Alan Brayshaw
" IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU,." Consumer false Christianity wants a Show. " Many Have departed from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;." They want to be entertained. They rate the Sermon and the Worship as if it was all about them. They Say " Ow That Preacher was Funny,." or " That Worship Music was OK ,." as if they are there to be Worshiped themselves. They want Church to Serve them. They want to Hear what they want to Hear. They do not want to Hear About Dying to Self and Following JESUS. They do not want to hear about Hell or Judgment. They want a JESUS that wants to Bless Their Socks off $$$. The Great Falling away is a Carnal Self Worshiping Gospel that tries to elevate Men,. " The real Gospel Is All About JESUS,."
" Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;." 1 Timothy 4:1
" Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [a]sin is revealed, the son of perdition,." 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Sunday, December 29, 2019
The Rapture of the Church and then the Rapture
The rapture of snatching followed by the rapture of great joy and peace is soon to be coming for born again believers.
Have you ever been in a dangerous situation where you felt on edge and nervous until help came to show you the way out? What a relief it was when we got out of that situation, what peace and what joy that it was over and we could relax at peace.
That's how it will be when Christ takes us out of this world in the rapture. Have you ever heard the phrase "there was such rapture"?
Rapture: "a feeling of intense pleasure and joy." There joy and peace will be so great that we have escaped we will not be able to do anything except worship Jesus on our faces.
Revelation 1:17 " 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, "
At the time of the rapture of the church we will not only be snatched away we will feel the rapture in our souls.
The Apostasy of the Bible Colleges
The modern Christian believes that one cannot know the truth of God's word without an education by men and a diploma to hang on the wall. This is not Biblical and has led to much wrong doctrine and apostasy.
Avoid the seminaries and Bible schools altogether! Get alone with the Holy Spirit and you will protect yourself from apostasy!
The establishment of Seminaries and Bible Colleges was the human response to educating men for the ministry but in their own wisdom. No where in the Scriptures do we see any command from God to establish these institutions to educate people.
No man can teach us better than the Holy Spirit. Sadly many people who say they are Christian do not recognize the Holy Spirit because they have never heard from Him.
These people do not trust in Christ, they trust in their own ability to figure out things with their fallen mind, thinking that if a thought comes into their head it must be God. The truth is that most of the "Christians" today learn Bible scriptures not to discern truth but to use it out of context and without discernment to justify their own sinful hearts.
Those that lack faith in the Holy Spirit Who dwells in them or pretenders who claim to be Christian but do not have the Holy Spirit will trust in man to teach them, negating the purpose and work of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13-14 " 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
It has been my experience that most Christians look at me as though I am insane when I mention that I hear from the Holy Spirit and that they should consult Him for wisdom. I'm pretty sure they don't want to consult Him because if they do they would have to change what they believe and how they act.
Isaiah 11:2
"The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD."
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
Avoid the seminaries and Bible schools altogether! Get alone with the Holy Spirit and you will protect yourself from apostasy!
The establishment of Seminaries and Bible Colleges was the human response to educating men for the ministry but in their own wisdom. No where in the Scriptures do we see any command from God to establish these institutions to educate people.
No man can teach us better than the Holy Spirit. Sadly many people who say they are Christian do not recognize the Holy Spirit because they have never heard from Him.
These people do not trust in Christ, they trust in their own ability to figure out things with their fallen mind, thinking that if a thought comes into their head it must be God. The truth is that most of the "Christians" today learn Bible scriptures not to discern truth but to use it out of context and without discernment to justify their own sinful hearts.
Those that lack faith in the Holy Spirit Who dwells in them or pretenders who claim to be Christian but do not have the Holy Spirit will trust in man to teach them, negating the purpose and work of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13-14 " 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
It has been my experience that most Christians look at me as though I am insane when I mention that I hear from the Holy Spirit and that they should consult Him for wisdom. I'm pretty sure they don't want to consult Him because if they do they would have to change what they believe and how they act.
Isaiah 11:2
"The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD."
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
Committed to the Word of God
Those who adhere to the Bible are the most mistreated group of people in the world today. Sadly nowadays they are mistreated by members of their own families and by those who claim to be Christian. The more you quote scripture and the more you live according to the Bible the more they will hate you.
Matthew 10:35-37 "…35 For I have come to turn ‘A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;…"
If we place the love of family above God we will be rejecting the principles and commands of God to please family. However if we live for Christ in all our ways we can expect family to reject us. Even lying against us to pretend we don't love God when it is they who do not.
