We don't need to Figure it out for Ourselves, Let the Holy Spirit Speak!

There is a teaching that says we must be careful how we say things so that people will receive it. There is no such verse in the Bible describing this method.

Jesus Christ spoke everything perfectly and they killed Him. It's not about figuring out how to say something in our flesh, it's about being led by the Holy Spirit. We are not called to have results we are called only to obey.

2 Samuel 23:2

“The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,

And His word was on my tongue."

Mark 13:11

Verse Concepts

When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.

Acts 6:10

"But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking."

Just because we speak something with the desire that someone will trust in Christ is no guarantee that the person will receive it.

God said in the last days people will not listen, for the most part, in fact, it is only a remnant who will listen and receive.

2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"

Obedience is far more important than results. The results belong to God alone.

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

New American Standard Bible

6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. 7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. 8 Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own [a]reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s [b]field, God’s building.

Those who worry about how to say something often never speak out of fear they will not do it right. They are depending on their fleshly divides instead of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 10:19-20 "19 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. 20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.…"

Get rid of the Pride to Grow in Holiness!

Rather than comparing yourself to others compare yourself to God, this will dispel any sense of pride in ourselves.

Come as you are to be changed into a new creation forever!!!!

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Grace for Salvation not the Freedom to Sin

The grace was to grant forgiveness for those who are repentant. Grace will not be shown to those who reject Christ. And, the grace was for salvation, not freedom to sin.

Romans 6:1-2

"6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"

God forbids sin as a demonstration of grace. Sin is spitting in the face of God's grace.

Those who say the sin does not matter because we are under grace are repeating the devil's lies.

Because we are under grace we have the power of the Holy Spirit within us to resist sin and live and grow in holiness.

"In Christian theology, the spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine favour in the salvation of sinners, and the divine influence operating in individuals for their regeneration and sanctification."

Author Unknown to me.

Someone who says we can sin because of grace defies a whole lo of the bible.

1 John 3:7-9 "…7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.…"

Friends Lost are not Real Friends

I have lost friends over the years, in every single case, it was because of disagreements about theology or those who were pretenders in the church who walked away from their faith.

Over the years I realized that when someone cannot love you because you disagree on something, or because you have exposed false teaching, then I am confident they were never your friend.

Friends don't treat friends disrespectfully merely over a disagreement. Nor to authentically changed born-again believers walk away from Christ.

In these days of apostasy when people are dedicated to politics, this world, and their enjoyment of life, it will be difficult to find believers who love Christ more than they love anyone else including themselves.

John 15:12-14 "12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.…"

Luke 14:26-27 "26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters— yes, even his own life— he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.…'

Those who desire to follow Christ with their entire being will experience rejection and abandonment. Do not be surprised and above all have such a heavenly perspective that it only hurts a little when we are rejected, if at all.

As we mature in Christ and love Him more than anyone or anything else our emotional responses to rejection, mocking and demeaning will have little to no effect on us.

But in order to get to this point of loving God more than the world we must spend time with Him, speak to Him and about Him throughout the day. If our prayer is weak and our attention to His word is scanty, we will not be strong when the storms come.

Jude 1:19-20 "…19 These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.…'"