Some say they are not legalistic because they allow everything and are tolerant of everyone and all that God condemns.
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 "11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.”
In our day in most church gatherings those who are reviled and excluded are the ones who point out the sin and desire to restore the sinner through repenatance.
The Christian church is legalistic in divorce and remarriage, they defend it as though it is endorsed in the Bible. They judge those who speak about the Bible against divorce and remarriage, and isolate them because they bring the word of God that condemns these acts.
People in the church are calling legalism things that are obedience to the word of God, while they follow the rules and standards of man that God never gave.
It is just like the devil to claim that bad is good and good is bad. His favorite place to be is in the gathering of believers where people love the ear-tickling and accepting sermons that allow sin without consequences.
People are calling it legalistic when we speak the truth of God about things that are accepted by the culture, while following the rules man makes up to control the people.
It is never legalism to seek the truth of God to actually follow it. It is legalism to negate the things of God to embrace man's idea of righteousness that God spoke against in the Bible.
We are literally living in an opposite world, where people often believe the opposite of what God said, even those in many church gatherings.
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."
We know this mentality is in the church because God said in verse 5 "they have a form of godliness," but have denied Christ in the practice of their religion.
Many are religious but not born again, sad to say, and religious and rebellious at the same time.
2 Peter 3:3 "Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires."
Matthew 24:12 "Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
We are experiencing almost a total lack of God's love from nearly everyone. The love the world displays is one of serving others to elevate themselves. It is not the love of God because they are dedicated to God and to their brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a self-love that is good to people when they have something to offer, not a pure selfless love.
Jude 1:18 “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
We can live in peace as we obey God's Word even if others do not. There will not be many who come alongside to support our resolve to obey the Bible, but Christ is enough, and one or two others are gravy.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026
Myths have been Popularized Hindering Truth
Once a myth has been popularized and repeated, it is nearly impossible to change minds about it. So many myths have entered the church teachings that there is more wrong than is right in what most people believe.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "…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. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness."
Romans 2:8 "But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger."
Proverbs 28:9 "Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
Titus 1:10-16 "10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
We are living in the end times, in which most Christians will claim they are Bible-believing but follow very few of God's principles and commands. They have accepted the ways of the world while claiming it is alright with God.
May each one re-evaluate what they believe and what they practice to make it in line with God's heart.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 "…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. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness."
Romans 2:8 "But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger."
Proverbs 28:9 "Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable."
Titus 1:10-16 "10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
We are living in the end times, in which most Christians will claim they are Bible-believing but follow very few of God's principles and commands. They have accepted the ways of the world while claiming it is alright with God.
May each one re-evaluate what they believe and what they practice to make it in line with God's heart.
Dealing with the World While Walking with Christ
In dealing with the world, we are encountering more instances of narcissistic abuse, usually verbal and emotional insults and invalidation, because the devil has been working hard from the time of Christ until now to ruin the witness of believers as well as discourage them from speaking the truth.
Most of my interactions with narcissists have been their propensity to attempt to hide their insults in language that makes us look crazy if we were to confront them head-on.
We can sense the tension before a narcissist even opens their mouth. There is a hidden hostility that looms over the relationship that cannot be explained. It isn't based on anything that happened, but rather on a sense of hatred they must hide because they don't really have a reason.
Narcissists are always looking for a reason to despise those who love Christ. Sadly, these are not only people in the world, they are also deeply embedded in the organized church system.
Narcissists like to hide in plain sight. They love larger crowds because it is easier to pretend to have the traits they know the group expects in public. They are a different person entirely when no one else is watching or can hear, toward those they despise.
Godly people who have the Holy Spirit and have the fruit of the Holy Spirit are deeply enmeshed with the love and kindness of Jesus Christ. It is so much a part of their being that they never treat anyone with manipulation, superiority, or rudeness on any level. It is not in them to act in ways that diminish others.
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."
Those who have the love of Christ are loving and kind all the time to everyone they encounter. They may make boundaries excluding evil people to protect their walk with Christ, but their being is full of the love of Christ, no manipulation, intimidation, or mocking, just truth to help.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Never allow a narcissist to goad you into becoming like them. Never use their tactics to exact revenge; they and the devil love it when they can accuse us of the same things they do.
Often the narcissist is influenced by the devil to accuse the believer of the things the narcissist is doing, but the target is not. Accusation is the devil's favorite way of diminishing our walk with Christ. This is why God told us to avoid such people in 2 Timothy 3:5.
The key to our walk with Christ is to never adopt the tactics of the narcissist, which is influenced by the devil, and to keep ourselves from hating those who torment us.
Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Foolish people want us to fight back defensively. They start arguments and then play the victim when we answer them. The best answer for an insult is no answer at all.
However, there are times when the Holy Spirit will lead us to speak the truth, but without the tactics of the devil. Speaking truth to resolve something is God's way; accusations that are not based on truth are the devil's way.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words."