Matthew 10:35-37 "…35 For I have come to turn ‘A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;…"
If we place the love of family above God we will be rejecting the principles and commands of God to please family. However if we live for Christ in all our ways we can expect family to reject us. Even lying against us to pretend we don't love God when it is they who do not.
Keep Speaking Truth Anyway, Even if They Will not Listen
If we want to be forgiven we must confess and ask. If we want wisdom we must admit we don't have it to ask in humility for God to impart it to us.
1 John 1:9
"IF WE CONFESS our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If we want wisdom we must ask for it.
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.…"
God will not give these things to those who do not want them enough to ask.
If pride prevents anyone from asking for these things, then those who will not ask will remain unforgiven and unwise.
If you refuse to ask God, then you will not be forgiven and you will not gain wisdom. Very simple, but rejected by most.
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.…"
Most people who claim to be Christian in our day are falling into apostasy because preachers who do not belong in the pulpit to begin with will tickle the ears of the people saying things they love to hear that are leading them straight to hell.
1 John 1:9
"IF WE CONFESS our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If we want wisdom we must ask for it.
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.…"
God will not give these things to those who do not want them enough to ask.
If pride prevents anyone from asking for these things, then those who will not ask will remain unforgiven and unwise.
If you refuse to ask God, then you will not be forgiven and you will not gain wisdom. Very simple, but rejected by most.
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.…"
Most people who claim to be Christian in our day are falling into apostasy because preachers who do not belong in the pulpit to begin with will tickle the ears of the people saying things they love to hear that are leading them straight to hell.
No Confession no Forgiveness or Wisdom
Many things the cultural Christianity say that are based on psychology and not on the word of God have permeated our culture in every venue.
"We must forgive even if the offender is not sorry so we will not become bitter."
"We can divorce and remarry for adultery."
"No one can know the heart of another person."
"We must love ourselves before we can love others."
"No one can know absolute truth"
"Don't judge"
There are so many more mantras that modern Christianity uses that are born out of psychology and have no truth to them. These things often repeat things that are opposing the Word of God, they work against the human spirit to foster a rebellion against God's ways.
If the devil can get people to believe they are being kind by doing the opposite of God's truth, he can causes them to help in the destruction of live even making the helpers feel proud of themselves for it.
Mostly in our day we have more humanistic psychology driving everyone's motives and desires than we have godly ways being spoken. In fact those who evaluate everything according to the Bible are mocked, demeaned and dismissed as unworthy of respect for their devotion entirely to the Word of God.
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.…"
God says this will be the case in the last days, however, notice what else He says, keep preaching, be prepared, rebuke when there is error and encourage when believers are going the right way, in short keep going anyway even when people will not listen. We know what they are going to do but we are responsible to obey God and they will be held responsible for what they heard.
We are not responsible for their reaction to us, they remain accountable for their own reactions. No guilt is on us all wrong responses are on them.
Ezekiel 33:8-9 "…8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood. 9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life."
God is pretty clear in His word about everything but He will not impart His truth to anyone who does not want it. He will impart His wisdom to anyone who wants it.
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.…"
"We must forgive even if the offender is not sorry so we will not become bitter."
"We can divorce and remarry for adultery."
"No one can know the heart of another person."
"We must love ourselves before we can love others."
"No one can know absolute truth"
"Don't judge"
There are so many more mantras that modern Christianity uses that are born out of psychology and have no truth to them. These things often repeat things that are opposing the Word of God, they work against the human spirit to foster a rebellion against God's ways.
If the devil can get people to believe they are being kind by doing the opposite of God's truth, he can causes them to help in the destruction of live even making the helpers feel proud of themselves for it.
Mostly in our day we have more humanistic psychology driving everyone's motives and desires than we have godly ways being spoken. In fact those who evaluate everything according to the Bible are mocked, demeaned and dismissed as unworthy of respect for their devotion entirely to the Word of God.
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.…"
God says this will be the case in the last days, however, notice what else He says, keep preaching, be prepared, rebuke when there is error and encourage when believers are going the right way, in short keep going anyway even when people will not listen. We know what they are going to do but we are responsible to obey God and they will be held responsible for what they heard.
We are not responsible for their reaction to us, they remain accountable for their own reactions. No guilt is on us all wrong responses are on them.
Ezekiel 33:8-9 "…8 If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood. 9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life."
God is pretty clear in His word about everything but He will not impart His truth to anyone who does not want it. He will impart His wisdom to anyone who wants it.
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.…"
Only a Born Again Believer can Understand the things of God
When we walk in the Spirit and in Truth we have discernment that is beyond human observation.
We can see the looks on faces and even their walk.
I know someone who goes into the prison in South Carolina, after being there week after week, year after year, he has learned their ways and their stances.
