Now that I have posted a couple of amusing videos of comedians whose expertise is in clean stories that makes us laugh, I have noticed something very interesting.
Yep, you guessed it, I have been noticing lots of videos arising featuring "Christian comedians." Is this the new normal for Christian entertainment? Has joke cracking become the latest fad racing through the modern church.
Some of these stories are hilarious making us feel happy while we are watching them. However, something I discovered about them is that they tell stories about life but have little to do with Christ or with spirituality of any kind.
Is it possible that the devil was not able to distract born again believers with false doctrine so he is going to regale us with funny stories that make us want to have only happy thoughts.
There are so many things in our culture today that could easily distract us from truth. The pulpits are so full of story tellers and slap happy clappers whose greatest aspirations are to become the most sought after friendly preachers for their ability to bring a crowd into a jag of hilarity.
I admit these comedians are fun to watch and some of their stories are funny, but if we have a steady diet of them continually it is possible the dopamine in our brain will never allow us to return to serious thinking.
The video games and television are a problem this way too, they create the happy fluid in our brain that keep us addicted to the continual feelings of euphoria that feels like withdrawal when we can no longer have these fixes of entertainment.
The word "amuse" means literally "not to think", yep, this is just where the devil wants us to remain, addicted to entertainment that impairs our ability to think clearly. When we are being "amused" by others we lose our ability to think critically with our own mind. We can easily be controlled by the ideas and lack of convictions of others.
If we are deeply addicted to stories and joking there is an anger that arises when someone comes along and attempts to help us think more seriously. Just a little to think about.
1 Peter 5:8 "8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019
The Illusions and Deceptions of Devils in These Last Days
God never speaks of beings on other planets, He speaks only of this earth in the Word of God.
Aliens are manifestations of demons. Those who have been abducted by aliens were not taken anywhere. The demons were messing with the minds of people making them sense that they really were somewhere else out of the home when they remained in their home the entire time during the illusion.
Over the years when LSD was popular those who took the drug would see and feel spiders all over them. They would frantically attempt to run away or brush the spiders that they could see and feel running all over them. But the spiders were not there at all, they were seeing and feelings something that was not there, it was all going on in their mind. Demons can make people actually feel and see things that are not there.
In these last days demons are doing more lying miracles causing people to believe things that are not only not true but terribly destructive. The "raging insanity" that God speaks of in 2 Timothy 3 includes the demonic twisting of minds to believe something is true that is absolutely irrational.
An example of this is the new insanity being fostered that a person can choose their own gender. The pushing and indoctrination that everyone should not only accept every sin but even embrace and promote it.
Demons are working more dramatically in these last days before the tribulation. The anti-christ will do many false miracles through illusion. The physical senses are being affected by the illusions to believe what is not there and what is not true.
I remember an article many years ago in which someone had brain surgery. They were wide awake during the surgery but of course no pain. The surgeon would touch one part of the brain where the memory of vanilla ice cream had been stored. The person could taste the ice cream when the surgeon touched that portion of the brain. When another part of the brain was touched the person could feel the sadness where a memory of a death in the family occurred.
There was no ice cream in the room, the death of the loved one was no longer a factor but the patient was experiencing these things merely by the surgeons touch of those areas.
Demons can touch our flesh to make us sick or even just to make us think we are sick when we are not. They are affecting the minds of many people to be angry with others when there is no rational reason for the anger.
I have been convinced of these things by the observation of completely irrational reactions to simple things that should never make anyone angry.
Devils will use the illusions in these last days to convince that born again believers are the haters, when the haters are taken in the rapture the world will be free of them. They will explain the disappearance of the born again believers as alien abductions. This is when all hell literally breaks loose.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "2
“Difficult Times Will Come”
"3 But realize this, that in the last days "ragingly insane" times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
I have been told by someone who studied the word "difficult" in this passage from the original language of Greek. The word is far worse than mere difficult, it is the description of absolute and irrational rage and insanity. This is what we are seeing everywhere now.
We can expect many lying wonders in these last days before the rapture. The devils are working to turn people against one another. They are working to disable born again believers through deception in the minds of their friends and relatives to reduce their influence for Christ.
Has anyone else noticed that the more we stand for righteousness, even if all we do is live what we believe, it will be an offense to most people around us.
When we tell the truth about circumstances to warn others of pitfalls and drastic dangers, we are told we are "mean spirited" for the effort. Our heart desire is to help, but we are seen as the problem.
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."
The church gatherings today have more error in them than truth. They have more pretenders than authentic born again believers. They fight against truth while promoting sin.
The basic Biblical truths that ever born again believer agreed upon just 70 years ago are being called foolishness.
Have you noticed so many in our children and grandchildren's generation have little to no love or concern for their parents and grandparents as they live a life of pleasure seeking?
Isaiah 5:20-21 "20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.…"
Brethren, we are living those times God prophesied in His Word. Our time on earth is almost over, we cannot allow the evil that grows to influence us. We must stay strong no matter what anger and contempt may be heaped upon us.
We will be called the bad ones, the negative ones, by those who are evil and monstrous. We will be called evil for hating the murder of babies or because we stand against the sin of divorce and remarriage. We will be called evil for encouraging believers to resist engaging in the sins of others through acceptance of it.
Brethren, keep your eyes focused on Christ and no one will be able to control your thoughts or your actions. Christ will be in control of them.
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."
Aliens are manifestations of demons. Those who have been abducted by aliens were not taken anywhere. The demons were messing with the minds of people making them sense that they really were somewhere else out of the home when they remained in their home the entire time during the illusion.
