I have a hard time with "Pollyanna's", the reason is that they cannot fix what is wrong or warn anyone because they never see the problems. They interpret everything in terms of their desired belief instead of what is real.
This type person cannot be helpful to someone who has been treated badly because they will be told maybe the perp really didn't mean it or we saw it wrong. They do not comfort in ways that help. Perhaps the "Pollyanna" mentality serves them so they don't have to face hard things.
If we are confident in the Lord we can see everything in reality and it does not devastate us.
Truth is freeing and pretense is bondage.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
They are not as Confused as you may Think
This whole matter of "gender confusion" is nearly as irrational as one can get. I can understand someone who is deeply sinful wishing they could be the gender that they are not. What I can't understand is any doubt as to what they really are.
One only has to observe that they either "have one of those" or they don't "have one of those", to determine which gender they are.
Science proves it not only by observation but by function. The matter of gender confusion goes beyond insanity as it moves into the realm of the demonic.
In these last days we see how senseless it is that one would be confused about their own gender. Lacking good sense is a part of these end times.
The matter of choosing to believe the opposite of what God said is in fact demonic. Just as the devil spoke lies into the ears of Eve in the garden from the beginning, he is doing it now when mankind is deeply invested in personal esteem.
It is strangely against nature to want to be the gender that was not given to us at birth.
What was considered strange and ludicrous just 50 years ago is becoming accepted a little more each day.
It isn't bad enough that these gender confused individuals and those who promote it are confused themselves, but they are dedicated to forcing others to accept it.
Why, we might ask ourselves? Why do those who desire to be a gender other than what God made them, feel a need to force everyone else to accept and even endorse their behavior?
I think the answer is simple, those who have this disordered thinking really don't believe it themselves or they would be able to accept that others are not on board with them.
When we believe in what we are doing we have no need to force others to accept it, we simply live it out ourselves, even if we are alone.
The transgender person knows their behavior is deviant or they wouldn't need so desperately the acceptance or validation from others.
One of the traits of the narcissist is their ability to rage at simplest of things when someone does not validate them through disagreement. The narcissist must have the validation of others to exist. This is why they use many and varying manipulation and intimidation to force others to see them as superior.
Christ-like confident people have no need to intimidate others, they have no need to be validated by others, their security is in God and not man. It is the insecure person who must force others to accept whatever they are doing, they have no strength without the continual praise and confirmation of others.
It is wonderful when we know what we believe and can stand alone. It is also wonderful when we can fellowship with like minded people in solidarity.
God intended for believers to be strong alone and even stronger together. We are a family of worshipers of God, He is our strength and guide. Those who realize this are the best of friends because of their oneness in Christ.
When we see the world pressing in all around us, attempting to destroy us through their desire to control our thinking, we know that we have within us One Who is stronger than man and stronger than the devil, that is Jesus Christ.
No one can force us to believe or support that which is not blessed by God.
Psalm 29:1
"Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength."
Psalm 93:1
"The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved."
One only has to observe that they either "have one of those" or they don't "have one of those", to determine which gender they are.
Science proves it not only by observation but by function. The matter of gender confusion goes beyond insanity as it moves into the realm of the demonic.
In these last days we see how senseless it is that one would be confused about their own gender. Lacking good sense is a part of these end times.
The matter of choosing to believe the opposite of what God said is in fact demonic. Just as the devil spoke lies into the ears of Eve in the garden from the beginning, he is doing it now when mankind is deeply invested in personal esteem.
It is strangely against nature to want to be the gender that was not given to us at birth.
What was considered strange and ludicrous just 50 years ago is becoming accepted a little more each day.
It isn't bad enough that these gender confused individuals and those who promote it are confused themselves, but they are dedicated to forcing others to accept it.
Why, we might ask ourselves? Why do those who desire to be a gender other than what God made them, feel a need to force everyone else to accept and even endorse their behavior?
I think the answer is simple, those who have this disordered thinking really don't believe it themselves or they would be able to accept that others are not on board with them.
When we believe in what we are doing we have no need to force others to accept it, we simply live it out ourselves, even if we are alone.
The transgender person knows their behavior is deviant or they wouldn't need so desperately the acceptance or validation from others.
One of the traits of the narcissist is their ability to rage at simplest of things when someone does not validate them through disagreement. The narcissist must have the validation of others to exist. This is why they use many and varying manipulation and intimidation to force others to see them as superior.
Christ-like confident people have no need to intimidate others, they have no need to be validated by others, their security is in God and not man. It is the insecure person who must force others to accept whatever they are doing, they have no strength without the continual praise and confirmation of others.
It is wonderful when we know what we believe and can stand alone. It is also wonderful when we can fellowship with like minded people in solidarity.
God intended for believers to be strong alone and even stronger together. We are a family of worshipers of God, He is our strength and guide. Those who realize this are the best of friends because of their oneness in Christ.
