If you think the wicked murdering of innocent babies is not your problem and will not touch your life, think again.
Abortion has been legal all the way through the nine months since Roe v Wade in 1973, we knew this when we were involved in the pro-life movement, but no one would believe us at that time. We had to show them the Supreme Court decision before they would believe it.
Now the government has graduated to partial-birth abortion, which amounts to another form of infanticide. We knew they would but no one would believe that either.
Now we can expect these wicked demons to come after the elderly, after all, they love to kill helpless people.
The mentality of the narcissist is to rid themselves of anyone who inconveniences them.
Do you recognize the irrational, unloving and ragingly insane conduct all around us now?
2 Timothy 3 tells us all about the mindset of today, we are living it out all around us.
Monday, February 17, 2020
The Difference Between the Reaction of the Saved or Unsaved
When we tell the truth of God, whether a principal or a command it will be met by the world with contempt. This is not about you, it is on the person who rejected God's word in favor of the standards of the fallen culture. More people today who say they are Christians have never experienced a transformation, they were never born again. Never blame yourself when someone becomes angry at you for telling truth, they chose their anger over a reasonable discussion to discover the truth.
The devil wants us to believe that the violent reactions of others are our fault. The born again believer does not become violent or contemptuous when told they are wrong. A born again believer knows their security comes from God and that God sees it all. There is no sense that they need to badger or punish someone or into believing them, they can leave it all with God and remain calm.
Those who want to control others use anger as a tool on their belt, hoping their victim will crumble under the weight of their wrath. Born again believers feel no need to force, intimidate or demean others to gain the advantage over them.
God will not change into a new creation anyone who does not want to be changed. He only changes those who desire to be delivered from their sinful nature. This is why we see so many people in church gatherings who never seem to grow spiritually, even going into their elders years worse than when they first proclaimed to be Christians.
Far too many people think they will just join the church club and that makes them saved. They do not understand that salvation comes through faith in Christ, after which He sends the Holy Spirit to dwell in them as a counselor and guide among other things.
Many church attendees today do not have the Holy Spirit because they did not repent, they had no desire to become Christlike and they even spurn many of His commands. They think the commands are suggestions they can choose or not choose.
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. 4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
John 15:18-25
Disciples’ Relation to the World
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake because they do not know the One who sent Me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sinned, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
25 But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’"
Some evidence that someone belongs to Christ is that they love the Word of God, treasure His commands and love the brethren with whom they share the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:10
"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor."
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 4:2
"With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,"
The devil wants us to believe that the violent reactions of others are our fault. The born again believer does not become violent or contemptuous when told they are wrong. A born again believer knows their security comes from God and that God sees it all. There is no sense that they need to badger or punish someone or into believing them, they can leave it all with God and remain calm.
Those who want to control others use anger as a tool on their belt, hoping their victim will crumble under the weight of their wrath. Born again believers feel no need to force, intimidate or demean others to gain the advantage over them.
God will not change into a new creation anyone who does not want to be changed. He only changes those who desire to be delivered from their sinful nature. This is why we see so many people in church gatherings who never seem to grow spiritually, even going into their elders years worse than when they first proclaimed to be Christians.
Far too many people think they will just join the church club and that makes them saved. They do not understand that salvation comes through faith in Christ, after which He sends the Holy Spirit to dwell in them as a counselor and guide among other things.
Many church attendees today do not have the Holy Spirit because they did not repent, they had no desire to become Christlike and they even spurn many of His commands. They think the commands are suggestions they can choose or not choose.
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. 4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
John 15:18-25
Disciples’ Relation to the World
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake because they do not know the One who sent Me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sinned, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
25 But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’"
Some evidence that someone belongs to Christ is that they love the Word of God, treasure His commands and love the brethren with whom they share the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:10
"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor."
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 4:2
"With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,"
God is on Our Side!
Never mind what the narcissist says or does. It is God Who has the final say and He is on our side. Hallelujah!
God Said it Not Me!
Any wife after the first one as long as the first wife still lives is adultery. Second marriages are not seen as legitimate marriages in the eyes of God.
I know this is a very hard saying in a culture such as ours when divorce and remarriage seem to be the sacred cow that no one wants to touch.
There are many sins in the modern church that have been accepted as non-sins, but this is wrong. When we disobey God's word we are sinning.
Jesus Christ said: "if you remarry you are committing (an ongoing act of) adultery. The adultery does not go away just because of the remarriage by the law of the land.
The law of the land does not dictate our morality as born again believers, God does.
Just because something is allowed by the government does not mean God endorses it.
The government allows for abortion, the brutal killing of babies half out of the womb, but most Christians would say that is not right no matter what the government says. And yet, these same people will accept and even endorse divorce and remarriage, that God says is adultery. They will even rage and attack our character for saying what God says.
