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Thursday, January 31, 2019
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Were They Really Friends?
Confession and Forgiveness are Two Sides of the Same Coin
The reason so many people believe repentance is not necessary to be forgiven is because of the psychological teaching that says we should forgive someone who is not confessing their sin.
God never taught this, He does not forgive without confession or repentance (change of mind), nor does He expect us to do this.
A broken relationship to God is not mended unless there is confession and a desire to be cleansed. Neither is a relationship to others mended without confession of sin and a desire to never do it again.
1 John 1:9
"9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
God said "IF we confess", thats the phrase everyone wants to leave out. When one confesses then the offense can be forgotten. As long as the offense remains unconfessed the relationship remains broken.
Evil is empowered by lack of accountability, growing out of control for lack of consequences. We had to confess sinfulness to be born again and so should we continually be evaluating our actions to be cleansed as we walk through this life making mistakes.
Acting as though nothing happened to remain friendly is not a help to the sinner, its a hindrance. Perhaps people want to just "let things go" because they don't want anyone else requiring confession from them. Its all about self. We may want to just let things go because we want to have something to hold against someone at a later date.
Isaiah 26:10 "10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD."
When we have confessed something about our actions then God removes it, it is no longer counted against us. When someone comes to us to confess then we should be loving and accepting of their confession ready to forgive. From my own experience it is a relief and blessing to be forgiven, the debt no longer exists. The one who forgives ought to feel relief that the relationship has been reconciled. You see, everything is about the relationship reconciliation.
God wants His children to be reconciled and all ills mended and forgotten. In order for that to happen each party must obey God in the way God ordered things. Without one of these elements of confession and forgiveness, there is no reconciliation that is worth its salt. If the process does not happen correctly the offense can be brought up at a later time. However when we walk through the process in honesty, then the offended cannot ever bring it up again as anything against their friend.
Now, having said all that I feel a need to mention that once we have confessed and been forgiven we must believe God that it is over and never again allow false guilt from the devil to dominate us. From my own experience I know that the devil can keep bringing up passed confessed sin to torment us. And, sometimes he will cause us to fear that we still deserve punishment or that someone else will no longer love us.
Cast the devils thoughts from your mind. When we have confessed and we are forgiven then its over.
The devil doesn't want it to be over so he attempts to torture us day after day making us think we have no witness. Sometimes he will use people or even our own thoughts to keep us hurting over a passed forgiven sin. If there are "Christians" in our lives who want to pretend we are no different from before we were saved, then they must also be removed from our lies.
We all have a witness for Christ, no one is sinless and no sin is forever when it has been confessed and cleansed.
I actually had someone say to me many years ago, "what about the way you used to be?" This angry person hated that I had changed, that all my sins were forgiven and that I was a different person. Sadly this woman was a "Christian." I stated boldly and clearly I didn't care what happened before, what I am now is what matters."
This angry bitter woman liked it better when she could feel superior to me. The thought that I had been cleansed and forgiven was frustrating to her. Every sin that is confessed has no hold over us nor should any person who wants to throw up our past forgiven sins as an attack against us. The devil was using this woman to attack me in order to make me believe I was not a different person. The devil hates it when Christ cleanses!
The devil wants us to believe we should never speak the truths of the Bible because we have sinned. How utterly ridiculous is this!!!! All the apostles and everyone else too had sin they needed to confess to grow. Mary the mother of Jesus confessed her need for a Savior.
Only those who believe they are perfect and have never sinned would ever hold anyone's past forgiven sins against them. We have all had to confess and repent to be born again. And, we need continual cleansing as we seek holiness. God will bring to mind things we had forgotten or convict us quickly after a wrong attitude or action. That is the sign that we have the Holy Spirit and are seeking Christ for continual cleansing for the rest of our lives. Anyone who thinks they have arrived at perfection remains in their sin of pride.
Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 "1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one."
God never taught this, He does not forgive without confession or repentance (change of mind), nor does He expect us to do this.
A broken relationship to God is not mended unless there is confession and a desire to be cleansed. Neither is a relationship to others mended without confession of sin and a desire to never do it again.
1 John 1:9
"9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
God said "IF we confess", thats the phrase everyone wants to leave out. When one confesses then the offense can be forgotten. As long as the offense remains unconfessed the relationship remains broken.
Evil is empowered by lack of accountability, growing out of control for lack of consequences. We had to confess sinfulness to be born again and so should we continually be evaluating our actions to be cleansed as we walk through this life making mistakes.
Acting as though nothing happened to remain friendly is not a help to the sinner, its a hindrance. Perhaps people want to just "let things go" because they don't want anyone else requiring confession from them. Its all about self. We may want to just let things go because we want to have something to hold against someone at a later date.
Isaiah 26:10 "10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD."
When we have confessed something about our actions then God removes it, it is no longer counted against us. When someone comes to us to confess then we should be loving and accepting of their confession ready to forgive. From my own experience it is a relief and blessing to be forgiven, the debt no longer exists. The one who forgives ought to feel relief that the relationship has been reconciled. You see, everything is about the relationship reconciliation.
God wants His children to be reconciled and all ills mended and forgotten. In order for that to happen each party must obey God in the way God ordered things. Without one of these elements of confession and forgiveness, there is no reconciliation that is worth its salt. If the process does not happen correctly the offense can be brought up at a later time. However when we walk through the process in honesty, then the offended cannot ever bring it up again as anything against their friend.
Now, having said all that I feel a need to mention that once we have confessed and been forgiven we must believe God that it is over and never again allow false guilt from the devil to dominate us. From my own experience I know that the devil can keep bringing up passed confessed sin to torment us. And, sometimes he will cause us to fear that we still deserve punishment or that someone else will no longer love us.
Cast the devils thoughts from your mind. When we have confessed and we are forgiven then its over.
The devil doesn't want it to be over so he attempts to torture us day after day making us think we have no witness. Sometimes he will use people or even our own thoughts to keep us hurting over a passed forgiven sin. If there are "Christians" in our lives who want to pretend we are no different from before we were saved, then they must also be removed from our lies.
We all have a witness for Christ, no one is sinless and no sin is forever when it has been confessed and cleansed.
I actually had someone say to me many years ago, "what about the way you used to be?" This angry person hated that I had changed, that all my sins were forgiven and that I was a different person. Sadly this woman was a "Christian." I stated boldly and clearly I didn't care what happened before, what I am now is what matters."
This angry bitter woman liked it better when she could feel superior to me. The thought that I had been cleansed and forgiven was frustrating to her. Every sin that is confessed has no hold over us nor should any person who wants to throw up our past forgiven sins as an attack against us. The devil was using this woman to attack me in order to make me believe I was not a different person. The devil hates it when Christ cleanses!
The devil wants us to believe we should never speak the truths of the Bible because we have sinned. How utterly ridiculous is this!!!! All the apostles and everyone else too had sin they needed to confess to grow. Mary the mother of Jesus confessed her need for a Savior.
Only those who believe they are perfect and have never sinned would ever hold anyone's past forgiven sins against them. We have all had to confess and repent to be born again. And, we need continual cleansing as we seek holiness. God will bring to mind things we had forgotten or convict us quickly after a wrong attitude or action. That is the sign that we have the Holy Spirit and are seeking Christ for continual cleansing for the rest of our lives. Anyone who thinks they have arrived at perfection remains in their sin of pride.
Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 "1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one."
Do You Hear From the Holy Spirit?
Those who turn back were never born again in the first place. There are many pretenders in the church today, they have no desire for the word or Christ but are in the body.
1 John 2:19
"19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."
We cannot base our beliefs on experiences we have seen. We must depend on the Bible and the Holy Spirit to guide our thinking.
1 John 2:19
"19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."
We cannot base our beliefs on experiences we have seen. We must depend on the Bible and the Holy Spirit to guide our thinking.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Embarrassment Where it Comes From
Have you ever been completely ignored by those who you thought would love you? When you write a text or letter and those you wrote to do not respond to you, how does that make you feel? Or perhaps they respond with one word or one sentence answers as a sort of obligatory response that feels flat and lifeless!
When we say we love someone but ignore their correspondence, even refuse to engage in meaningful conversation with them, it feels more like hate than love.
This is what God feels like when we say we "are Christian" but are embarrassed to mention His name. Even denying His truth in favor of being accepted by others who do not love Him.
Can someone be born again and act embarrassed at hearing the words of God or the name of Christ? I don't know, I am confused about this.
I love Christ more than I can express, even though I fall short in my walk, I cannot imagine not thinking about Him. He comes to mind all through the day. You know, the way someone we love deeply and are about to marry never leaves our mind until our wedding day. Or the way we never stop thinking of the children we bore.
