No organized church with its buildings needed to meet in those buildings during COVID-19. God never told us to meet that way in the first place; it would have been better to meet in homes and comply with the government as God commanded in the Bible.
God never told us to defy the government because we didn't agree with it. The only things we do not obey the government on is when it tells us to sin. Wearing a mask and staying home were not sins. This defiance against authority, when they have not told us to sin, is itself sin. It doesn't matter if you agree or not, if it is not sin then we must obey God by obeying the government.
Romans 13:1-5 "13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience."
Every spoiled and rebellious child thinks their parents are just trying to control them with their rules. Making up lies about controlling us was the way of spoiled children who didn't want to comply with the Bible.
Our form of government, "for the people and by the people," has turned our country into one full of spoiled brats who judge everything as controlling if they cannot have their own way.
Meeting in our homes can be and often is much better than those huge churches that violate more of God's commands than they obey. It is not surprising that they would disobey the government when God commanded them to obey.
I was appalled and grieved that so many people supported the pastor who walked across the street to beat up a person who was spouting threats. God never commanded such a thing, and the excuse that he was protecting his family is not valid.
That pastor does not belong in leadership when he cannot control his temper. He could have prayed from across the street, given the guy the gospel, or not gone outside to confront the reviler at all. He could have prayed to expel the demons of the man from across the street or in the building.
This is the sad and ridiculous message the modern churches are spreading, not the gospel of peace with a heart for the lost. They are "fighting for their rights", negating the gospel message while proudly advocating for selfish rights rather than bringing love to the community.
Sadly, now we have a pastor who has smudged the name of Christ by beating up a man who was probably possessed without concern about the demon who was compelling the reviler to speak.
Again, sadly, the reviler got what he wanted; he did what all narcissists do, poke and poke at the pastor until he exploded in anger while watching the police carry him off to jail. Who won here? The reviler was the winner because the pastor let his pride rage.
Satan always wins when we ignore the commands and mandates of the Bible to follow feelings. That church gathering of 1800 people needs to shut its doors, and begin in houses with those who believe in obeying the Word of God.
Just Saying!!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2026
God Forbids All Sin
God forbids all sin; however, it is not the sin itself that sends people to hell, it is the sinful nature. The controversy is whether or not someone who does not repent of divorce and remarriage, even defending it, was ever born again. We do sin at times but hate it because of Christ in us and our response to it is as follows.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"
1 John 2:1-2 "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father— Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."
Only those who have trusted in Christ's sacrifice on our behalf, trusting in Him will have the Advocate with the Father.
And finally; "1 John 3:8-10 "…8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother."
The best thing to tell others who are living in sin is the warning that they may not be saved and should ask God if they are born again. If they are hostile to this warning, then they have probably never been transformed by Christ.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"
1 John 2:1-2 "1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father— Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."
Only those who have trusted in Christ's sacrifice on our behalf, trusting in Him will have the Advocate with the Father.
And finally; "1 John 3:8-10 "…8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother."
The best thing to tell others who are living in sin is the warning that they may not be saved and should ask God if they are born again. If they are hostile to this warning, then they have probably never been transformed by Christ.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
The Devil Used it in the Garden with Eve
What the devil did in the garden with Eve was to turn her against God. He hated God and could not defeat Him, so He went after Eve by turning her against God.
This is often what mankind does not realizing they are being influenced by the devil to hate what God loves.
People gossip to be able to turn others against the person they hate, the devil's tactic!
The devil hated God's goodness, His power and His love for mankind. So he did everything he could to ruin the relationship between God and man.
He does the same thing today when he uses those who hate God to come against those who love God. Sadly, those who say they love God often come against authentic believers for believing God when He speaks from His Word.
Matthew 7:15-17 "15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit."
What is the fruit of 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, self-control; against such things there is no law."
This is often what mankind does not realizing they are being influenced by the devil to hate what God loves.
People gossip to be able to turn others against the person they hate, the devil's tactic!
The devil hated God's goodness, His power and His love for mankind. So he did everything he could to ruin the relationship between God and man.
He does the same thing today when he uses those who hate God to come against those who love God. Sadly, those who say they love God often come against authentic believers for believing God when He speaks from His Word.
Matthew 7:15-17 "15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit."
What is the fruit of 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, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Gossip is Very Dangerous
On another thread, there was a discussion about those who gossip and the people who believe the gossip.
Most people are followers and will believe the person they like and who tells the story first.
This makes those who believe the gossip the puppets and non-thinkers.
I was raised all my life to believe an uncle, who lived next near by, was the cause of all the fights with someone in my family.
As I grew in wisdom, I realized it was not my uncle who started the fights over nothing important, silly disagreements about which car was the better car but the gossiper who was the problem.
Over the years, I recalled the intense anger this family member displayed in his home. He was so enraged over the silliest things that I began to realize that if he were this way with his family in private, he would also be this way with a brother whom he grew up with resenting. The gossip called my uncle the favorite one, while the gossip was beaten all the time. I realized later it was possible that my uncle was the compliant, obedient one and the gossip was the rebellious one.
