I have determined that when people act badly in response to my opinion they are being childish, it's not about me, but it is about them.
I don't take it seriously, if it happens enough times I withdraw from them until they grow up. LOL
Monday, February 27, 2017
No One Gets Away With Sin
Believers can sin badly, their actions do not determine their salvation. However their actions will determine their reward in heaven and even possibly very difficult consequences in this life for their discipline.
Do not think that God overlooks our sin, He does not!
1 Corinthians 3:13-15 "…14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as one being snatched from the fire. 16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?…"
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
Do not think that God overlooks our sin, He does not!
1 Corinthians 3:13-15 "…14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as one being snatched from the fire. 16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?…"
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
We Have Misused Our Freedom
How is all that "freedom" that we worship as a nation, working out for us?
We have a higher divorce rate, more suicide in all ages, destroyed family unit, filth in the movies and reading material, heresy filling our Christian book stores, immorality on every front, less love than ever before while claiming none of it is bad.
And, now our children are being encouraged to believe they can and should choose their own gender. Not to mention no one knows any longer which bathroom they should use in the public establishments.
Perhaps we are no different from the days in Israel when God gave them great blessings, only to misuse the freedom and beauty they had to follow their own wicked hearts.
With freedom comes responsibility, perhaps we have thrown away the sense of responsibility in order to engage in every sin imaginable.
YES, I think this has been the case here, with all this comes an attitude of superiority, fostering unreasonable thinking. It is not possible to reason with a twisted mind that ignores science of the body to claim something that can never be true.
Here is where we are folks:
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "…10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 11 For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.…"
We have a higher divorce rate, more suicide in all ages, destroyed family unit, filth in the movies and reading material, heresy filling our Christian book stores, immorality on every front, less love than ever before while claiming none of it is bad.
And, now our children are being encouraged to believe they can and should choose their own gender. Not to mention no one knows any longer which bathroom they should use in the public establishments.
Perhaps we are no different from the days in Israel when God gave them great blessings, only to misuse the freedom and beauty they had to follow their own wicked hearts.
With freedom comes responsibility, perhaps we have thrown away the sense of responsibility in order to engage in every sin imaginable.
YES, I think this has been the case here, with all this comes an attitude of superiority, fostering unreasonable thinking. It is not possible to reason with a twisted mind that ignores science of the body to claim something that can never be true.
Here is where we are folks:
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 "…10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 11 For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.…"
How is that Freedom Working Out for You!
The best way to pray for our country is for everyone to repent as a nation, that our government move in the direction that Christ wants.
Our nation needs repentance more than anything and we know it will only come through hardship.
That "freedom" thing, has not worked out for bringing convicted spirits. The only way for people in our country to become convicted is if all their pleasure and materialism is removed.
2 Corinthians 7:10 "10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
Our nation needs repentance more than anything and we know it will only come through hardship.
That "freedom" thing, has not worked out for bringing convicted spirits. The only way for people in our country to become convicted is if all their pleasure and materialism is removed.
2 Corinthians 7:10 "10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
Anarchy in the Government and in the Church
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
I am convinced that Trump was not elected to "save America", but to show us the depravity to which we have sunk, by exposing the heart of those in rebellion.
Even the slightest rational actions to recover a measure of safety has sent this country into deep division.
We think that division is because of the liberals, but it is not, consider the rebellion believers meet with everyday from fellow believers over the simplest matters, merely because they are incensed at any form of instruction or correction.
The churches are full of divorced and remarried couples who would fight bitterly to defend their sin, while others who don't divorce and remarry would fight for the right of others to do it. Only just 80 years ago no one who was a believer in Christ divorced and remarried, only those on the radical fringe of society who did not attend church.
Nearly everyone taught their children that marriage was for the rest of ones life until death separated them.
Now many church gatherings have several shack up couples who are accepted in the gathering without challenge? They are not convicted about their sin because those in the body embrace them without batting an eyebrow, all in the name of love, but not God's love, the human love that promotes and embraces sin.
