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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Obeying God Rather Than Men
There are women who believe they must obey their husbands even if they are told to sin. This could not be further from the truth.
With Ananias and Sapphira, the husband suggested that they lie to keep back money; his wife went along, and they were counted by God as "conspiring together."
The same is true in the garden when Eve picked the fruit; when Adam took what was offered him, he then became a co-conspirator in the sin.
Each person is responsible for their own sin. The one who offers the opportunity to sin is not considered more culpable than the one who takes it; they are equal in the eyes of God.
Sort of like the "working in concert" idea with the law. If one person steals from a jewelry store and the other person stands outside as a lookout but doesn't steal and takes part of the loot, they are both responsible for the crime.
When we obey those who tell us to sin, we are responsible for our own sin, since everyone is accountable. No one will be able to stand before the Lord on judgment day and blame anyone else for their own sinful choices.
One might say, "But they will cause me all kinds of trouble if I don't do what they say." The answer to that is, it is better to suffer loss doing what is right than to protect ourselves temporarily to avoid suffering.
Let's not forget the three Hebrew boys who refused to bow to the idol of Nebuchadnezzar. They were thrown into a fiery furnace for honoring God and disobeying human authority.
Daniel 3:16-28 tells us that the three young men went into the furnace, but the Son of God was in there with them. They came out unharmed without the smell of smoke on them, and their hair wasn't even singed.
In the case of Abigail, her wicked husband told her to ignore King David in his need, but she disobeyed her husband to honor the King. Her husband died, and Abigail married David. Her desire to do what was right in God's eyes despite ignoring her husband's demands was rewarded by God.
There is no authority on earth that we obey when they tell us to sin.
Obey God first and take your lumps, you will not regret it.
With Ananias and Sapphira, the husband suggested that they lie to keep back money; his wife went along, and they were counted by God as "conspiring together."
The same is true in the garden when Eve picked the fruit; when Adam took what was offered him, he then became a co-conspirator in the sin.
Each person is responsible for their own sin. The one who offers the opportunity to sin is not considered more culpable than the one who takes it; they are equal in the eyes of God.
Sort of like the "working in concert" idea with the law. If one person steals from a jewelry store and the other person stands outside as a lookout but doesn't steal and takes part of the loot, they are both responsible for the crime.
When we obey those who tell us to sin, we are responsible for our own sin, since everyone is accountable. No one will be able to stand before the Lord on judgment day and blame anyone else for their own sinful choices.
One might say, "But they will cause me all kinds of trouble if I don't do what they say." The answer to that is, it is better to suffer loss doing what is right than to protect ourselves temporarily to avoid suffering.
Let's not forget the three Hebrew boys who refused to bow to the idol of Nebuchadnezzar. They were thrown into a fiery furnace for honoring God and disobeying human authority.
Daniel 3:16-28 tells us that the three young men went into the furnace, but the Son of God was in there with them. They came out unharmed without the smell of smoke on them, and their hair wasn't even singed.
In the case of Abigail, her wicked husband told her to ignore King David in his need, but she disobeyed her husband to honor the King. Her husband died, and Abigail married David. Her desire to do what was right in God's eyes despite ignoring her husband's demands was rewarded by God.
There is no authority on earth that we obey when they tell us to sin.
Obey God first and take your lumps, you will not regret it.
Meekness Power Under Control
Every principle and teaching of Christ in the bible is fruitful for growing in holiness.
Meekness is power under control; it is not timid or mousy. When we love people, we tell the truth calmly, and if the person responds with humility and a desire to reconcile, we can learn to understand one another. However, if someone is hostile and does not want to resolve anything, they will argue not to understand but to win.
Those who are political in their mindset will always be interested only in power and victory over others. They are not very interested in understanding or resolving things, nor are they interested in learning and growing in holiness.
1 Peter 1:15-17 "…15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners."
Matthew 4:4 "But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
1 Corinthians 1:19 "For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Romans 3:4 "Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Romans 12:1 "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Meekness is power under control; it is not timid or mousy. When we love people, we tell the truth calmly, and if the person responds with humility and a desire to reconcile, we can learn to understand one another. However, if someone is hostile and does not want to resolve anything, they will argue not to understand but to win.
Those who are political in their mindset will always be interested only in power and victory over others. They are not very interested in understanding or resolving things, nor are they interested in learning and growing in holiness.
1 Peter 1:15-17 "…15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners."
Matthew 4:4 "But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
1 Corinthians 1:19 "For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Romans 3:4 "Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
Romans 12:1 "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."
