Friday, February 2, 2018
Hang on Brothers and Sisters We're in for a Bumpy Ride
Demons can affect ones dopamine levels that make people "feel" like they have been healed, when they are with the faith healers.
The account of the huntched over person in the Bible, who was straightened up after the demons were cast out, should tell us that demons can cause physical ailments, whether real or perceived doesn't really matter.
I also believe they are getting into the minds of people making them think they have been abducted by aliens, when they never left their rooms. This also accounts for the visions of alien space craft that people are witnessing but can never get enough evidence to be conclusive.
Visions and dreams can seem so real that one would think something actually happened to them, when it did not. In the case of drug withdrawal, the patients actually see spiders crawling all over them or monsters in the room after them, but these things are not there, they are only in the addicts mind.
This is why I believe so many family relationships are being destroyed, the devils are messing with the minds of people making them believe evil about others, evil that never happened, but the victims of demonic activity really believe these lies.
I call them victims because the devils can destroy lives, work and family relationships based on nothing but perceptions. This phenomena is growing as we approach the end of the age.
Hang on brothers and sisters, we are in for a bumpy ride, but never fear the Lord is our Pilot and He knows where He is going.
The account of the huntched over person in the Bible, who was straightened up after the demons were cast out, should tell us that demons can cause physical ailments, whether real or perceived doesn't really matter.
I also believe they are getting into the minds of people making them think they have been abducted by aliens, when they never left their rooms. This also accounts for the visions of alien space craft that people are witnessing but can never get enough evidence to be conclusive.
Visions and dreams can seem so real that one would think something actually happened to them, when it did not. In the case of drug withdrawal, the patients actually see spiders crawling all over them or monsters in the room after them, but these things are not there, they are only in the addicts mind.
This is why I believe so many family relationships are being destroyed, the devils are messing with the minds of people making them believe evil about others, evil that never happened, but the victims of demonic activity really believe these lies.
I call them victims because the devils can destroy lives, work and family relationships based on nothing but perceptions. This phenomena is growing as we approach the end of the age.
Hang on brothers and sisters, we are in for a bumpy ride, but never fear the Lord is our Pilot and He knows where He is going.
It's All About Christ
Focusing on Christ and His plan for the ages I come up with this:
Whatever the case, Trump is being used by God in these last days event, it is not about the United States and it's not about Trump, it's about God's Plan for the end times!
Whatever the case, Trump is being used by God in these last days event, it is not about the United States and it's not about Trump, it's about God's Plan for the end times!
More Pretenders than Authentically Born Again
A Christian adult child who goes off to college, is said by some to have lost their faith because of what is being taught at college.
Those who have been raised in church all their lives and become a born again believer do not lose their faith just because they are surrounded by people who say there is no God. The one who says they “lost their faith”, was never born again.
Often those who say they are Christians will follow whatever is going on in the church, not authentically believing in Christ, they pretend to fit into the standard for that organization. Perhaps even fooling themselves in order to have friends.
Authentic born again believers might question some things about their faith because they are challenged, but they never completely lose it to become an atheist.
We can teach our children about God and what to do to be saved, but we cannot make their decision for them. Every person, even our children, will have to make their own decision about Christ. It is not wise to just believe are children are saved merely because of an emotional response to the gospel at church.
The problem is that so many who claim to be “Christian” have only had an emotional response to the gospel, desiring the acceptance of others without the desire to know Christ and follow Him.
When someone becomes born again, their actions, attitudes and demeanor change so drastically that others see the difference. They no longer walk the same paths as they did before, nor do they have the same responses to life as in the past. They even lose all the worldly friends they had because the friends can no longer tolerate the new them.
If there has not been a dramatic change in their overall demeanor while their lifestyle remains the same, then it is likely that they never had an authentic born again experience. This is the state of the apostate church today. Believers are not making anyone accountable for anything, the fear of driving off the new converts has compromised their own witness and walk.
As a result of this fear of losing bodies, has been the watering down of Biblical holiness and even a dumbing down of the gospel. Our churches are now full of hypocrites and pretenders, perhaps more of them than authentic born again believers.
