Our attitudes toward our parents, one or both parents, is a reflection or our attitude toward God.
We cannot honor God we cannot see when we practice dishonor toward our parents whom we can see.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Christ's Love For Mankind
This is just how much Christ loved mankind and each and every person.
I understand this, because, even though our children may have rejected us as an authority and object of their love in their lives, we still love them, we still grieve over their rejection of us. Christ is like this too, He grieves over those He has to send to hell, those He knows would have a wonderful eternity if they would only trust in Him.
Christ removes His help and His love when someone rejects Him. He remains available until a person dies, but once the choice has been made against Him, it is over, their fate is sealed and they find themselves in the lake of fire one day.
Christ extended His love to all mankind, but many, even most, will reject His love in favor of following their own foolishness.
1 Timothy 2:3-5 "…3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…"
I am convinced that every person's name is in the book of life because Christ wanted all to be saved, but those who reject Christ have their names "blotted out." God does not say he writes the new names of believers, He says he blots out of the book of life those who reject Him. So...I believe all names are in there from the beginning and the ones who reject Christ are erased.
That's just how much Christ wanted everyone to be saved, His plan that all mankind would be, so He put their names in, until they extend the final rejection.
Psalm 69:28 "…27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. 28 May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous."
Revelation 3:4-6 "…4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. 5 Like them, the one who is victorious will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.…"
I understand this, because, even though our children may have rejected us as an authority and object of their love in their lives, we still love them, we still grieve over their rejection of us. Christ is like this too, He grieves over those He has to send to hell, those He knows would have a wonderful eternity if they would only trust in Him.
Christ removes His help and His love when someone rejects Him. He remains available until a person dies, but once the choice has been made against Him, it is over, their fate is sealed and they find themselves in the lake of fire one day.
Christ extended His love to all mankind, but many, even most, will reject His love in favor of following their own foolishness.
1 Timothy 2:3-5 "…3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…"
I am convinced that every person's name is in the book of life because Christ wanted all to be saved, but those who reject Christ have their names "blotted out." God does not say he writes the new names of believers, He says he blots out of the book of life those who reject Him. So...I believe all names are in there from the beginning and the ones who reject Christ are erased.
That's just how much Christ wanted everyone to be saved, His plan that all mankind would be, so He put their names in, until they extend the final rejection.
Psalm 69:28 "…27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. 28 May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous."
Revelation 3:4-6 "…4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. 5 Like them, the one who is victorious will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.…"
Contempt for Parents Shows Lack of Salvation
God shows us just how serious it is to dishonor parents on any level. When in law children dishonor their in law parents, it is the same as dishonoring their own parents, they will be judged for their rebellion.
To dishonor in law parents is refusing to acknowledge the love of a spouse for his/her own parents. To dishonor the parents of our spouse is to show an absence of love for that spouse.
Many in law children are turning their spouses away from their parents, simply out of spiteful drama, to dominate their spouse. This is evil and worthy of God's wrath.
When we marry we are expected by God to honor the parents of our spouse the same way we should honor our own parents. God told us to leave and cleave in forming our own families, but He never removed His command to continue to honor parents in their old age.
When children show contempt for their parents or the parents of their spouse, they are showing their contempt for God. It is strong if not conclusive evidence that the grown children do not belong to Christ, they are most likely have never been born again.
Leviticus 20:9
"For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him."
Colossians 3:20
"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear."
Exodus 21:15
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death."
Ephesians 6:1
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
Proverbs 30:17
"The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures."
To dishonor in law parents is refusing to acknowledge the love of a spouse for his/her own parents. To dishonor the parents of our spouse is to show an absence of love for that spouse.
Many in law children are turning their spouses away from their parents, simply out of spiteful drama, to dominate their spouse. This is evil and worthy of God's wrath.
When we marry we are expected by God to honor the parents of our spouse the same way we should honor our own parents. God told us to leave and cleave in forming our own families, but He never removed His command to continue to honor parents in their old age.
When children show contempt for their parents or the parents of their spouse, they are showing their contempt for God. It is strong if not conclusive evidence that the grown children do not belong to Christ, they are most likely have never been born again.
Leviticus 20:9
"For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him."
Colossians 3:20
"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear."
Exodus 21:15
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death."
Ephesians 6:1
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
Proverbs 30:17
"The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures."
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Sin is Greater Than You Think
Things are becoming irrational, we have transgender, people are claiming to be mixed up about their gender.
We have the flat earth people who have thrown real science out the window to embrace something ridiculous.
Then there is the massive holocaust with abortion.
The divorce and remarriage is off the charts as well as shacking up as though it is normal.
Let's add to that the welfare state where illegals are getting free money and housing as a reward for being criminals. We have a enabler mentality, helping people to stay in their sin, in their poverty and anything else they wish to do.
We have Christians being called mean spirited because we think it is a bad idea to give out "clean needles" to drug addicts instead of getting them off their drugs.
The liberals are against guns except when their body guards carry them.
Hollywood is putting out blasphemous movies continually while "Christian" parents are refusing to restrict their children from seeing them.
The culture as a whole is embracing witchcraft at Halloween, Harry Potter and even in the Christian community we have a form of it in the C.S. Lewis books.
And, with all this going on, even in the churches, there are those who remain silent to "just love them", as though love means allowing without challenge anything that anyone wants to do no matter how destructive it is to them and others.
