool who believers every salesman, every preacher, or everyone else without discernment.
Jeremiah 17:10
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Put this verse together with the next one and you will see something important.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
If you are never judging anything or anyone according to God's mandates in the Scriptures then you are a fool easily manipulated and deceived by any wind of doctrine. Anyone who says the things you like to hear is able to control you.
Ephesians 4:13-15 "…13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.…"
1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 "…20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, 21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.…"
God never taught not to judge, He taught not to judge others if you are doing the same things the others are doing. And, He told us to take the log out of our own eye "first" before judging what someone else is doing.
Another favorite mantra of the world is "only God knows the heart", while this is true, remember that God lives in every born again believer leading us into all truth. We can know a person's heart by the way they live their life.
We were told not to judge who is going to heaven or hell because we don't know if someone will repent in the future.
That is God's business. If we are told to warn people about their sin then there is a clear directive to tell others when they are sinning. We are told that "you shall know them by their fruit" shows us we can know if someone is born again or not.
Matthew 7:1-6
Judging Others
7 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6 “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Read verses 5 and 6 in this passage carefully. How does one know if they are giving their pearls to swine unless they have judge them as swine, to begin with?
In these verses, we see that God tells us to make sure we are not being hypocritical in our judging. It is only a fool who believers every salesman, every preacher, or everyone else without discernment.
Jeremiah 17:10
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Put this verse together with the next one and you will see something important.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
If you are never judging anything or anyone according to God's mandates in the Scriptures then you are a fool easily manipulated and deceived by any wind of doctrine. Anyone who says the things you like to hear is able to control you.
Ephesians 4:13-15 "…13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.…"
1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 "…20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, 21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.…"
No Balance in Truth
Challenged by Those Who Do not Know the Bible
There was a challenge to me today that I should never judge anyone. That I should just believe what they tell me. Of course, the person who challenged me didn't say it this way but the inference was clear. Here was my answer to this challenge.
Many Christians are being deceived by famous false converts because they lack the discernment that comes from the Holy Spirit. Since so many are clouded in their thinking by what they want and like they have an inability to see the truth. Often they defend things and people as good when they are not good at all. Decisions about people and events are mostly based on emotions rather than depth of discernment and knowledge of the word. Sometimes these emotions are based on a love of traditions and motivational speaking than on reality.
God commands us to judge righteous judgment. Many people do not have discernment about evil because they do not know their Bibles. Here are some verses that might help with this understanding. There is no way to have wisdom without judging matters and discerning people. In order to know right from wrong and good people from evil people, we must know the scriptures and the heart of God. God judges the heart and He lives in born again believers. The Holy Spirit would never allow me to believe something about someone that was not true.
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 "…14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.…"
2 Timothy 3:1-5
“Difficult Times Will Come”
3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
Hebrews 5:13-14 "…13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil."
In order to have wisdom, we must be able to discern the character of a person to know if they are of God or not.
Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
1 John 4:1-6
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. ..."
Then there are those who confess Jesus, not Jesus Christ, they always leave off the title that makes Him God, but there is no fruit, no repentance, and no commitment to His Word. There is only hype, emotional outbursts for effect, and little if any substance.
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
Be careful whom you follow! Many Christians are praising and lauding men but rarely do they do this with Jesus Christ.
Many Christians are being deceived by famous false converts because they lack the discernment that comes from the Holy Spirit. Since so many are clouded in their thinking by what they want and like they have an inability to see the truth. Often they defend things and people as good when they are not good at all. Decisions about people and events are mostly based on emotions rather than depth of discernment and knowledge of the word. Sometimes these emotions are based on a love of traditions and motivational speaking than on reality.
God commands us to judge righteous judgment. Many people do not have discernment about evil because they do not know their Bibles. Here are some verses that might help with this understanding. There is no way to have wisdom without judging matters and discerning people. In order to know right from wrong and good people from evil people, we must know the scriptures and the heart of God. God judges the heart and He lives in born again believers. The Holy Spirit would never allow me to believe something about someone that was not true.
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 "…14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.…"
2 Timothy 3:1-5
“Difficult Times Will Come”
3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, [a]haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of [b]godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.
Hebrews 5:13-14 "…13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil."
In order to have wisdom, we must be able to discern the character of a person to know if they are of God or not.
Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
1 John 4:1-6
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. ..."
Then there are those who confess Jesus, not Jesus Christ, they always leave off the title that makes Him God, but there is no fruit, no repentance, and no commitment to His Word. There is only hype, emotional outbursts for effect, and little if any substance.
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
Be careful whom you follow! Many Christians are praising and lauding men but rarely do they do this with Jesus Christ.
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