God's Will for Woman

In terms of men and women on the field of sports together I have this to say; it is ridiculous to think that women are generally as strong as men. Men have muscles in different places than women do because their job in life is different. NOT less than, but different, each one has a function.

Narcissists think if you are not just like them you are worthless. The women's libbers think if they cannot be what men are they are worthless so they pretend they are like men. Sadly, they don't know that each gender is special and carries with it talents the other does not have.

Women have demeaned themselves by pretending a woman's role is less than a man's. Men used to treat women with respect and honor for their gentile spirit and nurturing way. Because women have become crass and mean-spirited they are being treated with more disrespect than they were before.

I am not saying women were treated better back in the day, just that they were seen as valuable and to be protected by men. Now the men demand they be doing things that they were not designed to do.

I was not concerned about foolish women embracing women's lib stances, but I do resent them placing pressure on me to become like them. "Do what you want, but do not think you have a right to make me into you" was my thinking. Sadly too many weak-willed women went along with women's lib to be accepted in their culture.

I am here to tell you if you are a woman who chose to do things God's way and remain the manager of the home, you were and will be demeaned, ignored and mocked for your personal choice.

I am convinced women's lib types knew they were doing wrong in leaving the home to have their own money, their own career and their own life even though they had a houseful of people at home who needed them because they work so hard to force others to be just like them. This is an act of someone who is insecure in their own skin, they are not really convinced because they cannot stand alone in it.

Those women who are strong and can follow their convictions have no need to mock or demean others to come to their side. They are content to do their own thing no matter who or if anyone goes with them. The weak ones went to work to have acceptance and the strong ones followed their heart to obey God.

Proverbs 31: to find God's will for the married woman.

His Work, His Work, His Work

Amen, notice that all this is His work in us!!! That is so important to remember! He will only change the heart of someone who wants to be changed by Him.

And, notice that as born-again believers we have the strong desire to teach others what God has taught us. Everyone who is born again ought to be sharing what they have learned from the Lord.

The Heart is not Different from the Outer Actions

Difficulties in life do not create the heart condition, they only reveal it.

Actions and Attitudes Prove the Heart Condition

1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

I believe the word "confess" here means to confess with our lives. We confess with our words but it doesn't stop there, our lives will prove if the mouth confession was real.

If the confession of our mouth leads to a changed life then the words were authentic. If the confession with our mouth does not lead to a changed life then the words were a lie.

God will only change the heart of a person who wants to be changed. Those who love their sin, refusing to consider their need for a changed life He will not save.

To deny the words of the Bible to live as one pleases is the same as denying Jesus Christ no matter what their mouth says.

Jesus Christ is the very essence of His own words. He being, His character and His actions are all wrapped up in His Words. To deny His Words is to deny Him.

Romans 10:9

"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

Confessing with our mouth and believing in our heart leads to righteous living. It is only the beginning but is not exclusive. An authentic confession with our mouth will lead to a lifestyle confession of trusting in Christ. We confess with our life, the evidence that Christ changed us into a new creation.

Pretenders want their words to be enough, they love to "appear" righteous without any life change, these people God will not change, they are those who are in danger of Matthew 7:21-23.

Matthew 7:21-23

I Never Knew You

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.’"

If you want to be born again you must not only confess and believe but you must trust in Christ for your salvation as well as the change He will make in you. If there has been no change then there has not been a born-again experience.

Matthew 23:5-6 "5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. 6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,…"

Those who count on their appearances of righteous deeds to win men to their side are acting like Pharisees.

Matthew 23:27-28

27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."

We cannot act differently on the outside from what is on the inside. If a person ever says, and they will at some point, that God overlooks my sin and looks in my heart, they are saying that as long as they think good thoughts it doesn't matter what they do.

The problem with this is that they fail to realize that when God changes our heart into a new creation He changes our actions, the way we think determines our actions and attitudes.

We cannot have a different heart from our actions. If we act sinfully then there is sin in the heart. If there is continual defending of sin then the heart was never changed.

Last important thought! God will not change into a new creation anyone who loves their sin and refuses to confess it to be cleansed by Him.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Pretender or Authentically Changed?

When we become born again at the hand of Jesus Christ He changes us into a new creation. We choose that He does this but the work is all His.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

When we have desired to be cleansed and want the Holy Spirit to dwell in us then He begins the process of making us into something brand new and completely different. We no longer think the way we used to, our thoughts become His thoughts. We do not desire sin anymore but desire to be like Him.

This is confusing to some because there are so many people who claim to be Christian but have no desire to be changed by Christ. They prefer their sin but want to believe they are saved. These people are not born again, they only want to appear so. Matthew 7:21-23""

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 will not change anyone who does not want to be changed and He will not dwell in anyone who does not love Him. Those who want to remain sinful without remorse for their sin do not have the Holy Spirit and are not born again.

We are trapped in this sinful body, but we don't have to live according to that body of death. We can walk according to the Holy Spirit Whom God put in us for that purpose, to be holy as He is holy. Anyone who says they are a Christian but loves their sin, does not love the brethren, and fights to defend sin, is not born again.

We live in a world of pretenders now more than ever. These pretenders have a form of religion but deny God in that religion. They do not have a relationship with Christ they only think they are going to escape hell but are moving toward it if they will not repent, confess their sin and be changed by Christ.

Those who cannot confess sin to others and to Christ cannot have a humble spirit that will be changed by Christ. When Christ changes us we become tender and sensitive toward Him while hating any sin in us.

Romans 12:9

"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."

Proverbs 8:13

"The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate."

When you encounter someone who fights and argues to defend their sin, even acting in disrespectful ways because you use the Scripture to show them the sin they love, are those who have not confessed to be cleansed.

Some of these people use scriptures and speak eloquently at times, but they have only learned how to sound like a Christian without having been humbled to admit their own sinfulness.

The church gatherings are full of these people as we march toward the last days of apostasy. They still love their sin, they use the scriptures out of context to justify themselves but they remain inwardly ravenous wolves.

Matthew 23:26-28 "…26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside, you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."

If you are one of these pretenders you must repent becoming authentically born again through the changing power of the Holy Spirit. Your acts of righteousness or fine words are not proof you have confessed your sinfulness or that you have the heart of Christ. Many people can pretend, play-act and sound good without ever being born again.

Matthew 3:2,10-12

"And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…"