Over the years when LSD was popular those who took the drug would see and feel spiders all over them. They would frantically attempt to run away or brush the spiders that they could see and feel running all over them. But the spiders were not there at all, they were seeing and feelings something that was not there, it was all going on in their mind. Demons can make people actually feel and see things that are not there.
In these last days demons are doing more lying miracles causing people to believe things that are not only not true but terribly destructive. The "raging insanity" that God speaks of in 2 Timothy 3 includes the demonic twisting of minds to believe something is true that is absolutely irrational.
An example of this is the new insanity being fostered that a person can choose their own gender. The pushing and indoctrination that everyone should not only accept every sin but even embrace and promote it.
Demons are working more dramatically in these last days before the tribulation. The anti-christ will do many false miracles through illusion. The physical senses are being affected by the illusions to believe what is not there and what is not true.
I remember an article many years ago in which someone had brain surgery. They were wide awake during the surgery but of course no pain. The surgeon would touch one part of the brain where the memory of vanilla ice cream had been stored. The person could taste the ice cream when the surgeon touched that portion of the brain. When another part of the brain was touched the person could feel the sadness where a memory of a death in the family occurred.
There was no ice cream in the room, the death of the loved one was no longer a factor but the patient was experiencing these things merely by the surgeons touch of those areas.
Demons can touch our flesh to make us sick or even just to make us think we are sick when we are not. They are affecting the minds of many people to be angry with others when there is no rational reason for the anger.
I have been convinced of these things by the observation of completely irrational reactions to simple things that should never make anyone angry.
Devils will use the illusions in these last days to convince that born again believers are the haters, when the haters are taken in the rapture the world will be free of them. They will explain the disappearance of the born again believers as alien abductions. This is when all hell literally breaks loose.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "2
“Difficult Times Will Come”
"3 But realize this, that in the last days "ragingly insane" times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
I have been told by someone who studied the word "difficult" in this passage from the original language of Greek. The word is far worse than mere difficult, it is the description of absolute and irrational rage and insanity. This is what we are seeing everywhere now.
We can expect many lying wonders in these last days before the rapture. The devils are working to turn people against one another. They are working to disable born again believers through deception in the minds of their friends and relatives to reduce their influence for Christ.
Has anyone else noticed that the more we stand for righteousness, even if all we do is live what we believe, it will be an offense to most people around us.
When we tell the truth about circumstances to warn others of pitfalls and drastic dangers, we are told we are "mean spirited" for the effort. Our heart desire is to help, but we are seen as the problem.
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."
The church gatherings today have more error in them than truth. They have more pretenders than authentic born again believers. They fight against truth while promoting sin.
The basic Biblical truths that ever born again believer agreed upon just 70 years ago are being called foolishness.
Have you noticed so many in our children and grandchildren's generation have little to no love or concern for their parents and grandparents as they live a life of pleasure seeking?
Isaiah 5:20-21 "20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.…"
Brethren, we are living those times God prophesied in His Word. Our time on earth is almost over, we cannot allow the evil that grows to influence us. We must stay strong no matter what anger and contempt may be heaped upon us.
We will be called the bad ones, the negative ones, by those who are evil and monstrous. We will be called evil for hating the murder of babies or because we stand against the sin of divorce and remarriage. We will be called evil for encouraging believers to resist engaging in the sins of others through acceptance of it.
Brethren, keep your eyes focused on Christ and no one will be able to control your thoughts or your actions. Christ will be in control of them.
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."
Sunday, October 13, 2019
Saturday, October 12, 2019
The Test of Character
Don't Believe the Media
Don't believe the news media, they lie by omission. I hear on the news all the time reports about things with so many details missing its impossible to figure out what the story was about.
Two tidbits of information does not a story make, but the media does this regularly.
They used words like "Trump refused to take the call." When the truth is he delayed taking the call because he was in the middle of a meeting.
There are so many lies like this in the media and on the internet we have to be careful to define terms and discern an attitude on the part of the reporter.
There are also numerous conspiracy theories and unproven accusations that it is impossible to know what is truth in these last days of deception.
Perhaps if it is something we have heard but have not been able to prove ourselves we should just leave it to alone giving it to God.
I heard a foolish man once say this; "it must be true I read it on the internet." We are living in such intense and widespread deception these days one could lose their mind in fear over things that are not even true.
Belief is a powerful thing, it can make someone physically ill if we let it penetrate our brains without filters.
If we read about something as dangerous, ponder it long enough to determine if there is anything concrete in the claim, then determine if thee is anything you can do about it, then let it go.
Fear is the devil's biggest weapon against a culture. If he can get believers running around terrified of every little thing without evidence, he can distract us from our calling, that is to live the Christian life with boldness in our witness.
Two tidbits of information does not a story make, but the media does this regularly.
They used words like "Trump refused to take the call." When the truth is he delayed taking the call because he was in the middle of a meeting.
There are so many lies like this in the media and on the internet we have to be careful to define terms and discern an attitude on the part of the reporter.
There are also numerous conspiracy theories and unproven accusations that it is impossible to know what is truth in these last days of deception.
Perhaps if it is something we have heard but have not been able to prove ourselves we should just leave it to alone giving it to God.
I heard a foolish man once say this; "it must be true I read it on the internet." We are living in such intense and widespread deception these days one could lose their mind in fear over things that are not even true.
Belief is a powerful thing, it can make someone physically ill if we let it penetrate our brains without filters.
If we read about something as dangerous, ponder it long enough to determine if there is anything concrete in the claim, then determine if thee is anything you can do about it, then let it go.
Fear is the devil's biggest weapon against a culture. If he can get believers running around terrified of every little thing without evidence, he can distract us from our calling, that is to live the Christian life with boldness in our witness.
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