When we discover someone is being led by the devil in their words and tactics, the best course is to ignore it completely without response.
2 Timothy 2:23-24 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing."
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
Proverbs 13:20 "He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Part of living the joyful and peaceful life Christ has given us is knowing when to engage and when not to engage with people. Christ in us will tell us when we need to know.
Hallelujah!!!!
Most of my interactions with narcissists have been their propensity to attempt to hide their insults in language that makes us look crazy if we were to confront them head-on.
We can sense the tension before a narcissist even opens their mouth. There is a hidden hostility that looms over the relationship that cannot be explained. It isn't based on anything that happened, but rather on a sense of hatred they must hide because they don't really have a reason.
Narcissists are always looking for a reason to despise those who love Christ. Sadly, these are not only people in the world, they are also deeply embedded in the organized church system.
Narcissists like to hide in plain sight. They love larger crowds because it is easier to pretend to have the traits they know the group expects in public. They are a different person entirely when no one else is watching or can hear, toward those they despise.
Godly people who have the Holy Spirit and have the fruit of the Holy Spirit are deeply enmeshed with the love and kindness of Jesus Christ. It is so much a part of their being that they never treat anyone with manipulation, superiority, or rudeness on any level. It is not in them to act in ways that diminish others.
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."
Those who have the love of Christ are loving and kind all the time to everyone they encounter. They may make boundaries excluding evil people to protect their walk with Christ, but their being is full of the love of Christ, no manipulation, intimidation, or mocking, just truth to help.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Never allow a narcissist to goad you into becoming like them. Never use their tactics to exact revenge; they and the devil love it when they can accuse us of the same things they do.
Often the narcissist is influenced by the devil to accuse the believer of the things the narcissist is doing, but the target is not. Accusation is the devil's favorite way of diminishing our walk with Christ. This is why God told us to avoid such people in 2 Timothy 3:5.
The key to our walk with Christ is to never adopt the tactics of the narcissist, which is influenced by the devil, and to keep ourselves from hating those who torment us.
Proverbs 26:3-5 "…3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes."
Foolish people want us to fight back defensively. They start arguments and then play the victim when we answer them. The best answer for an insult is no answer at all.
However, there are times when the Holy Spirit will lead us to speak the truth, but without the tactics of the devil. Speaking truth to resolve something is God's way; accusations that are not based on truth are the devil's way.
Proverbs 23:9 "Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words."
When we discover someone is being led by the devil in their words and tactics, the best course is to ignore it completely without response.
2 Timothy 2:23-24 "But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling. / And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing."
Proverbs 22:24-25 "Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."
Proverbs 13:20 "He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."
Part of living the joyful and peaceful life Christ has given us is knowing when to engage and when not to engage with people. Christ in us will tell us when we need to know.
Hallelujah!!!!
Sunday, July 12, 2026
Calvinism is a False Gospel
Calvinism tells people they don't have to make a choice, so what if someone wants to make a choice, but they were not chosen by God?
This makes people walk in perpetual fear that they may not be saved. All the Calvinists I have met are arrogant and judge everyone as unsaved who does not believe in Calvinism. Which makes no sense because how can someone know for sure who is saved and who is not if they don't know for sure who is chosen?
1 John 2:2 "2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
So are we to assume God lied when He said He died for all? According to Calvinists.
By the way, why are people following Calvin when God said to only follow Jesus Christ?
Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role."
1 Corinthians 1:12 tells us not to follow men but to only follow Christ.
Sadly far too many people are adding to the word of God to make up their own ideas of religion, leading many people away from Christ.
This makes people walk in perpetual fear that they may not be saved. All the Calvinists I have met are arrogant and judge everyone as unsaved who does not believe in Calvinism. Which makes no sense because how can someone know for sure who is saved and who is not if they don't know for sure who is chosen?
1 John 2:2 "2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
So are we to assume God lied when He said He died for all? According to Calvinists.
By the way, why are people following Calvin when God said to only follow Jesus Christ?
Matthew 16:24 "Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
1 Corinthians 3:3-5 "…3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man? 4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role."
1 Corinthians 1:12 tells us not to follow men but to only follow Christ.
Sadly far too many people are adding to the word of God to make up their own ideas of religion, leading many people away from Christ.
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Bible Teachers Who Add to the Truth to Make a Lie
I am grieved that so many Bible teachers are teaching the false narrative of the nephelim. The word nephelim in the original language means mighty men. Angels cannot procreate with humans because they have no seed and are a different species. The idea of giants created by devils in humans violates the scripture that God created the physical world in which each species mated with its own kind.
Genesis 1:24 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds:" God said there were godly men who married pagan women, and that there were giants in the land at the time, not that the union of those two humans created the giants.
Only God the Father could create a human being in the womb without a physical seed; devils cannot do this. To say the devils could do what God did is to make them gods and bring God the Father down. It is blasphemy to pretend devils can do what God the Father can only do.