When we see the world pressing in all around us, attempting to destroy us through their desire to control our thinking, we know that we have within us One Who is stronger than man and stronger than the devil, that is Jesus Christ.
No one can force us to believe or support that which is not blessed by God.
Psalm 29:1
"Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength."
Psalm 93:1
"The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved."
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
2 Timothy 4:1-5
"1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
Monday, August 27, 2018
The Holy Spirit Never Left Believers
For those who think the Holy Spirit hops in and out of people over their sin I will explain it this way: there is not one account in the Bible of the Holy Spirit leaving a believer after Christ sent Him to all believers when He went into heaven.
Butterflies Never Go Back
God gave us a perfect analogy of eternal security of the believer! That is the butterfly who starts out as a worm. After he emerges from the cocoon he can never go back to the worm again.
The Butterfly Cannot Go Back to a Worm
There are so many now who are using the mantra; "Christ doesn't leave us but we can leave Him."
This is not true, it is heresy, here is the truth:
When Christ changes us into a new creation we can never change ourselves back again. We do not leave Him ever, we do endure to the end. Those who do not endure were never born again. These people are mentioned in
This is not true, it is heresy, here is the truth:
When Christ changes us into a new creation we can never change ourselves back again. We do not leave Him ever, we do endure to the end. Those who do not endure were never born again. These people are mentioned in
Matthew 7:21-23 "
"21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
When a person appears to have left God, they were never with God. God never changed them. When Christ changes someone they are no longer the old man, they are completely changed, they didn't do it themselves, it was Christ Who did it.
When we become born again we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise as a Guarantee of our inheritance.
Ephesians 1:13-14 "13 And in Him you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, having heard and believed the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
We cannot undo what Christ did! He never leaves us or forsakes us, but He does discipline those He loves who disobey.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
"21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
When a person appears to have left God, they were never with God. God never changed them. When Christ changes someone they are no longer the old man, they are completely changed, they didn't do it themselves, it was Christ Who did it.
When we become born again we are sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise as a Guarantee of our inheritance.
Ephesians 1:13-14 "13 And in Him you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, having heard and believed the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
We cannot undo what Christ did! He never leaves us or forsakes us, but He does discipline those He loves who disobey.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
It Wasn't Your Delivery
Notice how some people will focus on our delivery, which wasn't bad but they will say so, rather than the message we bring. It is easier to say I don't like you than it is to say I don't like God.
There are people these days who will accuse us of not saying something the right way as the reason for rejecting our message.
Silly isn't it, when the message is good and I agree with it then I hardly notice how it was said. And the same thing is true of those who claim it was about our message. They know their complaint had little to do with the way something was said, it was the content they didn't like but they lie and say it was our delivery.
When we bring the principles of God and His Word to support it, we are often met with anger. The excuse that is used for rejecting the message is our delivery. It distracts from the message. If the hearer can make us feel bad about HOW we said something they can feel better about not accepting what they know is true.
People who are easily offended are often if not always self focused and resistant to truth. They remain prideful, if they were not prideful they would simply disagree with the message explaining their disagreement or go to prayer to see if they could be wrong.
Those who are prideful and resistant to correction will always turn a discussion into a personal attack. Their hope and aim is to embarrass us into slinking away in shame for approaching the subject with them.
When we become strong in telling the truth we no longer fear the reaction of the hearer. Eventually we get to a place where the attacks roll off of us like butter on a hot knife.
Sometimes it actually becomes amusing to watch the "same old, same old" in terms of the nonsense responses to truth. These people use exactly the same words in nearly every encounter, they might sound like this;
"don't judge me", "you said it mean", "you think your better", "you don't know my heart."
I love that "you don't know my heart" thing, it is suppose to make us timid about continuing in the discussion. But in fact it declares loudly that the person using the phrase does not understand that we cannot do in actions or attitudes something different from what is in our hearts. The attitudes and actions are the proof of what's in our hearts.
Only someone who has murder in their heart can carry out a murder.
Only someone who is a liar at heart can tell a lie.
Only someone who has lust in their heart can commit fornication or adultery.
Only someone who has jealousy in their heart can gossip and lie against others.
Only someone who loves idols in their heart can place anything above God in importance in their lives.
It's all there in the ten commandments, sin is in the heart first before any actions are taken. In fact sin can be in the heart without any actions taken at all. It can lie there dormant wishing it could be acted upon. Sins of the heart do come out in subtle forms without us realizing it. It is impossible to hide what is in the heart, but eventually it will begin to seep out in subtle and nearly undetectable ways unless the viewer is discerning.
Giving gifts to manipulate others without any love attached to it is one way it seeps out through the pores.
Telling half truths that cause others to believe things that are not true is one form of lying without actually telling a whole lie. But let me inform you that a half truth is a whole lie.
Remember the condition of the heart fleshes out in our actions.
In recent years I was in a discussion with a group of Christian youth who were angry that I confronted them about their clothing at the beach. The girls were wearing bikinis that were much smaller than the ones that came out in the 70's.