Ephesians 5:6-13
"6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;
8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
Our new president is not an example for the believer to follow, being on his third marriage with a woman half his age, is a clue about him. Why do so many people miss the clues? How can a leader in this state of sin ever promote "the family", God's way.
Families remain broken, more every day, while our new president kisses babies and promotes "the power of positive thinking", concepts that give the populous warm fuzzy feelings, without holy substance, but appeals to the superficial "feelings" oriented non-thinkers.
Yep, kiss a few babies, tell us our borders will be protected, jobs will return to our country, health care will be as we want it to be, but the marriages remain broken, the porn shops grow as never before, the movie industry continues to distribute filth to the masses, materialism is rampant and there is little love to be found anywhere. YEP, this is the state of our modern godless culture.
Christians make up their own doctrine in this country and punish anyone else who exposes it for what it is, anarchy against Christ, right in the so called houses of God.
Remember, the anarchy and rebellion we see in the streets is no different from the anarchy that is in the hearts of those who sit in pews every week. One form of anarchy is conservative but rails against the Bible and the other is anarchy against the government and rails against it, but both defy the principles of God while having little to no respect for His Word or Christ.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
Many believers will say "we believe in the Bible", while living their life as against the Word of God. Words are not enough, sayings are not enough, we must want to read it to obey God.
Think about it!!!
I am convinced that Trump was not elected to "save America", but to show us the depravity to which we have sunk, by exposing the heart of those in rebellion.
Even the slightest rational actions to recover a measure of safety has sent this country into deep division.
We think that division is because of the liberals, but it is not, consider the rebellion believers meet with everyday from fellow believers over the simplest matters, merely because they are incensed at any form of instruction or correction.
The churches are full of divorced and remarried couples who would fight bitterly to defend their sin, while others who don't divorce and remarry would fight for the right of others to do it. Only just 80 years ago no one who was a believer in Christ divorced and remarried, only those on the radical fringe of society who did not attend church.
Nearly everyone taught their children that marriage was for the rest of ones life until death separated them.
Now many church gatherings have several shack up couples who are accepted in the gathering without challenge? They are not convicted about their sin because those in the body embrace them without batting an eyebrow, all in the name of love, but not God's love, the human love that promotes and embraces sin.
Ephesians 5:6-13
"6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;
8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
Our new president is not an example for the believer to follow, being on his third marriage with a woman half his age, is a clue about him. Why do so many people miss the clues? How can a leader in this state of sin ever promote "the family", God's way.
Families remain broken, more every day, while our new president kisses babies and promotes "the power of positive thinking", concepts that give the populous warm fuzzy feelings, without holy substance, but appeals to the superficial "feelings" oriented non-thinkers.
Yep, kiss a few babies, tell us our borders will be protected, jobs will return to our country, health care will be as we want it to be, but the marriages remain broken, the porn shops grow as never before, the movie industry continues to distribute filth to the masses, materialism is rampant and there is little love to be found anywhere. YEP, this is the state of our modern godless culture.
Christians make up their own doctrine in this country and punish anyone else who exposes it for what it is, anarchy against Christ, right in the so called houses of God.
Remember, the anarchy and rebellion we see in the streets is no different from the anarchy that is in the hearts of those who sit in pews every week. One form of anarchy is conservative but rails against the Bible and the other is anarchy against the government and rails against it, but both defy the principles of God while having little to no respect for His Word or Christ.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
Many believers will say "we believe in the Bible", while living their life as against the Word of God. Words are not enough, sayings are not enough, we must want to read it to obey God.
Think about it!!!
Rebellious Hearts Grow Harder
The more restriction we impose on a rebellious heart, the harder that heart becomes.
Does this mean we should not have restrictions and boundaries for those who are rebellious? Sometimes we cannot know that someone is rebellious until we place a boundary or consequence on them.