We are the bride of Christ, is He not in our mind continually, as we wait in anticipation for that day we will see Him face to face. The longing for Him is powerful and constant in those who love Him.
Our focus on Christ is not nearly as much about "the rules" as much as its about how much we are in love with Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
In these verses I am convinced they are not merely commands to do these things but expressions of facts that we do them. We don't have to try or work it up, we just love Him so much it comes to us as naturally as it does for those who are deeply in love and about to get married to a spouse.
Revelation 19:7-9
"Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
I am also convinced that when a person has this mindset toward Christ they will also love the Brethren.
1 John 3:14
"We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death."
Ephesians 3:17–19
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
When we say we love someone but ignore their correspondence, even refuse to engage in meaningful conversation with them, it feels more like hate than love.
This is what God feels like when we say we "are Christian" but are embarrassed to mention His name. Even denying His truth in favor of being accepted by others who do not love Him.
Can someone be born again and act embarrassed at hearing the words of God or the name of Christ? I don't know, I am confused about this.
I love Christ more than I can express, even though I fall short in my walk, I cannot imagine not thinking about Him. He comes to mind all through the day. You know, the way someone we love deeply and are about to marry never leaves our mind until our wedding day. Or the way we never stop thinking of the children we bore.
We are the bride of Christ, is He not in our mind continually, as we wait in anticipation for that day we will see Him face to face. The longing for Him is powerful and constant in those who love Him.
Our focus on Christ is not nearly as much about "the rules" as much as its about how much we are in love with Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
In these verses I am convinced they are not merely commands to do these things but expressions of facts that we do them. We don't have to try or work it up, we just love Him so much it comes to us as naturally as it does for those who are deeply in love and about to get married to a spouse.
Revelation 19:7-9
"Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
I am also convinced that when a person has this mindset toward Christ they will also love the Brethren.
1 John 3:14
"We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death."
Ephesians 3:17–19
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
Getting Harder to Discern
It has become harder to discern those with false doctrines when they mix a little truth with a whole lot of error. Just recently I witnessed a facebook friend going from a sweet demeanor to a vitriolic tone when she was led astray by false teaching.
There are preachers who preach to convince others of doctrine and then there are preachers who rant to intimidate.
Just recently I was astonished at a couple of preachers who seemed very good in their preaching saying things that were correct, but held beliefs that are clearly unbiblical. I have even posted videos of some of their preaching, now I will avoid them and even warn others about them .
Jacob Prasch is one and John Haller is another. These are people who hold to the post trib position and that one can lose their salvation.
These two beliefs "loss of salvation if one does not live perfectly" and that believers will go through the tribulation before they are raptured, seem to often go hand in hand.
A difference of opinion on the timing of the rapture is less problematic than preaching that someone can lose their salvation. Can one understand the gospel message and the cross if they believe we must "be good enough" to maintain our salvation? I do not think so!
If one believes we can lose our salvation if we are not working hard enough to be good enough, then those who think they are saved must be "good enough" in their own minds.
But then again, how do those who think they can lose their salvation know if they will lose it tomorrow until tomorrow comes.
I continue to be disappointed at how many people listen to preachers for their truth far more than they seek Christ. I confess that I listen to lots of preachers and I have made mistakes in sharing videos when they sounded good only to find out over time that they do not hold to the sound doctrines on other things that are important.
I found that when I listen to "moral issues" far more than doctrines of Christ I am more likely to get off track.
I also have learned that when we find someone to be unsound in their doctrine, confronting it and speaking against it we will run into those who are dedicated to the false preachers, ready to defend them irrationally with personal attacks to us rather than staying on topic to prove a point.
I have had to stop listening to several preaches on the internet lately because they bring division, using more mockery and demeaning than they do facts to support their false doctrine.
We must all be ready to move on when someone is promoting doctrine that is heretical or deeply in error.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 Test all things; hold fast what is good."
There are preachers who preach to convince others of doctrine and then there are preachers who rant to intimidate.
Just recently I was astonished at a couple of preachers who seemed very good in their preaching saying things that were correct, but held beliefs that are clearly unbiblical. I have even posted videos of some of their preaching, now I will avoid them and even warn others about them .
Jacob Prasch is one and John Haller is another. These are people who hold to the post trib position and that one can lose their salvation.
These two beliefs "loss of salvation if one does not live perfectly" and that believers will go through the tribulation before they are raptured, seem to often go hand in hand.
A difference of opinion on the timing of the rapture is less problematic than preaching that someone can lose their salvation. Can one understand the gospel message and the cross if they believe we must "be good enough" to maintain our salvation? I do not think so!
If one believes we can lose our salvation if we are not working hard enough to be good enough, then those who think they are saved must be "good enough" in their own minds.
But then again, how do those who think they can lose their salvation know if they will lose it tomorrow until tomorrow comes.
I continue to be disappointed at how many people listen to preachers for their truth far more than they seek Christ. I confess that I listen to lots of preachers and I have made mistakes in sharing videos when they sounded good only to find out over time that they do not hold to the sound doctrines on other things that are important.
I found that when I listen to "moral issues" far more than doctrines of Christ I am more likely to get off track.
I also have learned that when we find someone to be unsound in their doctrine, confronting it and speaking against it we will run into those who are dedicated to the false preachers, ready to defend them irrationally with personal attacks to us rather than staying on topic to prove a point.
I have had to stop listening to several preaches on the internet lately because they bring division, using more mockery and demeaning than they do facts to support their false doctrine.
We must all be ready to move on when someone is promoting doctrine that is heretical or deeply in error.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 Test all things; hold fast what is good."
Monday, January 28, 2019
No Shame, No Empathy
Jeremiah 6:14-16 "…14 They have dressed the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. 15 Were they ashamed of the abomination they committed? No, they were not at all ashamed. They did not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD. 16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: Where is the good way? Then walk in it and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’…"
Notice the lack of empathy on the part of wicked people. They do not see the trials of others and even are flippant about them, saying "peace, peace" as though there is no problem. They are not ashamed of anything ever.
Notice the lack of empathy on the part of wicked people. They do not see the trials of others and even are flippant about them, saying "peace, peace" as though there is no problem. They are not ashamed of anything ever.
Do We Really Want to Defy God?
YES and if we don't believe the Bible we don't believe God. If we twist the Bible we are twisting God's Words, this is a frightening place to be, spitting in the face of God through denial and even lying against His Word.
Do you really want to say to God, " I don't believe you" or do you want to say to God; "I will say it my way so I can have what I want."
Karen Long said!
“The most foundational thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is God’s doing.”
Do you really want to say to God, " I don't believe you" or do you want to say to God; "I will say it my way so I can have what I want."
Karen Long said!
“The most foundational thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is God’s doing.”
What Would I Tell the Apostles?
If when I get to heaven and an apostles approaches me to ask what it was like in those end days that they were inspired of God to write about I might have this to say:
Think with the mind of Christ as to what righteousness looks like and then think of the opposite and that is the world during those end times, that opposite!
Babies murdered for convenience, families nearly completely destroyed, teens committing suicide because they didn't know what gender they were, godly people persecuted for not fitting into the evil culture that was dominant.
Families rejecting believers for living out the life they chose, that was to love Christ above all else.
Homosexual marriage and shacking up was validated and encouraged while divorce and remarriage was rampant.
The schools were teaching children to reject the gender they were born with and intimidated to accept it or be treated with contempt. Bullying was rampant among every aspect of this life.
Christians were called bullies for standing for Christ while the real bullies were elevated to "special" status for daring to be evil without restraint. Lying was continual everywhere, especially against those who told the truth.
This list could go on for many pages. Is it not clear by now that America is never coming back!!!!! When a nation becomes this evil there is no returning to righteousness, if the nation actually ever was righteous as a whole.
Remember the roaring twenties, the bootleggers, the slavery, the lust for fame and fortune? Remember the women's sufferage movement, the abortion rights, the proliferation of pornography and filthy television as well as the movies? Remember the fashions that undressed a woman as far as she could go in public? Remember when you might have been chastised for telling a young "Christian" woman she should not wear bikinis on the beach or that she should not be staying out late at the house of her boyfriend?
There have always been more authentic believers in America than any others country of the world, but this nation as a whole has not been Christian as so many wish to believe.
My parents went to church every week and yet I saw no evidence of love for Christ in our home, just the opposite.There were plenty of "social rules" but there was no godliness, the joy and kindness was absent most of the time.
