God allowed this virus as discipline for our country and the world. We deserve worse and if there is no repentance that worse may come quickly.
Psalm 9:16-18 "…16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah 17 The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. 18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.…"
The oppressed of this country are those who speak boldly the truth of the Bible, even in the gatherings that claim to be of God.
The oppressed are the millions of babies that are murdered every year by their own mothers.
The oppressed are those who are victims of emotional, physical and sexual abuse every year in our nation.
The oppressed are those who love Christ who are mocked and demeaned by the members of their own families.
Job 8:13
"Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish."
Psalm 49:14
"Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode."
Psalm 50:22
"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:"
Jeremiah 13:25
"This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood."
God requires repentance to be forgiven but our nation and the world will not do it. These are the end times, things are becoming worse, hearts are becoming hardened.
Only those who confess their sinfulness and ask Christ to be changed by Him will escape the wrath of God. The wrath of God is His righteous anger, it always leads to judgment.
Exodus 32:9,10
"I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Using God's Name in Vain
Nullifying God by Man Made Traditions
What is "normal" for most people may not be normal for you.
"Normal" is usually measured in whatever everyone else is doing in the culture.
It is normal for people to celebrate all the man-made holidays, but for me it is not normal, I choose to ignore them because I do not see that they have been given by God.
Normal for me is not normal for most people. I guess the key is that we decide what will be our own normal and not worry about what everyone else is doing.
If someone does not appreciate your normal, that you have made for yourself because of a commitment to God, then it would be impossible to have a relationship with those who do not appreciate you and your choices.
There are so many things in our culture today that have distracted us from God. For years I thought I should do what other people expected of me. After I became born again the Lord showed me that I could do what I believed in without reproach.
Many people in the church today have human expectations of us, they don't like that we walk a different path based on the scriptures. These people will distance themselves, punishing us with silence while ignoring us completely. That's alright, that's the path they have chosen for themselves.
We must remain on the path God has given us even if no one else comes with us. I have no desire to do things simply because of human traditions or the expectations of others.
Mark 7:13 "13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.” "
"Normal" is usually measured in whatever everyone else is doing in the culture.
It is normal for people to celebrate all the man-made holidays, but for me it is not normal, I choose to ignore them because I do not see that they have been given by God.
Normal for me is not normal for most people. I guess the key is that we decide what will be our own normal and not worry about what everyone else is doing.
If someone does not appreciate your normal, that you have made for yourself because of a commitment to God, then it would be impossible to have a relationship with those who do not appreciate you and your choices.
There are so many things in our culture today that have distracted us from God. For years I thought I should do what other people expected of me. After I became born again the Lord showed me that I could do what I believed in without reproach.
Many people in the church today have human expectations of us, they don't like that we walk a different path based on the scriptures. These people will distance themselves, punishing us with silence while ignoring us completely. That's alright, that's the path they have chosen for themselves.
We must remain on the path God has given us even if no one else comes with us. I have no desire to do things simply because of human traditions or the expectations of others.
Mark 7:13 "13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.” "
The Last Days Traditions
In these last days, we might be spending more time encouraging the sheep than preaching to the goats.
We are living in the days of Noah, we must speak truth to saved and unsaved as led by the Holy Spirit while expecting that most will not listen.
We now have more goats in the church gatherings than sheep. Most do not want to hear the truth, nor do they accept correction when wrong doctrine comes into the gathering and there is much wrong doctrine in all the gatherings.
When we are seeking truth many things God shows us will be contrary to the traditions of men that they hang onto so tightly. They will not pray to find truth when confronted, they will merely argue, fight and defend that which God never gave.
Colossians 2:8
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
Matthew 15:3
"He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?"
2 Timothy 4:2-4
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."
Correction according to God's Word has been rejected in the modern church, as though it is rude, and yet God commanded it daily that all might remain on a pure and straight path of truth.
1 Timothy 1:4
"Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
Let us never become lazy in accepting things simply because its what our culture does. Let us pray for truth in everything.
We are living in the days of Noah, we must speak truth to saved and unsaved as led by the Holy Spirit while expecting that most will not listen.
We now have more goats in the church gatherings than sheep. Most do not want to hear the truth, nor do they accept correction when wrong doctrine comes into the gathering and there is much wrong doctrine in all the gatherings.
When we are seeking truth many things God shows us will be contrary to the traditions of men that they hang onto so tightly. They will not pray to find truth when confronted, they will merely argue, fight and defend that which God never gave.
Colossians 2:8
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
Matthew 15:3
"He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?"
2 Timothy 4:2-4
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."
Correction according to God's Word has been rejected in the modern church, as though it is rude, and yet God commanded it daily that all might remain on a pure and straight path of truth.
1 Timothy 1:4
"Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
Let us never become lazy in accepting things simply because its what our culture does. Let us pray for truth in everything.
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