The Accusations by Gossips will Increase in these End Days

Have any of you been accused of not being a loving and understanding Christian because you attempted to use the Scripture to correct someone?

If anyone has not been rejected, maligned, or mocked for their stand for Christ's principles in the Word of God then it might be because they haven't bothered to warn others of the consequence of sin in their lives.

Never allow rejection to cause you to feel false guilt. If we are guilty the Holy Spirit will make it plain to us and we will confess to be cleansed. However, the world will attempt to make us feel guilty over something we did that the Holy Spirit told us to do.

Christ and the apostles were accused of things that were not true because the world hated them.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account."

Proverbs 11:9

"With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered."

1 Peter 5:8

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."

1 John 4:1

"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 Timothy 3:1-5 tells us that the last days mentality will be so prevalent that it will be in the church and the world and it will be continual.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (Difficult: Means "ragingly insane"

Difficult Times Will Come

3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

When we understand the end times mentality of most people we can observe as if we are watching a stage production but we do not have to suck it into our souls to destroy our peace and joy. We only become devastated by the personal attacks if we are not focused on Christ and are ignorant of the devices of the enemy. Knowledge is power over the devil and his minions.

Feelings are temporary and fleeting, not worth pondering, except to dismiss them as irrelevant and not based on facts. The less we focus on feelings the better off we are, it is good to say to ourselves when feelings arise, "these are not based on truth" and dismiss them. It is amazing how much stronger we become and how much less we "feel" badly when we are attacked unjustly.

Lately I have seen the foolish humor in the attacks and have at times even laughed they were so silly.

1 Peter 3:17

"For it is better to suffer for doing good if that should be God's will, than for doing evil."

There was one instance in which the accuser was being so ridiculous as to accuse me of the very thing he just finished doing, that the Holy Spirit gushed forth in laughter without a desire to explain it to the accuser why I was laughing. I just walked away, I had such peace, I don't do this unless it is the Holy Spirit. In this instance, it silenced the accuser and he avoided me after that, it was a good thing to be avoided.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me."

Jesus Christ said in the John passage that He did nothing without the will of the Holy Spirit, I want to be this way too. The more we seek Christ in us the more we will seek Him. His answers are so fulfilling and wonderful. There is nothing better than being in the will of the Father through Christ Who lives in me.

Hallelujah!!!!!

Be Delivered Through Confession of Sin

All of the things I share with my Facebook friends I have had to learn myself over the years. It would not be possible to accurately explain things I have not had to deal with in myself.

May all those who seek to glorify God speak openly and boldly about the lessons they have learned to help others come to the same blessings of freedom and wisdom in Christ.

It is an amazing blessing to be delivered from all the things that weigh down the unbeliever or the superficial Christian.

It is only in trusting daily in Christ that delivers us from our sinful nature.

Romans 3:23

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"

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."

Romans 6:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Acts 4:12

"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

2 Corinthians 5:21

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

Ephesians 2:8-9

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Pretenders are in the Church

I fear for the pretenders who are in the church because they are so full of self they expect to go to heaven but will find themselves in hell. So many people who are confident they are good people will be shocked when they end up in hell.

Matthew 7:21-23, are in my opinion the most frightening verses in the Bible.

Matthew 7:21-23 "I Never Knew You

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Notice two things; one, they are expecting to go to heaven and do not, and two, they were busy doing what they thought were God's works, but doing it in the flesh to glorify self.

So many people think they must think up good works to do but in reality doing God's Work by His direction is the only way it will count.

Doing our own idea of good works to be seen as special by God and others will only bring us condemnation. We must seek God for His will for us, not our own ideas and it must be done to glorify Him and not ourselves.

Ephesians 2:10

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."

What Does Leadership Really Look Like?

From Love Worth Finding: Heartbeat

PRAY OVER THIS

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.”

(Ephesians 5:25)

 

PONDER THIS

Did you know Jesus never makes me do anything? Husbands, you are going to be in severe difficulty if you think that when the Bible says you are the head, you read that as, “I am the boss.” “I am the dictator.” No. Jesus is not the dictator of the Church; He is the head of the Church. If the Church, as His bride, refuses to follow, then she is going to reap repercussions, but He never forces us to do anything. Any husband who takes the attitude of a dictator is going to see that his home is in severe trouble. He is seeking to use the Bible as a club saying, “I am the head. Submit.” This is not the way of Jesus and cannot be our way either.

• Who do you know who you would say is a great leader?
• What makes that person a leader you want to follow?

PRACTICE THIS

Consider the positions of influence and leadership you have been given. How will you move toward Christ-honoring leadership?