Wise, godly people see the signs of a civilization about to collapse.
Most people see the signs and ignore them, and others embrace the mentalities and practices of the culture that are off, but don't discern the consequences. They think nothing bad will happen to them.
Our culture is so far off from Biblical Christianity that it no longer resembles the first-century gatherings or practices, and yet most will defend today's cultural religious Christianity as though they think it is as it should be, even becoming angry when someone points out the flaws.
Most people who attend churches have no clue what God spoke of in His Word about the gathering of born-again believers.
Most people who say they are Christians could not tell you what it means to be born again. They do not know that being born again means we trusted Christ and He transformed us into a new creation. Most church attendees changed themselves to fit a religious culture, thinking they were earning their own way to heaven by becoming better people.
This is the reason we see so many who do not remain following Christ, because they were trying in their own effort without the transformation that only Christ can do within us.
Those who think they are saving themselves or keeping themselves through their own effort are often very arrogant, proud of their own goodness.
This is a frightening realization that many people who are attending Christian churches today have never been born again and are practicing their own brand of Christianity that has nothing to do with Christ.
Matthew 7:21-23 "I Never Knew You
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.’"
One of the clues we see in discerning false Christianity is the attitude of resistance and hostility when they are corrected with Scripture.
Authentic born-again believers love learning and correction; they love the Scriptures to know God's heart. The false Christian only wants to know enough Scripture out of context to fit their desired beliefs and to impress others who lack wisdom and knowledge of the Bible.
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.…"
1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,"
Matthew 24:11 "and many false prophets will arise and deceive many."
Acts 20:29 "I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. I glean that the people will no longer listen even in the churches but God's direction is to continue to speak the truth anyway. Some may listen but most will not."
When our experience with those around us and in the community is hostility toward the truth, we know we have reached that time in prophecy when there will be little faith on the earth. Lies abound more than truth, and we will be at odds with everyone.
So, our marching orders are to continue to tell the truth, avoid those who have heard it and refuse to listen while being content to be alone a lot.
Titus 1:9 "He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it."
1 Timothy 6:3-5 "If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, 5 and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain."
The takeaway is: Arguing with a fool makes us also like the fool. Do not waste your time with foolish contentious people. Move on to those who may listen and are genuinely interested in finding truth according to God's Word.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Society has been Fooled for Centuries and Sadly the Christians right along with Everyone else.
This is what Satan does: he tricks people into celebrating something that dishonors God. And when He gets an entire society to think it is harmless fun, he sends Christians to become angry with those who oppose it.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Fruit of the Spirit, the Character Qualities of Christ
The Fruit of the Spirit is not works; it is the character qualities of Christ that produce His fruit. Unbelievers often do good works to glorify themselves, but those who operate from the fruit of Christ do their good deeds as directed by the Holy Spirit and they will glorify Christ.
Galatians 5:22–23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
We can become confused if someone says they are a Christian and they have good works. Many pretenders do good works but have no interest in obeying God because Christ does not live in them.
Matthew 7:21-23 "I Never Knew You
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.’"
This is the reason I do not like to elevate someone based on the good things they do. Thank them, yes, support a good deed, yes, but do not extol someone as saved merely because they do good things.
Also, remember an unsaved person has a different idea of what "good" is than someone who thinks with the mind of Christ.
Galatians 5:22–23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
We can become confused if someone says they are a Christian and they have good works. Many pretenders do good works but have no interest in obeying God because Christ does not live in them.
Matthew 7:21-23 "I Never Knew You
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.’"
This is the reason I do not like to elevate someone based on the good things they do. Thank them, yes, support a good deed, yes, but do not extol someone as saved merely because they do good things.
Also, remember an unsaved person has a different idea of what "good" is than someone who thinks with the mind of Christ.
Works are not the Fruit of the Spirit
Works are not fruit; God tells us what the fruit is; we don't have to guess.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.…"
The fruits are the character qualities of Christ that do lead to good actions. However, even those without the fruit can have good actions, but they don't count with God because they are done in the flesh to glorify self.
