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Covert Fools are Pawns of the Devil

We know a covert fool understands the rudeness and deceit they are exerting because they hide it from those they wish to impress and are secretly blatantly rude to those they disrespect.

When someone hides their true nature from some and not others they are making the decision to do what they do whether that is to trick the ones they want to impress with a false image or to treat others they disrespect with contempt through intimidation and mocking.

Often the disrespect on the part of the fool is born out of deep jealousy over someone who is confident and who they know they can have no control over.

The goal of the fool is to bring their target down fostering discontent and diminishing confidence. The hope is that the target will lose control out of frustration and return anger for anger. The smartest thing for the target to do is to remain calm, not answering a fool according to their own folly, and avoid the fool whenever possible.

When they realize they are not able to control the self-assured person they will gossip to others who will torment the hated one on behalf of the fool.

The fool makes the mistake of amping up their rudenss and engaging others to their own downfall. Eventually, those who have been used as flying monkeys to do the fool's bidding will realize they have been played and will remove themselves to avoid the drama.

Anyone who does not do the fool's bidding will be maligned too when they become aware and detach themselves.

Our world is becoming more foolish every day, rational thinking is no longer the norm but the exception. Our greatest hope and joy is to remain calm, seeking Christ for everything, and remain untouched by the devil's schemes. And, yes he has schemes every day all day long as he attempts to pit people against one another especially Christian against Christian.

1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"

James 4:7

"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

We can know the schemes of the devil by reading the Word of God. It began in the Garden with Eve when the devil turned Eve against God defending her disobedience through the lying justification of the devil. We do not have to be deceived as Eve was, we have the Holy Spirit and plenty of examples in God's Word and in life experience to show us how this wicked serpent operates to be able to thwart his plan to ruin our character.

Isolation is a Blessing to those who Walk with Christ

Galatians 4:16-17 "…16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? 17 Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. "

Those who wish to change us into their idea of righteousness will isolate us to cause jealousy for them. Then they will attempt to turn our friends and family against us so that we will be isolated from our support.

Sadly those who do such things lack good sense. They do not know that Christ is enough for us and that we do have others support outside their group.

Arrogance causes those who isolate us from their group to believe we want or need them. It never occurs to them that we don't need them and prefer not to have to endure their nonsense.

1 Peter 2:19-21 "…19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended. 20 How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:…"

Matthew 5:10-12

"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you."

James 1:12

"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him."

Romans 5:3-5

"Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us."

Those who depend on their groups for their validation are empty inside. When we depend on Jesus Christ Who lives in us we have great joy no matter what is going on around us. We need no "group-think" or validation from any group to progress in wisdom and holiness.

Those who depend on others to feel whole are placing their trust in human beings and will be devastated when those people are no longer available to them.

However, those who have trusted in Christ are content in whatever situation they find themselves because they know Christ in them will direct and guide them.

1 John 2:15-17

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever."

Fruit of the Spirit of Which the First is Love

The fruit of the Spirit is the following, it is not works, even though they produce works that glorify God. The fruit is the character quality of Christ. The "fruit" is singular, every born-again believer has all the fruit.

 
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."
The first of the fruit is "love."

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

This first fruit of love generates all the rest of the fruit. It is not possible to have the fruit without the love.

 
Ephesians 4:2
"with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,"

Colossians 3:12-14
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity."

1 Peter 4:8
"Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

1 John 3:16-18
"By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth."

Philippians 2:3-4
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."

1 Thessalonians 5:14
"And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone."

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In these last days, apostates will attempt to intimidate believers into silence, pay them no mind, they are insignificant.

The Solution is Christ!

For several years now Christians thought the best solution for our country would be a leader who would make them feel safe, clean up the "swamp" and return the country to well-being based on physical and material elements.

When Trump ran for office I heard many Christians promoting him, backing him, and proclaiming that he was a Christian on the side of the church. And, I must add, I voted for him to, admittedly based on his promises to do some good things, but I had no dilution that he was going to do anything great for the spiritual mess this country lives in every day.

The Lord gave me a check in my spirit that this mentality of the salvation of the United States was not only a wrong focus but a worldly one.