I fear this was the case with many families who attended church every week. There was a "form of religion" but no power of Christ in these lives. Cultural Christianity has been the norm in our country since the very beginning. Most who came to this country did not come for religious freedom, they came for a better life with greater opportunities to become wealthy.
God has used this country to further the gospel, however now we are seeing a false gospel coming from the churches, a gospel that does not save nor cleanse.
We are not better than other countries spiritually, how can we claim that when we distribute to nearly all of the world most of the pornography it uses. Our babies are being murdered every day. Most "Christians" are living superficial selfish lives of pleasure thinking they are blessed by God because of their material wealth.
We are a prideful lot, full of arrogance and self seeking, Christ is only attached to our plans because He makes us feel safe. This nation is not as safe as it thinks. When our spiritual lives are a mess we cannot expect God to further bless a nation that has mocked, demeaned and rejected Him.
Perhaps this could be said of America too:
Deuteronomy 32:18
"You neglected the Rock who begot you, And forgot the God who gave you birth."
Ezra 8:22
"For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."
Think with the mind of Christ as to what righteousness looks like and then think of the opposite and that is the world during those end times, that opposite!
Babies murdered for convenience, families nearly completely destroyed, teens committing suicide because they didn't know what gender they were, godly people persecuted for not fitting into the evil culture that was dominant.
Families rejecting believers for living out the life they chose, that was to love Christ above all else.
Homosexual marriage and shacking up was validated and encouraged while divorce and remarriage was rampant.
The schools were teaching children to reject the gender they were born with and intimidated to accept it or be treated with contempt. Bullying was rampant among every aspect of this life.
Christians were called bullies for standing for Christ while the real bullies were elevated to "special" status for daring to be evil without restraint. Lying was continual everywhere, especially against those who told the truth.
This list could go on for many pages. Is it not clear by now that America is never coming back!!!!! When a nation becomes this evil there is no returning to righteousness, if the nation actually ever was righteous as a whole.
Remember the roaring twenties, the bootleggers, the slavery, the lust for fame and fortune? Remember the women's sufferage movement, the abortion rights, the proliferation of pornography and filthy television as well as the movies? Remember the fashions that undressed a woman as far as she could go in public? Remember when you might have been chastised for telling a young "Christian" woman she should not wear bikinis on the beach or that she should not be staying out late at the house of her boyfriend?
There have always been more authentic believers in America than any others country of the world, but this nation as a whole has not been Christian as so many wish to believe.
My parents went to church every week and yet I saw no evidence of love for Christ in our home, just the opposite.There were plenty of "social rules" but there was no godliness, the joy and kindness was absent most of the time.
I fear this was the case with many families who attended church every week. There was a "form of religion" but no power of Christ in these lives. Cultural Christianity has been the norm in our country since the very beginning. Most who came to this country did not come for religious freedom, they came for a better life with greater opportunities to become wealthy.
God has used this country to further the gospel, however now we are seeing a false gospel coming from the churches, a gospel that does not save nor cleanse.
We are not better than other countries spiritually, how can we claim that when we distribute to nearly all of the world most of the pornography it uses. Our babies are being murdered every day. Most "Christians" are living superficial selfish lives of pleasure thinking they are blessed by God because of their material wealth.
We are a prideful lot, full of arrogance and self seeking, Christ is only attached to our plans because He makes us feel safe. This nation is not as safe as it thinks. When our spiritual lives are a mess we cannot expect God to further bless a nation that has mocked, demeaned and rejected Him.
Perhaps this could be said of America too:
Deuteronomy 32:18
"You neglected the Rock who begot you, And forgot the God who gave you birth."
Ezra 8:22
"For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."
The Monster Grows Bigger
These new posts about laws being made to legalize abortion through the ninth month are misleading.
The new law is not to legalize abortion through the ninth month. It is to allow a baby who has survived an abortion to lay on a table and die.
Abortion through the ninth month has been legal since 1973, this just makes it legal to allow them to die after the abortion fails.
Monstrous as it is there you have it!!!! America is on the fast track to serious discipline, whatever comes should be no surprise.
The new law is not to legalize abortion through the ninth month. It is to allow a baby who has survived an abortion to lay on a table and die.
Abortion through the ninth month has been legal since 1973, this just makes it legal to allow them to die after the abortion fails.
Monstrous as it is there you have it!!!! America is on the fast track to serious discipline, whatever comes should be no surprise.
Saying Something Does Not Make is So!
This same mentality was used in the Dred Scott decision in the 1800's when the government declared that blacks were not persons. Satan keeps using the same old ploy that feeds on the depraved desires of ungodly people.
What is commonly done by Hitler and about babies in the womb was also done by those who determined through the Dred Scott decision that blacks were not persons. As long as we SAY someone is not a person then foolish people believe it.
This is our monstrous culture right now, just merely saying something makes it a fact!!! Because everything is based on feelings instead of truth, we can see this foolishness growing.
The Odious Crime of Murder
There was a tribe in Africa down through history that allowed the father to kill their child up to the age of one year. This tribe evaluated the child, whether sick, deformed or mentally challenged, as to their worth in society.
The recent decision in some states to allow a child who survives abortion to be placed on a counter to die, is no different from the heathen tribe to decide the fate of the born child. By the way, those babies that survive abortion are born children. To say they are not is nothing more than lying to justify their murder.
Imagine the wickedness of someone who could watch a cold and naked baby on a counter top screaming and crying for its mother while it is dying, only to be ignored until it stops, then tossed in a trash can.
The callousness of such an act can only be done by those whose heart is completely hardened.
Romans 2:5
"But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed."
I was about age 20 when the Roe v Wade decision came down from the high court, that babies could be killed while still in the mother's womb. I was aghast at the foolishness of that new law after my husband told me the definition of abortion.
I had to ask my husband what abortion was because I had never even heard of it. When he told me that it was the killing of a baby in the womb and in this case all the way through the ninth month, I stated with frustration in my voice and a high degree of naivete, that we don't have to worry about that law because no woman would do that to her baby. How wrong I was!!! I had no idea that women were wanting to expunge their babies. Even those who had them out of wedlock either gave birth and kept them or gave them up for adoption. The idea of killing them never came to mind.
It isn't bad enough that there are those who would rally to fight for abortion rights, it is even worse when they celebrate those rights as though they were celebrating someone's birthday.
40 years ago when I spoke in schools on the subject of abortion I was struck with the mentality of the students toward the killing of the babies. Even with the fetal models of unborn infants in the progression of pregnancy sitting right in front of them as I spoke.
These young people 40 years ago were convinced that the child was not a real baby until it was born. They also would not believe me when I exposed the fact that Roe v Wade allowed the abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. Even with the law right in front of me, the refused to believe it.
Why would these young people refuse to believe what was right in front of them? For a full week in the public schools all day long, Planned Parenthood was allowed to come in and indoctrinate these young minds. They set the stage for the young people to disbelieve anything the pro-life people might say.
As representatives of the Birthright organization we were allowed to come to the schools in one class for a period of one hour on Friday afternoon. By then the students had been primed for the things we were going to say and that they should not believe us.
In one visit to the schools my friend suggested that she bring her baby of six months old and let the young people see a real baby.
We spoke about the matter of abortion while allowing the girls to hold the baby as we spoke. They passed the child around in glee to be able to hold her. When the class was over the teacher who arranged for these visits was enraged and rude that we had "played dirty" for bringing a baby into class.
Our question to her was "were we not allowed to show the other side of the issue through evidence."
This particular school was an "alternative" school for incorrigibles who had been removed from the public school system for unruliness. By the time we had finished our one hour with the girls they were all against abortion.
This is the reason Planned Parenthood does not want "informed consent" when working with pregnant women. They want women to kill their babies thinking it is merely a blob like a tumor or some other unwanted malady.
I said then and say now rhetorically, "why would we think that once a sin has been promoted, it would not progress to the next level of intensity." I am here to tell you from experience that all sin unchecked or promoted progresses to the next level, always.
Why would we surmise that abortion tactics will stop at leaving a baby to die on a counter, one of the most callous and monstrous actions we have seen yet in this culture?
Once the murder mentality is allowed to have its head, the callousness continues to grow worse as the actions increase too.
We have every reason to believe that there will be an increase in elder abuse, child abuse and other equally monstrous sins.
Will there come a point at which the authorities will not punish or discourage a mother or father from leaving their infant in the forest to die because the child has become inconvenient? Yes, this will happen!
When we have been bowing to the god of convenience for the past 40 years, accustomed to it and defending it, we can be assured that this mentality will lead to greater and more heinous and odious actions, even being sanctioned by government.
