Saturday, June 7, 2025
People are Infectious
People are infectious; they will influence those they spend the most time with, either for good or for evil. This includes us; we affect the thinking of others, too. Because righteousness is rare in our day, the greater influence over people will be attitudes that dishonor and disgust God.
This is why God said:
1 Corinthians 15:33 "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."
2 Timothy 3:1-5 " 1 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, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
We are living in the end times when we are going to have to avoid more people because the culture as a whole is infected with bad manners and rude misinterpretations for a sense of control over others.
If someone's general demeanor is crass and rude, then we cannot associate with them. They will either cause us to become like them or they will silence our righteous mentality.
We must choose friends who love the ways of God and will walk the path we have chosen with us. The path of love for God and a desire to be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Most people in our day mock at this, even gossiping against it just as those did in the days when Christ walked the earth.
Matthew 24:12
"Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
Romans 1:29-31
"They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless."
Often, these ways are so subtle and common that we miss them, thinking what God detests is normal. If we follow the culture, we will not be following Christ. If we follow Christ, the culture will despise us.
Even those who claim to be Christian are religious but they are not born-again. They follow the ways of cultural Christianity while denying more of God's Word than they obey.
2 Timothy 4:3
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
If we keep company with those who are in rebellion against God's Word we will either go silent to keep the peace or we will begin to think like those who dishonor God.
God said, "Two cannot walk together who are not agreed. If we go silent to be liked by people, we will not honor God but will support what God hates by our censoring of the truth.
Being alone is far better than walking with those who hate our God and silence our Truth.
This is why God said:
1 Corinthians 15:33 "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."
2 Timothy 3:1-5 " 1 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, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
We are living in the end times when we are going to have to avoid more people because the culture as a whole is infected with bad manners and rude misinterpretations for a sense of control over others.
If someone's general demeanor is crass and rude, then we cannot associate with them. They will either cause us to become like them or they will silence our righteous mentality.
We must choose friends who love the ways of God and will walk the path we have chosen with us. The path of love for God and a desire to be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Most people in our day mock at this, even gossiping against it just as those did in the days when Christ walked the earth.
Matthew 24:12
"Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
Romans 1:29-31
"They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless."
Often, these ways are so subtle and common that we miss them, thinking what God detests is normal. If we follow the culture, we will not be following Christ. If we follow Christ, the culture will despise us.
Even those who claim to be Christian are religious but they are not born-again. They follow the ways of cultural Christianity while denying more of God's Word than they obey.
2 Timothy 4:3
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"
If we keep company with those who are in rebellion against God's Word we will either go silent to keep the peace or we will begin to think like those who dishonor God.
God said, "Two cannot walk together who are not agreed. If we go silent to be liked by people, we will not honor God but will support what God hates by our censoring of the truth.
Being alone is far better than walking with those who hate our God and silence our Truth.
Technology Taking the World Closer to the Antichrist Rule
The world's system is in place now to monitor every person in the world and everything they purchase. I am convinced that the time will soon come when everyone will order the food they are allowed by the government, and it will be delivered to their homes. If they do not have the mark of the beast, they will not be allowed to order any food.
We are now entering the phase when people are beginning to order already prepared food to their door rather than having to go shop for it and then cook it. They just heat it up in the microwave without any food preparation.
This process is beginning now, even if it is not associated with the beast, it will be in place and used by the beast when he finally presents himself as the one who will save the world from all its troubles.
Every person in the world can be tracked at any time, every purchase can be tracked, and every activity monitored.
Who would have thought 40 years ago that everyone would carry their phone in their pocket and that phone would track their every move?
I remember as a child thinking how great it would be if we could actually see the person we were talking to on the phone. We had a rotary phone and no such thing as an answering machine. We had to be home to answer it, and if we were not, we didn't know if anyone called. Now we can see those we talk to on the phone we keep in our pockets.
There was no such thing as a private number; everyone had "party lines" when several families had the same phone number, but each family had its own ring. One family would know the call was for them because it had one ring, another family knew theirs by the two rings that came to their phone. And, all the families on one party could listen in on the other's conversations.
Now we can see the name of the person calling before we answer, and their phone number appears so that we can return the call if we miss it.
Many people didn't even have a phone in the beginning; they didn't want to pay for service for what they thought was frivolous. Now, the poorest of the poor have a phone they carry with them all the time.
We don't have to talk to someone on our phones; we can text them, as a way of controlling the length of time we spend communicating with others. While this can be a good thing, it also, at times, causes people to engage more rudely with one another.
There are many good things about the phones we have now; they can even tell us which way to go when we are traveling. They know where we are, even if our phones are turned off. There is a sense of safety knowing if anything happens to us, we will be able to call for help without having to walk for miles to find someone.
In preparation for the end times and the one world government, more satellites have been placed in the sky to handle all the technology that is multiplying exponentially.
