Just a thought! The point being that the way a person responds to a rebuke very often reveals their character without them even knowing it.
1 Timothy 4:11–16; 5:1–2, 17–22
2 Timothy 3:10–4:4
Friday, October 18, 2019
The Wise Man and the Fool
A wise person will hear a rebuke and change their behavior, but a fool will rage at a rebuke and become worse than he was before. Perhaps the fools progression is worse because he is so stubborn he sets out to prove himself more powerful. The wise person desires to continue in spiritual growth for holiness.
Just a thought! The point being that the way a person responds to a rebuke very often reveals their character without them even knowing it.
1 Timothy 4:11–16; 5:1–2, 17–22
2 Timothy 3:10–4:4
Just a thought! The point being that the way a person responds to a rebuke very often reveals their character without them even knowing it.
1 Timothy 4:11–16; 5:1–2, 17–22
2 Timothy 3:10–4:4
Evidence of Being Born Again
The fact that we love righteousness and hate sin says that we are born again.
Those who defend sin do not hate it. Those who enable sin do not hate it.
Those who defend sin do not hate it. Those who enable sin do not hate it.
Pride Hates Wisdom
Those who love this world and the idea that they are always right in their own eyes will hate those who speak truth from the Word of God.
Those who love superficial but happy sounding mantras will despise wisdom when it passes their ears. But they are not content just to despise wisdom they must destroy anyone who speaks it.
May we be those who seek wisdom, recognize it when we hear it and continue to grow in holiness because of it.
Proverbs 8:10-11 "…10 Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. 12I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion."
Those who love superficial but happy sounding mantras will despise wisdom when it passes their ears. But they are not content just to despise wisdom they must destroy anyone who speaks it.
May we be those who seek wisdom, recognize it when we hear it and continue to grow in holiness because of it.
Proverbs 8:10-11 "…10 Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her. 12I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion."
Manipulation Surrounds Us
We live in a very manipulative world. Words are constantly twisted to sound good when they are actually evil.
Words are made to say things they don't say and with a little schmoozing thrown in to cause people to embrace them without ever really knowing what they mean.
Just ask someone sometime what they mean when they quote a popular manta, they won't be able to tell you the meaning. But their awful proud that they can quote it and angry if you don't buy it.
Isaiah 5:20-21 "20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.…"
Words are made to say things they don't say and with a little schmoozing thrown in to cause people to embrace them without ever really knowing what they mean.
Just ask someone sometime what they mean when they quote a popular manta, they won't be able to tell you the meaning. But their awful proud that they can quote it and angry if you don't buy it.
Isaiah 5:20-21 "20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.…"
The Spirit Bears Witness
There are times when we are able to discern evil in someone even when they are not speaking and we are meeting them for the first time.
The Spirit in us senses the spirit of evil in someone else.
Notice how John the Baptist in his mother Elizabeth's womb lept at the presence of Jesus in Mary's womb. They were both in the womb and could not speak to one another but John the Baptizer sensed the Spirit of God.
We can do the same thing! We don't always recognize what we are sensing because we have been trained not to judge anything so we often ignore what should be obvious.
When the Holy Spirit speaks to us we know it is Him. Sadly far too many Christians in our day don't know what it feels like to hear from God. They go on through their lives figuring things out for themselves, working real hard to make what they want happen and then claiming it was God who told them what to do.
When we hear from the Holy Spirit we know its Him and we don't have to figure anything out. Sure we are responsible, make our plans, give them to the Lord and let Him decide which way to go.
Have you heard from the Holy Spirit, confident that it was He Who spoke, or do you flounder around wringing your hands hoping to figure out if He is speaking or not.
Think about it!!!!
The Spirit in us senses the spirit of evil in someone else.
Notice how John the Baptist in his mother Elizabeth's womb lept at the presence of Jesus in Mary's womb. They were both in the womb and could not speak to one another but John the Baptizer sensed the Spirit of God.
We can do the same thing! We don't always recognize what we are sensing because we have been trained not to judge anything so we often ignore what should be obvious.
When the Holy Spirit speaks to us we know it is Him. Sadly far too many Christians in our day don't know what it feels like to hear from God. They go on through their lives figuring things out for themselves, working real hard to make what they want happen and then claiming it was God who told them what to do.
When we hear from the Holy Spirit we know its Him and we don't have to figure anything out. Sure we are responsible, make our plans, give them to the Lord and let Him decide which way to go.
