So many people are staunch conservatives, attend large churches every week, but never speak the name of Jesus Christ.
They equate Christianity with conservatism and rule following, but have nothing to say about the principles and commands of Christ unless it is to justify their own desires.
In fact, most of the people who are like this have very committed views about politics as though they have placed their trust in the system and their votes more than in Christ.
Some of them have forbidden women to speak of Christ because of their gender, but have no problem with their wives speaking about politics.
Don't we speak about what is important to us? Why would politics be more important than Christ? Or, why would anything about this world be more important than Christ?
Could it be said that the interest in politics outweighs interest in Christ because safety and personal control over life are what are more important?
God said: "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's", meaning we are to pay our taxes as required by the government and obey the laws of the land that do not disobey God.
Our country has been trained for several generations now that we are good citizens if we vote because of this passage in the Bible about taxes. Those who do not vote are chastised for not being responsible citizens of this country.
However, there is one problem with equating the paying of taxes with voting. The problem is that it is the law of the land that we pay our taxes and is Biblically based, but voting is not a law of the land and is not mentioned in the Bible; it is a choice. Those who choose not to vote are not breaking any law.
This is the reason I say with conviction that if someone is a Christian and chooses not to vote, they are in right standing with God. Just as those who choose to vote may also be in right standing with God.
God has allowed this country to have a vote to show us where our heart is as a country. The country as a whole places its trust in the system of government and its own desires, but they do not place its trust in God. We know this because there is more complaining about the government and politics than there are praises to God for His provision and purpose.
Notice the mantra on our money? "In God we trust." Think about it, why has this been placed on the money and not on the facade of every government building?
I do not trust in our government or our money; I trust in Christ alone. God may take away our form of government and even our money, but neither will affect my walk with Christ. Removal of everything that is comfortable might cause the authentic born-again beleivers to become stronger in their faith, while those who are not authentic believers will abandon their faith when the going gets rough.
When people place their trust in the government, or their power over the government, they will be continually frustrated because the world as a whole does not think with the mind of Christ, nor do most Christians in our day.
We talk the most about those things that are the most important to us. Many people around the world are not allowed to vote, and many are persecuted in their countries for their faith in Christ.
These people tend to be far more dedicated to Christ than American Christians. They have everything to lose by following Christ. Americans have almost nothing to lose, except family members. The worst Americans can expect is to be excluded from events or mean looks when they mention Christ. Believers in other countries can expect to lose their lives, even tortured for their faith.
Sadly, superficial believers who are dedicated to their politics often engage in arguments that demean those who do not do what they do, pertaining to voting or activism.
I am not against activism under the direction of the Holy Spirit or voting also under the direction of the Holy Spirit. What I am dismayed in is the arrogance that others are pressured to engage in the same things or be rejected if they do not, when the things expected have not been commanded in Scripture.
Chastising someone should be reserved for sin and deviation from the Word of God. Everything judged must be according to the Word of God.
Colossians 2:16 "Therefore, no one is to act as your judge in regard to food and drink, or in respect to a festival or a new moon, or a Sabbath day—"
This seems applicable to anyone judging us on things that God never commanded, things based on human desires and cultural rules.
John 16:22 "22 Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you."
Do not tell anyone I am against voting or not voting; this was not the message here. I am saying we need to stop judging others on things God never addressed. Yes, there are principles that are not specific but apply to how we live our lives; this is not the same as adding to God's Word things He never said.
Bottom line; seek Christ in all things, depend on the Holy Spirit for your guidance, and you will not become fleshly in your judging of others.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Rejecting God's Principles about Marriage Ruins Relationships
Rejecting or ignoring God's principles and commands in the Bible is equivalent to rejecting Christ.
It has been my experience that those who are rebellious will attempt to find something against those who bring the Word of God. They are convicted by the challenge to reconsider their own disobedience. Instead of repenting, they make up lies about those who will not go along with their false idea of Christianity.
John 14:14-16 "14 If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. 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."
Those who walk disobediently always pick and choose which things they want to believe from the Bible and pressure others to follow those things while ignoring other commands, even punishing those who believe in following all the commands.
