Becoming Born Again is a Transformation by the Holy Spirit of our Heart

Perhaps this Year at the Marriage Supper

In another post about the wonderful miracle of the Jews returning to their homeland, I reflected on how much I relate to their feelings about going home finally.

 
Here's what I said;
"Before they had their nation Jews would say; "next year in Jerusalem" as a greeting to one another. Now I say; "next year the rapture perhaps" when we will meet again. I hope it is sooner than that but I understand the hope the Jews had and how amazing it was for them when they finally could go back to their homeland."

I know others who feel as I do, that they are looking for their blessed hope of their heavenly home and the marriage supper of the Lamb where we will all gather to celebrate the greatest wedding feast of all.

 
Hallelujah!!!

The Lie in the Apostate Churches

We do not need buildings to worship in, we have homes and where two or three are gathered Christ is in the midst. Those who are growing in holiness and wisdom are leaving the organized apostate churches.

There is a huge lie being taught in many churches that is attracting false Christians. That lie is that since we are under grace we can sin all we want and still be saved.

In order to believe this lie one has to ignore all of what the Bible teaches.

Romans 6:1-2 "1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?…"

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Titus 2:11-14

"11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, eager for good deeds."

Grace is not given for freedom to sin, it was given to empower us through the Holy Spirit to resist sin. If someone proudly defends their sin they were never born again.

No one who is born-again through the power of the Holy Spirit would ever assert that sin doesn't matter anymore because we are covered in the blood. This is an erroneous teaching by Pentecostal groups who deny much of Scripture to justify their own idea of their form of Christianity not based on God's Word but their own desires.

When we become a new creation by the power of the Holy Spirit we lose our desire to sin, it is detestable to us. Even if we fall in weakness we repent quickly because the weight of the conviction of the Holy Spirit causes confession of that sin to be cleansed of it.

1 John 1:9-10 "9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us."

Psalm 51:2

"Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."

Proverbs 28:13

"He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy."

God has always hated sin and always will. He will not tolerate it in His children.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Revelation 3:19

"Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent."

If God didn't care about sin in His children He never would have written the passages that describe His discipline toward those who belong to Him.

Born-again believers are not sinless because they still battle sin in the flesh. However, they reject sin, grow in holiness and would never defend sin. Those who defend sin with anger in their heart are not born-again.

Hebrews 10:22

"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water."

May we never be tolerant of sin in one another, but in a deep love for one another speak the truth out of our love for one another. Coddling one another in sin is not love, it is hate for the one we coddle and love for self more than God.

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Gaslighting is a Sin!

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Reposted from 3 years ago: The Devil is the Accuser!

Remove yourself from any relationship in which the person holds past forgiven sins against you. Only the devil would do this.

Those who love the Lord also love seeing lives that have been changed by Christ, they never hold past forgiven sins against anyone. In fact born born-again believers rejoice when they see a life changed by Christ.

It is interesting that those who hold forgiven sins against others have never repented over their own sin. Perhaps this is why they need to keep mindful of the past forgiven sins of others to avoid facing their own sins in the present.

 
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."

Those who are jealous and superior acting love to see others as beneath them. In order to do this, they must concoct flaws in others. The sins the accuser holds over others' heads often were not even against them personally, but they love to think that they are superior by using past forgiven sins against those they wish to dominate.

 
I recall a woman many years ago who told another woman; "Remember how you used to be?", without giving any specific sin she was recounting, she was attempting to diminish her target by pretending that the sins of the past still counted. But worse yet, she was pretending that she never had any sin in her own life that needed confessing. Sadly this woman who was the accuser was a Christian.

 
Those who are authentic believers know what God saved them from and would never hold sins against others who have repented. It is only the devil that does these things, and it is the devil using the mouths of those who want to seem superior.

 
Romans 3:23
"23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"

When we encounter those who believe they have never sinned, who think they are above others who have sinned, are in a worse place than the repentant sinner. These people often believe that someone who had sinned has no right to correct anyone ever.

 
We are dealing with those who may even read their Bible but do not obey what is in it. The Pharisees were of this sort, SELF-righteous, in their own eyes they were perfect.

 
Philippians 3:13-14
"Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
Those who love to accuse the brethren are impervious to correction, instruction or truth when it convicts them of their own sin.

 
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Satan is the father of lies and the accuser of the brethren. He goes before the Father in heaven to accuse us, but he works on earth in the hearts of evil men to accuse us. What is the purpose, one simple purpose is to discourage and silence us. If they can make us feel false guilt about past forgiven sins they might be able to silence us, or at least in their own minds.

 
When the tool of Satan, that is the accusers comes to act superior or dismissive, we can simply do as Christ did, saying: "Get thee behind me Satan."

 
Luke 11:42-44 "…42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”…"

Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."

Modern Pharisees thunder around the town like pillars of righteousness but God sees them as dead men's bones.

 
You will never see these modern Pharisees admitting their flaws, frailties, or sins, they have a far too high opinion of themselves to do so. When someone is like this they remain spiritual and emotional children until they repent from it. If they would repent from their pride God would do a work in their heart.

 
Those who love the Lord more than they love themselves are likely to confess often, openly admit the needs of their soul and grow in holiness. Let's keep close accounts on our soul to remain close to Christ.

 
James 4:8
"8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

The Marriage Relationship According to God!

When God said the woman's desire will be for her husband but he will rule over her is another misinterpretation. The original language reflects that "a woman's desire will be to rule over her husband but he will rule over her."