Have you heard from the Holy Spirit, confident that it was He Who spoke, or do you flounder around wringing your hands hoping to figure out if He is speaking or not.
Think about it!!!!
This Manipulative World
We live in a very manipulative world. Words are constantly twisted to sound good when they are actually evil. Words are made to say things they don't say and with a little schmoozing thrown in to cause people to embrace them without ever really knowing what they mean.
Just ask someone sometime what they mean when the quote a popular manta, they won't be able to tell you the meaning. But their awful proud that they can quote it.
Clifton Greene Said:
"The devil is very radical in his wickedness.
Unfortunately most preaching against him is not!"
Just ask someone sometime what they mean when the quote a popular manta, they won't be able to tell you the meaning. But their awful proud that they can quote it.
Clifton Greene Said:
"The devil is very radical in his wickedness.
Unfortunately most preaching against him is not!"
Difficult "Ragingly Insane" Times with Adult Children Who are Narcissists
I hope the sisters will not be offended that I used their comments in this status. I did so without last names and for the purpose of comforting other rejected grandparents who cannot seem to find an answer for the reason for the rejection and isolation. Many of us have experienced this in these last days before Christ comes for us.
In one of the other threads on this site some of the Sisters discussed how they were being rejected by their children and even being isolated from grandchildren, without understanding why. Their children do not offer any explanation as to why they refuse to have anything to do with them, even though they pop in rarely to drop off their children for baby sitting but will not allow the grandparents to have them any other time.
Another Sister said this: "My daughter didn't want me to speak or touch my granddaughter. They lived with me. She made it clear I was nothing to them. I babysat few times when it suited my daughter. I was delighted to spend time with my granddaughter and spoke Jesus name even tho she didn't understand as she was only a baby. Praying for salvation for them both until they are saved by God and then thanking him."
Sister Sarah said this: "Yes oh Yes, 18 years praying for my children and grand children some of them I do not know as there parents kept them away from me,
I will pray for them till my dying breath. To repent and be born again.Even if they never want me in there lives again. my prayer is for there Salvation ..
The gospel seeds have been sewn all I can do is Pray they are all in His hands now I gave Jesus my broken heart many years ago."
My response to these ladies is in the following statements:
"These are "difficult" and "ragingly insane times" as described in the Bible. Those of us who were raised in a culture that revered still the elderly have a sense of being robbed of our grandparent status by selfish and arrogant children. However, and this is a big however, we know that we are living in exciting times when Christ will come and take us away soon. Our main focus must be Christ. Our children and grandchildren can not rise above Him. I notice something when I read God's Word. The apostles and even Jesus Christ our Lord did not mention family members in their lives. Christ spoke of His family as being the church, those who love Him."
I want to add to this statement that the devil wants you to believe you are at fault for the angst in your children's heart toward you. The truth is that in these last days children have become vindictive using judgmental attitudes to make you believe you are the evil one. They hate rules and standards, love "self esteem" and are angry at anyone who loves the Lord.
Not only will you be rejected by your own children you will be hated by their spouses who have listened to their half truths. The children infect their spouses and their children to believe their parents were evil when there is no testimony of significance against them except the normal family struggles.
Also lets remember that these adult children who foster hate in their spouses and children cannot be very pleasant people to live with. Their lives are miserable on many levels. They pretend to be the perfect parent with the perfect marriage but we know that no one who treats their parents with such contempt can possibly have good relationships with anyone else either.
Remember our basic character does not change based on who we are with, we have the same character everywhere we go. Those who live with these hateful and vengeful types are experiencing the animosity every day of their lives. The only way angry people can be appeased is to do everything their way, elevate them as special by never disagreeing with them on anything. These people are easily angered and do not hesitate to exact revenge on anyone who walks by their own standards.
The goal of the revenge in this generation is to cause anger in us. If we begin to beg and shout to get them to listen they will count themselves as having won and as being superior. Never mind that they caused the frustration and refused to consider the needs or thoughts of the person they demeaned.
Bottom Line: When you have done your best to resolve a problem and those involved refused to act in a civil manner there is nothing left to do but move on to become a blessing to others who are humble, gentle and loving.
We will know the heart and character of a person by their response to our concerns.
1 Corinthians 13 1
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."
In one of the other threads on this site some of the Sisters discussed how they were being rejected by their children and even being isolated from grandchildren, without understanding why. Their children do not offer any explanation as to why they refuse to have anything to do with them, even though they pop in rarely to drop off their children for baby sitting but will not allow the grandparents to have them any other time.
