Rejecting the cultural Christianity I grew up with to embrace and enjoy a relationship with Christ. If you are still engaged in cultural Christianity get out, it will lead to hell.
What is cultural Christianity you might ask?
Cultural Christianity is one that engages in many rules that God never made. It follows an agenda for a better life on earth but has little to do with Christ.
These cultural Christians will say they are Christians but the words "Jesus Christ" almost never falls from their mouth and only if someone else does it first.
The cultural Christian follows all the rules of the culture but never seeks Christ for His truth in the Bible. They do not have Christ in them because they never repented and their is no fruit of the Holy Spirit that dominates their life.
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."
The cultural Christian may even know a lot about the Bible but they are not interested in actually following what God said in it. They mostly use it to impress people without understanding His principles.
They will even claim to follow it while twisting it to justify their sin.
Cultural Christians say "don't judge" a lot because they know those two words but have not read the rest of the passage that says the opposite.
Sin is rampant in their lives but they think it is not. They operate from an attitude of superiority while constantly judging others for things that are not sins. When confronted about real sins they rage to defend it.
God said, "you shall know them by their fruit."
What is the fruit of the Holy Spirit? As mentioned in Galatians above, the fruit are the character qualities of Christ. When we are born again we will be full of joy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled.
When we meet people who are not born again we are confused when they say they go to church or that they are Christians. Its because we do not see the fruit.
Lastly, cultural Christianity is one in which people attend church gatherings and say they are Christian but have never been born again. This is the state of most professing Christians today. They are professing but they do not possess the Holy Spirit. In fact, they generally are uncomfortable around those who are indwelt by Christ.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Libbers Do Not Speak For Me
Women of our culture:
Why are you demeaning yourself by pretending to be just like men? To want to be something you are not is the same as saying you are not good enough the way you are, the way God made you. You hate yourself and want to pretend you are what others are, you identify as someone you are not.
We are not weak or mentally deficient we are merely made in a different way for a different purpose. If we lean into the way God made us we are productive and fulfilled.
When women's lib began many years ago most women didn't ascribe to the desire to be just like men. They appreciated what they were and did many creative and productive things.
Only lazy women who could not think for themselves felt the need to work outside the home to gain prestige they could boast about. Then the pressure came from ungodly husbands who liked to have that extra money coming it. It sort of relieved the men of the pressure of doing their job in providing for the family. Men then began to act like wimps expecting their wives to bring home the money they should have worked to provide.
Those who enjoyed the way God made them and remained within their role as a woman, out of their own choice, were far more efficient and accomplished than those who went to a job in which they had a boss over them.
I was my own boss in my home. God called me "keeper of the home." The meaning is that I ran the home as a CEO would run a company, seeing to all the needs of the household from gathering food to painting rooms and houses to keep them attractive. Gardening was a part of this job. My job has been very diverse and I have never been bored. Almost 50 years now and I have no regrets, my life has been so full not one more thing could be added to it to make it better.
Some of the things we women have done in our homes for many years:
Painting and repairs, sewing, gathering food, seeing to the clothing needs of everyone in the household, preparing for harsh weather by stocking up on needed foods and goods, researching things we needed to know more about to do our jobs, serving in the community and supporting our husbands in their endeavors.
This list could fill a book, there is so much more that we do that most people would not value unless we had done them for a paycheck. Some women did these things for a paycheck and they were said to have careers. Sadly though they neglected their household and family to have these careers.
Some women will become angry with me for saying that thing about "neglect." However, we know that it is not possible to do everything necessary for the home and hold down a full-time job outside the home without neglecting something and usually its the family in one way or another.
There have been women who held home business in which they didn't leave the home full time to do them but provided extra money for their families, this is biblical and honorable.
To act as though women should do everything men do is denying the very essence of the purpose God designed for women and for men.
Men cannot have babies, women can. It was God's design for a woman to raise children, nurture the husband and the children in the home. She is the essential provider of a nurturing and safe environment for her entire family. She is the manager of the home, a job that can only be done skillfully by a woman.
