Only Mature Christians Will Understand This…

Support with the Truth

I do not endorse or support what others do and say merely to "encourage them" as so many think is needed today.

Encouraging someone depends entirely on truth. If we encourage someone who is saying and doing wrong things that are against the Word of God just to make them feel good about themselves then we have supported untruth and encouraged someone in the wrong path for feelings sake and not for the sake of truth.

If someone can be discouraged by correction then they are very weak and self-absorbed. Correction when received with a humble and glad heart will strengthen the one who is being trained in righteousness.

If someone is so easily offended or discouraged by a correction then they need to confess their sin of self focus and begin trusting in Christ to move forward in holiness.

Proverbs 12:1

"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."

Perhaps those who fear correcting others honestly are worried more about others approving of them than they are about truth. Do we love others too much to allow them to believe error and then spread it to others who are unsuspecting?

When we consider that Christ is first in all things it is agonizing for us to hear things that displease Him. Because we love people more than ourselves and Christ more than people, we will be the most concerned about pleasing Jesus Christ Who lives in us while helping others to grow too.

Proverbs 15:32

Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."

To Pretend Christianity in the Flesh is to Remain Unsaved

So many "Christians" are doing their Christianity in the flesh who have never been born again. They decided to "become Christians" because it was a better more decent life but they have no real desire to love and please God.

Romans 8:14

"14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God."

Those who have been born again and love following the principles of Christ because they love Him frighten the cultural Christians who pride themselves in how good they think they are for "joining the right club."

No one who is born again came to Christ in joy, they came in brokenness over their sinfulness and desired to be changed by Christ into a completely different person.

John 10:8

"All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them."

John 10:9

"I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture."

Romans 8:8

"Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."

Romans 8:6

"For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace."

There are many "Christians" who are working hard to appear spiritual by their continual seminars and studies but are never able to come to the truth because they are attempting to come into the Kingdom by their own efforts thinking they will seem superior to people without seeking Christ to become like Him through the power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:6-8 "…6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.…"

2 Timothy 2:24-26 "24 The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, patient when wronged,

25 with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive [l]by him to do his will."

We are living in the last days of the apostasy, most people who attend church gatherings will not be saved but are pretenders who "have a form of religion but deny the power of God in their lifestyles and culture.

Proverbs 14:6

"A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands."

These pretenders love their worldly ways and wisdom that is from human understanding but not from God.

Those who understand because they seek Christ will be scorned and rejected by those who love their "religion" but do not love Christ.

Romans 8:13

"For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.:

Because we see so much of this religious apostasy every day it has become normal and confusing to those who do not know the Word of God. When we live our lives according to the "Christian culture" we will miss the wonderful truths God has for us and come to believe many things that make our walk with God weak and without power.

Romans 8:5

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit."

May everyone who names the name of Christ desire the Word of God to be their guide in all things. Believing Christ in them and not man who attempts to meld their culture with their religion devaluing the Word of God through their traditions of men.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

Revelation 2:3-5 "…3 Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. 4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. 5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.…"