When we speak truth to the rebel they cannot endure it, their response is often rage or revenge or both to assert themselves against any restriction or correction that would expose their heart or restrict their activities.
America has elected a man who is attempting to place restrictions on certain sins that he perceives as destructive to the country. However, other sins that are devastating to the souls of Americans, he is not addressing. The restrictions he promotes have more to do with the physical and monetary safety of the United States, without addressing the sinfulness and depravity of the heart.
Imagine the outcry and hatred that would emerge if the president were to outlaw divorce and remarriage, since half the couples in the churches across this nation are in this state.
What if the president removed the option of abortion completely, or disallowed the production of pornography and movies that promote promiscuity, what would be the response?
I am convinced that our president was not installed by God to "save America" nor to "make America great again." What has been happening is strong evidence of what I say, the increasing rioting in the streets, the attempts to ruin any efforts of our president to make us safe are being met with great rebellion.
What if the president spoke against publications such as "the Shack", or movies such as "the Passion of the Christ", produced by a drunken Catholic movie star. Books and movies that have terrible doctrine in them have been widely accepted by the Christian community.
When I have exposed the false Catholic doctrine promoted in the "Passion of the Christ", or the book "The Shack" as heresy, those who attend church every week have called me names and accused me of heresy for exposing these evils.
We know the pulse of America when there are reasonable and logical restraints on foolishness, that bring rioting in the streets as well as continual lying against those who will place restrictions on behavior.
Our country as a whole is not only lawless against the government but also and more importantly against God's principles, yes and even the Christian churches.
I am hearing more and more "Protestants" calling "Catholic" Christian, without even knowing what the Catholic church actually teaches.
We have more rebellion in this country than we realize, on every level.
God placed an ungodly man in office to bring about a few restrictions that have nothing to do with godliness and the country is rising up against him in alarming numbers. Doesn't this show us that the country, even believers, would rise up when their favorite ungodly books and movies would be removed?
When a believer will demean and mock another believer for exposing their favorite book or movie, imagine what they would do if their freedom to use these things were removed!
The rebellion against God is enormous on all fronts, liberals and conservatives alike, stand in opposition to Christ, every day growing more hostile.
2 Timothy 3
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, 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 men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the [e]knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
10 Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,
11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
Does this mean we should not have restrictions and boundaries for those who are rebellious? Sometimes we cannot know that someone is rebellious until we place a boundary or consequence on them.
When we speak truth to the rebel they cannot endure it, their response is often rage or revenge or both to assert themselves against any restriction or correction that would expose their heart or restrict their activities.
America has elected a man who is attempting to place restrictions on certain sins that he perceives as destructive to the country. However, other sins that are devastating to the souls of Americans, he is not addressing. The restrictions he promotes have more to do with the physical and monetary safety of the United States, without addressing the sinfulness and depravity of the heart.
Imagine the outcry and hatred that would emerge if the president were to outlaw divorce and remarriage, since half the couples in the churches across this nation are in this state.
What if the president removed the option of abortion completely, or disallowed the production of pornography and movies that promote promiscuity, what would be the response?
I am convinced that our president was not installed by God to "save America" nor to "make America great again." What has been happening is strong evidence of what I say, the increasing rioting in the streets, the attempts to ruin any efforts of our president to make us safe are being met with great rebellion.
What if the president spoke against publications such as "the Shack", or movies such as "the Passion of the Christ", produced by a drunken Catholic movie star. Books and movies that have terrible doctrine in them have been widely accepted by the Christian community.
When I have exposed the false Catholic doctrine promoted in the "Passion of the Christ", or the book "The Shack" as heresy, those who attend church every week have called me names and accused me of heresy for exposing these evils.
We know the pulse of America when there are reasonable and logical restraints on foolishness, that bring rioting in the streets as well as continual lying against those who will place restrictions on behavior.
Our country as a whole is not only lawless against the government but also and more importantly against God's principles, yes and even the Christian churches.
