Bonhoeffer Had It Right

Yes, people are getting dummer by their own choice.

 
2 Timothy 3:1-5 Difficult Times Will Come "3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, 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 people as these."

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Christ Who Died for Us

Psalms 34:19-22 "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned."

If You Need to Control Others You are Insecure in Need of a Savior

Anyone who treats people differently based on their popularity is playing a role for those they manipulate with kindness; it isn't kindness at all; it's maneuvering.

The real them is the one who is mean to those they don't care about impressing. Anyone who is kind and loving in their basic character is that way all the time with everyone. They don't change based on who they are with and they do not flatter to gain advantage.

If someone is kind to everyone else and rude to you when no one is looking, you have just experienced their true character. There is no kindness in the character of those who love those who can provide something for them, even if it is only flattering them to gain their approval.

Matthew 5:44: "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you".

1 Peter 3:9: "Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called".

Our basic character is revealed during hardship or difficulties. Those who respond in rudeness at the slightest challenge have bitterness in their hearts.

Those who follow Christ have no need to manipulate or exert power over others because they are secure in Christ. Insecure people know they have no power so they pretend to have it over those they think are weaker than they.

Psalm 91 shows us that when we are secure in Christ, we have no need to have power over others through intimidation, manipulation, and mockery.

Psalm 91 "1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and see the recompense of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my refuge
10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you
to guard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;
the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he knows my name.
15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation.”

The New Covenant Replaced the Old

Those Biblical traditions in the Old Testament were given to the Jews as signs of the Messiah to come.

As a Gentile, I am not commanded to follow them, but to follow the Messiah Who has died and risen from the dead for the sake of paying for our sins.

I do not celebrate any of the man-made holidays: Christmas (which was Catholic, based on their "mass"), Halloween, which is clearly pagan, Easter, which was based on false gods, which were also pagan.

None of these holidays were given by God, and all of them mixed paganism with Christianity.

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.”

When Christ came and fulfilled His mission, we no longer need the holidays of the Old Testament; they were wonderful teaching tools given by God until He fulfilled the promise of His coming, and they remain wonderful teaching tools today, but there is no obligation to follow them.

Now we celebrate what He has given us based on that fulfillment; that is the Lord's Supper. Before the cross, the Jews celebrated the Messiah to come. Now all those who have trusted in Christ celebrate that He has already come in the Lord's Supper that Jesus Christ commanded.

Now we remember what has been finished on the cross on our behalf.

1 Corinthians 14:26 "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church."

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 "Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Luke 22:19-20 "And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you."

Matthew 26:26-28 "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."

All of the symbols of the Old Testament spoke to the Messiah to come.

The symbols of the Lord's Supper speak to the fulfillment of that promise of the Messiah, and now we celebrate that He has come and rose from the dead, awaiting the direction from the Father to come and gather His children in the rapture.

Hallelujah!!!! We are not burdened with man-made holidays or past promises; we are full of the blessing of promises fulfilled and future promises yet to be fulfilled!!!

The Escalation of Evil in our World Today is Leading Us into the End of the End

Back in 1973, when Roe v. Wade occurred, a couple of years later, when we were active in the pro-life movement, we were mocked for saying that murdering babies in the womb would increase, as well as hatred toward children, because of the "killing mentality" that resides in women who do not love their children.

Now, infanticide is going to become popular as long as women think they can make an excuse for their actions.

Here we are today, battling the liberals and family haters, about how women will excuse themselves for murdering their children.

The venom coming from these women is intense and demonic. Bullying those who will not stand with them in their mentality of murder is increasing.

2 Timothy 3:1-5
Difficult Times Will Come
1 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, 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 people as these."

We must speak out against this evil, but the tide cannot be turned back now as long as God-hating, rebellious liberals remain in control, and they will, when the entire country has basically denied Christ either in words or in practice.

The end of the end is very near now; the church will be going home soon, and all hell will literally be unleashed when the Holy Spirit is removed.

The only way to avoid the terrible 7 year tribulation is to admit your sinful heart, confess your need for a Savior, and ask God to change you into a new creation. When He transforms you, He does it completely and forever; then you can look forward to the rapture, or, when you die, you will see Him face to face and live forever with Him.

Nothing has disturbed my soul more than this latest trial of a mother who wants an excuse to murder her children and, worse yet, thousands of wicked women supporting her. You would never have seen this incredible insanity 70 years ago.

Infanticide is an indication of the derrangement of a nation!

Does anyone believe a nurse would not be able to know exactly which wrist and neck veins to cut to commit suicide?

Jumping off a roof only 20 feet high does not kill people. The murderer pretended to kill herself. Those who want to die succeed, especially a nurse who knows where the veins are.

Why is no one talking about this? This woman didn't want to kill herself; she just wanted it to look that way to garner sympathy to avoid the penalty of her multiple murders.

It is not hard to discern that the murder of children is not acceptable, no matter the state of mind.

It is astounding to me that this is even a debate, let alone a huge debate on the internet. There should be no question that brutally murdering children is horrendous and deserves the death penalty.

Also, this woman should have been charged with husband abuse; there is no greater abuse than a wife killing her husband's children.

I have been asking myself and God for days why I am so agitated by this whole trial of a woman who savagely ended the lives of her children. God's answer to me was that the culture that surrounds this monster, defending her, is promoting the murder of children to satisfy their rage while distressed.

It is an indictment on our country when thousands of women can come out boldly defending the reprehensible.

I am blessed that so many people are coming against these monsters who refuse to speak the name of the children murdered. Those who applaud the murderer, even raising money for her, is beyond lunacy and derangement; it is demonic.

However, I have to wonder why these demonically inspired women felt so free to express their hate in public.

In the past, no one would have dared defend a serial murderer, but now these demons have come out freely and without shame as though society belongs to them.

Perhaps this is what disturbs me the most! If this is where our "freedom of speech" has led this country, then something is seriously wrong.

Jeremiah 6:15
"15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed;
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord."

There will be justice at the end of it all, not on this earth but in eternity. This is the great expectation of believers: that those who were murdered and abused will be dealt with by God.

Once Christ Changes You There is no Going Back

God never tells us when He writes our names in the book of life, only when He blots them out. I believe this is because Christ died for the sins of the whole world, and everyone's names were there in the book until they reject Him.

He said He wished that none would perish, even knowing most would not receive Him. It isn't a matter of when our names were written in the book; it is a matter of whether or not they are blotted out when we refuse to trust in Him, perhaps determined at our death.

Revelation 3:5 "The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels."

All born-again believers are overcomers, because of Christ in them. Those who are not overcomers are those who trusted in themselves and not in Christ. They attempted to "be a Christian" without any desire to be one with Christ.

 
Everyone is in the book of life until those who reject Christ are blotted out.

 
Romans 12:2 "2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Psalms 128:1 "1 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!"
When Christ transforms us into a new creation, there is no going back; it is eternal. Hallelujah!!!!