He told me he can tell the attitude of a man by the way he walks down the street. I told him I believe him because I can see on their faces and in the way they sit and walk the rebellion or lack of rebellion in someone.
God said we shall know them by their fruit. That fruit is "love, joy, peace, gentleness and self control." These are not actions, they are character qualities that can be discerned through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
The Fruit of the Spirit is not actions but rather character qualities. These qualities permeate out from a person to the Spirit filled discerning believer.
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."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
The heart of a man is discerned only by God, God lives in us and grants to us that necessary discernment. We do not have a perfect window into the heart of a man as God does, however the Holly Spirit can warn us about someone or He can bless us with connection to another believer who is also filled with the Holy Spirit.
The evidence is there, the clues are there, all we have to do is ask God what we are seeing.
Hebrews 4:12
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
We are to worship in "Spirit and in Truth", just as we discern through thee Spirit of God and His Truth.
1 Samuel 16:7 "7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.” "
God told His servant Samuel not to be fooled by appearances, but that God would show him the heart of the man he was to choose to be King. Samuel was not depending on his own observations or guesses based on what the person says. He based his choice on what God was telling him.
God speaks this way to born again believers today too. Sadly not many who say they are Christians are seeking the Lord for wisdom and discernment. Discernment is a gift from God in which we are able to know something that can not be seen or heard with the human senses.
Discernment meaning: The ability to judge well because the Holy Spirit in us is imparting His wisdom to us.
1 John 4:1
"1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses (lives with their life) that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,…"
Confession is not just words spoken, it is a lifestyle we live that others can witness. Yes we will have words too, but the words must match the lifestyle to be evidence of a godly life.
Romans 12:2
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
We can discern people and events as being right or wrong by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Those who say, "no one can know the heart of man, that only God does", are speaking the truth, however, they are describing the unsaved man who does not have the Holy Spirit. God speaks truth and wisdom to those who belong to Him, we can know the heart of God, we can discern a bad spirit from a good spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…"
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
We can see the looks on faces and even their walk.
I know someone who goes into the prison in South Carolina, after being there week after week, year after year, he has learned their ways and their stances.
He told me he can tell the attitude of a man by the way he walks down the street. I told him I believe him because I can see on their faces and in the way they sit and walk the rebellion or lack of rebellion in someone.
God said we shall know them by their fruit. That fruit is "love, joy, peace, gentleness and self control." These are not actions, they are character qualities that can be discerned through the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
The Fruit of the Spirit is not actions but rather character qualities. These qualities permeate out from a person to the Spirit filled discerning believer.
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."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
The heart of a man is discerned only by God, God lives in us and grants to us that necessary discernment. We do not have a perfect window into the heart of a man as God does, however the Holly Spirit can warn us about someone or He can bless us with connection to another believer who is also filled with the Holy Spirit.
The evidence is there, the clues are there, all we have to do is ask God what we are seeing.
Hebrews 4:12
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."
We are to worship in "Spirit and in Truth", just as we discern through thee Spirit of God and His Truth.
1 Samuel 16:7 "7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.” "
God told His servant Samuel not to be fooled by appearances, but that God would show him the heart of the man he was to choose to be King. Samuel was not depending on his own observations or guesses based on what the person says. He based his choice on what God was telling him.
God speaks this way to born again believers today too. Sadly not many who say they are Christians are seeking the Lord for wisdom and discernment. Discernment is a gift from God in which we are able to know something that can not be seen or heard with the human senses.
Discernment meaning: The ability to judge well because the Holy Spirit in us is imparting His wisdom to us.
1 John 4:1
"1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses (lives with their life) that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,…"
Confession is not just words spoken, it is a lifestyle we live that others can witness. Yes we will have words too, but the words must match the lifestyle to be evidence of a godly life.
Romans 12:2
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
We can discern people and events as being right or wrong by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Those who say, "no one can know the heart of man, that only God does", are speaking the truth, however, they are describing the unsaved man who does not have the Holy Spirit. God speaks truth and wisdom to those who belong to Him, we can know the heart of God, we can discern a bad spirit from a good spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…"
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"
Trials Reveal and Refine
God allows difficulty in our lives to bring out of us what is really inside already. Those difficulties shape us only in that they reveal what needs fixing within us. When we seek the face of God in the middle of our trials, God will give us wisdom through it. If we do not seek Christ in our trials we become spiritually and emotionally weak.
James 1:12
"12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
Romans 12:12
"12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,"
James 1:2-8
"2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
James 1:12
"12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
Romans 12:12
"12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,"
James 1:2-8
"2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
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