Another Sister said this: "My daughter didn't want me to speak or touch my granddaughter. They lived with me. She made it clear I was nothing to them. I babysat few times when it suited my daughter. I was delighted to spend time with my granddaughter and spoke Jesus name even tho she didn't understand as she was only a baby. Praying for salvation for them both until they are saved by God and then thanking him."
Sister Sarah said this: "Yes oh Yes, 18 years praying for my children and grand children some of them I do not know as there parents kept them away from me,
I will pray for them till my dying breath. To repent and be born again.Even if they never want me in there lives again. my prayer is for there Salvation ..
The gospel seeds have been sewn all I can do is Pray they are all in His hands now I gave Jesus my broken heart many years ago."
My response to these ladies is in the following statements:
"These are "difficult" and "ragingly insane times" as described in the Bible. Those of us who were raised in a culture that revered still the elderly have a sense of being robbed of our grandparent status by selfish and arrogant children. However, and this is a big however, we know that we are living in exciting times when Christ will come and take us away soon. Our main focus must be Christ. Our children and grandchildren can not rise above Him. I notice something when I read God's Word. The apostles and even Jesus Christ our Lord did not mention family members in their lives. Christ spoke of His family as being the church, those who love Him."
I want to add to this statement that the devil wants you to believe you are at fault for the angst in your children's heart toward you. The truth is that in these last days children have become vindictive using judgmental attitudes to make you believe you are the evil one. They hate rules and standards, love "self esteem" and are angry at anyone who loves the Lord.
Not only will you be rejected by your own children you will be hated by their spouses who have listened to their half truths. The children infect their spouses and their children to believe their parents were evil when there is no testimony of significance against them except the normal family struggles.
Also lets remember that these adult children who foster hate in their spouses and children cannot be very pleasant people to live with. Their lives are miserable on many levels. They pretend to be the perfect parent with the perfect marriage but we know that no one who treats their parents with such contempt can possibly have good relationships with anyone else either.
Remember our basic character does not change based on who we are with, we have the same character everywhere we go. Those who live with these hateful and vengeful types are experiencing the animosity every day of their lives. The only way angry people can be appeased is to do everything their way, elevate them as special by never disagreeing with them on anything. These people are easily angered and do not hesitate to exact revenge on anyone who walks by their own standards.
The goal of the revenge in this generation is to cause anger in us. If we begin to beg and shout to get them to listen they will count themselves as having won and as being superior. Never mind that they caused the frustration and refused to consider the needs or thoughts of the person they demeaned.
Bottom Line: When you have done your best to resolve a problem and those involved refused to act in a civil manner there is nothing left to do but move on to become a blessing to others who are humble, gentle and loving.
We will know the heart and character of a person by their response to our concerns.
1 Corinthians 13 1
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."
Corruption of the Modern Church
You have described my entire extended family, even those who claim to be Christian. They don't seem to understand basic truths of the Bible having been indoctrinated by "preachers" who were educated in seminaries with false doctrine.
The attitude of superiority has not only been the rule among seminary graduates but has infected the thinking of the people in churches that follow them. We are told we cannot know truth because we didn't go to seminary.
The sad thing is that these people don't understand that it is not man who teaches the born again believer, it is the Holy Spirit within each of us. They give little if not no attention to Christ Who lives in us and nearly all their attention to the man trained preachers who love their elevated status.
Karen Puff Rosenkrantz quoted this:
"It really grieves my spirit when you have so called believers that come against you because you speak truth from the bible that they refuse to read, and accuse you of being a know it all when this knowledge is free to all that will just pick up the book.
(watch where you cast your pearls)!
~ Robert Mccloud"
The attitude of superiority has not only been the rule among seminary graduates but has infected the thinking of the people in churches that follow them. We are told we cannot know truth because we didn't go to seminary.
The sad thing is that these people don't understand that it is not man who teaches the born again believer, it is the Holy Spirit within each of us. They give little if not no attention to Christ Who lives in us and nearly all their attention to the man trained preachers who love their elevated status.
Karen Puff Rosenkrantz quoted this:
"It really grieves my spirit when you have so called believers that come against you because you speak truth from the bible that they refuse to read, and accuse you of being a know it all when this knowledge is free to all that will just pick up the book.
(watch where you cast your pearls)!
~ Robert Mccloud"
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