With all this technology, there comes a cost in relationships. Often, people have no sense of rudeness when they ignore those in front of them to gaze at their phone nonstop. They use their phone as entertainment, satisfied that they are not communicating with anyone in any meaningful way.
I get the sense that we are rapidly moving toward individuals caring little to nothing about one another as long as they have their basic needs met by the powers that be. Phone, food, housing, and clothing will be all that people care about in the last days leading up to the antichrist's rule.
Individualism has fostered selfishness and distrust of anyone who brings a moral standard of living. Authentic Christians are being mocked, demeaned, and rejected as the world grows spiritually and emotionally darker.
The Bible told us all this would happen. What an incredible blessing to be living in times when we are watching prophecy play out in real time.
1 Peter 4:11-13 "11 If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory."
Do not be discouraged, but be encouraged, looking for Christ to come for us soon!
We are now entering the phase when people are beginning to order already prepared food to their door rather than having to go shop for it and then cook it. They just heat it up in the microwave without any food preparation.
This process is beginning now, even if it is not associated with the beast, it will be in place and used by the beast when he finally presents himself as the one who will save the world from all its troubles.
Every person in the world can be tracked at any time, every purchase can be tracked, and every activity monitored.
Who would have thought 40 years ago that everyone would carry their phone in their pocket and that phone would track their every move?
I remember as a child thinking how great it would be if we could actually see the person we were talking to on the phone. We had a rotary phone and no such thing as an answering machine. We had to be home to answer it, and if we were not, we didn't know if anyone called. Now we can see those we talk to on the phone we keep in our pockets.
There was no such thing as a private number; everyone had "party lines" when several families had the same phone number, but each family had its own ring. One family would know the call was for them because it had one ring, another family knew theirs by the two rings that came to their phone. And, all the families on one party could listen in on the other's conversations.
Now we can see the name of the person calling before we answer, and their phone number appears so that we can return the call if we miss it.
Many people didn't even have a phone in the beginning; they didn't want to pay for service for what they thought was frivolous. Now, the poorest of the poor have a phone they carry with them all the time.
We don't have to talk to someone on our phones; we can text them, as a way of controlling the length of time we spend communicating with others. While this can be a good thing, it also, at times, causes people to engage more rudely with one another.
There are many good things about the phones we have now; they can even tell us which way to go when we are traveling. They know where we are, even if our phones are turned off. There is a sense of safety knowing if anything happens to us, we will be able to call for help without having to walk for miles to find someone.
In preparation for the end times and the one world government, more satellites have been placed in the sky to handle all the technology that is multiplying exponentially.
With all this technology, there comes a cost in relationships. Often, people have no sense of rudeness when they ignore those in front of them to gaze at their phone nonstop. They use their phone as entertainment, satisfied that they are not communicating with anyone in any meaningful way.
I get the sense that we are rapidly moving toward individuals caring little to nothing about one another as long as they have their basic needs met by the powers that be. Phone, food, housing, and clothing will be all that people care about in the last days leading up to the antichrist's rule.
Individualism has fostered selfishness and distrust of anyone who brings a moral standard of living. Authentic Christians are being mocked, demeaned, and rejected as the world grows spiritually and emotionally darker.
The Bible told us all this would happen. What an incredible blessing to be living in times when we are watching prophecy play out in real time.
1 Peter 4:11-13 "11 If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory."
Do not be discouraged, but be encouraged, looking for Christ to come for us soon!
The Blessings of Doing Things God's Way
Confession of sin and forgiveness are not just a feeling that most people think it is; it is a reconciling of a relationship when both parties want it. The offender seeks to be forgiven, and the offended wants to forgive because of a show of remorse on the part of the offender.
Mercy is for those who are sorry and desire to change their behavior. Those who are ashamed of their own bad behavior and want to be different will obtain mercy. Those who have no desire to change their behavior are not extended mercy; they wouldn't know what to do with it.
Matthew 5:7-12 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
This passage in Matthew 5, is not one-sided, the offender who is not sorry is not showing mercy or understanding, he too is included in this passage. Why do we require mercy from the one who was offended toward the one who is not sorry? It is satan's lie to guilt anyone who has been wounded to just "suck it up" while the evil-doer is coddled and forgiven even when they are not sorry and continue in their hateful conduct.
Unrepentant people are not merciful, they will not receive mercy, they are not pure of heart, and they are not peacemakers.
Showing mercy to an unrepentant sinner only solidifies their sinful attitude, further hardening their heart. God does not show mercy to those who reject Him. He instructs us to remove ourselves from those who continually offend without remorse.
1 Corinthians 5:13 "“Expel the wicked man from among you.”
2 Timothy 3:5 "avoid such people as these."
Read the entire passage to see the context and then look up all the passages God gives about dealing with wicked unrepentant people. We give them the gospel and if they reject it we move on, we do not keep continual company with those who are rebellious without remorse.