The "self love" narcissistic mentality has been so deeply entrenched in our culture that those who speak out against these evils will be the ones punished for merely expressing their views on them.
We see this in family dynamics, the one who says things like "that is mean" or "that is rude" are those who are seen as the trouble makers, while the real trouble makers are coddled and encouraged.
Everyone of us has had very difficult things in our lives that could drive us to murder someone if that were our heart. We don't murder, we speak truth we attempt to convince and then if no one will listen we walk away.
Legalized murder is not the solution to a problem. The very nature of narcissism is a level of hatred that is tantamount to murder. God calls hatred murder and denying that hatred lying.
Matthew 5:21-22
"21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment."
One might feel there is a reason to be angry toward those who have harmed us, but to hate a baby enough to kill it simply because he has inconvenienced us, is the worst of monstrosities.
One last thought, there are many young ladies in the world who are depressed and abandoned during their pregnancy, rather than encouraging them to kill their babies we ought to be coming along side with solutions that do not involve murder.
To prey on the mother who is in deep distress for the sake of money is also a monstrous thing. This is the Planned Parenthood way!
The recent decision in some states to allow a child who survives abortion to be placed on a counter to die, is no different from the heathen tribe to decide the fate of the born child. By the way, those babies that survive abortion are born children. To say they are not is nothing more than lying to justify their murder.
Imagine the wickedness of someone who could watch a cold and naked baby on a counter top screaming and crying for its mother while it is dying, only to be ignored until it stops, then tossed in a trash can.
The callousness of such an act can only be done by those whose heart is completely hardened.
Romans 2:5
"But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed."
I was about age 20 when the Roe v Wade decision came down from the high court, that babies could be killed while still in the mother's womb. I was aghast at the foolishness of that new law after my husband told me the definition of abortion.
I had to ask my husband what abortion was because I had never even heard of it. When he told me that it was the killing of a baby in the womb and in this case all the way through the ninth month, I stated with frustration in my voice and a high degree of naivete, that we don't have to worry about that law because no woman would do that to her baby. How wrong I was!!! I had no idea that women were wanting to expunge their babies. Even those who had them out of wedlock either gave birth and kept them or gave them up for adoption. The idea of killing them never came to mind.
It isn't bad enough that there are those who would rally to fight for abortion rights, it is even worse when they celebrate those rights as though they were celebrating someone's birthday.
40 years ago when I spoke in schools on the subject of abortion I was struck with the mentality of the students toward the killing of the babies. Even with the fetal models of unborn infants in the progression of pregnancy sitting right in front of them as I spoke.
These young people 40 years ago were convinced that the child was not a real baby until it was born. They also would not believe me when I exposed the fact that Roe v Wade allowed the abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. Even with the law right in front of me, the refused to believe it.
Why would these young people refuse to believe what was right in front of them? For a full week in the public schools all day long, Planned Parenthood was allowed to come in and indoctrinate these young minds. They set the stage for the young people to disbelieve anything the pro-life people might say.
As representatives of the Birthright organization we were allowed to come to the schools in one class for a period of one hour on Friday afternoon. By then the students had been primed for the things we were going to say and that they should not believe us.
In one visit to the schools my friend suggested that she bring her baby of six months old and let the young people see a real baby.
We spoke about the matter of abortion while allowing the girls to hold the baby as we spoke. They passed the child around in glee to be able to hold her. When the class was over the teacher who arranged for these visits was enraged and rude that we had "played dirty" for bringing a baby into class.
Our question to her was "were we not allowed to show the other side of the issue through evidence."
This particular school was an "alternative" school for incorrigibles who had been removed from the public school system for unruliness. By the time we had finished our one hour with the girls they were all against abortion.
This is the reason Planned Parenthood does not want "informed consent" when working with pregnant women. They want women to kill their babies thinking it is merely a blob like a tumor or some other unwanted malady.
I said then and say now rhetorically, "why would we think that once a sin has been promoted, it would not progress to the next level of intensity." I am here to tell you from experience that all sin unchecked or promoted progresses to the next level, always.
Why would we surmise that abortion tactics will stop at leaving a baby to die on a counter, one of the most callous and monstrous actions we have seen yet in this culture?
Once the murder mentality is allowed to have its head, the callousness continues to grow worse as the actions increase too.
We have every reason to believe that there will be an increase in elder abuse, child abuse and other equally monstrous sins.
Will there come a point at which the authorities will not punish or discourage a mother or father from leaving their infant in the forest to die because the child has become inconvenient? Yes, this will happen!
When we have been bowing to the god of convenience for the past 40 years, accustomed to it and defending it, we can be assured that this mentality will lead to greater and more heinous and odious actions, even being sanctioned by government.
The "self love" narcissistic mentality has been so deeply entrenched in our culture that those who speak out against these evils will be the ones punished for merely expressing their views on them.
We see this in family dynamics, the one who says things like "that is mean" or "that is rude" are those who are seen as the trouble makers, while the real trouble makers are coddled and encouraged.
Everyone of us has had very difficult things in our lives that could drive us to murder someone if that were our heart. We don't murder, we speak truth we attempt to convince and then if no one will listen we walk away.
Legalized murder is not the solution to a problem. The very nature of narcissism is a level of hatred that is tantamount to murder. God calls hatred murder and denying that hatred lying.
Matthew 5:21-22
"21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment."
One might feel there is a reason to be angry toward those who have harmed us, but to hate a baby enough to kill it simply because he has inconvenienced us, is the worst of monstrosities.
One last thought, there are many young ladies in the world who are depressed and abandoned during their pregnancy, rather than encouraging them to kill their babies we ought to be coming along side with solutions that do not involve murder.
To prey on the mother who is in deep distress for the sake of money is also a monstrous thing. This is the Planned Parenthood way!
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Narcissism: Second Timothy Three is Here by Gwendolyn Wehage
My book is finished and published. It will be available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble in a few days. There will be an advertising video soon. May it bless anyone who reads it. I will place the links here when they come out.
Believe What You Want and Go to Hell
Our culture believes what they want to, it doesn't matter to them if there is any truth in it as long as they like it.
Forgiveness is not free there is a Requirement
This makes Biblical sense. When we are so slap happy to forgive when others are not repentant, then we are allowing the evil to grow within relationships. Without accountability and consequences for sin there is no turning from it.
Who Have You Lost?
All the apostles and Jesus Christ Himself lost nearly everyone because of Christ.
If we must compromise God's principles to keep friends, then it is better to have no friends.
When we stay with God and lose friends, God brings others but there may be a period of time when we are very much alone with God.
Paul was in the wilderness with God for three years before he began the ministry God gave him.
Are we willing to be alone with God for a time, waiting for Him to choose our friends?
I can tell you from personal experience that being alone with God can be and is wonderful. We do not miss the foolish drama, manipulations and tricks of the world.
When God is ready for us to become active again with new friends He brings them His way. It is well worth the time alone with Christ. The reward and blessing of different godly friends is more than I can express.
Keep trusting Christ even if you have to do it alone.
Psalm 30
"I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
3 O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
4 Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy name.
5 For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”
7 O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
10 “Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12 That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever."
If we must compromise God's principles to keep friends, then it is better to have no friends.
When we stay with God and lose friends, God brings others but there may be a period of time when we are very much alone with God.
Paul was in the wilderness with God for three years before he began the ministry God gave him.
Are we willing to be alone with God for a time, waiting for Him to choose our friends?
I can tell you from personal experience that being alone with God can be and is wonderful. We do not miss the foolish drama, manipulations and tricks of the world.
When God is ready for us to become active again with new friends He brings them His way. It is well worth the time alone with Christ. The reward and blessing of different godly friends is more than I can express.
Keep trusting Christ even if you have to do it alone.
Psalm 30
"I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
3 O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
4 Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy name.
5 For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”
7 O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
10 “Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12 That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever."
Religiosity Breed a Spirit of Superiority
I see a spirit of religiosity in most people who claim to be strong Christians today. There is a spirit of superiority in those who think they are doing everything right. Even though their attitude of superiority is sin, they think they are acting righteously by virtue of the rules that they follow.
Those who make rules based on how they wish to see life, with themselves as elevated above others, will always make false judgments.
Every judgment they make and every thing they see us do will be evaluated in terms of their own rules. When we do not follow their rules they treat us contemptuously even glorying in that contempt as though justified.
1 Peter 3:16
"Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame."
There is shame in the heart of those who make their own rules and torment others who do not follow them. The rules are designed to make them "feel" more righteous than they are in reality. Their rules cover up their sinful heart of pride.