The church needs to return to accountability, questioning new believers about their understanding of the gospel and watching their lives to see if their faith is more than just talk.
2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Romans 13:13 “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.”
James 3:13 “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”
James 2:26 “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.”
IF there has been no change in the person, and I mean visible change, then there has not likely been a salvation experience.
Our job as believers is to keep others accountable and allow ourselves to be accountable. If someone claims to be a Christian and resents accountability, we may be looking at a pretender.
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."
2 Timothy 4:2-3 “ 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…”
Those who have been raised in church all their lives and become a born again believer do not lose their faith just because they are surrounded by people who say there is no God. The one who says they “lost their faith”, was never born again.
Often those who say they are Christians will follow whatever is going on in the church, not authentically believing in Christ, they pretend to fit into the standard for that organization. Perhaps even fooling themselves in order to have friends.
Authentic born again believers might question some things about their faith because they are challenged, but they never completely lose it to become an atheist.
We can teach our children about God and what to do to be saved, but we cannot make their decision for them. Every person, even our children, will have to make their own decision about Christ. It is not wise to just believe are children are saved merely because of an emotional response to the gospel at church.
The problem is that so many who claim to be “Christian” have only had an emotional response to the gospel, desiring the acceptance of others without the desire to know Christ and follow Him.
When someone becomes born again, their actions, attitudes and demeanor change so drastically that others see the difference. They no longer walk the same paths as they did before, nor do they have the same responses to life as in the past. They even lose all the worldly friends they had because the friends can no longer tolerate the new them.
If there has not been a dramatic change in their overall demeanor while their lifestyle remains the same, then it is likely that they never had an authentic born again experience. This is the state of the apostate church today. Believers are not making anyone accountable for anything, the fear of driving off the new converts has compromised their own witness and walk.
As a result of this fear of losing bodies, has been the watering down of Biblical holiness and even a dumbing down of the gospel. Our churches are now full of hypocrites and pretenders, perhaps more of them than authentic born again believers.
The church needs to return to accountability, questioning new believers about their understanding of the gospel and watching their lives to see if their faith is more than just talk.
2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Romans 13:13 “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.”
James 3:13 “Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”
James 2:26 “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.”
IF there has been no change in the person, and I mean visible change, then there has not likely been a salvation experience.
Our job as believers is to keep others accountable and allow ourselves to be accountable. If someone claims to be a Christian and resents accountability, we may be looking at a pretender.
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."
2 Timothy 4:2-3 “ 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…”
The Narcissists Contempt
When the narcissists has contempt for you, everything you say and do, no matter how good or positive it is, will be an offense to them.
If you gave them a gift they will find something wrong with the gift.
If you set the table beautifully for them they will criticize that you wasted your time doing.
Whatever you do no matter how good, it will be seen as an affront, the narcissist cannot stand that you did well at something, they must knock it down so any joy you have is removed.
Remember the devil is in the business of ruining the joy in the life of the Christian. He sends people to us who are the pawns in our boot camp. They are sent of the devil and God allows it to show us how far we have come in our spiritual development and how much more we must grow.
Do we take it on the chin without emotion, when the narcissist does their dastardly deeds? Or do we rage back at their nonsense giving them more ammunition for later?
If we do not "react" to the ploys of the narcissist then we get to leave the incident with a clear conscience and the narcissist loses their battle over us. We can respond calmly, responding is different from reacting, then we will see by their "reaction" to our response, it will be vitriolic and out of control.
While you are remaining calm and in control of your emotions, the wicked man will be out of control and claim that you are instead of him.
Reactions are momentary outbursts of emotion, responding is to thoughtfully and calmly answer a matter according to the facts.
If we react in anger, shooting from the hip, caught off guard, then we have managed to supply the narcissist with validation against us. They believe if they can make us upset or angry, we are the ones who will look bad, they see this as a win. This is also the reason they accuse us of things we never did, hoping it will cause anger in us.
The best course of action when we notice that someone is full of themselves and rarely reasonable in conversation, is to avoid them entirely.