God's love warns people of evil, the consequences of it and will not support it in any fashion. The worlds love says to accept everything so everyone does what ever they want, happy while doing it. Any challenge to their behavior would make them unhappy so we should remain silent and allow them to destroy their lives without showing them where the real help comes from, that is God.
Our culture is more likely to "help" the perpetrator of sin and crime than it is the victims of these people.
This list is short compared to all that is going on, how can anyone believe anything is getting better or will get better. When we have trained two generations of people to love themselves above anyone else, who is right in front of them, how can we expect that generation to ever love God Whom they cannot even see!!!!
We are living in an age of insanity, on every level all around us. OH by the way, the world has seen this once before:
In Noah's Day!
Genesis 6:5-8 "5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord."
In Lot's Day!
Genesis 13:13 " 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD."
Matthew 24:3-14
"3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."
We have become so accustomed to sin right in front of us that we forget just how wicked it is and what God did before in dealing with it.
We have the flat earth people who have thrown real science out the window to embrace something ridiculous.
Then there is the massive holocaust with abortion.
The divorce and remarriage is off the charts as well as shacking up as though it is normal.
Let's add to that the welfare state where illegals are getting free money and housing as a reward for being criminals. We have a enabler mentality, helping people to stay in their sin, in their poverty and anything else they wish to do.
We have Christians being called mean spirited because we think it is a bad idea to give out "clean needles" to drug addicts instead of getting them off their drugs.
The liberals are against guns except when their body guards carry them.
Hollywood is putting out blasphemous movies continually while "Christian" parents are refusing to restrict their children from seeing them.
The culture as a whole is embracing witchcraft at Halloween, Harry Potter and even in the Christian community we have a form of it in the C.S. Lewis books.
And, with all this going on, even in the churches, there are those who remain silent to "just love them", as though love means allowing without challenge anything that anyone wants to do no matter how destructive it is to them and others.
God's love warns people of evil, the consequences of it and will not support it in any fashion. The worlds love says to accept everything so everyone does what ever they want, happy while doing it. Any challenge to their behavior would make them unhappy so we should remain silent and allow them to destroy their lives without showing them where the real help comes from, that is God.
Our culture is more likely to "help" the perpetrator of sin and crime than it is the victims of these people.
This list is short compared to all that is going on, how can anyone believe anything is getting better or will get better. When we have trained two generations of people to love themselves above anyone else, who is right in front of them, how can we expect that generation to ever love God Whom they cannot even see!!!!
We are living in an age of insanity, on every level all around us. OH by the way, the world has seen this once before:
In Noah's Day!
Genesis 6:5-8 "5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord."
In Lot's Day!
Genesis 13:13 " 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD."
Matthew 24:3-14
"3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."
We have become so accustomed to sin right in front of us that we forget just how wicked it is and what God did before in dealing with it.
The Pews Would Empty
If the leaders in the organized churches would preach a hard and convicting gospel the pews would empty out. That's why they don't do it.
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."
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."
They Can't Penetrate the Armor
We cannot change another person, but we can change, through the power of Christ in us. Those who have trusted Christ can have strength through the Holy Spirit that they would not otherwise have.
I speak truth to others and leave their response to the Lord. Any negative or hateful response does not get into my soul, it bounces off like a rubber ball. It didn't use to be that way for me. I succumbed to the nasty tactics because I was weak in my faith. I believed them when they attempted to take me down and undermine my resolve to follow Christ.
When our focus is people rather than Christ we live on a roller coaster ride of drama from those who try to be god by controlling us. When our focus is Christ then it is He alone Who controls us, the narcissist has no effect, no matter how terrible they get, they cannot penetrate our armor.
Ephesians 6:10-20 "10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
My goal is not to change others, but for the Lord to give me strength to be what He wants no matter what others are doing.
I speak truth to others and leave their response to the Lord. Any negative or hateful response does not get into my soul, it bounces off like a rubber ball. It didn't use to be that way for me. I succumbed to the nasty tactics because I was weak in my faith. I believed them when they attempted to take me down and undermine my resolve to follow Christ.
When our focus is people rather than Christ we live on a roller coaster ride of drama from those who try to be god by controlling us. When our focus is Christ then it is He alone Who controls us, the narcissist has no effect, no matter how terrible they get, they cannot penetrate our armor.
Ephesians 6:10-20 "10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
My goal is not to change others, but for the Lord to give me strength to be what He wants no matter what others are doing.
The Devil Goes After the Mind
The devil goes after the mind of people, if he can control the mind he can control everything else in a person's life.
Believers don't have to be controlled by the devil, we can be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
Acts 10:9-11 "…9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…"
Does this passage in Acts encourage you? It sure does me, because Saul who became Paul, hated God's people, he was self righteous and demonstrated an attitude of superiority over the people of God. Does any of this sound familiar?
When I see what God did with Paul before he was born again, I get excited, thinking that he did it with me and can do it with my narcissists who need to become born again.
Believers don't have to be controlled by the devil, we can be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
Acts 10:9-11 "…9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…"
Does this passage in Acts encourage you? It sure does me, because Saul who became Paul, hated God's people, he was self righteous and demonstrated an attitude of superiority over the people of God. Does any of this sound familiar?
When I see what God did with Paul before he was born again, I get excited, thinking that he did it with me and can do it with my narcissists who need to become born again.
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