Our job is a noble and rewarding task. We take care of everything in the home the way a CEO of a company would run a company. Our job includes all the needs of everyone in the household.
And, lastly, I am offended when a feminist gets up in front of the media and claims to speak for all women. They do not speak for me and I reject their silly attempts to demean the rational and proper role of the woman who remains in the home to do her job diligently.
The goal of the women's libber is to appear superior, smarter and more accomplished than the woman who stays in the home. They fear being mocked and demeaned for being homemakers. These libbers are weak in spirit and in mind, they are whipped around by the culture without the strength to swim upstream.
It is the strong woman who can obey God and ignore the ridicule and mocking of the libbers. The libbers had nothing I wanted, they worked under bosses while I had no boss except Christ. My husband supported my job because He understood the task of the CEO of the household was given to me by God.
Women who work diligently to care for her family will never be bored and will always have a clear conscience about the choice she made to obey God.
Proverbs 31
"Description of a Worthy Woman
10 An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
14 She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings, she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates."
We are not weak or mentally deficient we are merely made in a different way for a different purpose. If we lean into the way God made us we are productive and fulfilled.
When women's lib began many years ago most women didn't ascribe to the desire to be just like men. They appreciated what they were and did many creative and productive things.
Only lazy women who could not think for themselves felt the need to work outside the home to gain prestige they could boast about. Then the pressure came from ungodly husbands who liked to have that extra money coming it. It sort of relieved the men of the pressure of doing their job in providing for the family. Men then began to act like wimps expecting their wives to bring home the money they should have worked to provide.
Those who enjoyed the way God made them and remained within their role as a woman, out of their own choice, were far more efficient and accomplished than those who went to a job in which they had a boss over them.
I was my own boss in my home. God called me "keeper of the home." The meaning is that I ran the home as a CEO would run a company, seeing to all the needs of the household from gathering food to painting rooms and houses to keep them attractive. Gardening was a part of this job. My job has been very diverse and I have never been bored. Almost 50 years now and I have no regrets, my life has been so full not one more thing could be added to it to make it better.
Some of the things we women have done in our homes for many years:
Painting and repairs, sewing, gathering food, seeing to the clothing needs of everyone in the household, preparing for harsh weather by stocking up on needed foods and goods, researching things we needed to know more about to do our jobs, serving in the community and supporting our husbands in their endeavors.
This list could fill a book, there is so much more that we do that most people would not value unless we had done them for a paycheck. Some women did these things for a paycheck and they were said to have careers. Sadly though they neglected their household and family to have these careers.
Some women will become angry with me for saying that thing about "neglect." However, we know that it is not possible to do everything necessary for the home and hold down a full-time job outside the home without neglecting something and usually its the family in one way or another.
There have been women who held home business in which they didn't leave the home full time to do them but provided extra money for their families, this is biblical and honorable.
To act as though women should do everything men do is denying the very essence of the purpose God designed for women and for men.
Men cannot have babies, women can. It was God's design for a woman to raise children, nurture the husband and the children in the home. She is the essential provider of a nurturing and safe environment for her entire family. She is the manager of the home, a job that can only be done skillfully by a woman.
Our job is a noble and rewarding task. We take care of everything in the home the way a CEO of a company would run a company. Our job includes all the needs of everyone in the household.
And, lastly, I am offended when a feminist gets up in front of the media and claims to speak for all women. They do not speak for me and I reject their silly attempts to demean the rational and proper role of the woman who remains in the home to do her job diligently.
The goal of the women's libber is to appear superior, smarter and more accomplished than the woman who stays in the home. They fear being mocked and demeaned for being homemakers. These libbers are weak in spirit and in mind, they are whipped around by the culture without the strength to swim upstream.
It is the strong woman who can obey God and ignore the ridicule and mocking of the libbers. The libbers had nothing I wanted, they worked under bosses while I had no boss except Christ. My husband supported my job because He understood the task of the CEO of the household was given to me by God.
Women who work diligently to care for her family will never be bored and will always have a clear conscience about the choice she made to obey God.
Proverbs 31
"Description of a Worthy Woman
10 An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
14 She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings, she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates."
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