If we do not know that someone sees every conversation as a competition, as soon as we discover it, we can calmly answer with truth, then remove ourselves.
The evil man seeks only to dominate others, acting superior to control reactions and actions. Keeping their subjects in a one down position continually is the goal of the evil man. The mafia is full of these personality types. They love to dominate and control everyone in their wake. But the mafia is not the only place we see these monsters, they walk among us all the time.
This may not have occurred to many, it didn't with me until lately as I read the word of God, there is bloodshed in the heart of one who deliberately acts in ways they know will upset another person merely for their own entertainment.
Proverbs 29:9-11 "…9 When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. 10 Men of bloodshed hate the blameless, But the upright are concerned for his life. 11 A fool always loses his temper, But a wise man holds it back.…"
The hatred all by itself is evidence of a murderous heart.
1 John 3:14-15 "…14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer."
Of course everyone has flaws and may at one time or another employ an ungodly tactic to get the upper hand, this is not a deal breaker in a relationship, it can be resolved with confession and forgiveness.
However, if these tactics are used regularly as a means of overpowering others, then we are looking at a wicked man who does not have the love of Christ in his heart. There are women like this too, but I use "men" in a generic way, as in "mankind".
May the Lord give us each discernment in dealing with people in these last days of evil. We can see how it is growing unchecked everywhere, so it is my humble opinion that we should learn how to handle it when it comes to bite us.
If you gave them a gift they will find something wrong with the gift.
If you set the table beautifully for them they will criticize that you wasted your time doing.
Whatever you do no matter how good, it will be seen as an affront, the narcissist cannot stand that you did well at something, they must knock it down so any joy you have is removed.
Remember the devil is in the business of ruining the joy in the life of the Christian. He sends people to us who are the pawns in our boot camp. They are sent of the devil and God allows it to show us how far we have come in our spiritual development and how much more we must grow.
Do we take it on the chin without emotion, when the narcissist does their dastardly deeds? Or do we rage back at their nonsense giving them more ammunition for later?
If we do not "react" to the ploys of the narcissist then we get to leave the incident with a clear conscience and the narcissist loses their battle over us. We can respond calmly, responding is different from reacting, then we will see by their "reaction" to our response, it will be vitriolic and out of control.
While you are remaining calm and in control of your emotions, the wicked man will be out of control and claim that you are instead of him.
Reactions are momentary outbursts of emotion, responding is to thoughtfully and calmly answer a matter according to the facts.
If we react in anger, shooting from the hip, caught off guard, then we have managed to supply the narcissist with validation against us. They believe if they can make us upset or angry, we are the ones who will look bad, they see this as a win. This is also the reason they accuse us of things we never did, hoping it will cause anger in us.
The best course of action when we notice that someone is full of themselves and rarely reasonable in conversation, is to avoid them entirely.
If we do not know that someone sees every conversation as a competition, as soon as we discover it, we can calmly answer with truth, then remove ourselves.
The evil man seeks only to dominate others, acting superior to control reactions and actions. Keeping their subjects in a one down position continually is the goal of the evil man. The mafia is full of these personality types. They love to dominate and control everyone in their wake. But the mafia is not the only place we see these monsters, they walk among us all the time.
This may not have occurred to many, it didn't with me until lately as I read the word of God, there is bloodshed in the heart of one who deliberately acts in ways they know will upset another person merely for their own entertainment.
Proverbs 29:9-11 "…9 When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. 10 Men of bloodshed hate the blameless, But the upright are concerned for his life. 11 A fool always loses his temper, But a wise man holds it back.…"
The hatred all by itself is evidence of a murderous heart.
1 John 3:14-15 "…14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer."
Of course everyone has flaws and may at one time or another employ an ungodly tactic to get the upper hand, this is not a deal breaker in a relationship, it can be resolved with confession and forgiveness.
However, if these tactics are used regularly as a means of overpowering others, then we are looking at a wicked man who does not have the love of Christ in his heart. There are women like this too, but I use "men" in a generic way, as in "mankind".
May the Lord give us each discernment in dealing with people in these last days of evil. We can see how it is growing unchecked everywhere, so it is my humble opinion that we should learn how to handle it when it comes to bite us.
