I was asked several years ago if I thought Catholics could be saved, I replied with "can protestants be saved?" They looked at me as though they didn't understand.
As a former Catholic, I can more easily see the similarities, the gods are just different. The gods of the Protestant church are seminary students, grads or "Pastors."
The congregations think that you cannot know the Word or truth if you don't have a degree or been ordained by man in those institutions.
I was actually told I couldn't know about a matter because I had not gone to Bible school. I replied by asking another question; "Oh, does the Holy Spirit only go to Bible School?"
Often "Protestants" think they are better or different from Catholics, they are not. Many non-denominational groups have man made traditions, they are just different from the ones in the Catholic church.
Few people who claim to be "Christian" actually read the Bible for themselves. They don't pray or seek God for wisdom or the matters of life. I know this because their answers to life experience are not Biblical.
No one has an excuse for not knowing God's desires, all we have to do is read the Word and ask for the understanding from the Holy Spirit. Of course those who are not born again will not get answers from God, the key is to become born again, then we will have an in with God for answers.
Psalm 66:18 "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:"
James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."
If we didn't read the Word of God, asking Him for wisdom, we have no reason to expect answers from Him.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Part 2 of "I could be wrong....but I don't think I am."
The moral of this story is that we have neglected God in favor of pleasure to such a degree that we can no longer think in terms of God, but exclusively think every day about protecting our own rights pertaining to personal freedom.
God has been used as a puppet to bark orders at, as though He has an obligation to do our bidding. The prosperity preachers are partly to blame for this selfish, and yes, godless mentality. The "name it and claim it" crowd have integrated into their false worship the very tenets of paganism, thinking that all we have to do is say something and it appears in front of us. We are prideful enough to think that's how America got where it is as a world power. Forgetting that we would not have become powerful had it not been for the believers here, who desired to obey God.
We have been hammered for 50 years now with phrases like "we have a right", "just speak it and it is yours." Lies from the pit of hell have twisted our brains making us puppets to them.
Many Christians are incensed that anyone would have the audacity to rebuke or correct anyone else. Fighting occurs regularly among believer, like spoiled children who refuse to be disciplined. We have demanded our own way so often, we cannot fathom the fact that we have no rights to anything, that God has all the rights to everything.
When Christ becomes a means to our personal end, we know we have crossed the line from devotion to blasphemy.
Christ died for us, after that He expects us to repent and trust Him. He expects us to ask Him continually for HIS will, while leaving behind our own.
Matthew 7:26 "And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:"
Our government has built the nations "house" upon the sand. They use a few of God's principles to protect the country, but for the most part they are ignoring the Bible, Christ and godly principles, even coming against Him.
We have used God as a puppet, I believe for the last time. Even God's patience can run out. Time after time we have claimed to love God but ignored His words and principles.
It won't be long now, we will no longer be "America" as we have known it. Our laws are going away, our Christian principles are ignored by nearly everyone, while many are defending their sinful evil practices openly without shame.
Jeremiah 8:12 ""Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, And they did not know how to blush; Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down," Says the LORD."
Why has our president been able to carry out his deception, lying continually to the people of this country? The answer is simple, the people as a whole really don't care much about holiness, God's principles or one another. Only in a selfish distracted country can his tactics work. Fear abounds in the state houses, fear of losing the next election, fear of getting caught over sinful behavior, fear of losing power and position.
Fear dominates a culture when God is no longer there season for our actions. A fearful animal is a dangerous animal. Anyone who has been raised around animals know that if an animal is fearful, he is more likely to attack. Horses know that a fearful human is dangerous, they will be in a defensive stance when a fearful human approaches them.
We are a nation in fear, fooling ourselves that God is protecting us to make ourselves feel better, but in fact we know deep in our soul, we deserve discipline, and deep in our soul we are fearful of what is coming.
Those who know Christ as their personal Savior are not fearful because they have Christ living in them. However, they know that nearly everyone around them is living in fear in one form or another, making everyone defensive and dangerous.
There is hope for the believer, they are looking to their eternal home, knowing that all that goes on now has been foretold in the Bible. They are not being caught off guard and do not live in fear as the unbeliever does. As believers we can go through anything God has for us, knowing that He has a purpose and knew about it before it happened, while going through it with us.
For the non-believer I say, turn to Christ for your salvation, without Him there is no protection for you. For the believer I say, keep looking up, knowing where ever God leads you He goes with you.
God has been used as a puppet to bark orders at, as though He has an obligation to do our bidding. The prosperity preachers are partly to blame for this selfish, and yes, godless mentality. The "name it and claim it" crowd have integrated into their false worship the very tenets of paganism, thinking that all we have to do is say something and it appears in front of us. We are prideful enough to think that's how America got where it is as a world power. Forgetting that we would not have become powerful had it not been for the believers here, who desired to obey God.