I am hearing more and more "Protestants" calling "Catholic" Christian, without even knowing what the Catholic church actually teaches.
We have more rebellion in this country than we realize, on every level.
God placed an ungodly man in office to bring about a few restrictions that have nothing to do with godliness and the country is rising up against him in alarming numbers. Doesn't this show us that the country, even believers, would rise up when their favorite ungodly books and movies would be removed?
When a believer will demean and mock another believer for exposing their favorite book or movie, imagine what they would do if their freedom to use these things were removed!
The rebellion against God is enormous on all fronts, liberals and conservatives alike, stand in opposition to Christ, every day growing more hostile.
2 Timothy 3
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, 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 men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the [e]knowledge of the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
9 But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.
10 Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance,
11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
How Deep Does the Deception Go
The "name it and claim it" or "blab it and grab it" crowd have done more to facilitate the monstrous doctrine associated with speaking something into existence, just as Norman Vincent Peale and others have been promoting in their positive thinking assertions.
The emphasis on getting our way to be happy by the "name it and claim it" group, has led to a selfish pleasure oriented culture.
Because there are so many people now who believe all they have to do is "say" something to make it truth, many have managed to believe things that are scientifically irrational and ungodly.
The assertion that all a person has to do is declare they are male or female and that alone makes it so. The gender identity mess was just the next step in the "name it and claim it" agenda.
See where heresy leads? It leads to the most insane and monstrous teachings that promote abominations.
Many people say, "Make America great again", but they don't understand what greatness is in terms of God's economy. In my estimation greatness doesn't have to do with finances, pleasure or happiness, but rather it has to do with holiness brought about by Christ working in the lives of people.
Guess what! We are not going to see this in our country ever again, if in fact it really ever existed in the nation as a whole. There have been pockets of Christians here, probably more Christians than any other nation of the world, but most of the Christianity we have seen has been superficial "religion" based on rules and standards, not necessarily from the Bible, but human mandates to appear holy.
Since the Christianity has been skin deep it is easily eroded by the slightest cultural pressure. We will see many people who call themselves Christian who will be giving into the homosexual and transgender agenda to, as they say, "remain relevant for today."
Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so” in many such matters. "
There have been many doctrines in the church today that are not in the Word of God, man made doctrines that discourage those in the body from obeying Christ to obey men.
Acts 5:28 "29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men."
When we walk with Christ, we will be asking continually for Christ to show us truth through the Scriptures, discarding anything we have been taught that does not line up with God's Word.
The emphasis on getting our way to be happy by the "name it and claim it" group, has led to a selfish pleasure oriented culture.
Because there are so many people now who believe all they have to do is "say" something to make it truth, many have managed to believe things that are scientifically irrational and ungodly.
The assertion that all a person has to do is declare they are male or female and that alone makes it so. The gender identity mess was just the next step in the "name it and claim it" agenda.
See where heresy leads? It leads to the most insane and monstrous teachings that promote abominations.
Many people say, "Make America great again", but they don't understand what greatness is in terms of God's economy. In my estimation greatness doesn't have to do with finances, pleasure or happiness, but rather it has to do with holiness brought about by Christ working in the lives of people.
Guess what! We are not going to see this in our country ever again, if in fact it really ever existed in the nation as a whole. There have been pockets of Christians here, probably more Christians than any other nation of the world, but most of the Christianity we have seen has been superficial "religion" based on rules and standards, not necessarily from the Bible, but human mandates to appear holy.
Since the Christianity has been skin deep it is easily eroded by the slightest cultural pressure. We will see many people who call themselves Christian who will be giving into the homosexual and transgender agenda to, as they say, "remain relevant for today."
Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so” in many such matters. "
There have been many doctrines in the church today that are not in the Word of God, man made doctrines that discourage those in the body from obeying Christ to obey men.
Acts 5:28 "29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men."
When we walk with Christ, we will be asking continually for Christ to show us truth through the Scriptures, discarding anything we have been taught that does not line up with God's Word.
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