Hearing a quote today from Teddy Roosevelt:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ...
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. ...
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” ...
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
As born again believers we do not consider the opinion of naysayers or the rebellious. We consider only the direction of the Holy Spirit.
Jeremiah 29:12-14 "…12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”…"
What an incredible freedom we have in our souls when we are led by the Holy Spirit. Nothing and no one can deter us from the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
When we seek God He will not withhold knowledge and wisdom.
Matthew 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
Sunday, July 28, 2019
False Christians Abound
I have heard many Christians say they believe in the Bible as the word of God but violate more of it than they obey. This is when I say, "actions speak louder than words." Its easy to SAY anything one wants others to believe about them, but to actually live what they believe will cost them friends and even jobs at times.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
God said that all believers will have the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who become easily angered when corrected with the Scripture but call themselves Christian are likely pretenders. They have not been born again.
So many "Christians" these days have adopted the words and some of the lifestyle of the Bible to enhance their own position in the world, but have no fervor for truth. They love to feel superior to others and pretend they are humble but the raging that emerges when challenged to rethink their false doctrine they cannot calmly discuss it, they must intimidate and mock.
Pride is at the root of this pretense and rebellion. These people lack love, they have little joy and there is none of the other qualities that come with the indwelt Holy Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5.
The will say that we lack these things as they project onto us their own attitude. We ought to all be evaluating ourselves to see if we are walking in the Spirit. When the Spirit assures us that we are we can dismiss the false accusation of the devil that are spawned from their mind through the devil's influence.
The devil wants us to fear the opinion of men, that might cause him to be able to silence us. However, when we know this tactic we can remain bold and remove ourselves from those who falsely accuse us.
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."
Exodus 23:1
"“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness."
1 Peter 2:1-12
"So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ..."
The more you walk with Christ the more you will be rejected and accused of things that are not true. Evaluate what is being said, seek the Holy Spirit and when it is proved that you are being falsely accused move on without regret and without returning.
Be sure they will accuse you of what they are doing to divert the attention from their evil attitudes, ignore them.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
God said that all believers will have the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Those who become easily angered when corrected with the Scripture but call themselves Christian are likely pretenders. They have not been born again.
So many "Christians" these days have adopted the words and some of the lifestyle of the Bible to enhance their own position in the world, but have no fervor for truth. They love to feel superior to others and pretend they are humble but the raging that emerges when challenged to rethink their false doctrine they cannot calmly discuss it, they must intimidate and mock.
Pride is at the root of this pretense and rebellion. These people lack love, they have little joy and there is none of the other qualities that come with the indwelt Holy Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5.
The will say that we lack these things as they project onto us their own attitude. We ought to all be evaluating ourselves to see if we are walking in the Spirit. When the Spirit assures us that we are we can dismiss the false accusation of the devil that are spawned from their mind through the devil's influence.
The devil wants us to fear the opinion of men, that might cause him to be able to silence us. However, when we know this tactic we can remain bold and remove ourselves from those who falsely accuse us.
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."
Exodus 23:1
"“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness."
1 Peter 2:1-12
"So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ..."
The more you walk with Christ the more you will be rejected and accused of things that are not true. Evaluate what is being said, seek the Holy Spirit and when it is proved that you are being falsely accused move on without regret and without returning.
Be sure they will accuse you of what they are doing to divert the attention from their evil attitudes, ignore them.
Many Fakers, Many Pretenders
In these last days there will be many fakers, those who Hollywood who would claim to be Christian but their fruit is rotten. They love to pretend they walk the Christian life while at the same time twisting the word of the Bible to say things they like to believe.
These people are not seeking Christ, they are wanting the safety of the gospel without a desire to obey Christ. They disobey more of the Bible than they obey while claiming to love it.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8‘ These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
Matthew 7:21-23
"21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
There are far more Christians in these days who are embarrassed at the mention of the name of Christ than who love to speak of Him. This ought to be a clue, when we love someone we speak of them often.
John 14: 9-11 "…9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.…"
These people are not seeking Christ, they are wanting the safety of the gospel without a desire to obey Christ. They disobey more of the Bible than they obey while claiming to love it.
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8‘ These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
Matthew 7:21-23
"21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
There are far more Christians in these days who are embarrassed at the mention of the name of Christ than who love to speak of Him. This ought to be a clue, when we love someone we speak of them often.
John 14: 9-11 "…9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.…"
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