Monday, September 28, 2026
Freeing Yourself from the Institutional Church Gatherings
For the past few hundred years, Christians have been indoctrinated to believe that "church" was the place and the planned proceedings with a paid man trained in a seminary. NONE of this is true according to the Bible.
The church is the people, and they meet when and where they choose, while their interaction is led by the Holy Spirit.
This is the reason the church system has gone bad, it was never God's will in the first place.
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."
God commanded us to come together to edify one another in the Word so that when we leave we will be enthused to live for Christ and carry out His calling for each of us.
This instruction in 1 Corinthians was given to both men and women.
Hebrews 10:25: "Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
The problem is not that we don't meet together; the problem is the way the culture has demanded that we meet. Some people are leaving the institutional churches to remain at home with those who agree with God's Word.
The institutional churches are teaching many things against the Bible, using Scripture out of context to justify what they want to believe.
The people in those institutional gatherings have become lumps in pews, all facing forward, never questioning the truth of their paid hirelings. They place their trust in education by men rather than wisdom from the Holy Spirit. It is lazy and simple just to believe what others say; studying the word takes time and work.
Our culture has become pleasure-oriented; to make themselves feel safe, and to impress others as though this attendance is evidence we are good people. The culture tacks God onto the beginning of the week and ignores Him the rest of the week.
Following the rules has become more important than love and obeying Christ.
Matthew 15:8-9 " 8 “‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Matthew 23:1-17 1 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?
Matthew 23:23-28
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."
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation."
Many have placed their trust in mere attendance as a sign they are alright with God. They have placed their trust in knowing things in the Bible, as well as those who preach sermons, but they have not placed their trust in Christ.
May many in the modern church gatherings repent and become born again. Then they will leave these traditional institutions that have led so many astray.
The church is the people, and they meet when and where they choose, while their interaction is led by the Holy Spirit.
This is the reason the church system has gone bad, it was never God's will in the first place.
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."
God commanded us to come together to edify one another in the Word so that when we leave we will be enthused to live for Christ and carry out His calling for each of us.
This instruction in 1 Corinthians was given to both men and women.
Hebrews 10:25: "Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
The problem is not that we don't meet together; the problem is the way the culture has demanded that we meet. Some people are leaving the institutional churches to remain at home with those who agree with God's Word.
The institutional churches are teaching many things against the Bible, using Scripture out of context to justify what they want to believe.
The people in those institutional gatherings have become lumps in pews, all facing forward, never questioning the truth of their paid hirelings. They place their trust in education by men rather than wisdom from the Holy Spirit. It is lazy and simple just to believe what others say; studying the word takes time and work.
Our culture has become pleasure-oriented; to make themselves feel safe, and to impress others as though this attendance is evidence we are good people. The culture tacks God onto the beginning of the week and ignores Him the rest of the week.
Following the rules has become more important than love and obeying Christ.
Matthew 15:8-9 " 8 “‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Matthew 23:1-17 1 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?
Matthew 23:23-28
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."
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation."
Many have placed their trust in mere attendance as a sign they are alright with God. They have placed their trust in knowing things in the Bible, as well as those who preach sermons, but they have not placed their trust in Christ.
May many in the modern church gatherings repent and become born again. Then they will leave these traditional institutions that have led so many astray.
Manmade Holidays God Never Commanded
The apostles never celebrated any of the holidays that our culture thinks is so important today, nor did the prophets!
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Fools Don't LIsten and They Don't Change
Agreed!!!!! Fools love to argue, and God told us not to answer a fool according to his folly, but to answer him with wisdom or not at all. Fools don't listen and they don't change.
Proverbs 26:4-5
"4 Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness,
Or you will also be like him.
5 Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves,
So that he will not be wise in his own eyes."
The story says a lot: I do not know who the author is, but the story makes a good point.
Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS
The donkey said to the tiger:
- "The grass is blue".
The tiger replied:
- "No, the grass is green."
The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit him to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle.
Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout:
- "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?".
The lion replied:
- "True, the grass is blue."
The donkey hurried and continued:
- "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him."
The king then declared:
- "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence."
The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating:
- "The Grass Is Blue"...
The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion:
- "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, After all, the grass is green."
The lion replied:
- "In fact, the grass is green."
The tiger asked:
- "So why are you punishing me?".
The lion replied:
- "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green.
The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that come and bother me with that question."
The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense...