The Truth About Friends
A true friend respects you, your boundaries and your choices that are no sin. They do not criticize over silly things and they take criticism over important matters with humility.
Unconditional love is present in the life of friends. They don't condemn you as though they are superior just because you are not perfect. They assume the best until something else is proven.
A faithful friend accepts you, your good and your ugly. They encourage you in right and correct you when you are wrong.
A true friend laughs with those who laugh and weep with those who weep. They engage in our joys as well as our trials.
When your friend makes it clear that you have no voice or imput into their lives, and they have no interest in ours, perhaps even being chastised for sharing an opinion when they are telling you their plans, then that person is not a true friend. Friends respect and consider the opinions of those they love.
Friends are allowed to share their opinions and thoughts about what we say to them. When a friend judges your character as evil or mean because you shared a concern, then that person is not a friend. Friends understand one another, they have one another's back in tough times.
True friends do no seek to find an issue with everything we do, they engage in honest dialogue to discern truth before making judgments.
Proverbs 18:24 "24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
A good friend will tell us something we are doing is wrong, not to gloat over their own goodness but in deep concern for OUR well being. That same friend is sad when they have to correct, but they do it out of love.
When we love someone we spend much time with them, we encourage them in their choices and even are of help at times. We love their phone calls and they enjoy ours.
A wicked friend tears down what you want to accomplish in your life, they will mock, demean and lie against us to elevate self. They are jealous continually. They are not true friends, but enemies posing as friends. We should have few if any of these types in our lives and we should pray that we do not become one of these controlling ones. They do not improve because we are kind to them, in fact they actually grow worse with each new encounter.
Isaiah 26:10 "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."
Proverbs 27:6 "6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Proverbs 12:26 "The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray."
Hebrews 10:24 "24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,"
Never feel guilty about weeding out friends from your list of those who do not enhance your walk with Christ. Notice I did not say "enhance your life." Our goal is to walk more closely with Christ every day, to do this we must have in our lives those who want the same thing.
They are out there, of that I am sure, but they are not easy to find. Let the Lord lead you to those who love Him.
Unconditional love is present in the life of friends. They don't condemn you as though they are superior just because you are not perfect. They assume the best until something else is proven.
A faithful friend accepts you, your good and your ugly. They encourage you in right and correct you when you are wrong.
A true friend laughs with those who laugh and weep with those who weep. They engage in our joys as well as our trials.
When your friend makes it clear that you have no voice or imput into their lives, and they have no interest in ours, perhaps even being chastised for sharing an opinion when they are telling you their plans, then that person is not a true friend. Friends respect and consider the opinions of those they love.
Friends are allowed to share their opinions and thoughts about what we say to them. When a friend judges your character as evil or mean because you shared a concern, then that person is not a friend. Friends understand one another, they have one another's back in tough times.
True friends do no seek to find an issue with everything we do, they engage in honest dialogue to discern truth before making judgments.
Proverbs 18:24 "24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
A good friend will tell us something we are doing is wrong, not to gloat over their own goodness but in deep concern for OUR well being. That same friend is sad when they have to correct, but they do it out of love.
When we love someone we spend much time with them, we encourage them in their choices and even are of help at times. We love their phone calls and they enjoy ours.
A wicked friend tears down what you want to accomplish in your life, they will mock, demean and lie against us to elevate self. They are jealous continually. They are not true friends, but enemies posing as friends. We should have few if any of these types in our lives and we should pray that we do not become one of these controlling ones. They do not improve because we are kind to them, in fact they actually grow worse with each new encounter.
Isaiah 26:10 "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."
Proverbs 27:6 "6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Proverbs 12:26 "The righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray."
Hebrews 10:24 "24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,"
Never feel guilty about weeding out friends from your list of those who do not enhance your walk with Christ. Notice I did not say "enhance your life." Our goal is to walk more closely with Christ every day, to do this we must have in our lives those who want the same thing.
They are out there, of that I am sure, but they are not easy to find. Let the Lord lead you to those who love Him.
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