Have you been blessed by God but dishonor Him through ungratefulness. Does the religious system you were raised in and the evil culture of our time hold you captive, so much so that you are willing to come against God's people to preserve what you are comfortable with.
When we do this with people, we are doing it to God too.
Friday, December 18, 2015
The Good News
The Good News, is that Christ came to save the lost, shedding His blood to cover the sin of mankind. No works are necessary to earn God's "good graces."
Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;"
After we have become born again we love God's principles and laws, we desire to honor and obey Him.
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Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;"
After we have become born again we love God's principles and laws, we desire to honor and obey Him.
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Romans 8:2 "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death."
They Did It To Christ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14-kR4TvyLs&feature=youtu.be
Excellent, this is an indication how we will be treated. Satan is working very hard, just as hard now as he was in Christ's time, to stir up the unbelievers against believers. If they will hate Christ claiming his miracles were from the devil, they will discredit us this way for the good that we do. They will see our good deeds as bad, even judging something they know nothing about, but choose to assume the worst because of their contempt for us.
When we attempt to bring good... sense to a situation based on the Scriptures, teaching things that would help and even save from hell, the response is going to be to destroy us, anyway they can.
One of the most effect ways of hurting people in our day is to turn family members against us, through gossip, innuendo and covert acts of meanness. Often there is no other reason other than the confidence we have in Christ, obeying Him, when others want us to disobey Him. Even when we require nothing of them, they will be angry that we don't do what they are doing.
John 15:18-19 "18"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.…"
Psalm 118:7-9 "…7The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. 8It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man. 9It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in princes.…"
Proverbs 17:11 "An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him."
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
When we attempt to bring good... sense to a situation based on the Scriptures, teaching things that would help and even save from hell, the response is going to be to destroy us, anyway they can.
One of the most effect ways of hurting people in our day is to turn family members against us, through gossip, innuendo and covert acts of meanness. Often there is no other reason other than the confidence we have in Christ, obeying Him, when others want us to disobey Him. Even when we require nothing of them, they will be angry that we don't do what they are doing.
John 15:18-19 "18"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.…"
Psalm 118:7-9 "…7The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. 8It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man. 9It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in princes.…"
Proverbs 17:11 "An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him."
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
An Evil Heart Demands Control
The condition of an evil heart demands control over everything and everyone else, they believe they know everything and those who do not cower to them are worthy of their contempt.
These evil people are heaping up the wrath of God against themselves.
Romans 2:8
"but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation."
Psalm 10
1 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
2 In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
4 The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.
6 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”
7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
9 He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
10 He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted.
13 Why has the wicked spurned God? He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”
14 You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16 The Lord is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land.
17 O Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear
18 To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror."
Psalm 36:1-4
"36 Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to [c]be wise and to do good.
4 He plans wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise evil."
Psalm 50:16-22
16 But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
17 “For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.
18 “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.
19 “You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.
20 “You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver."
Psalm 54:5-6
"5 He will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness.
6 Willingly I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good."
Proverbs 21:24
"“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names, Who acts with insolent pride."
Jude 1:8-16
"8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever."
Emotionally and Spiritually Abusive Adult Children
Often we wait too long to establish boundaries for our own good and the good of the children. When we wait too long we have trained the children to disrespect us, allowing them to show contempt for us, damaging the relationship. If it goes on too long then there may be and often is a permanently ruined relationship. There is always hope, but the hope is not in our trying, the hope is in turning the adult children over to God, through no contact, to deal with until they repent and become born again.
When an adult child tries to get in between our relationship with our spouse, then we need to limit if not cut off entirely that child until the Lord gets hold of them. Adult children can do damage to a marriage if they are not shown boundaries.
It is not the job of the child to judge, discipline or rebuke their parents, this is patently unbiblical, their job is to honor, respect, protect and love their parent. Adult children who treat a parent like a child, bullying them into submission is not only dishonoring the parent, but is heaping God's judgment upon themselves.
Sadly too many adult children are narcissists and use the sweet mean cycle of manipulation on their parents in an attempt to control them. This is dishonoring and down right wicked, and I might add it is not love but contempt for the parent.
We have a choice, we can stay in contact with nasty selfish adult children who use us, or we can bring God's peace back into our home by requiring respect boundaries and removing the child if they refuse to adhere to the boundaries, this also applies to the spouses of adult children. If the spouses will not show honor and respect, they will be treated the same as their adult children who do the same. God's permission to do this is mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 May the Lord guide you as you seek to honor Him in your home with your spouse, free of dishonoring adult children.
Below is a very good link encouraging us to take steps to stop the verbal, emotional and sometimes physical abuse by adult children against their parents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrCIKpVea0
When an adult child tries to get in between our relationship with our spouse, then we need to limit if not cut off entirely that child until the Lord gets hold of them. Adult children can do damage to a marriage if they are not shown boundaries.
It is not the job of the child to judge, discipline or rebuke their parents, this is patently unbiblical, their job is to honor, respect, protect and love their parent. Adult children who treat a parent like a child, bullying them into submission is not only dishonoring the parent, but is heaping God's judgment upon themselves.
Sadly too many adult children are narcissists and use the sweet mean cycle of manipulation on their parents in an attempt to control them. This is dishonoring and down right wicked, and I might add it is not love but contempt for the parent.
We have a choice, we can stay in contact with nasty selfish adult children who use us, or we can bring God's peace back into our home by requiring respect boundaries and removing the child if they refuse to adhere to the boundaries, this also applies to the spouses of adult children. If the spouses will not show honor and respect, they will be treated the same as their adult children who do the same. God's permission to do this is mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 May the Lord guide you as you seek to honor Him in your home with your spouse, free of dishonoring adult children.
Below is a very good link encouraging us to take steps to stop the verbal, emotional and sometimes physical abuse by adult children against their parents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrCIKpVea0
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