Also, I am so sorry that well-known Bible teachers are attempting to answer questions with guesses. Guesses are not wise when answering Biblical questions. We ought to be able to say "that the Bible does not speak to that, so there is no answer." What could have happened that didn't should never be expressed.
Since prophecy tells us what did happen, it is foolish to guess at what would have happened if the prophecy had not been so. This is how so many teachers get themselves into false doctrine, by the mere suggestion at what could have happened but didn't.
We need to stop guessing at what might have happened or what could have happened that God never spoke about in the Bible.
I did this once when I pondered what would have happened if Sapphirah had talked her husband out of lying to the Holy Spirit. I was wrong in doing that, I see it now. It is best to speak about what did happen and what God said will happen, without any guesses.
Years ago, someone asked if the "other followers not of us" were aliens from outer space. It was a silly question when the context clearly says they are followers of Christ, just not in His immediate group. To add fantasy to the truth is to bring false doctrine.
Now we have people believing the "Nephilim" are back and walking the earth again; this is patently ridiculous.
I am grieved by how many times people put up news articles without any way of proving they are true. I recall when someone said once, "You know it must be true, because I saw it on the internet."
We are living in a world full of fantasy, sensationalism, and entertainment-minded Christians who have no problem distorting Scripture to make things more interesting.
Not only do they want to gain more followers, but they also want those followers to think they have special knowledge that will wow everyone.
Sadly, too many preachers get their information from other preachers who are caught up in extra-biblical texts such as the "Book of Enoch", which was not written by Enoch, but by someone else centuries after the flood. Not only does this book get much wrong, but it also has blasphemies in it.
These are the days just like those of Lot and Noah, in which the world is so full of lies and distortions that there is little faith and truth left upon the earth.
It is better to resist listening to modern-day preachers who are mesmerized and indoctrinated to believe fantasies.
Read the Word yourself, and pray that the Holy Spirit will show you the truth. I listen to some teachers but am very careful to compare the wording of the bible with what they say so that I do not believe anything that is not Biblical. Keep everything within the context of the entire Bible and the Holy Spirit will guied you.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
How can we tell if someone has truth? If what they say brings glory to God and not to themselves.
Genesis 1:24 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds:" God said there were godly men who married pagan women, and that there were giants in the land at the time, not that the union of those two humans created the giants.
Only God the Father could create a human being in the womb without a physical seed; devils cannot do this. To say the devils could do what God did is to make them gods and bring God the Father down. It is blasphemy to pretend devils can do what God the Father can only do.
Also, I am so sorry that well-known Bible teachers are attempting to answer questions with guesses. Guesses are not wise when answering Biblical questions. We ought to be able to say "that the Bible does not speak to that, so there is no answer." What could have happened that didn't should never be expressed.
Since prophecy tells us what did happen, it is foolish to guess at what would have happened if the prophecy had not been so. This is how so many teachers get themselves into false doctrine, by the mere suggestion at what could have happened but didn't.
We need to stop guessing at what might have happened or what could have happened that God never spoke about in the Bible.
I did this once when I pondered what would have happened if Sapphirah had talked her husband out of lying to the Holy Spirit. I was wrong in doing that, I see it now. It is best to speak about what did happen and what God said will happen, without any guesses.
Years ago, someone asked if the "other followers not of us" were aliens from outer space. It was a silly question when the context clearly says they are followers of Christ, just not in His immediate group. To add fantasy to the truth is to bring false doctrine.
Now we have people believing the "Nephilim" are back and walking the earth again; this is patently ridiculous.
I am grieved by how many times people put up news articles without any way of proving they are true. I recall when someone said once, "You know it must be true, because I saw it on the internet."
We are living in a world full of fantasy, sensationalism, and entertainment-minded Christians who have no problem distorting Scripture to make things more interesting.
Not only do they want to gain more followers, but they also want those followers to think they have special knowledge that will wow everyone.
Sadly, too many preachers get their information from other preachers who are caught up in extra-biblical texts such as the "Book of Enoch", which was not written by Enoch, but by someone else centuries after the flood. Not only does this book get much wrong, but it also has blasphemies in it.
These are the days just like those of Lot and Noah, in which the world is so full of lies and distortions that there is little faith and truth left upon the earth.
It is better to resist listening to modern-day preachers who are mesmerized and indoctrinated to believe fantasies.
Read the Word yourself, and pray that the Holy Spirit will show you the truth. I listen to some teachers but am very careful to compare the wording of the bible with what they say so that I do not believe anything that is not Biblical. Keep everything within the context of the entire Bible and the Holy Spirit will guied you.
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
How can we tell if someone has truth? If what they say brings glory to God and not to themselves.
The Most Important People in our Lives: Christ and our Spouse!!!
It is a betrayal of our wedding vows to make any other family member more important than our spouse. (A form of adultery)
SPOUSES ALWAYS COME FIRST ABOVE ANYONE ELSE!
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