Trump is not a "reprieve" from evil, he is one more cog in the wheel of the antichrist system. He is promoting things that seem much better than what we had and will have some positive effects, however, everything he is promoting, even though it looks good, is another step in the direction of the antichrist rule. He doesn't know it but he is doing things that will ultimately end up allowing the antichrist to rule the world from Jerusalem.

Trump is backing a "Stargate" system that will place satellites all over the world with the capability of monitoring everything about every human on the planet. He has rejected the World Health Organization, which is a good thing, but in its place will be a worse invader of human privacy.

There is an ancient proverb that says; "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." The World Health Organization has been villainized and rightly so, however, the thing that is supposed to replace it will be capable of far worse than the entity we thought was far too invasive.

Trump is supporting Israel but he is not a Christian, he is playing a role right now for the sake of winning Christians and may even believe he is one, but his thrust is not about evangelism, it is about a better culture including all religions as he sees goodness and righteousness. He has hitched his wagon to the Pentecostal movement which placed prosperity above righteousness and is inclusive of all pagan religions.

We have not had a "pause" in evil in our country with a new president, we have one who is fast-tracking the road to the antichrist even if he doesn't know it.

Those who believe Trump and Netanyahu are Christians will be those who will be fooled by the antichrist when he emerges and claims to be the Christ.

The focus of American Christians has not been on Christ but on their own personal comfort and because of this they have been lulled into a false sense of safety that will lead to the culmination of the antichrist system.

I find it interesting that our culture likes to pretend the things they want are happening, based solely on their own good feelings. Pretending is a huge part of this fantasy culture.

The idea that we were "delaying the decay" of America by electing a new leader, or that we can somehow delay the antichrist rule is not only unbiblical but seriously lacking in faith. Nowhere in Scripture does God tell believers to do anything to stop the last day's tribulation events or the antichrist.

Our faith ought never to be in a leader of any kind. As born-again believers our faith is in Jesus Christ, therefore we read His word to believe Him and we are able to discern the movement toward the end times events.

Our focus in these last days ought to be to preach the gospel to the lost and edify the saints as they endure the evils of the times in which we live.

Those who measure "Christianity" in someone by what they "say" are making a huge mistake based on "feelings" without rational thinking.

God said, "you shall know them by their fruit." This fruit is Spiritual and in every born-again believer. It is not about what someone tells us, it is about the Spirit of Christ Who lives in them. Only those who are born-again can discern another believer who has the Holy Spirit.

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."

1 John 4:1

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."

Those who rely on appearances and words will be deceived. They will evaluate everything according to their desired feelings and not on the truth.

We should not be looking for "revival" in this country, which says that something was lost and comes back again. We are looking for the transformation of lost souls who were never born again and are changed into new creations by Christ. We should be motivated to speak even more about Christ and His principles than ever before because the time is short before the church is taken out and the tribulation becomes full-blown.

One way we have of discerning truth tellers from pretenders is whether or not they love the Word and follow it or if they say they love the Word and fight against the truth when confronted with it.

Pretenders will always pick and choose passages based on their desired beliefs but born-again believers will seek the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures to obey what God tells them.

Placing our trust in any man or leader is foolishness, because we know no man can have a better answer or greater wisdom than the Holy Spirit of Christ.

Many "churches" today are interpreting their Bible in terms of the cultural bents and not in terms of what God actually said. This causes fighting among the Christians, between those who want to obey the Scriptures and those who love their culture more than they love God.

God said in John 14:15; "15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."

Seems very simple but there are many who will claim they obey Him but they do not.

The closer we become to the rapture of the church and the tribulation the more "Christians" we will meet who hate those who follow Christ authentically. These haters will claim we are the evil ones for expecting Christians to obey the Word of God.

The haters will send their flying monkeys to torment us hoping to diminish our influence and make us doubt our resolve to follow Christ. They are so shallow they think being rude and mean to us will cause us to be timid, but the opposite is true, we learn to become stronger and less affected by the haters, they do not matter, only obedience to Christ matters to those who love Him.

Praise God that the attempts of the devil to diminish our walk are thwarted by the One Who is more powerful than he, that is Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah!!!!