Saturday, September 14, 2024
Expunge the Frenemies
There is a a pervasive circumstance now, for people to be surrounded by others who have no love for them.
There is a new term now, "frenimies", these are people who are friends but act like enemies. This is just how bad the world is becoming, so many keep friends who are enemies merely to have someone to hang out with. I prefer to be alone than to be surrounded by frenimies.
The world is becoming so evil that it is difficult to find those who are actual friends who love you. Friends who weep with you, laugh with you and desire to be with you. The world had to devise a new term to fit the world we live in, "frenimies."
As born again believers we never have to settle for "frenimies" we can have real friends. They will be few and we will not be with them often because they are so far from where we live often. They are precious to us, they walk with Christ and love us the way Christ loves us.
Expunge the "frenimies" from your life, they will work against Christ and bring chaos and torment continually for no other reason than to watch you squirm.
These "frenemies" have redefined many of the words in the Bible to mean what they wish them to mean.
Forgiveness has been redefined to mean we absolve wicked people of their sin even when they are not sorry so they will like us.
Marriage has been redefined to mean one man and woman at a time. And, between sames genders.
Sin has been redefined to mean anything that makes someone else feel bad about their behavior.
The truth is this:
God said forgiveness is only for those who are repentant and willing to confess their sin.
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."
Marriage is between one man and one woman for life, no one such thing as dissolving a marriage that God made into one.
Mark 10:9 …8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Meaning no man can separate what God joined.
Sin is what God says it is, not what man decides.
John 14:15-16 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…"
What are God's commandments? Answer: Everything God had written down in His book, the Bible.
1 John 5:3
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."
When we are born again we have a teachable heart. We love the things of the Lord and desire to be pleasing to Him. John 14:21
"Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
When we see arrogance, resistance to correction and continual contempt for those who speak the truth, this is a very big clue that the person who does this was never born again.
John 16:8 " 8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;…"
When a nonbeliever is convicted by the Holy Spirit in someone else their response is to rage and execute revenge.
1 Corinthians 14:24
"But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,"
We are not to call out the unbeliever, but we are to call out the person who claims to be a believer so that they do not come into the body with false doctrine causing unholy division.
1 Corinthians 5:12-13 "…12 What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”"
There is a new term now, "frenimies", these are people who are friends but act like enemies. This is just how bad the world is becoming, so many keep friends who are enemies merely to have someone to hang out with. I prefer to be alone than to be surrounded by frenimies.
The world is becoming so evil that it is difficult to find those who are actual friends who love you. Friends who weep with you, laugh with you and desire to be with you. The world had to devise a new term to fit the world we live in, "frenimies."
As born again believers we never have to settle for "frenimies" we can have real friends. They will be few and we will not be with them often because they are so far from where we live often. They are precious to us, they walk with Christ and love us the way Christ loves us.
Expunge the "frenimies" from your life, they will work against Christ and bring chaos and torment continually for no other reason than to watch you squirm.
These "frenemies" have redefined many of the words in the Bible to mean what they wish them to mean.
Forgiveness has been redefined to mean we absolve wicked people of their sin even when they are not sorry so they will like us.
Marriage has been redefined to mean one man and woman at a time. And, between sames genders.
Sin has been redefined to mean anything that makes someone else feel bad about their behavior.
The truth is this:
God said forgiveness is only for those who are repentant and willing to confess their sin.
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."
Marriage is between one man and one woman for life, no one such thing as dissolving a marriage that God made into one.
Mark 10:9 …8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Meaning no man can separate what God joined.
Sin is what God says it is, not what man decides.
John 14:15-16 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…"
What are God's commandments? Answer: Everything God had written down in His book, the Bible.
1 John 5:3
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."
When we are born again we have a teachable heart. We love the things of the Lord and desire to be pleasing to Him. John 14:21
"Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
When we see arrogance, resistance to correction and continual contempt for those who speak the truth, this is a very big clue that the person who does this was never born again.
John 16:8 " 8 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;…"
When a nonbeliever is convicted by the Holy Spirit in someone else their response is to rage and execute revenge.
1 Corinthians 14:24
"But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,"
We are not to call out the unbeliever, but we are to call out the person who claims to be a believer so that they do not come into the body with false doctrine causing unholy division.
1 Corinthians 5:12-13 "…12 What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”"
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