Then, as I heard him talk to me when I was a child and into my adulthood, I saw that he was jealous of the uncle for things I don't need to get into here. Sadly, other members of the family believed him without questioning, and into their adult years, they spoke negatively of the uncle.
Another question I had that lingered constantly was; "why would the gossip want to turn others against the uncle when he had done nothing bad to them?"
All I know is that I was indoctrinated to believe something about a relative that was probably untrue. Then, over the years, I prayed about it, and God showed me the person who caused the problems between the uncle and the gossip was the gossip.
When we are not able to see the truth, we will carry a lie through our entire life, and worst we will pass it on to others.
Until we see for ourselves what people are doing, it is better to resist believing the gossip. There has been other gossip I have heard that I dismiss and do not repeat to anyone because I might be repeating a lie or, at the very least, something that happened so long ago it doesn't even matter anymore.
Family gossip is the worst, people tend to believe the first thing they hear from someone they respect, but don't even really know. They have perceived ideas about the life of the gossip that has no evidence that they are what they appear.
Another reason not to believe the gossip is realizing that the one who shares things about others is attempting to gain followers for themselves. They hate someone and want others to hate them too. They are bitter and angry because they had no control over their target of hate, so they work at ruining their relationships with others.
I have seen gossips become angry when you don't believe them and begin a gossip campaign against us for our insubordination.
Gossips don't need very much information about us to hurt us, all they need is a little bit that they embellish according to their own thinking.
There is something else that is very important: what others are doing is none of our business. If we have to rebuke someone for sin against us, that is private, and no one else needs to know. If they are believers and they will not repent, then we take it to the church for discipline, not to the streets for gossip.
It might be good to ask a gossip this question to shame their efforts at hurting someone else: "Why are you telling me this?"
It is one thing to share with a trusted friend what we encountered with someone personally for prayer and counsel, but sharing it with just anyone to feel a sense of achievement for having won someone to our side is sin.
Proverbs 17:9 "9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends."
Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions."
Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you."
Proverbs 6:19 "a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers."
Gossip always includes false information; no one passes on the flaws of others without including their own guesses and interpretations of the information.
In our day people are making claims about all kinds of things based on what they have read and not what they have seen for themselves.
IF we remain focused on Christ, praying for discernment and desiring to be truthful, we will have little interest in the news articles and reports from just anyone. The sins of those we have no contact with and who are not our friends will be of no interest to us.
Trust in Christ and mind your own business!
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 "11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
Most people are followers and will believe the person they like and who tells the story first.
This makes those who believe the gossip the puppets and non-thinkers.
I was raised all my life to believe an uncle, who lived next near by, was the cause of all the fights with someone in my family.
As I grew in wisdom, I realized it was not my uncle who started the fights over nothing important, silly disagreements about which car was the better car but the gossiper who was the problem.
Over the years, I recalled the intense anger this family member displayed in his home. He was so enraged over the silliest things that I began to realize that if he were this way with his family in private, he would also be this way with a brother whom he grew up with resenting. The gossip called my uncle the favorite one, while the gossip was beaten all the time. I realized later it was possible that my uncle was the compliant, obedient one and the gossip was the rebellious one.
Then, as I heard him talk to me when I was a child and into my adulthood, I saw that he was jealous of the uncle for things I don't need to get into here. Sadly, other members of the family believed him without questioning, and into their adult years, they spoke negatively of the uncle.
Another question I had that lingered constantly was; "why would the gossip want to turn others against the uncle when he had done nothing bad to them?"
All I know is that I was indoctrinated to believe something about a relative that was probably untrue. Then, over the years, I prayed about it, and God showed me the person who caused the problems between the uncle and the gossip was the gossip.
When we are not able to see the truth, we will carry a lie through our entire life, and worst we will pass it on to others.
Until we see for ourselves what people are doing, it is better to resist believing the gossip. There has been other gossip I have heard that I dismiss and do not repeat to anyone because I might be repeating a lie or, at the very least, something that happened so long ago it doesn't even matter anymore.
Family gossip is the worst, people tend to believe the first thing they hear from someone they respect, but don't even really know. They have perceived ideas about the life of the gossip that has no evidence that they are what they appear.
Another reason not to believe the gossip is realizing that the one who shares things about others is attempting to gain followers for themselves. They hate someone and want others to hate them too. They are bitter and angry because they had no control over their target of hate, so they work at ruining their relationships with others.
I have seen gossips become angry when you don't believe them and begin a gossip campaign against us for our insubordination.
Gossips don't need very much information about us to hurt us, all they need is a little bit that they embellish according to their own thinking.
There is something else that is very important: what others are doing is none of our business. If we have to rebuke someone for sin against us, that is private, and no one else needs to know. If they are believers and they will not repent, then we take it to the church for discipline, not to the streets for gossip.
It might be good to ask a gossip this question to shame their efforts at hurting someone else: "Why are you telling me this?"
It is one thing to share with a trusted friend what we encountered with someone personally for prayer and counsel, but sharing it with just anyone to feel a sense of achievement for having won someone to our side is sin.
Proverbs 17:9 "9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends."
Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions."
Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you."
Proverbs 6:19 "a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers."