There are people who, no matter how much evidence we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred, and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not.
When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more. ❤️
Proverbs 26:4-5
"4 Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness,
Or you will also be like him.
5 Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves,
So that he will not be wise in his own eyes."
The story says a lot: I do not know who the author is, but the story makes a good point.
Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS
The donkey said to the tiger:
- "The grass is blue".
The tiger replied:
- "No, the grass is green."
The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit him to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle.
Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout:
- "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?".
The lion replied:
- "True, the grass is blue."
The donkey hurried and continued:
- "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him."
The king then declared:
- "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence."
The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating:
- "The Grass Is Blue"...
The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion:
- "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, After all, the grass is green."
The lion replied:
- "In fact, the grass is green."
The tiger asked:
- "So why are you punishing me?".
The lion replied:
- "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green.
The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that come and bother me with that question."
The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense...
There are people who, no matter how much evidence we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred, and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not.
When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more. ❤️
Friday, September 25, 2026
Seeking Christ is Different From Knowing About Him
If we really love Christ, we will seek His commands in the Bible to obey Him, not just know of them.
Do You Really Love Christ or are they just Words You Say
The big question most people don't ask who are in churches today is this: "Is it rejecting Jesus Christ to reject any part of His Words?
John 14:15 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
Matthew 22:37 "Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
you will keep."
John 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love."
James 1:22 "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves."
1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,"
1 John 2:3-5 "By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
John 15:14 "You are My friends if you do what I command you."
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven."
Wow, it seems clear to me that those who say they are Christians but refuse to obey His Word are pretending and cannot love Christ with all their heart, soul and mind.
John 14:15 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments."
Matthew 22:37 "Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
you will keep."
John 15:10 "If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love."
James 1:22 "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves."
1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,"
1 John 2:3-5 "By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"
John 15:14 "You are My friends if you do what I command you."
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven."
Wow, it seems clear to me that those who say they are Christians but refuse to obey His Word are pretending and cannot love Christ with all their heart, soul and mind.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Both Parties Must Love One Another to Resolve Problems in a Relationship
There is nothing we can do when someone refuses to listen, refuses to honestly discuss a matter, and begins gossiping about you instead of speaking with you. If the first thing out of someone's mouth is to defend themselves when you bring a concern, you know you are not dealing with someone who wants to reconcile. Those who do this want only to be seen as right and do not care how they may have harmed you, and they care even less what you think.
When we see this happening, there is no longer anything we can do to resolve the relationship. It is entirely in God's hands when we have been blocked, ignored, and resisted at every turn.
People who love you want to find out what they did to hurt you. They want to resolve any conflict, even if they have to admit they were mean or rude.
God told His disciples to walk away when they brought the gospel, and someone refused to hear it. The same is true of any other problem to be resolved; if someone will not listen, further pressure to listen will not help them understand. They will share what you said to others, only a twisted version that makes them appear to be the victim.
Matthew 10:14 "And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town."
2 Timothy 4:3 "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions."
Mark 6:11 "And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”
John 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours."
We are not responsible for making someone work to resolve a problem. We are only responsible to tell the truth and leave everything else to God.
It is comforting to know that when someone is not open to truth and does not care about us, we have God's permission to move on with our lives with those who are loving and reasonable.
It may seem uncomfortable to lose someone we love, but it is far more uncomfortable to have people in our lives who care nothing about us and hate that we care about them.
When we see this happening, there is no longer anything we can do to resolve the relationship. It is entirely in God's hands when we have been blocked, ignored, and resisted at every turn.
People who love you want to find out what they did to hurt you. They want to resolve any conflict, even if they have to admit they were mean or rude.
God told His disciples to walk away when they brought the gospel, and someone refused to hear it. The same is true of any other problem to be resolved; if someone will not listen, further pressure to listen will not help them understand. They will share what you said to others, only a twisted version that makes them appear to be the victim.
Matthew 10:14 "And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town."
2 Timothy 4:3 "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions."
Mark 6:11 "And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”
John 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours."
We are not responsible for making someone work to resolve a problem. We are only responsible to tell the truth and leave everything else to God.
It is comforting to know that when someone is not open to truth and does not care about us, we have God's permission to move on with our lives with those who are loving and reasonable.
It may seem uncomfortable to lose someone we love, but it is far more uncomfortable to have people in our lives who care nothing about us and hate that we care about them.
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