The actions that come from God's fruit glorify Him and not ourselves.
Those who are born again can discern whether the good deeds are from the work of the Holy Spirit or if they are coming from a spirit of pride and self-promotion.
Matthew 7:16-20 "16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
We get confused about who is saved and who is not these days because so many Christians are as worldly as their non-Christian friends. However, when someone walks with Christ we can sense the intense connection between the Holy Spirit in us and the Holy Spirit in them.
John 15:4-5 "Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing."
Romans 8:13-14 "For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. / For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
Ephesians 5:9 "for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth."
What a lovely reunion when we meet up with another believer who walks in the Spirit of God.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.…"
The fruits are the character qualities of Christ that do lead to good actions. However, even those without the fruit can have good actions, but they don't count with God because they are done in the flesh to glorify self.
The actions that come from God's fruit glorify Him and not ourselves.
Those who are born again can discern whether the good deeds are from the work of the Holy Spirit or if they are coming from a spirit of pride and self-promotion.
Matthew 7:16-20 "16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
We get confused about who is saved and who is not these days because so many Christians are as worldly as their non-Christian friends. However, when someone walks with Christ we can sense the intense connection between the Holy Spirit in us and the Holy Spirit in them.
John 15:4-5 "Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing."
Romans 8:13-14 "For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. / For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
Ephesians 5:9 "for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth."
What a lovely reunion when we meet up with another believer who walks in the Spirit of God.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
False Christians Ruin Our Witness
When our president is rude, crass, and uses foul language in public while claiming to be a Christian, he is doing more damage to the Christian witness than any other nonbeliever could do.
It doesn't matter if we have a better economy, a safer border or less crime in the streets when Christ's name is smudged and maligned by false believers; that is greater damage to our ability to reach the lost for Christ.
When the unsaved public sees Christians acting no differently from all their unsaved friends, they have no use for Christ.
Believe it or not, unbelievers can see a difference in authentic believers from the world, and what they see is more likely to influence them to want to know about Christ.
Our president has done more damage to the witness of Christ than any other non-believer could do by claiming to be a Christian.
Our job of witnessing is harder now than it was before because of his false version of Christianity presented to the world by our degenerate president. Notice he didn't allow all this crassness to emerge until he could no longer run for office again. Now he seeks to damage the reputation of other people running for office who might be authentic Christians.
Satan is so very clever!!!! What is more important to you as a Christian, getting a better economy or seeing people repent and become born again? Just asking!
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."
Titus 1:16 "They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
Matthew 7:15 "“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
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."
It doesn't matter if we have a better economy, a safer border or less crime in the streets when Christ's name is smudged and maligned by false believers; that is greater damage to our ability to reach the lost for Christ.
When the unsaved public sees Christians acting no differently from all their unsaved friends, they have no use for Christ.
Believe it or not, unbelievers can see a difference in authentic believers from the world, and what they see is more likely to influence them to want to know about Christ.
Our president has done more damage to the witness of Christ than any other non-believer could do by claiming to be a Christian.
Our job of witnessing is harder now than it was before because of his false version of Christianity presented to the world by our degenerate president. Notice he didn't allow all this crassness to emerge until he could no longer run for office again. Now he seeks to damage the reputation of other people running for office who might be authentic Christians.
Satan is so very clever!!!! What is more important to you as a Christian, getting a better economy or seeing people repent and become born again? Just asking!
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."
Titus 1:16 "They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
Matthew 7:15 "“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
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."
The Modern Church are the New Pharisees
If Jesus Christ walked into our churches today, perhaps He would say to the people in the gatherings the same thing He said to the Pharisees.
Matthew 23:1-28 "Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
7 and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.
8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.
22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."
Matthew 23:1-28 "Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,
3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
6 and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues
7 and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.
8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.
22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.
28 So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."
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