Gossip always includes false information; no one passes on the flaws of others without including their own guesses and interpretations of the information.
In our day people are making claims about all kinds of things based on what they have read and not what they have seen for themselves.
IF we remain focused on Christ, praying for discernment and desiring to be truthful, we will have little interest in the news articles and reports from just anyone. The sins of those we have no contact with and who are not our friends will be of no interest to us.
Trust in Christ and mind your own business!
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 "11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
False Indoctrination Dominates the Culture
People tend to stay with whatever they heard all their lives from childhood. When it is challenged, they feel insecure, especially when the entire rest of their family culture around them mocks them if they don't believe what everyone else believes. They feel safer going with the crowd than knowing the truth.
This is the reason the churches as a whole are teaching bad doctrine; they are teaching what they know the culture wants to hear while mixing it with God's Word to make it believable.
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 culture drives the resolve; the culture pressures people to be like it to validate itself.
Only those who have trusted in Christ can believe the truth because they are not worried about being liked by the culture.
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."
Those who think rationally, seeking truth, will be rejected by the culture, while the culture ignorantly PRIDES itself as superior.
Satan always brings pride; he is the very essence of arrogant pride. Everything he does is to elevate himself and ruin anyone who does not elevate him.
1 Timothy 6:3-4 "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."
It is best to seek Christ always in everything, listening only to those who do the same. If someone resists the Word of God, we must resist them.
Isaiah 30:10 "They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions."
We are living in the last days of deep deception, people enjoy lies and gossip and do not embrace and enjoy the Word of God.
Jeremiah 23:16 "This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD."
Keep looking up, Christ is coming soon for His church!
This is the reason the churches as a whole are teaching bad doctrine; they are teaching what they know the culture wants to hear while mixing it with God's Word to make it believable.
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 culture drives the resolve; the culture pressures people to be like it to validate itself.
Only those who have trusted in Christ can believe the truth because they are not worried about being liked by the culture.
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."
Those who think rationally, seeking truth, will be rejected by the culture, while the culture ignorantly PRIDES itself as superior.
Satan always brings pride; he is the very essence of arrogant pride. Everything he does is to elevate himself and ruin anyone who does not elevate him.
1 Timothy 6:3-4 "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."
It is best to seek Christ always in everything, listening only to those who do the same. If someone resists the Word of God, we must resist them.
Isaiah 30:10 "They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions."
We are living in the last days of deep deception, people enjoy lies and gossip and do not embrace and enjoy the Word of God.
Jeremiah 23:16 "This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD."
Keep looking up, Christ is coming soon for His church!
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Do you believe God or the culture in which you live?
When two people are made one by God when they marry, exchange their vows, God melds them into one spiritually. They are no longer two but one in purpose and bonded in their spirits. This can only be done by God and cannot be undone by a piece of paper by the laws of a government.
When these people divorce, they are still one; when they remarry, they remain one with the first spouse and are in adultery with the second. The government may accept that form of adultery, but God does not.
It is interesting to me that most people have no problem accepting divorce from the first spouse, but have a problem with divorcing from the second spouse. The second spouse is not a divorce in God's eyes, it is the stopping of the sin of adultery. God says, "If you divorce, you must remain single or be reconciled to the first spouse."
Our government does not decide God's principles and His truth. The Bible is our instruction book we read it to seek Christ for His perfect will.
When these people divorce, they are still one; when they remarry, they remain one with the first spouse and are in adultery with the second. The government may accept that form of adultery, but God does not.
It is interesting to me that most people have no problem accepting divorce from the first spouse, but have a problem with divorcing from the second spouse. The second spouse is not a divorce in God's eyes, it is the stopping of the sin of adultery. God says, "If you divorce, you must remain single or be reconciled to the first spouse."
Our government does not decide God's principles and His truth. The Bible is our instruction book we read it to seek Christ for His perfect will.
When Mockers Come Rejoice
Have you noticed those laughing emojis that show up when we write about something serious and important? I have gone to the pages of those who mock us; they are clearly unsaved people the devil is using to intimidate us into silence.
What those mockers do not know is that their ridicule only strengthens us. We see it as an opportunity to become more loyal and committed to Christ than ever.
Don't be afraid of the mockers; they merely reveal their character and show us we are on the right path.
Foolilsh people lack good sense in noticing that mocking others does not change our character or stop us from doing what God has given us to do.
Proverbs 29:9-10 "…8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life."
Ecclesiastes 10:13 "The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness."
Ecclesiastes 7:6 "For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile."
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."
Count it all joy when others revile and mock you; it strengthens our resolve.
What those mockers do not know is that their ridicule only strengthens us. We see it as an opportunity to become more loyal and committed to Christ than ever.
Don't be afraid of the mockers; they merely reveal their character and show us we are on the right path.
Foolilsh people lack good sense in noticing that mocking others does not change our character or stop us from doing what God has given us to do.
Proverbs 29:9-10 "…8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life."
Ecclesiastes 10:13 "The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness."
Ecclesiastes 7:6 "For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile."
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."
Count it all joy when others revile and mock you; it strengthens our resolve.
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