I am convinced that it was God Who shut down the church gatherings this year. God never intended that anyone celebrate "Easter" a pagan holiday.
To name a celebration about God with the name of a pagan goddess is an abomination. Its possible God emptied the gatherings for this very reason.
To defy the government shutdown is to defy the ordinance of God. He is disciplining those who claim to be of Him through all this.
Never blame God for the consequences of our own prideful celebrations.
Amos 5:21-23
21 “I hate, I reject your festivals,
Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 “Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.
23 “Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps."
Monday, April 13, 2020
Let the Ignorant be Ignored
It is common for narcissists to attempt to intimidate us by lying about us the very thing the narcissist is doing and we are not.
They know it frustrates us and is hoping it will cause anger in us.
We have to remember that God sees it all and that we don't have to defend ourselves, we can walk away without responding.
Any response at all from us when we are being attacked is candy to the narcissist.
Proverbs 26:4-5
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5 Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.
What does a fool deserve? He deserves to be ignored.
1 Corinthians 14:38
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant (ignored).
They know it frustrates us and is hoping it will cause anger in us.
We have to remember that God sees it all and that we don't have to defend ourselves, we can walk away without responding.
Any response at all from us when we are being attacked is candy to the narcissist.
Proverbs 26:4-5
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5 Answer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be wise in his own eyes.
What does a fool deserve? He deserves to be ignored.
1 Corinthians 14:38
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant (ignored).
No Accidents!!!
I do not believe anyone will accidentally take that number of the beast that is mandated by the antichrist.
God will prevent His children from taking something unknowingly that applies to the devil. Those who take the number of the beast will take it with full knowledge that they will worship him.
All we have to do is watch how people worship famous people to see how they will ignore the clues that he is evil to embrace his false miracles. He will look wonderful and tell great swelling lies and promises.
We have Christians today who look to celebrities in excitement as though their salvation was any more exciting than anyone else's. Then we see the celebrities embracing the false gospel of prosperity leading their followers into apostasy.
It is no leap to understand many pretenders, those who say they are Christian, will follow the antichrist believing they are looking at Christ. Most Christians today do not read the Word of God and are even hostile when someone uses it to prove God's truth.
These are the people who make up their own truth based on feelings and the rantings of celebrities with their glitzy ways.
Those who love Christ will not be fooled into taking the mark of the beast just as they are not fooled into following these celebrities who claim to have found God.
John 14:20-21 "…20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”"
God will prevent His children from taking something unknowingly that applies to the devil. Those who take the number of the beast will take it with full knowledge that they will worship him.
All we have to do is watch how people worship famous people to see how they will ignore the clues that he is evil to embrace his false miracles. He will look wonderful and tell great swelling lies and promises.
We have Christians today who look to celebrities in excitement as though their salvation was any more exciting than anyone else's. Then we see the celebrities embracing the false gospel of prosperity leading their followers into apostasy.
It is no leap to understand many pretenders, those who say they are Christian, will follow the antichrist believing they are looking at Christ. Most Christians today do not read the Word of God and are even hostile when someone uses it to prove God's truth.
These are the people who make up their own truth based on feelings and the rantings of celebrities with their glitzy ways.
Those who love Christ will not be fooled into taking the mark of the beast just as they are not fooled into following these celebrities who claim to have found God.
John 14:20-21 "…20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”"
Staying to Scripture Rather than Following Traditions that do not Apply to Us
It is important that the things we do reflect scripture.
Teaching about the Passover and that it was a picture of Christ Who would come later is fine, but to celebrate it as a holiday sends the message that one is till expecting Him.
Jews in Isreal still do the Passover because they don't believe their Messiah has come. These same Jews will accept the antichrist because they are looking for a political ruler and he will say He is their christ. This is what the third temple is all about, the one that will be built for their God and will be defiled by the antichrist they will embrace.
Many Christians are replacing the pagan holidays now with what seems more "religious" to them but ending up celebrating something that denies that Christ has come already. Christ gave us the Lord's Supper, which is the only one He commanded us to follow.
Many Christians are replacing the pagan holidays now with what seems more "religious" to them but ending up celebrating something that denies that Christ has come already. Christ gave us the Lord's Supper, which is the only one He commanded us to follow.
Narcissism is Nothing New
Narcissism is nothing new, it began in the garden of Eden when Eve was convinced to defy God and be like a god herself.
The devil whispered in her mind that she didn't have to obey God. The devil convinced her that she could be just like God and was just as important as He.
It is the devil that convinces people that they are so good and so great that they don't have to listen to anyone including God.
Notice in the time of Jesus Christ on earth it was the "religious" leaders who hated Him the most. He challenged their false humility and phony traditions that elevated them above God.
The world is a system of narcissism, every man for himself is the mantra of the world. The more we live for Christ the less we will be associated with those who hate our God, those who love this world and rage at those who will not follow them.
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 sin, 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.’"
The devil whispered in her mind that she didn't have to obey God. The devil convinced her that she could be just like God and was just as important as He.
It is the devil that convinces people that they are so good and so great that they don't have to listen to anyone including God.
Notice in the time of Jesus Christ on earth it was the "religious" leaders who hated Him the most. He challenged their false humility and phony traditions that elevated them above God.
The world is a system of narcissism, every man for himself is the mantra of the world. The more we live for Christ the less we will be associated with those who hate our God, those who love this world and rage at those who will not follow them.
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 sin, 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.’"
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