We have been hammered for 50 years now with phrases like "we have a right", "just speak it and it is yours." Lies from the pit of hell have twisted our brains making us puppets to them.
Many Christians are incensed that anyone would have the audacity to rebuke or correct anyone else. Fighting occurs regularly among believer, like spoiled children who refuse to be disciplined. We have demanded our own way so often, we cannot fathom the fact that we have no rights to anything, that God has all the rights to everything.
When Christ becomes a means to our personal end, we know we have crossed the line from devotion to blasphemy.
Christ died for us, after that He expects us to repent and trust Him. He expects us to ask Him continually for HIS will, while leaving behind our own.
Matthew 7:26 "And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:"
Our government has built the nations "house" upon the sand. They use a few of God's principles to protect the country, but for the most part they are ignoring the Bible, Christ and godly principles, even coming against Him.
We have used God as a puppet, I believe for the last time. Even God's patience can run out. Time after time we have claimed to love God but ignored His words and principles.
It won't be long now, we will no longer be "America" as we have known it. Our laws are going away, our Christian principles are ignored by nearly everyone, while many are defending their sinful evil practices openly without shame.
Jeremiah 8:12 ""Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, And they did not know how to blush; Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down," Says the LORD."
Why has our president been able to carry out his deception, lying continually to the people of this country? The answer is simple, the people as a whole really don't care much about holiness, God's principles or one another. Only in a selfish distracted country can his tactics work. Fear abounds in the state houses, fear of losing the next election, fear of getting caught over sinful behavior, fear of losing power and position.
Fear dominates a culture when God is no longer there season for our actions. A fearful animal is a dangerous animal. Anyone who has been raised around animals know that if an animal is fearful, he is more likely to attack. Horses know that a fearful human is dangerous, they will be in a defensive stance when a fearful human approaches them.
We are a nation in fear, fooling ourselves that God is protecting us to make ourselves feel better, but in fact we know deep in our soul, we deserve discipline, and deep in our soul we are fearful of what is coming.
Those who know Christ as their personal Savior are not fearful because they have Christ living in them. However, they know that nearly everyone around them is living in fear in one form or another, making everyone defensive and dangerous.
There is hope for the believer, they are looking to their eternal home, knowing that all that goes on now has been foretold in the Bible. They are not being caught off guard and do not live in fear as the unbeliever does. As believers we can go through anything God has for us, knowing that He has a purpose and knew about it before it happened, while going through it with us.
For the non-believer I say, turn to Christ for your salvation, without Him there is no protection for you. For the believer I say, keep looking up, knowing where ever God leads you He goes with you.
I could be wrong......but I don't think I am.
Our president is Islamic, about that I am right, and supports the terrorism we have been seeing around the world.
He has been doing everything he can to undermine America and we can expect the same bombings here that we see in other countries.
We are in for a rough time. I also don't believe there will be another election. I admit I could be wrong, but I can't see him giving up the power as our first dictator that he has enjoyed. Congress has allowed him to take over because they foolishly thought they had to protect a "Democrat", for the sake of the next brother that would want to be elected. It is going to come back to bite them.
He has been acting like a dictator in every way, it has gone so far now that the government will not be able to remove him without arresting him and that would cause race riots as well as Islamic uprising all over the world.
The congress lives in fear of doing to him what should have been done a long time ago, which is to arrest him for treason, ignoring the constitution while undermining the power of congress.
We are so used to our freedom and the checks and balances of a representative democracy that we don't think it can happen here.
I am here to tell you IT CAN!!!
When the people are distracted with their pleasure continually, they no longer have much interest in who runs their government, as long as they can keep having their fun.
Proverbs 21:17 "He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich."
1 Timothy 5:6 "But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives."
James 5:1 "Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you."
Job 21:14-15 ""They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'"
Ecc. 7:4 "The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure."
He has been doing everything he can to undermine America and we can expect the same bombings here that we see in other countries.
We are in for a rough time. I also don't believe there will be another election. I admit I could be wrong, but I can't see him giving up the power as our first dictator that he has enjoyed. Congress has allowed him to take over because they foolishly thought they had to protect a "Democrat", for the sake of the next brother that would want to be elected. It is going to come back to bite them.
He has been acting like a dictator in every way, it has gone so far now that the government will not be able to remove him without arresting him and that would cause race riots as well as Islamic uprising all over the world.
The congress lives in fear of doing to him what should have been done a long time ago, which is to arrest him for treason, ignoring the constitution while undermining the power of congress.
We are so used to our freedom and the checks and balances of a representative democracy that we don't think it can happen here.
I am here to tell you IT CAN!!!
When the people are distracted with their pleasure continually, they no longer have much interest in who runs their government, as long as they can keep having their fun.
Proverbs 21:17 "He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich."
1 Timothy 5:6 "But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives."
James 5:1 "Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you."
Job 21:14-15 ""They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. 'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?'"
Ecc. 7:4 "The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure."
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