Luke 16:18 "18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
The only exception for divorce is in the book of Matthew written to the Jews for the engagement period, it does not apply to marriage. In the Jewish custom, a person had to have a certificate of divorcement from a betrothal, (engagement), if one of the parties had been unfaithful. This passage has been used in our time to justify divorce and remarriage when it has nothing to do with the marriage, except that it prevents the marriage from ever taking place.
God said He hates divorce! Why would a born again believer do what they know God hates. God also provided for forgiveness for those who have confessed their sin, all sin can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. A divorce is an act of violence against the spouse.
Malachi 2:16-17 "16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “and I hate when a man covers himself and his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them, He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”…"
God died for us WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, can we not obey God in remaining with a spouse who is not perfect?!!! To divorce a spouse because they are not measuring up to your own idea of perfect is the same as saying "I am perfect and deserve a perfect spouse."
Those who take another person's spouse are heaping hurt and pain upon that spouse, removing the possibility of reconciliation for the "made one flesh" couple, are stealing another person's spouse.
A second spouse after the divorce is not a "one flesh" union. God will not make two people "into one" who already have been made one with someone else.
God does not go around making three people one with three other people, He only does it for the first marriage with the first spouse. The "oneness" condition is a sort of spiritual glue that cannot be dissolved by man. Hopping from bed to bed with a legalized piece of paper does not fool God!
Why do so many people pick and choose which things to obey? The answer is clear, they are not dedicated to Christ in the things they like to do, but will be dedicated if the thing Christ wants is what they want.
Our culture is full of disobedience and those who will rage when they are shown through scripture the truth of God's Word. Trying telling a child with candy that he has to give it back and that he must not have that candy will cause a tantrum. This is what we are dealing with in our day about many things, not just divorce and remarriage.
Bratty children who will only obey when they are getting what they want will rage in anger when we say they should not have it.
I have not given my opinion, it is God Who mandated these things and for our own good. Consider too that He mandated them for the good of the children from a "one-flesh union."
If you feel so inclined as to argue with me, don't bother, take your argument to God, it was He Who made the rules.
I know this is a very hard saying in a culture such as ours when divorce and remarriage seem to be the sacred cow that no one wants to touch.
There are many sins in the modern church that have been accepted as non-sins, but this is wrong. When we disobey God's word we are sinning.
Jesus Christ said: "if you remarry you are committing (an ongoing act of) adultery. The adultery does not go away just because of the remarriage by the law of the land.
The law of the land does not dictate our morality as born again believers, God does.
Just because something is allowed by the government does not mean God endorses it.
The government allows for abortion, the brutal killing of babies half out of the womb, but most Christians would say that is not right no matter what the government says. And yet, these same people will accept and even endorse divorce and remarriage, that God says is adultery. They will even rage and attack our character for saying what God says.
Luke 16:18 "18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."
The only exception for divorce is in the book of Matthew written to the Jews for the engagement period, it does not apply to marriage. In the Jewish custom, a person had to have a certificate of divorcement from a betrothal, (engagement), if one of the parties had been unfaithful. This passage has been used in our time to justify divorce and remarriage when it has nothing to do with the marriage, except that it prevents the marriage from ever taking place.
God said He hates divorce! Why would a born again believer do what they know God hates. God also provided for forgiveness for those who have confessed their sin, all sin can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. A divorce is an act of violence against the spouse.
Malachi 2:16-17 "16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “and I hate when a man covers himself and his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them, He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”…"
God died for us WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, can we not obey God in remaining with a spouse who is not perfect?!!! To divorce a spouse because they are not measuring up to your own idea of perfect is the same as saying "I am perfect and deserve a perfect spouse."
Those who take another person's spouse are heaping hurt and pain upon that spouse, removing the possibility of reconciliation for the "made one flesh" couple, are stealing another person's spouse.
A second spouse after the divorce is not a "one flesh" union. God will not make two people "into one" who already have been made one with someone else.
God does not go around making three people one with three other people, He only does it for the first marriage with the first spouse. The "oneness" condition is a sort of spiritual glue that cannot be dissolved by man. Hopping from bed to bed with a legalized piece of paper does not fool God!
Why do so many people pick and choose which things to obey? The answer is clear, they are not dedicated to Christ in the things they like to do, but will be dedicated if the thing Christ wants is what they want.
Our culture is full of disobedience and those who will rage when they are shown through scripture the truth of God's Word. Trying telling a child with candy that he has to give it back and that he must not have that candy will cause a tantrum. This is what we are dealing with in our day about many things, not just divorce and remarriage.
Bratty children who will only obey when they are getting what they want will rage in anger when we say they should not have it.
I have not given my opinion, it is God Who mandated these things and for our own good. Consider too that He mandated them for the good of the children from a "one-flesh union."
If you feel so inclined as to argue with me, don't bother, take your argument to God, it was He Who made the rules.
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