It is interesting that only one generation ago people were more careful about revealing their hateful attitudes, now they feel empowered to let them out for everyone to see.
Isaiah 6:15 "15"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD."
Friday, March 10, 2017
They Don't Hate Themselves
The young man or lady who say they hate themselves because they are ugly, fat or stupid, are not understanding something.
If they really did hate themselves they would be glad they were ugly, fat or stupid. You see, when we hate someone we want them to be those things.
Ephesians 5:29 "29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. "
The reason the young man or woman is unhappy is because they love themselves and wish they had or deserve something better than what they have.
(Idea from this came from a Dave Hunt book)
If they really did hate themselves they would be glad they were ugly, fat or stupid. You see, when we hate someone we want them to be those things.
Ephesians 5:29 "29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. "
The reason the young man or woman is unhappy is because they love themselves and wish they had or deserve something better than what they have.
(Idea from this came from a Dave Hunt book)
Be Stronger than the World
Every time a "Christian" denies a truth of God in favor of embracing the world's wisdom, they are denying Christ.
When we agree with false doctrine we are saying we prefer the humanistic wisdom over God's truth.
So many people proclaim they love Jesus Christ, but have little interest in His principles to live by, they live by the man made rules and false doctrines of those who love their own ideas or have been brain washed into the ideas of those in the academic world, because of the credentials behind their name.
I cannot tell you the number of times I have been dismissed, mocked and demeaned because I had no degree that validated my writing. I laugh at this because I am one of those radicals that believes the Holy Spirit is the teacher in every believer.
Anyone who thinks a born again believer must have a degree from a college created by man in order to know truth, have placed their trust in man rather than in God. The apostles didn't have degrees from any organization, their teacher was Christ in them, the same Christ Who lives in every believer.
Christ is "THE WORD", He is the essence of everything He had written in His Scriptures by the men He chose to do it. He chose men who were not elevated by the world, in fact the world murdered them.
Know that there will be many who will devalue you merely because you do not have a prize to show them, a degree, a paper or a trophy to show them you are qualified, after all of what value is anyone who does not have renown.
The people who require credentials as proof of ones wisdom from God, deny the power of the Holy Spirit. They live by appearances, to be seen as spiritual by their choice of "educated" companions.
Denial of Christ does not have to be in words such as "I don't believe in Christ", it can be and often is in the form of resisting sound teaching from His Word, rejecting correction from those who walk with Christ or by twisting Scripture to make it say what they want it to say.
People who deny Christ by their snooty and irreverent attitude toward the Bible are predisposed to every false doctrine and heresy that society has adopted. Why? Because people like this must be accepted by the world to feel validated. They cannot think on their own, nor can they accept anything that goes against the latest trend. This is the reason movies such as the "Shack" are so popular, especially among Pentecostals who live by their feelings instead of the Word of God.
When we learn to think with the mind of Christ we gain much discernment, able to reject everything the worldly church throws at us. Even able to be rejected by everyone, family included to obey Christ.
May the Lord make you stronger than the pull of the world.
When we agree with false doctrine we are saying we prefer the humanistic wisdom over God's truth.
So many people proclaim they love Jesus Christ, but have little interest in His principles to live by, they live by the man made rules and false doctrines of those who love their own ideas or have been brain washed into the ideas of those in the academic world, because of the credentials behind their name.
I cannot tell you the number of times I have been dismissed, mocked and demeaned because I had no degree that validated my writing. I laugh at this because I am one of those radicals that believes the Holy Spirit is the teacher in every believer.
Anyone who thinks a born again believer must have a degree from a college created by man in order to know truth, have placed their trust in man rather than in God. The apostles didn't have degrees from any organization, their teacher was Christ in them, the same Christ Who lives in every believer.
Christ is "THE WORD", He is the essence of everything He had written in His Scriptures by the men He chose to do it. He chose men who were not elevated by the world, in fact the world murdered them.
Know that there will be many who will devalue you merely because you do not have a prize to show them, a degree, a paper or a trophy to show them you are qualified, after all of what value is anyone who does not have renown.
The people who require credentials as proof of ones wisdom from God, deny the power of the Holy Spirit. They live by appearances, to be seen as spiritual by their choice of "educated" companions.
Denial of Christ does not have to be in words such as "I don't believe in Christ", it can be and often is in the form of resisting sound teaching from His Word, rejecting correction from those who walk with Christ or by twisting Scripture to make it say what they want it to say.
People who deny Christ by their snooty and irreverent attitude toward the Bible are predisposed to every false doctrine and heresy that society has adopted. Why? Because people like this must be accepted by the world to feel validated. They cannot think on their own, nor can they accept anything that goes against the latest trend. This is the reason movies such as the "Shack" are so popular, especially among Pentecostals who live by their feelings instead of the Word of God.
When we learn to think with the mind of Christ we gain much discernment, able to reject everything the worldly church throws at us. Even able to be rejected by everyone, family included to obey Christ.
May the Lord make you stronger than the pull of the world.
God Changes the Hearts of Men
One of the tactics of the narcissist is to intimidate family members into silence so that others will never know the evil that they have done. I do not suggest that we bring up the past sins of someone who has repented, confessed and turned from sin, but it is a good thing to expose the sins that remain, the sins that the narcissist refuse to admit, as a warning to them and others that wicked behavior will not be tolerated.