Sadly, those who walk disobediently will add ideas and verbiage to the Bible that God never placed in His Word. They negate other things God placed there and treat their beliefs as commands from God.
1 John 2:3-5 "By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
When the pretenders cannot sway us from the Word of God, they will attempt to ruin our reputation with others so that we have no support system. They think if they punish us for believing in God's Word, we will give up and follow them. Or, at the very least they will be able to gain other pretenders to their side to be able to feel justified in their rude treatment of those who do not accept their ways.
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.”
In our day, new traditions have cropped up over the past 50 years, defying God's Word pertaining to the permanency of marriage and even the relationship between husband and wife.
Those who take marriage lightly will endorse divorce and remarriage based on the false teachings about it, but thrust upon others a false teaching of patriarchal hierarchy that ruins relationships and negates the important role of women in their home and relationships.
There is leadership in the home, leadership by example and through teaching, but these false teachers support rude oppressiveness to minimize the contribution to the family, causing disrespect and dishonor.
They say "honor your father and mother," but promote honoring only the father while negating the mother. I am not a fan of women's lib; it is an abomination to God's Work in the family. However, I can see how ungodly women would take offense to this ill treatment of women, rather than seeking God on how to rise above it in a godly manner.
When women are treated with the delicacy and respect God commanded, they would not feel the sense to "fight back", they would feel loved and honored, able to carry out their role as manager of the home with great joy.
Colossians 2:8 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ."
It is the practice of narcissists to take scripture out of context to make it say what they want as a control mechanism. There is no love in this ungodly control over others, only oppression and sadness.
Here is what God says about the marriage relationship;
1 Peter 3:7-8 " 7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.…"
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless."
Colossians 3:19 "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
Proverbs 31:10-31 "A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life."
If a man honors his wife "far above rubies", he will see her value and be an example to the rest of the family; they will follow his lead in honor of their mother.
Ephesians 5:22-24 "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."
Women are to submit to their husbands when they obey the Lord, never when they disobey Him. They are to help counsel him when he strays from the Word of God. If he rejects this and refuses to discuss a problem area then he disobeys God. The wife is to go to God with this concern and refuse to disobey God herself. When she obeys a man who disobeys God she is complicit. Let's not forget Ananias and Sapphira!
Acts 5:1-11 Sapphira obeyed her husband, going along with him to defraud the Holy Spirit and not only was her husband killed but she too was killed by God. Each one was responsible for their disobedience. God considered Sapphira as having conspired with her husband because she did not object to his sin.
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 "The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control."
The husband and wife work together, not separately. Even their physical relationship is a picture of mutual submission and respect.
Husbands and wives are to discuss matters of the relationship, allowing each one to be respected in their God given roles, different but equal. Both are to willingly support the other in their callings.
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Both husband and wife are created in God's image; to negate one and prefer the other is to defy the purposes of God in marriage.
Matthew 19:4-6 "Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Husband and wife are no longer two people but one in marriage. They each complete the other; their callings complement and support one another. The woman has talents and gifts different from the man and the man from the woman, but all come together to make the whole. The two are one; in our day of divorce and remarriage as the norm, Christians are negating God's word, pretending the two did not become one, and that God was not involved in the melding of two souls.
1 Corinthians 11:11-12 "In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. / For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God."
Neither husband nor wife is independent of the other, and one is not greater than or superior to the other; they are equal with roles that complement one another.
Some cultures teach that women are inferior and unworthy of respect and honor; these are pagan ideas, not from God. Sadly, this mentality has crept into the Christian church. Be aware of this because it is paganism, not Christianity.
May Christians stop following their culture in this matter of marriage and begin to obey God, it's all in His Word, but each one will need to consult the Holy Spirit because the culture is so messed up in this area of marriage, it has perverted the relationship and destroyed many.
It has been my experience that those who are rebellious will attempt to find something against those who bring the Word of God. They are convicted by the challenge to reconsider their own disobedience. Instead of repenting, they make up lies about those who will not go along with their false idea of Christianity.
John 14:14-16 "14 If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it. 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."