 
Because of the fall the marriage union was perverted by sinful hearts but this does not apply to born-again believers. In a godly marriage the woman runs the household as the CEO and the the husband is the spiritual leader and provider.

When two people cooperate with one another within their God-given roles there is harmony. In this relationship there is no disrespect or disregard for one gender over another, each role is valued and supported because the roles come from God.

 
Proverbs 31 clearly describes the value of the woman's role and the description of marriage in 1 Corinthians 11 shows the harmony possible when each gender values the function of the other. There is no superiority demonstrated only variety in roles.

 
When there is arrogant superiority there is demonic influence. The devil always takes out of context the Bible to deceive people with wrong thinking making mute God's real commands.

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.”'

The traditions of men have permeated the church to such a degree that many attending these institutions have misunderstood the Word of God and clung to false teachings to feel safe in what they have always been taught.

Mark 7:7-9 "…7 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ 8 You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” 9 He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition."

The most difficult thing in the world is to convince people who have been indoctrinated into a particular belief that it was taught in error. They will not believe the new thinking because the old way is so comfortable. They have placed their trust in traditions rather than in Christ, without questioning them they have fallen into a pit without the desire to escape the pit.

 
Those who stay with the traditions of men fear the loss of friendships more than they love God. They know if they ask God for truth and discover what everyone else is thinking has been wrong, they will lose family and friends.
For me, I want truth more than friends and God more than superficial acquaintances. If I have to be alone with God He is everything I need.

Hallelujah!!!!

The Head Cover is not what Most Think

Our culture has been taught for many years now, since the 1960s that the head-covering mentioned in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 11 had to do with the woman's submission to her husband. Sadly this has been incorrect and led many men to think it means they can oppress and demean their wives.

In the Bible instructions of the woman are to be covered it does not have to do with submission to the husband but to Christ.

Man is to be uncovered as a symbol of Christ and the woman is to be covered as a symbol of the church. Both are under Christ and both stand side by side.

The Bible teaches that the head covering is not the relationship between men and women but their relationship together to Christ.

The woman's symbol of authority on her head relates to her authority as the church. The husband's head uncovered relates to the authority of Christ under God.

Women have done away with the head covering in the western parts of the world because they view the head covering as something to do with being under the headship of the husband. They often use the excuse that the head-covering no longer applies but in the same passage God speaks of the men being uncovered and that is practice in every church.

A woman is under the headship of her husband but the symbol of the headcovering has to do with her authority under Christ in her role as the counselor in the household.

The husband and wife together lead the family as the husband leads and the woman counsels him. Just as the DCPI counsels the police chief, the relationship is very similar. No one is above someone else but the roles are different and the DCPI defers to the police commissioner when they disagree. The position of the DCPI is crucial in its function to help counsel the police chief.

The husband is the head of the family leading by example and teaching not by force, intimidation, or bossiness. He is to lead in a loving way deeply concerned about the welfare of his family. Bossiness without love is not leading Biblically. Christ never forced anyone, He spoke truth and allowed others to make their own decision. Their decision revealed if they loved Him or not, but there was never force.

The woman has been given the authority over the household as she is the homemaker mentioned in Proverbs 31. She dictates the going on in the household as she determines the function even monitoring the moral character of the household.

Proverbs 1:8-9 )

"My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head And chains about your neck."

The woman's influence in the family can be intense if the father supports her as she carries out her job as counselor and CEO.

The woman submits at times to her husband just as we all should submit to others when appropriate. She does not submit out of fear of his wrath but out of love for him and in obedience to God. If he intimidates and demeans he is walking in hate and against the word of God. The wife is not to obey her husband if he tells her to sin, she must obey God rather than man in such cases.

Ephesians 5:24-26 …24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,…

Ephesians 5:20-21 "…20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."

Christ died for His church, therefore the husband should be like Christ in completely sacrificial to his wife for her good, not for his own desires and musings. Husband's lead and submit in protection of his wife. She is not an object to be used for the husband's glory, but a vessel who belongs to God to be protected and nurtured.

Only a man of God Who obeys Scripture can be loving and kind. A worldly man will dominate just to be in charge without regard to the well being of the family.

1 Peter 5:3

"Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock."

Titus 1:7

"For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,"

1 Peter 5:2

"Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;"

These passages refer to leaders in the church but are applicable to marriage as well.

Titus 2:7

"Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity and dignity."

The man who thinks he is to lead by bossing, manipulating, and mean-spirited force is not walking with God but is defying the Law of love God commanded everyone to walk in.

Those men and women who are walking in the Spirit will have the fruit of the Spirit of God.

Galatians 5:22-23 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Every believer is to submit to every other believer when appropriate. Obviously, we do not submit to someone who wants us to sin or violate our own convictions. When others obey God and ask us to do things that do not violate our convictions or sin, then we must obey God and submit wherever possible.

Ephesians 5:20-21 "…20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."

Notice this theme throughout God's Word, everyone submitting to everyone else out of reverence for Christ. We don't do it to gain something for ourselves but always for Christ. Sometimes He will tell us not to submit because what we have been asked to do violates the principles of God or may come against God's will for us.

1 Corinthians 16:14

"Do everything in love. Let all that you do be done with love. Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you've got, be resolute,"

When there is love there will not be rudeness, lies, mocking, gossiping, wrongly judging or demeaning.

Those who experience Christ's love extended for them will be able to see that it is love.

Those who experience the devilish manipulation and unkindness of the ungodly will see that it is not from God. Feel free to ignore it and refuse to be sucked into their trap.