If someone does not want to be found out about their sin, then they should choose not to commit it in the first place.
Sin runs more rampant than it ever has in our culture because the culture as a whole is afraid to tell others they shouldn't do something.
The misguided "kindness", to tolerate the sin in someone, has only served to cause sin to grow, fester and rot the culture as a whole.
When a person become repentant, they do not hide their sin, the speak it about themselves, knowing that there is cleansing and a greater chance it will not be repeated if one had to openly confess. So many people do not ask forgiveness, they expect it without having to be repentant, that's why they never confess, they don't admit to anything and they do not change their behavior or their heart.
God called for transparency and openness about our sins that we might fear repeating them.
James 5:16 "16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail."
Yes, it is embarrassing, it hurts and others may lie against us embellishing what we have done, none of that matters. All that matters is that we do what God told us to do, His way brings healing no matter what evil people will do to us.
When we discover that someone is evil enough to hold a confessed sin against us, after we have turned from that sin, then there is no need to keep that person in our lives, nor do we have to retain as friends those who listened to that disloyal friend.
Those who love God and love us will be thrilled that we confessed and forsook. They will then take on the stance of protecting us from gossips, because they knew we wanted to grow in holiness.
The Lord instructs us to put out of our lives those who work to thwart His work in us through false judgments and evil gossip.
One of the ways these people attack us is to presume things about us that were never true, even though they have never seen for themselves something we have done, they heard a sentence, or saw an action and came to a conclusion because of their contempt for us. These same people never come to ask our side of the story, they choose to believe a falsehood because of their contempt for us.
There is such peace when we no longer concern ourselves with how others view us, we can continue to live for Christ and leave those wicked ones to God, He knows what is to be done with them.
Proverbs 4:13-15 "…13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.…"
Psalm 37:1-2 "1 A Psalm of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers. 2 For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.…"
Do not allow "well meaning but ignorant" Christians guilt you into remaining friends with evil people, just so you can influence them. God does not need us to stay in the path of the wicked to win them, He can use their loss of friends to influence them while protecting us in the process.
It is worldly psychology that teaches us to ignore sin, so that it can grow, they erroneously believe that people respond positively to kindness, in our end times predicament it is not true, actually it has never been true. Men do not change their heart because others treat them nice, evil men get worse.
It is not man who influences one another for good, it is the preaching of the gospel that can be used by the Holy Spirit to prick a sinful heart. We are called to tell the truth to those who are lost, give consequences as needed and remain strong in Christ's principles. To use psychology hoping man will change hearts is humanism, not godly. It is God who changes hearts, not man.
Isaiah 26:10-11 " 10 Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD. 11 O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.…"
Easily Offended and Impossible to be Around
This is funny and not funny! The devil loves all these superficial self absorbed easily offended childish people, who cause trouble if things, even the smallest things are not exactly the way they would do it.
All of my children and their spouses act like this on a regular basis. I have gone no contact with them for awhile because I got tired of walking on eggshells all the time, every minute over everything, I almost lost my personality, but now that I am without them, it is coming back again.
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Confess Sin, Then Ask For Wisdom
So many people don't understand that sometimes we have to make our children temporarily uncomfortable to teach them a lesson that will bring them a blessing!!!
Those who have thrown their children in a river to teach them to swim, placed them in temporary panic for a few minutes, but after they learned they enjoyed life a little more because they could do something they couldn't do before.
Making a child do what they don't like is not mean, it is often a blessing to them.
James 1:2-18 "2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
If anyone lacks wisdom it is their own fault. Those who desire wisdom will not only ask for it but enjoy it with glee and implement what they have learned in their life.
The wisdom causes good consequences, life long and eternal consequences.
Proverbs 4:4-6 "…4 Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;
5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6-8 "…6 "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. 8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.…"
In this order:
Humble yourself and confess sin and the need for forgiveness. Ask God to cleanse you of your sin. Ask the Lord to give you needed wisdom. Obey God when He speaks to you, even if it is uncomfortable to do so. And, He will never tell you something different from what is already in the Scriptures.
The blessing that comes later from hearing God and obeying Him is greater than any temporary discomfort you might feel.
Those who have thrown their children in a river to teach them to swim, placed them in temporary panic for a few minutes, but after they learned they enjoyed life a little more because they could do something they couldn't do before.
Making a child do what they don't like is not mean, it is often a blessing to them.
James 1:2-18 "2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
If anyone lacks wisdom it is their own fault. Those who desire wisdom will not only ask for it but enjoy it with glee and implement what they have learned in their life.
The wisdom causes good consequences, life long and eternal consequences.
Proverbs 4:4-6 "…4 Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live;
5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6-8 "…6 "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.
7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. 8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.…"
In this order:
Humble yourself and confess sin and the need for forgiveness. Ask God to cleanse you of your sin. Ask the Lord to give you needed wisdom. Obey God when He speaks to you, even if it is uncomfortable to do so. And, He will never tell you something different from what is already in the Scriptures.
The blessing that comes later from hearing God and obeying Him is greater than any temporary discomfort you might feel.
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