Tuesday, December 16, 2025
God Brings the Increase Not Us
We are not responsible for the reactions to the truth we share; we are only responsible for speaking it!
Christmas a Great Deception
There are too many deceptions in the Christian church today to list them all here. My suggestion is for every believer to ask God to show them what are decpetions and which are truth and be willing to believe the truth even if it strips you of all your friends and family.
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.”
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."
1 Timothy 4:1-3 "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."
Romans 10:3 "Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness."
2 Timothy 3:8 "Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith."
Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."
Romans 8:4-6 "4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 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. 6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,"
Philippians 3:19 "Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things."
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.”
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."
1 Timothy 4:1-3 "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."
Romans 10:3 "Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness."
2 Timothy 3:8 "Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith."
Isaiah 29:13 "Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."
Romans 8:4-6 "4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 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. 6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,"
Philippians 3:19 "Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things."
He Must Transform Us for Us to be Saved
We cannot change our own life; we must have Christ Jesus transform our character so that our desires will be His desires. When we try to change ourselves without Christ, we become prideful, and it is deceptive, because the change is fleshly rather than Spiritual.
Ephesians 2:9-10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life."
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 trusted in Christ, He responds to that faith in Him by transforming us on the inside. We no longer think the same way we thought before. Our faith in Christ must go beyond just wanting Him to save us, it must be an inense desire for Him to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Appearances don't count, pretend goodness does not count, only Christ's change in us will count and then He gets all the glory and we get none.
Before we were born again, we loved the fleshly things and thought we were good people. After we were born again, we realized just how sinful we were, pride fell off, and was replaced by humility.
If stubborn pride remains after someone decides to become a Christian, then very likely they were never born again. They merely joined the group and attempted to become what they thought they should, not based on the Bible but based on the culture.
Believe me when I say the "cultural Christianity" barely resembles the transformed heart of the authentically born-again believer who was changed by Christ.
Ephesians 1:12-14 "…12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. 13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth— the gospel of your salvation— you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
Ephesians 2:9-10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life."
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 trusted in Christ, He responds to that faith in Him by transforming us on the inside. We no longer think the same way we thought before. Our faith in Christ must go beyond just wanting Him to save us, it must be an inense desire for Him to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Appearances don't count, pretend goodness does not count, only Christ's change in us will count and then He gets all the glory and we get none.
Before we were born again, we loved the fleshly things and thought we were good people. After we were born again, we realized just how sinful we were, pride fell off, and was replaced by humility.
If stubborn pride remains after someone decides to become a Christian, then very likely they were never born again. They merely joined the group and attempted to become what they thought they should, not based on the Bible but based on the culture.
Believe me when I say the "cultural Christianity" barely resembles the transformed heart of the authentically born-again believer who was changed by Christ.
Ephesians 1:12-14 "…12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. 13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth— the gospel of your salvation— you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
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