Expressing Love God's Way
When we express concern and dismay at how someone is treating us, and the response is to argue, then we know they meant to do it and don't care about our concern.
When love is present, we are deeply aware of the way we treat others so that they will sense love, even if that love is expressed in correction to help.
Those who refuse to communicate in love without anger are those who only care about winning over and controlling you.
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."
1 John 4:6-7 "6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Those who are walking in the Spirit easily recognize God's love emanating from someone, and they just as easily recognize a lack of love radiating from those who love themselves more than anyone else, including God.
1 Peter 2:11 "Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul."
The desires of the flesh drive out love, leaving room only for self-indulgence and personal aggrandizement.
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
Hebrews 5:14 "…13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil."
Ephesians 4:13-14 "until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming."
James 1:22-25 "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. …
have trained their senses."
Proverbs 2:1-5 "My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,"
Those who seek Christ with the intention of learning and obeying will be those who will develop God's love for others and obedience to Him. These people will be very discerning in ways others cannot notice good from bad.
When love is present, we are deeply aware of the way we treat others so that they will sense love, even if that love is expressed in correction to help.
Those who refuse to communicate in love without anger are those who only care about winning over and controlling you.
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."
1 John 4:6-7 "6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Those who are walking in the Spirit easily recognize God's love emanating from someone, and they just as easily recognize a lack of love radiating from those who love themselves more than anyone else, including God.
1 Peter 2:11 "Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul."
The desires of the flesh drive out love, leaving room only for self-indulgence and personal aggrandizement.
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
Hebrews 5:14 "…13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil."
Ephesians 4:13-14 "until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming."
James 1:22-25 "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. …
have trained their senses."
Proverbs 2:1-5 "My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,"
Those who seek Christ with the intention of learning and obeying will be those who will develop God's love for others and obedience to Him. These people will be very discerning in ways others cannot notice good from bad.
Monday, August 3, 2026
Twisting Scripture to Justify Immodesty
There are those who are attempting to justify women dressing immodestly as self-expression and that God does not have a problem with a bikini on the beach and other forms of exhibitionism.
These are false teachers wanting to remove the principles of God to allow for sin. They use Scripture to say that the word modesty does not have to do with showing skin but only with adorning with jewelry and braiding of hair in 1 Corinthians 6.
Why do women dress in immodest clothing? To show off their wares. This is not an attitude of decency.
1 Timothy 2:9-10: Modest apparel does not only apply to jewelry and hair, it also applies to showing off skin that only a husband should see.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says,
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, whom you have within you from God? You are not your own, for you are bought with a price, so glorify God in your body."
The first thing God did after Adam and Eve sinned was to cover up their bodies. They didn't even know they were naked until after the sin of disobedience; then they went and hid from God for their shame.
Men lust, and women entice; that's what happens in a fallen world. Before sin came into the world, lust was not present; therefore, not a problem. After the fall, it became a very big problem.
If God covered Adam and Eve with animal skins after the fall, then we know the nakedness should be covered by us in the way we dress.
The devil is using every form of deceit to cause believers to sin, while enjoying the pleasures of this world without guilt.
Modesty reflects the inner heart. The way we dress demonstrates the way we think. It is important to examine our motives for the way we dress.
It's not just about adorning the hair or jewelry; it is about an inner heart of good grooming to please God.
Immodest clothing is designed to provoke others to peer at the one wearing it. Men lust when too much is showing on the woman, and the woman knows it.
Flaunting anything shows an attitude of lack of humility: clothing, accomplishments, or wealth. To flaunt our bodies to anyone through scanty clothing is pride.
I am convinced every Christian woman knows when she is dressing immodestly; the Spirit makes her uncomfortable.
A good example of this was when I was in the presence of a scantily clad woman at a fair. As I was talking to her, I was being friendly and engaging. I said nothing about clothing, and I know I didn't give any looks that conveyed disapproval; I was used to seeing it. The young woman began to pull her sweater together, covering her top as though embarrassed.
Often the Holy Spirit in someone convicts others; they think it is something about us, but it is the Holy Spirit.
John 16:8 "8 And when he comes (the Holy Spirit), he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:"
We don't have to talk about God or moral issues in the presence of non-believers; they can sense the Holy Spirit before we ever say a word.
John 16:9-11 "9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged."