The modern idea that if we show the unrepentant mercy, they will like us and Jesus and change their ways is psychological thinking based on Darwinism.
Darwinism teaches that we are only animals responding to stimuli. If the stimuli is good, then the animal will be friendly; if the stimuli is bad, then the animal will be mean.
We are not animals operating from instinct. We are human beings with a depraved heart that only understands discipline that corrects behavior, and even then, the behavior can't change while the heart remains wicked. Behavior can be modified to some degree to fit into society, but it always emerges during stressful or challenging times.
We see this often when someone who everyone thought was a good person suddenly, without warning, turns mean toward those they don't like. All this means is that the person pretending to be good was hiding their real selves until the pile of bitterness within them becomes too burdensome, then the wickedness emerges in response to any challenge.
Isaiah 59:2
"But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear."
Proverbs 28:9
"Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
James 4:3
"And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures."
John 9:31
"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will."
1 Peter 3:12
"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
This is why we see old people appear to have become more angry and contentious in their elder years; they no longer have the strength or desire to hide their real selves.
This ought to be a warning for all of us to develop a Christ-like mentality within us all our lives, continually being changed by Christ as we seek Him, so that the elder years are a blessing to others and remain a witness to the kindness of God. When our real self emerges during the aging years, it will be sweeter and kinder. When our real selves emerge, it will be the character of Christ, nothing of ourselves.
John 3:30-35
"30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “He who comes from above is above all; the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 What He has seen and heard, of this He testifies; and no one accepts His testimony.
33 The one who has accepted His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 For He whom God sent speaks the words of God; for He does not give the Spirit sparingly.
35 The Father loves the Son and has entrusted all things to His hand."
May we have a more intense fruit of the Spirit as we age!
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Mercy is for those who are sorry and desire to change their behavior. Those who are ashamed of their own bad behavior and want to be different will obtain mercy. Those who have no desire to change their behavior are not extended mercy; they wouldn't know what to do with it.
Matthew 5:7-12 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
This passage in Matthew 5, is not one-sided, the offender who is not sorry is not showing mercy or understanding, he too is included in this passage. Why do we require mercy from the one who was offended toward the one who is not sorry? It is satan's lie to guilt anyone who has been wounded to just "suck it up" while the evil-doer is coddled and forgiven even when they are not sorry and continue in their hateful conduct.
Unrepentant people are not merciful, they will not receive mercy, they are not pure of heart, and they are not peacemakers.
Showing mercy to an unrepentant sinner only solidifies their sinful attitude, further hardening their heart. God does not show mercy to those who reject Him. He instructs us to remove ourselves from those who continually offend without remorse.
1 Corinthians 5:13 "“Expel the wicked man from among you.”
2 Timothy 3:5 "avoid such people as these."
Read the entire passage to see the context and then look up all the passages God gives about dealing with wicked unrepentant people. We give them the gospel and if they reject it we move on, we do not keep continual company with those who are rebellious without remorse.
The modern idea that if we show the unrepentant mercy, they will like us and Jesus and change their ways is psychological thinking based on Darwinism.
Darwinism teaches that we are only animals responding to stimuli. If the stimuli is good, then the animal will be friendly; if the stimuli is bad, then the animal will be mean.
We are not animals operating from instinct. We are human beings with a depraved heart that only understands discipline that corrects behavior, and even then, the behavior can't change while the heart remains wicked. Behavior can be modified to some degree to fit into society, but it always emerges during stressful or challenging times.
We see this often when someone who everyone thought was a good person suddenly, without warning, turns mean toward those they don't like. All this means is that the person pretending to be good was hiding their real selves until the pile of bitterness within them becomes too burdensome, then the wickedness emerges in response to any challenge.
Isaiah 59:2
"But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear."
Proverbs 28:9
"Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
James 4:3
"And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures."
John 9:31
"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will."
1 Peter 3:12
"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
This is why we see old people appear to have become more angry and contentious in their elder years; they no longer have the strength or desire to hide their real selves.
This ought to be a warning for all of us to develop a Christ-like mentality within us all our lives, continually being changed by Christ as we seek Him, so that the elder years are a blessing to others and remain a witness to the kindness of God. When our real self emerges during the aging years, it will be sweeter and kinder. When our real selves emerge, it will be the character of Christ, nothing of ourselves.
John 3:30-35
"30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “He who comes from above is above all; the one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 What He has seen and heard, of this He testifies; and no one accepts His testimony.
33 The one who has accepted His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 For He whom God sent speaks the words of God; for He does not give the Spirit sparingly.
35 The Father loves the Son and has entrusted all things to His hand."
May we have a more intense fruit of the Spirit as we age!
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
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