When we follow Christ we can be honest about who we are and Who Christ is. When we compare ourselves with those around us we can become prideful. But when we compare ourselves to God there is no reason for a sense of superiority.
Romans 3:23
"23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
2 Corinthians 10:12 "For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding."
Those who love to feel superior know they are not, the very reason for the harsh rules and attitude that refuses to understand others or even God. Stay away from these people, they will influence to do things their way instead of God's way. And, even worse they will seek to make us like them.
Do we want to be like Christ or another human being who thinks they are superior?
Those who make rules based on how they wish to see life, with themselves as elevated above others, will always make false judgments.
Every judgment they make and every thing they see us do will be evaluated in terms of their own rules. When we do not follow their rules they treat us contemptuously even glorying in that contempt as though justified.
1 Peter 3:16
"Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame."
There is shame in the heart of those who make their own rules and torment others who do not follow them. The rules are designed to make them "feel" more righteous than they are in reality. Their rules cover up their sinful heart of pride.
When we follow Christ we can be honest about who we are and Who Christ is. When we compare ourselves with those around us we can become prideful. But when we compare ourselves to God there is no reason for a sense of superiority.
Romans 3:23
"23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
2 Corinthians 10:12 "For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding."
Those who love to feel superior know they are not, the very reason for the harsh rules and attitude that refuses to understand others or even God. Stay away from these people, they will influence to do things their way instead of God's way. And, even worse they will seek to make us like them.
Do we want to be like Christ or another human being who thinks they are superior?
Responses to Correction or Instruction Tell a Lot about Us!
When someone blows up in anger, we are witnessing the real them. The kind, joyful persona that they display in public is not the real them. The real them is the one that explodes when they don't like what has been said or what has been discovered about them. There is an angry person who resides inside of the narcissist, it ruminates, hides and explodes when it no longer can stand that someone might see the real them.
I have been accused by a couple of people of writing about them. I have not mentioned names. So why would they think it is about them unless they recognize themselves in the writing?
We live in a world full of "snowflakes" as our generation has been known to call them. They are hyper-sensitive to correction, so much so that even a minor correction is enough to cause these snowflakes to destroy a relationship.
There is an increasing level of disrespect for those who speak truth. When we speak truth we are seen as mean and intolerant, when those who do evil are the ones who are mean and intolerant.
Truth heals while helping one prosper spiritually and emotionally. Lies that flatter bring ruin, only solidifying the sin that dwells in those who are resistant to correction.
Helpful counsel is seen as rude in our day. When we attempt to counsel someone in a way that will bring learning and improvement we are accused of interfering, even though the narcissist allows themselves to counsel anyone at any time without regard to respect or honor.
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil."
The narcissist who desires to dominate and control others is the most unhappy and joyless person. Lacking the ability to be confident about their life, they work to destroy those who are confident in the Lord, those who know where they're going and what is truth.
Jealous of all those who practice goodness, the narcissist employs the tactics of the devil to bring down anyone who will, in their mind, outshine them.
Those who love Christ are not concerned with being better than others, they simply want to live out their lives with Christ as their head. Everything for the born again follower of Christ is about Him. Every single thing!!!!
The narcissist wants everything to be about themselves, they are the god in their own life. Their hope is that everyone else will see them as god too. They do not fear God, nor do they have respect and honor for anyone else.
Those who understand honor and respect will be that way toward everyone all the time. The fact that the narcissist picks and chooses who to honor while demonstrating disrespect to those they don't like, is the evidence that God is not first in their life if He is there at all.
Proverbs 29:8-10 "8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.…"
When the unrighteous hate a blameless man they will attempt to accuse the blameless of what they are doing but the blameless are not doing.
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Our group of friends says a lot about who we are! When we desire godly friends who keep us challenged in holiness then that says something important about us. If our friends are superficial, grandiose and worldly, that also says something about us. We choose friends who are like us!
As I once heard another friend say; "if we are in the bad crowd, then we are the bad crowd."
Seek the Lord with all your heart and those who are wicked will fall away from us. As we grow in holiness those who love the Lord will be drawn to us. Sometimes we have to spend a period of time alone without friends because lovely godly friends are not easy to find in this world right before the rapture.
Proverbs 28:26
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
Proverbs 26:3-12
"A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. ..."
Proverbs 10:23
"Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding."
Those who love the Lord love wisdom, they love the godly people and desire continual growth in holiness. But the fool hates all this, it is seen in nearly every interaction with them.
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.…"
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
I have been accused by a couple of people of writing about them. I have not mentioned names. So why would they think it is about them unless they recognize themselves in the writing?
We live in a world full of "snowflakes" as our generation has been known to call them. They are hyper-sensitive to correction, so much so that even a minor correction is enough to cause these snowflakes to destroy a relationship.
There is an increasing level of disrespect for those who speak truth. When we speak truth we are seen as mean and intolerant, when those who do evil are the ones who are mean and intolerant.
Truth heals while helping one prosper spiritually and emotionally. Lies that flatter bring ruin, only solidifying the sin that dwells in those who are resistant to correction.
Helpful counsel is seen as rude in our day. When we attempt to counsel someone in a way that will bring learning and improvement we are accused of interfering, even though the narcissist allows themselves to counsel anyone at any time without regard to respect or honor.
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil."
The narcissist who desires to dominate and control others is the most unhappy and joyless person. Lacking the ability to be confident about their life, they work to destroy those who are confident in the Lord, those who know where they're going and what is truth.
Jealous of all those who practice goodness, the narcissist employs the tactics of the devil to bring down anyone who will, in their mind, outshine them.
Those who love Christ are not concerned with being better than others, they simply want to live out their lives with Christ as their head. Everything for the born again follower of Christ is about Him. Every single thing!!!!
The narcissist wants everything to be about themselves, they are the god in their own life. Their hope is that everyone else will see them as god too. They do not fear God, nor do they have respect and honor for anyone else.
Those who understand honor and respect will be that way toward everyone all the time. The fact that the narcissist picks and chooses who to honor while demonstrating disrespect to those they don't like, is the evidence that God is not first in their life if He is there at all.
Proverbs 29:8-10 "8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.…"
When the unrighteous hate a blameless man they will attempt to accuse the blameless of what they are doing but the blameless are not doing.
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Our group of friends says a lot about who we are! When we desire godly friends who keep us challenged in holiness then that says something important about us. If our friends are superficial, grandiose and worldly, that also says something about us. We choose friends who are like us!
As I once heard another friend say; "if we are in the bad crowd, then we are the bad crowd."
Seek the Lord with all your heart and those who are wicked will fall away from us. As we grow in holiness those who love the Lord will be drawn to us. Sometimes we have to spend a period of time alone without friends because lovely godly friends are not easy to find in this world right before the rapture.
Proverbs 28:26
"Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered."
Proverbs 26:3-12
"A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. ..."
Proverbs 10:23
"Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding."
Those who love the Lord love wisdom, they love the godly people and desire continual growth in holiness. But the fool hates all this, it is seen in nearly every interaction with them.
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.…"
Proverbs 18:2
"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion."
Saturday, January 26, 2019
The Devil and his Lies
Narcissists tell lies continually. This is devilish and exasperating for rational healthy people who understand reasonableness.
Christ and the apostles dealt with this all the time, the reason God authored 2 Timothy 3.
The devil is all about causing problems to create fear in those who are believers. If the devil can cause us to be uncertain and reserved out of fear of being wrong or accused of something, we will shut down and shut up.
When we see that someone does not want the wisdom of God from His word, then is the time to walk away and spend our energies on others who love to hear about Christ.
Praise the Lord we are not required to remain with those who do not love Christ and have nothing but contempt for us.
2 Timothy 3:1-17
"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 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."
All of these things are end times mentalities and events. We can expect it but not allow it to control our lives.
Christ and the apostles dealt with this all the time, the reason God authored 2 Timothy 3.
The devil is all about causing problems to create fear in those who are believers. If the devil can cause us to be uncertain and reserved out of fear of being wrong or accused of something, we will shut down and shut up.
When we see that someone does not want the wisdom of God from His word, then is the time to walk away and spend our energies on others who love to hear about Christ.
Praise the Lord we are not required to remain with those who do not love Christ and have nothing but contempt for us.
2 Timothy 3:1-17
"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 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."
All of these things are end times mentalities and events. We can expect it but not allow it to control our lives.
Love All Around
There are those men who have convinced women that they should never think for themselves or make decisions without permission. This is not Biblical but rather it is marriage abuse.
Christ gave the job of CEO of her household to the woman and the job of protecting and providing for his wife to the husband.