John 16:14 "14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
Those who come in contact with a born-again, Spirit-filled believer will feel uncomfortable but think it is something about us that makes them so awkward and uneasy.
Sometimes they will twist what you say and do to make it sound bad to be able to justify why they don't like us, when it is the Holy Spirit they are in rebellion against.
Coming back to immodest clothing, we can say that every woman who is born again should ask God if she is honoring Him in her clothing style. He will tell her if she really wants to know.
Unbelieving women don't know or care about modesty. If they don't dress themselves immodestly, they defend those who do.
Christian women should not be looking for excuses to dress like the world. Remember, if God covered Adam and Eve after the fall, we know He cares how we dress now and the message it sends to the world.
If anyone thinks there is no standard for modesty in covering the body, we might want to ask if they would be comfortable with a woman entering a church gathering stark naked? If they would say they would find that offensive then they have a standard. The next question might be Who sets the standard? The Holy Spirit does and He tells us if we ask Him.
Don't listen to those who are looking for every excuse they can find to disobey God and endorse what God hates.
These are false teachers wanting to remove the principles of God to allow for sin. They use Scripture to say that the word modesty does not have to do with showing skin but only with adorning with jewelry and braiding of hair in 1 Corinthians 6.
Why do women dress in immodest clothing? To show off their wares. This is not an attitude of decency.
1 Timothy 2:9-10: Modest apparel does not only apply to jewelry and hair, it also applies to showing off skin that only a husband should see.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says,
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, whom you have within you from God? You are not your own, for you are bought with a price, so glorify God in your body."
The first thing God did after Adam and Eve sinned was to cover up their bodies. They didn't even know they were naked until after the sin of disobedience; then they went and hid from God for their shame.
Men lust, and women entice; that's what happens in a fallen world. Before sin came into the world, lust was not present; therefore, not a problem. After the fall, it became a very big problem.
If God covered Adam and Eve with animal skins after the fall, then we know the nakedness should be covered by us in the way we dress.
The devil is using every form of deceit to cause believers to sin, while enjoying the pleasures of this world without guilt.
Modesty reflects the inner heart. The way we dress demonstrates the way we think. It is important to examine our motives for the way we dress.
It's not just about adorning the hair or jewelry; it is about an inner heart of good grooming to please God.
Immodest clothing is designed to provoke others to peer at the one wearing it. Men lust when too much is showing on the woman, and the woman knows it.
Flaunting anything shows an attitude of lack of humility: clothing, accomplishments, or wealth. To flaunt our bodies to anyone through scanty clothing is pride.
I am convinced every Christian woman knows when she is dressing immodestly; the Spirit makes her uncomfortable.
A good example of this was when I was in the presence of a scantily clad woman at a fair. As I was talking to her, I was being friendly and engaging. I said nothing about clothing, and I know I didn't give any looks that conveyed disapproval; I was used to seeing it. The young woman began to pull her sweater together, covering her top as though embarrassed.
Often the Holy Spirit in someone convicts others; they think it is something about us, but it is the Holy Spirit.
John 16:8 "8 And when he comes (the Holy Spirit), he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:"
We don't have to talk about God or moral issues in the presence of non-believers; they can sense the Holy Spirit before we ever say a word.
John 16:9-11 "9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged."
John 16:14 "14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
Those who come in contact with a born-again, Spirit-filled believer will feel uncomfortable but think it is something about us that makes them so awkward and uneasy.
Sometimes they will twist what you say and do to make it sound bad to be able to justify why they don't like us, when it is the Holy Spirit they are in rebellion against.
Coming back to immodest clothing, we can say that every woman who is born again should ask God if she is honoring Him in her clothing style. He will tell her if she really wants to know.
Unbelieving women don't know or care about modesty. If they don't dress themselves immodestly, they defend those who do.
Christian women should not be looking for excuses to dress like the world. Remember, if God covered Adam and Eve after the fall, we know He cares how we dress now and the message it sends to the world.
If anyone thinks there is no standard for modesty in covering the body, we might want to ask if they would be comfortable with a woman entering a church gathering stark naked? If they would say they would find that offensive then they have a standard. The next question might be Who sets the standard? The Holy Spirit does and He tells us if we ask Him.
Don't listen to those who are looking for every excuse they can find to disobey God and endorse what God hates.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
David Jeremiah on Betrayal, click on the link
All born-again believers will be betrayed by family and friends because we love Christ. Christ is Perfect and did only good while He was on earth, and yet the Pharisees were threatened by Him because He told the truth.
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