Those who walk disobediently always pick and choose which things they want to believe from the Bible and pressure others to follow those things while ignoring other commands, even punishing those who believe in following all the commands.
Sadly, those who walk disobediently will add ideas and verbiage to the Bible that God never placed in His Word. They negate other things God placed there and treat their beliefs as commands from God.
1 John 2:3-5 "By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
When the pretenders cannot sway us from the Word of God, they will attempt to ruin our reputation with others so that we have no support system. They think if they punish us for believing in God's Word, we will give up and follow them. Or, at the very least they will be able to gain other pretenders to their side to be able to feel justified in their rude treatment of those who do not accept their ways.
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.”
In our day, new traditions have cropped up over the past 50 years, defying God's Word pertaining to the permanency of marriage and even the relationship between husband and wife.
Those who take marriage lightly will endorse divorce and remarriage based on the false teachings about it, but thrust upon others a false teaching of patriarchal hierarchy that ruins relationships and negates the important role of women in their home and relationships.
There is leadership in the home, leadership by example and through teaching, but these false teachers support rude oppressiveness to minimize the contribution to the family, causing disrespect and dishonor.
They say "honor your father and mother," but promote honoring only the father while negating the mother. I am not a fan of women's lib; it is an abomination to God's Work in the family. However, I can see how ungodly women would take offense to this ill treatment of women, rather than seeking God on how to rise above it in a godly manner.
When women are treated with the delicacy and respect God commanded, they would not feel the sense to "fight back", they would feel loved and honored, able to carry out their role as manager of the home with great joy.
Colossians 2:8 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ."
It is the practice of narcissists to take scripture out of context to make it say what they want as a control mechanism. There is no love in this ungodly control over others, only oppression and sadness.
Here is what God says about the marriage relationship;
1 Peter 3:7-8 " 7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. 8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.…"
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless."
Colossians 3:19 "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
Proverbs 31:10-31 "A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life."
If a man honors his wife "far above rubies", he will see her value and be an example to the rest of the family; they will follow his lead in honor of their mother.
Ephesians 5:22-24 "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything."
Women are to submit to their husbands when they obey the Lord, never when they disobey Him. They are to help counsel him when he strays from the Word of God. If he rejects this and refuses to discuss a problem area then he disobeys God. The wife is to go to God with this concern and refuse to disobey God herself. When she obeys a man who disobeys God she is complicit. Let's not forget Ananias and Sapphira!
Acts 5:1-11 Sapphira obeyed her husband, going along with him to defraud the Holy Spirit and not only was her husband killed but she too was killed by God. Each one was responsible for their disobedience. God considered Sapphira as having conspired with her husband because she did not object to his sin.
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 "The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control."
The husband and wife work together, not separately. Even their physical relationship is a picture of mutual submission and respect.
Husbands and wives are to discuss matters of the relationship, allowing each one to be respected in their God given roles, different but equal. Both are to willingly support the other in their callings.
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Both husband and wife are created in God's image; to negate one and prefer the other is to defy the purposes of God in marriage.
Matthew 19:4-6 "Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Husband and wife are no longer two people but one in marriage. They each complete the other; their callings complement and support one another. The woman has talents and gifts different from the man and the man from the woman, but all come together to make the whole. The two are one; in our day of divorce and remarriage as the norm, Christians are negating God's word, pretending the two did not become one, and that God was not involved in the melding of two souls.
1 Corinthians 11:11-12 "In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. / For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God."
Neither husband nor wife is independent of the other, and one is not greater than or superior to the other; they are equal with roles that complement one another.
Some cultures teach that women are inferior and unworthy of respect and honor; these are pagan ideas, not from God. Sadly, this mentality has crept into the Christian church. Be aware of this because it is paganism, not Christianity.
May Christians stop following their culture in this matter of marriage and begin to obey God, it's all in His Word, but each one will need to consult the Holy Spirit because the culture is so messed up in this area of marriage, it has perverted the relationship and destroyed many.
Believing is Obeying
Rejecting or ignoring God's principles and commands in the Bible is the same as rejecting Christ.
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