There is not one scripture that demonstrates a hostile dictatorship in the home where the wife operates in the capacity of the slave to the man. Disrespect for women will result in spiritual and emotional wife abuse.
The rib to make Eve was taken from Adam's side, not from his feet. Each is to work together in their life, not one working and the other dictating.
Women are instructed by God to choose to honor her husband. She honors him by helping him make right decisions as well as obeying him when he obeys God.
There is no scripture that instructs a man to intimidate, mock, demean and silence a woman in order to control her. The man is never commanded to "control his wife." A man that sees his wife as a useful object to do his every bidding is an evil man.
Men who do not respect women, using their power to demean, harm and use as objects are not only not walking with Christ but very likely are not born again.
Now, after saying all that we can learn what a good wife looks like from the pages of Scripture. She loves homemaking as described in Proverbs 31. She is continually available to her husband to help him succeed in his calling, whatever that may be.
The Biblical wife counsels her husband, is involved in community cherity work as well as managing her home the way a CEO would manage a business.
God says that a woman who does these things will make her husband look good in the city gates.
This woman will not be mousy but bold and forthright in order to be steadfast in her decisions for the household.
Her husband safely trusts her with important decisions, that she would not have to consult with him for everything.
When a man must control every aspect of the household he oversteps the bounds of the woman's role given to her by God. In this sense he usurps God's authority by monitoring and micro-managing the duties of the wife.
The wife is serving all the time and so is the husband. Each in their own way according to God's directions.
If one party is always served and the other one is always serving then there is imbalance and sin in the marriage. Someone is not obeying God.
Ephesians 5:21-6:4
"21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God."
The command to submit one to another is for all believers to all believers, the marriage bond is no different.
If a husband is requiring submission but will not submit himself then he is in rebellion against God and demonstrating disrespect to his wife. If the wife will not submit to her husband then she is also disrespectful.
It is not disrespectful to take a stand against evil, nor is it disrespectful to speak our minds boldly. Disrespect comes when someone is not allowed to voice their opinion or take a stand for things that are spiritually important.
When there is good communication there will be mutual interest in one another's thoughts.
Our husbands should not be masters over our slavery. They should be our friend and confidant, partner in life and leader.
A leader is one who seeks the best for those he leads and serves. Leadership is not the same as dictatorship. Leading by loving, sacrificing and providing for those in their care is God's way.
Demanding, demeaning, intimidating and contempt is the devil's way.
Think about it!
Christ gave the job of CEO of her household to the woman and the job of protecting and providing for his wife to the husband.
There is not one scripture that demonstrates a hostile dictatorship in the home where the wife operates in the capacity of the slave to the man. Disrespect for women will result in spiritual and emotional wife abuse.
The rib to make Eve was taken from Adam's side, not from his feet. Each is to work together in their life, not one working and the other dictating.
Women are instructed by God to choose to honor her husband. She honors him by helping him make right decisions as well as obeying him when he obeys God.
There is no scripture that instructs a man to intimidate, mock, demean and silence a woman in order to control her. The man is never commanded to "control his wife." A man that sees his wife as a useful object to do his every bidding is an evil man.
Men who do not respect women, using their power to demean, harm and use as objects are not only not walking with Christ but very likely are not born again.
Now, after saying all that we can learn what a good wife looks like from the pages of Scripture. She loves homemaking as described in Proverbs 31. She is continually available to her husband to help him succeed in his calling, whatever that may be.
The Biblical wife counsels her husband, is involved in community cherity work as well as managing her home the way a CEO would manage a business.
God says that a woman who does these things will make her husband look good in the city gates.
This woman will not be mousy but bold and forthright in order to be steadfast in her decisions for the household.
Her husband safely trusts her with important decisions, that she would not have to consult with him for everything.
When a man must control every aspect of the household he oversteps the bounds of the woman's role given to her by God. In this sense he usurps God's authority by monitoring and micro-managing the duties of the wife.
The wife is serving all the time and so is the husband. Each in their own way according to God's directions.
If one party is always served and the other one is always serving then there is imbalance and sin in the marriage. Someone is not obeying God.
Ephesians 5:21-6:4
"21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God."
The command to submit one to another is for all believers to all believers, the marriage bond is no different.
If a husband is requiring submission but will not submit himself then he is in rebellion against God and demonstrating disrespect to his wife. If the wife will not submit to her husband then she is also disrespectful.
It is not disrespectful to take a stand against evil, nor is it disrespectful to speak our minds boldly. Disrespect comes when someone is not allowed to voice their opinion or take a stand for things that are spiritually important.
When there is good communication there will be mutual interest in one another's thoughts.
Our husbands should not be masters over our slavery. They should be our friend and confidant, partner in life and leader.
A leader is one who seeks the best for those he leads and serves. Leadership is not the same as dictatorship. Leading by loving, sacrificing and providing for those in their care is God's way.
Demanding, demeaning, intimidating and contempt is the devil's way.
Think about it!
Family Mobbings/Community Mobbings/Political Mobbings
Have you ever heard of "family mobbings"?
This is when one bully decides who is a scapegoat target. This bully tells half truths and distortions of the rest of the truth to cause others to despise the target of their contempt.
As believers in Jesus Christ we can expect this phenomena to increase as the days progress toward the rapture.
Many people are experiencing irrational actions and reactions of those in the family that really make little to no sense.
These snowflake people who are full of themselves will accuse us of stupidity for setting a nice table for them when they visit. Any show of kindness or deference will be seen as weakness. Manners are embarrassing and intolerable to those who know they do not have these things.
They will become angry when we say we don't care for a particular color, because it is what they like. If we are not fond of having a birthday party for ourselves, they will interpret that as hate, since they like those things.
Sadly these people are increasing, they have decided what is good and bad, any opinion that differs from theirs is evil, worthy of their contempt.
Any suggestion that we will go our own way and do our own things is anathema to those who demand to be worshiped and elevated to the status of "special."
Narcissists often feel as though they own their friends and relatives. No one has a right to think differently from the pack or they will be chastised for it. The pack must rule and the one who rules the pack is the narcissist they all follow.
1 John 2:15-18
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour."
John 15:17-19 "17 This is My command to you: Love one another. 18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world."
Get used to it brothers and sisters!!! Praise God that you are counted among the few who think for themselves with the mind of Christ.
Philippians 2:5-8
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.""
Hallelujah
This is when one bully decides who is a scapegoat target. This bully tells half truths and distortions of the rest of the truth to cause others to despise the target of their contempt.
As believers in Jesus Christ we can expect this phenomena to increase as the days progress toward the rapture.
Many people are experiencing irrational actions and reactions of those in the family that really make little to no sense.
These snowflake people who are full of themselves will accuse us of stupidity for setting a nice table for them when they visit. Any show of kindness or deference will be seen as weakness. Manners are embarrassing and intolerable to those who know they do not have these things.
They will become angry when we say we don't care for a particular color, because it is what they like. If we are not fond of having a birthday party for ourselves, they will interpret that as hate, since they like those things.
Sadly these people are increasing, they have decided what is good and bad, any opinion that differs from theirs is evil, worthy of their contempt.
Any suggestion that we will go our own way and do our own things is anathema to those who demand to be worshiped and elevated to the status of "special."
Narcissists often feel as though they own their friends and relatives. No one has a right to think differently from the pack or they will be chastised for it. The pack must rule and the one who rules the pack is the narcissist they all follow.
1 John 2:15-18
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour."
John 15:17-19 "17 This is My command to you: Love one another. 18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world."
Get used to it brothers and sisters!!! Praise God that you are counted among the few who think for themselves with the mind of Christ.
Philippians 2:5-8
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.""
Hallelujah
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Spiritual Maturity What Does it Look Like?
This hit home!!!! I am no longer worried about anyone treating me badly for standing up for truth. Perhaps we have been trained by trials to be strong in the face of foolishness. Since we have Jesus Christ and He is all we need, we are not concerned with keeping friendships with terrible people who cause trouble by their disrespect and dishonor of us. When others rage irrationally to intimidate and control, we can stand strong, speak truth and let them walk on down the road if they do not like it.
May the Lord bless others through discernment about truth!
Follow the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6a2IU7KfzY&feature=share
May the Lord bless others through discernment about truth!
Follow the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6a2IU7KfzY&feature=share
Diabolical Narcissists controlled by devils.
Ephesians 6:12 "12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
We are encountering these people more frequently as the world grows more wicked before the Holy Spirit is taken out.
When we encounter those who act in ungodly ways to control their target, we know we are watching a devil who is influencing the person they dominate.
Matthew 26:22-24 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” 24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me."