In that discussion the youth leader argued that I didn't know what was in the hearts of these girls, that they really loved the Lord.
My response was that I did know what was in their heart by the way they were dressed. Not only by the way they were dressed but also the way the acted that gave ample evidence that they had lust and exhibitionism in their hearts.
These young ladies were showing pictures of themselves in their bikinis, climbing on top of the young men at the beach to form a pyramid. Can you imagine what that looked like,as these young ladies climbed the backs of the young men. When they fell they fell all over one another.
Now my question....."And this was alright with the youth leader?" REALLY!!!!!! What kind of youth leader endorse this conduct for those she is suppose to mentor?
The infamous lines they used frequently in the discussion were these; "your judging" and "you don't know their heart."
Once again....we know a person's heart by their conduct, its that simple.
1 John 3:18 "18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. "
We knew these young women didn't love the young men or they would have attempted to protect the men from lust. We knew those young men didn't love those women because they enjoyed that attention and lust. No one was protecting anyone else not even the youth leaders.
God clearly states that we are not to do anything that will cause our brothers or sisters to fall.
Matthew 18:9
"If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell."
Matthew 18:7
"Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!"
There are people these days who will accuse us of not saying something the right way as the reason for rejecting our message.
Silly isn't it, when the message is good and I agree with it then I hardly notice how it was said. And the same thing is true of those who claim it was about our message. They know their complaint had little to do with the way something was said, it was the content they didn't like but they lie and say it was our delivery.
When we bring the principles of God and His Word to support it, we are often met with anger. The excuse that is used for rejecting the message is our delivery. It distracts from the message. If the hearer can make us feel bad about HOW we said something they can feel better about not accepting what they know is true.
People who are easily offended are often if not always self focused and resistant to truth. They remain prideful, if they were not prideful they would simply disagree with the message explaining their disagreement or go to prayer to see if they could be wrong.
Those who are prideful and resistant to correction will always turn a discussion into a personal attack. Their hope and aim is to embarrass us into slinking away in shame for approaching the subject with them.
When we become strong in telling the truth we no longer fear the reaction of the hearer. Eventually we get to a place where the attacks roll off of us like butter on a hot knife.
Sometimes it actually becomes amusing to watch the "same old, same old" in terms of the nonsense responses to truth. These people use exactly the same words in nearly every encounter, they might sound like this;
"don't judge me", "you said it mean", "you think your better", "you don't know my heart."
I love that "you don't know my heart" thing, it is suppose to make us timid about continuing in the discussion. But in fact it declares loudly that the person using the phrase does not understand that we cannot do in actions or attitudes something different from what is in our hearts. The attitudes and actions are the proof of what's in our hearts.
Only someone who has murder in their heart can carry out a murder.
Only someone who is a liar at heart can tell a lie.
Only someone who has lust in their heart can commit fornication or adultery.
Only someone who has jealousy in their heart can gossip and lie against others.
Only someone who loves idols in their heart can place anything above God in importance in their lives.
It's all there in the ten commandments, sin is in the heart first before any actions are taken. In fact sin can be in the heart without any actions taken at all. It can lie there dormant wishing it could be acted upon. Sins of the heart do come out in subtle forms without us realizing it. It is impossible to hide what is in the heart, but eventually it will begin to seep out in subtle and nearly undetectable ways unless the viewer is discerning.
Giving gifts to manipulate others without any love attached to it is one way it seeps out through the pores.
Telling half truths that cause others to believe things that are not true is one form of lying without actually telling a whole lie. But let me inform you that a half truth is a whole lie.
Remember the condition of the heart fleshes out in our actions.
In recent years I was in a discussion with a group of Christian youth who were angry that I confronted them about their clothing at the beach. The girls were wearing bikinis that were much smaller than the ones that came out in the 70's.
In that discussion the youth leader argued that I didn't know what was in the hearts of these girls, that they really loved the Lord.
My response was that I did know what was in their heart by the way they were dressed. Not only by the way they were dressed but also the way the acted that gave ample evidence that they had lust and exhibitionism in their hearts.
These young ladies were showing pictures of themselves in their bikinis, climbing on top of the young men at the beach to form a pyramid. Can you imagine what that looked like,as these young ladies climbed the backs of the young men. When they fell they fell all over one another.
Now my question....."And this was alright with the youth leader?" REALLY!!!!!! What kind of youth leader endorse this conduct for those she is suppose to mentor?
The infamous lines they used frequently in the discussion were these; "your judging" and "you don't know their heart."
Once again....we know a person's heart by their conduct, its that simple.
1 John 3:18 "18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. "
We knew these young women didn't love the young men or they would have attempted to protect the men from lust. We knew those young men didn't love those women because they enjoyed that attention and lust. No one was protecting anyone else not even the youth leaders.
God clearly states that we are not to do anything that will cause our brothers or sisters to fall.
Matthew 18:9
"If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell."
Matthew 18:7
"Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!"
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