Peter was not a devil, he was a man who loved the Lord but did not have the Holy Spirit to be able to resist the devil when the devil influenced his thinking.
When Christ was taken to a high hill to be offered the kingdoms of the world he is God able to resist because He is God. After Christ died and rose from the dead He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in His children. It is by the Holy Spirit that we can be discerning, recognizing good from evil and manipulation from authenticity.
Those who are pretenders, claiming to be Christian but do not possess the Holy Spirit, do not have this discernment. They do not have the ability to see things in truth or to resist the twisted thoughts the devil places in their heads.
When we have been trained by the Holy Spirit we can more easily see when a diabolical individual is working their evil. The signs become obvious over time. The more we resist the ploys and plots of the devil the worse the narcissist becomes.
The narcissist is continually compelled by their god, that is themselves, to follow any and all feelings that drive them to their evil acts. When someone is dedicated to self worship they will be also controlled by devils. Worship of self is the gateway to the demonic world. The devil will inculcate much disordered thinking into the defenseless minds of narcissists.
This is the reason we see so much evil today, discord everywhere, in families, work, churches etc. Most people are more heavily influenced by demonic forces than ever before. This has infected the entire world, being the sign of the end.
2 Timothy 3
"1 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 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."
We see from this passage that every believer will encounter wicked people who wish to draw our attentions away from God. The devil will use their weaknesses, through their thoughts to attack us in some way, even if only diminishing our walk.
If possible it is good to get away from them as 2 Timothy 3:5 tells us to do. Keep in mind it is not a suggestion that we remove ourselves from them, it is a command.
Those who practice lawlessness will attempt to and succeed in changing us into their likeness if we do not guard against it.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 " 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
Far too many believers spend too much time with ungodly family members. They are pressured by the culture that we are abandoning family if we "come out from among them." The truth is that we are always to place God above any human being.
Luke 14:26-27 "26“ If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters— yes, even his own life— he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.…"
When we want to walk with Christ we must leave behind all those who hate Him. Our loyalties are always with Him over anyone else.
Matthew 10:21-23 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved."
Luke 12:52-54 "…52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” 54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens."
In verse 54 of the passage in Luke we see that the mentality of hatred toward the people of God will be a major sign that Christ is coming soon. "A shower is coming" tells me that when we see the darkening of things in the world, evil prospering while righteousness is persecuted, then we will know the time is short before Christ comes for His church.
That darkness is here and growing darker every day. But then God says this:
Luke 21:27-29 "…27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” 29 Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees."
Believers do not hang your head in sorrow as we see these things, be expectant and joyful. When we do not take these events or mistreatment personally as though it is unique to us, then we will be far less affected by it. Yes it hurts, yes its ugly, but its not about you, its about your devotion to Christ that angers and perturbs the devil and his angels. The narcissist is nothing more than a pawn in the hands of the devil.
Be like a rubber ball, when something hits you between the eyes let it bounce off. Admit that its the problem but do not let the problem stick to you.
Hallelujah: Knowledge is power, knowing God sees it all and is in control, brings us power to resist becoming like those who work against us.
We are encountering these people more frequently as the world grows more wicked before the Holy Spirit is taken out.
When we encounter those who act in ungodly ways to control their target, we know we are watching a devil who is influencing the person they dominate.
Matthew 26:22-24 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” 24 Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me."
Peter was not a devil, he was a man who loved the Lord but did not have the Holy Spirit to be able to resist the devil when the devil influenced his thinking.
When Christ was taken to a high hill to be offered the kingdoms of the world he is God able to resist because He is God. After Christ died and rose from the dead He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in His children. It is by the Holy Spirit that we can be discerning, recognizing good from evil and manipulation from authenticity.
Those who are pretenders, claiming to be Christian but do not possess the Holy Spirit, do not have this discernment. They do not have the ability to see things in truth or to resist the twisted thoughts the devil places in their heads.
When we have been trained by the Holy Spirit we can more easily see when a diabolical individual is working their evil. The signs become obvious over time. The more we resist the ploys and plots of the devil the worse the narcissist becomes.
The narcissist is continually compelled by their god, that is themselves, to follow any and all feelings that drive them to their evil acts. When someone is dedicated to self worship they will be also controlled by devils. Worship of self is the gateway to the demonic world. The devil will inculcate much disordered thinking into the defenseless minds of narcissists.
This is the reason we see so much evil today, discord everywhere, in families, work, churches etc. Most people are more heavily influenced by demonic forces than ever before. This has infected the entire world, being the sign of the end.
2 Timothy 3
"1 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 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."
We see from this passage that every believer will encounter wicked people who wish to draw our attentions away from God. The devil will use their weaknesses, through their thoughts to attack us in some way, even if only diminishing our walk.
If possible it is good to get away from them as 2 Timothy 3:5 tells us to do. Keep in mind it is not a suggestion that we remove ourselves from them, it is a command.
Those who practice lawlessness will attempt to and succeed in changing us into their likeness if we do not guard against it.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 " 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"
Far too many believers spend too much time with ungodly family members. They are pressured by the culture that we are abandoning family if we "come out from among them." The truth is that we are always to place God above any human being.
Luke 14:26-27 "26“ If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters— yes, even his own life— he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.…"
When we want to walk with Christ we must leave behind all those who hate Him. Our loyalties are always with Him over anyone else.
Matthew 10:21-23 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone on account of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved."
Luke 12:52-54 "…52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” 54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens."
In verse 54 of the passage in Luke we see that the mentality of hatred toward the people of God will be a major sign that Christ is coming soon. "A shower is coming" tells me that when we see the darkening of things in the world, evil prospering while righteousness is persecuted, then we will know the time is short before Christ comes for His church.
That darkness is here and growing darker every day. But then God says this:
Luke 21:27-29 "…27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” 29 Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees."
Believers do not hang your head in sorrow as we see these things, be expectant and joyful. When we do not take these events or mistreatment personally as though it is unique to us, then we will be far less affected by it. Yes it hurts, yes its ugly, but its not about you, its about your devotion to Christ that angers and perturbs the devil and his angels. The narcissist is nothing more than a pawn in the hands of the devil.
Be like a rubber ball, when something hits you between the eyes let it bounce off. Admit that its the problem but do not let the problem stick to you.
Hallelujah: Knowledge is power, knowing God sees it all and is in control, brings us power to resist becoming like those who work against us.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
A Smile can be Intimidating to a Narcissist
Even a smile is intimidating when one dares to be secure in their own beliefs.
Liberals and narcissists hate that we are joyful and secure in our beliefs. These people want us to be sad and beggarly, full of fear, intimidated by their childish antics.
The born again believer has no desire to fit into the world, which will bring upon them all manner of angst. Those who are living in pride and sinful superiority will always hate another's joy.
The joy of the believer is an affront to those who are tormented in their own soul with anger and jealousy. There is no joy in the heart of the narcissist. There is glee at someone else's fall or destruction, but never enduring and constant joy.
The fruit of the Spirit is spoken of by God, it looks like this:
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
There are plenty of people who would claim they have these qualities. Many people have a pretense on the outside that is a thin veneer that hides the real them.
Under the thin veneer is a black soul full of hatred and anger.
Matthew 23:27-28
"27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
Our world is full of these types as we move closer to the end of the church age. When we are attacked it is good to pray to see if there is some truth in it. When God has not convicted us and we cannot see what we did that was sin, then probably we are encountering one of these narcissists.
God speaks to the born again believer when we do something wrong. We know when God is telling us or when its false guilt over someone else's reaction.
Those who ask the question after an attack, "was it me Lord, did I do something wrong", are very likely not at fault. A narcissist or rebellious person would never ask God to reveal their own actions or attitudes. The narcissist can never evaluate themselves, only those who care about truth and righteousness would do that.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
"9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but [h]took pleasure in wickedness."
This "deluding influence" mentioned in verse 11 of the above passage, is in the world now, increasing more with each passing day. It has entered most church bodies and twisted the thinking of most professing Christians.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
May we all be grateful for the ever present joy we have in our soul no matter what is going on around us or what is coming at us.
Christ has our back, He is our defender, there is no need to agonize over what is now or what is coming. Hallelujah!!!!
Liberals and narcissists hate that we are joyful and secure in our beliefs. These people want us to be sad and beggarly, full of fear, intimidated by their childish antics.
The born again believer has no desire to fit into the world, which will bring upon them all manner of angst. Those who are living in pride and sinful superiority will always hate another's joy.
The joy of the believer is an affront to those who are tormented in their own soul with anger and jealousy. There is no joy in the heart of the narcissist. There is glee at someone else's fall or destruction, but never enduring and constant joy.
The fruit of the Spirit is spoken of by God, it looks like this:
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
There are plenty of people who would claim they have these qualities. Many people have a pretense on the outside that is a thin veneer that hides the real them.
Under the thin veneer is a black soul full of hatred and anger.
Matthew 23:27-28
"27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
Our world is full of these types as we move closer to the end of the church age. When we are attacked it is good to pray to see if there is some truth in it. When God has not convicted us and we cannot see what we did that was sin, then probably we are encountering one of these narcissists.
God speaks to the born again believer when we do something wrong. We know when God is telling us or when its false guilt over someone else's reaction.
Those who ask the question after an attack, "was it me Lord, did I do something wrong", are very likely not at fault. A narcissist or rebellious person would never ask God to reveal their own actions or attitudes. The narcissist can never evaluate themselves, only those who care about truth and righteousness would do that.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
"9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but [h]took pleasure in wickedness."
This "deluding influence" mentioned in verse 11 of the above passage, is in the world now, increasing more with each passing day. It has entered most church bodies and twisted the thinking of most professing Christians.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
May we all be grateful for the ever present joy we have in our soul no matter what is going on around us or what is coming at us.
Christ has our back, He is our defender, there is no need to agonize over what is now or what is coming. Hallelujah!!!!
Truth is in the Context
Why are others not making reference to the abomination of the belief that the Nephilim were the result of angels impregnating humans?
There are those who interpret an objection to angels taking humans to say that we do not believe in Nephilim or giants.
It is clear in the Bible that there were giants and some of them were called Nephlim, however there is no reference that says they were the result of devils and women conjugating.
The whole matter of the Nephilim makes no sense on so many levels but the most diabolical of all concepts is the assertion that a devil can impregnate a human the same way God impregnated a human woman, that is Mary.
The effort to diminish the miracle of Jesus Christ in the womb of Mary by asserting that devils can do the same thing is concocted by the devil in these last days.
The belief in devils impregnating humans came out of the heretical book of "Enoch."
I am not clear why some people assume the book of Enoch was written by the prophet. There were probably many men named Enoch in the days of the OT.
Cain had a son named Enoch, he was not the Enoch who was taken up by God. There were two different Enoch's. Since there were two then we can surmise that it was a name in those days that was probably common.
When God said that the men of God came to the daughters of women was clearly "men" who were godly who mixed with the pagan women. There is no where that says the giants came from these unions.
The Bible states that there were giants in the land at that time, its a statement of fact, but there is no indication as to their parentage.
A Spirit being who does not possess the male equipment to be able to carry a seed could never be able to impregnate a woman. There is no evidence in the Word that angels have seeds to connect with a human woman's seed. The evidence indicates that angels do not pro-create even among themselves, how would they possess the male seed of a human man.
Genesis 1:22-25 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.…"
If even the physical beasts of the field could not mate with any other beast that is not like him, should tell us that spirit beings who don't have seed or physical qualities and who are unseen by the women, would ever be able to mate with them.
This belief in devils mating with humans was never spoken of just 40 years ago, no one ever thought about it or promoted it. I am convinced this is an end times deception to diminish the work of God in Mary to produce the Christ.
It is so typical for those who love to appear more knowledgable than others to concoct irrational belief systems that have no real value in our walk with Christ, but that do diminish Him in some way.
I once had a Christians man defend his fights with women by using the scripture "we are appointed to troubles." No where in the word does God say a man is allowed to diminish the dignity of women by bitterly fighting with them about anything. Snatching words out of their context is lying and rebellious. Making God's word say the opposite of what He meant is rebellion against Him.
God told men to love, protect and honor women in His Holy Scriptures. Those who snatch a sentence or two out of the context of the Bible to win an argument are being influenced by the devil to mock the ways of God, as well as make themselves superior to others and even to God.
Anyone can make the Bible say anything they wish by merely leaving out passages using only a one or two sentences. When we see this happening it is good to confront it. God recently gave me one phrase to say to those who cherry pick passages, that is; "out of context." When we say this to someone who has a habit of cherry picking it leaves them responsible to ask why, to go to the word about it to see if they were wrong and to pray for understanding from the Holy Spirit. And, once they have discovered they were wrong they need to say so. Those who are humble will admit they were in error.
When we use the phrase "out of context" and the hearer walks away angry and demeaning, their own attitude has been revealed, that is one of rebellion and superiority.
Unfortunately in these end times we are seeing more scripture twisted and maligned than are being authentically used as God intended.
The Holy Spirit clarifies things for those who want to know. It is common for those who are in rebellion to mock us by asserting that we are not trained in Bible college so we cannot know. My answer to that is this; So many in Bible college today are being taught things that are not Biblical, but rather traditions of men to enjoy their lies.
We do not learn from men, when they teach us we evaluate them, throw out what is bad and retain what is good. It is the Holy Spirit Who teaches us. To rely on men is to negate the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit in us. We are to always rely on the Holy Spirit. No man should ever take center stage over Christ.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
There are those who interpret an objection to angels taking humans to say that we do not believe in Nephilim or giants.
It is clear in the Bible that there were giants and some of them were called Nephlim, however there is no reference that says they were the result of devils and women conjugating.
The whole matter of the Nephilim makes no sense on so many levels but the most diabolical of all concepts is the assertion that a devil can impregnate a human the same way God impregnated a human woman, that is Mary.
The effort to diminish the miracle of Jesus Christ in the womb of Mary by asserting that devils can do the same thing is concocted by the devil in these last days.
The belief in devils impregnating humans came out of the heretical book of "Enoch."
I am not clear why some people assume the book of Enoch was written by the prophet. There were probably many men named Enoch in the days of the OT.
Cain had a son named Enoch, he was not the Enoch who was taken up by God. There were two different Enoch's. Since there were two then we can surmise that it was a name in those days that was probably common.
When God said that the men of God came to the daughters of women was clearly "men" who were godly who mixed with the pagan women. There is no where that says the giants came from these unions.
The Bible states that there were giants in the land at that time, its a statement of fact, but there is no indication as to their parentage.
A Spirit being who does not possess the male equipment to be able to carry a seed could never be able to impregnate a woman. There is no evidence in the Word that angels have seeds to connect with a human woman's seed. The evidence indicates that angels do not pro-create even among themselves, how would they possess the male seed of a human man.
Genesis 1:22-25 "24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.…"
If even the physical beasts of the field could not mate with any other beast that is not like him, should tell us that spirit beings who don't have seed or physical qualities and who are unseen by the women, would ever be able to mate with them.
This belief in devils mating with humans was never spoken of just 40 years ago, no one ever thought about it or promoted it. I am convinced this is an end times deception to diminish the work of God in Mary to produce the Christ.
It is so typical for those who love to appear more knowledgable than others to concoct irrational belief systems that have no real value in our walk with Christ, but that do diminish Him in some way.
I once had a Christians man defend his fights with women by using the scripture "we are appointed to troubles." No where in the word does God say a man is allowed to diminish the dignity of women by bitterly fighting with them about anything. Snatching words out of their context is lying and rebellious. Making God's word say the opposite of what He meant is rebellion against Him.
God told men to love, protect and honor women in His Holy Scriptures. Those who snatch a sentence or two out of the context of the Bible to win an argument are being influenced by the devil to mock the ways of God, as well as make themselves superior to others and even to God.
Anyone can make the Bible say anything they wish by merely leaving out passages using only a one or two sentences. When we see this happening it is good to confront it. God recently gave me one phrase to say to those who cherry pick passages, that is; "out of context." When we say this to someone who has a habit of cherry picking it leaves them responsible to ask why, to go to the word about it to see if they were wrong and to pray for understanding from the Holy Spirit. And, once they have discovered they were wrong they need to say so. Those who are humble will admit they were in error.
When we use the phrase "out of context" and the hearer walks away angry and demeaning, their own attitude has been revealed, that is one of rebellion and superiority.
Unfortunately in these end times we are seeing more scripture twisted and maligned than are being authentically used as God intended.
The Holy Spirit clarifies things for those who want to know. It is common for those who are in rebellion to mock us by asserting that we are not trained in Bible college so we cannot know. My answer to that is this; So many in Bible college today are being taught things that are not Biblical, but rather traditions of men to enjoy their lies.
We do not learn from men, when they teach us we evaluate them, throw out what is bad and retain what is good. It is the Holy Spirit Who teaches us. To rely on men is to negate the power and purpose of the Holy Spirit in us. We are to always rely on the Holy Spirit. No man should ever take center stage over Christ.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
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