Hyper-Grace is the Lie of the Devil

It is those who have never been born again who use "grace" as an excuse to defend sin, not the ones who have been changed by Christ. Those who have not been born again, the pretenders who try to use "grace" as an excuse, are in danger of hellfire if they do not repent from this false gospel of permissiveness.

No one who has been changed by Christ, knowing what He suffered for them on the cross would ever defend sin on any level for any reason. And they know their salvation is secure forever.

Just Saying!!!!

Our New Creation Brought by the Power of Christ

Matthew 7:21-23 "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.’

1 John 2:19 "19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. "

No one who has been changed into a new creation by Christ will lose what He did in us. Nothing He does in us can be undone by man.

Ephesians 1:13-14

"13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

Those who have walked away from Christ after declaring that they were a Christian and those who spread a false gospel and twist the scripture to fool people were never born again, they are pretenders sent by the devil to confuse and disarm the people of God from their calling.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Anyone who thinks they are keeping their own salvation by their own goodness does not understand the sacrifice Christ made on the cross. We as humans do not have the ability to be good enough to save ourselves, what makes us think we can die for our own sin when the perfect Lamb of God had to do it for us.

When we become born again we are given the Holy Spirit to guide us, clean us up and keep us from sin, our desire to sin has been removed from us and replaced with the Spirit of God. We live in a sinful body so we battle the flesh but our Spirit is that of Christ and will never be anything else.

Self Focus Causes Insecurity

The less we focus on ourselves and the more we focus on God the more confident we become.

Those who are self-focused are insecure, their continual worry about being above others, causes them to compare themselves with others.

We don't think less of ourselves as someone put it, we just think of ourselves less. When we are busy seeking God's principles and desiring to be like Christ we are full of joy that He is going to change us into what we should be, then He gets all the glory.

Denigrating self is as self-focused as elevating self, both are not of God.

Pride in who we are causes us to become competitive with others. When we walk with Christ we are competitive with ourselves not with others. We want to keep growing to please Him, without concern for whether or not we excel above others.

We are full of joy because we walk with Christ and He works in us.

What a relief we feel not to have to impress anyone. It is a relief to speak honestly about our failings as well as praise Him for what He has done in us. Since we are not in competition with anyone we can freely speak the truth about ourselves and expect the Lord to change what needs changing and use what is good that He places there.

We are not an entity unto ourselves, we are His workmanship, vessels for His glory, nothing of ourselves, everything of Him. Hallelujah!!!!

There is no one who has arrived, everyone has work to be done in us by the Holy Spirit no matter how far we have come in obedience to Christ.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

2 Corinthians 4:5-7

"5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants on account of Jesus.

6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;"

All praise it to Christ for His Work in us. Hallelujah!

Pretenders Abound

Most people who say they are Christians have never been born again or they would not be ashamed to speak of Christ.

Matthew 10:32-34 "32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven. 34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword."

John 15:18-25

Disciples’ Relation to the World

18 “If the world hates you, [a]you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as 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."

When we encounter so many people who go to a church gathering but will never speak of Christ to others even in the church building, we are seeing the end times of "cultural Christianity", in which many want to feel safe by becoming a member of a church gathering but have no interest in obeying Christ.

These pretenders love that they can fool others that they are "righteous" but they are not righteous by the working of Christ, they are "self-righteous", playing a role to fit into a group, and fleshly pride is their real self.

These pretenders find comfort in believing they are safe because they attend a church gathering. They lie against the Word of God when they embrace sin, either in themselves or on the behalf of others, pretending God is not concerned about sinful actions or attitudes.

Matthew 7:21-23 is clear about these pretenders;

"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 these pretenders are doing good things, but they are doing things to glorify self. We know this because they do these things their own way while negating God's Word to carry out their good deeds. They do not consult with the Holy Spirit because they do not have Him dwelling in them.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

Pretenders lack God's fruit, the very essence of the Holy Spirit of Christ.

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."

When the pretenders are challenged to seek the Lord and to relent from disobeying God they rage and exact revenge through gossip, to silence the one who dared to challenge them with the Word of God.

Pretenders are phony and angry people they cannot accept a correction or rebuke, the reason they rage while rejecting the truth and in their rejection of anyone who shines the light of God's Word on their deeds.

Bottom Line: recognize those who are pretenders, challenge them to ask God if they are saved, and finally, never allow pretenders to silence the truth God has given you, let the Holy Spirit speak without regard to the response of others.

Women's Roles and Men's Roles are Different but both of Value

I am weary of hearing women who place pressure on their husbands to come home after a hard day at work and do the jobs in the household that the woman could have been doing all day and finished by the time he comes home.

The Proverbs 31 woman is one who takes care of all the household needs, she is active in the community and sees to it that nothing is lacking for those who live in the household.

I have been a homemaker for over 50 years. I have done everything for the household including providing clothing and arranging for doctors, and meds when needed. I did yard work, painting walls and even the outsides of our homes, as well as other things outside the home. All without a paycheck but having full access to the family money that my husband brought home for us.

I saved us $10,000 by painting the outsides of our buildings myself instead of hiring someone else to do it or leaving it for my husband to have to battle when he already works hard during the week.

I have never been bored, there has been too much to do for a creative person to be bored. I have never been lonely having many interactions with people in the community. I have only worked with my husband on the businesses he has owned with me.

I suggest that if the CEO of her household, that is the wife, does her job well the man who works all day outside the home, and even overtime to earn the money, should never have to come home and do household things, they should be done before he arrives home.

Homemaking is not a shame as the libbers want every woman to believe. It was wonderful for myself and my husband that the work was all done for both of us when he came home. He didn't do housework it was all done because I did my job. I didn't do housework in the evening because I did my job during the day.

I laugh when I see women who hire themselves as housekeepers as being seen as having a career but the homemaker who does it is not having a career. All this "women's lib" nonsense that men's jobs are better than woman's roles is irrational.

Obviously, when a woman thinks she must be like a man to have value she denies her God-given talents as CEO of the household as though men are better because they earn money.

I feel sorry for those women who think they have no value unless they are acting like a man.

The libbers have convinced women that they are nothing unless they act the same way as a man. In other words, those women who love to be homemakers and do it well are nothing only to be mocked. It is a lie, I loved my job and did it well. I was never without something creative to do and had much interaction with the community. And, God blessed my husband with a good-paying job because of our decision to follow God in our roles. His role outside the household was not better or worse than mine and my role as the CEO of my household was not better or worse than his, they were just our roles and we make them as creative as we choose.

Those women who cannot stay home and do the huge job of CEO of their household lack creativity, they must have a boss somewhere else telling them what to do. And, they do not value a job unless they are paid for it. This is a twisted culture without understanding men's and women's roles. Both roles have value and no one is better than another.

Sorry women's libbers, you have denigrated yourselves by saying that women must act like men to have value. I value who God made me, I love my role as CEO of my household and I am more creative often than many women who leave the home, neglecting their children and husband for merely a paycheck and to be able to boast of their status.

So many very creative women who have left the home could express themselves better in their creativity if they didn't have a boss over them monitoring all they do. They would enjoy their job more if they knew the value of it, but most have been fooled into thinking their job is worthless. The sorry state of the American western mindset is seen in the way we think.

Proverbs 31

An excellent wife, who can find her?

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 linen,

And works with her hands in delight.

14 She is like merchant ships;

She brings her food from afar.

15 And she rises while it is still night

And gives food to her household,

And portions to her attendants.

16 She considers a field and buys it;

From her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She surrounds her waist with strength

And makes her arms strong.

18 She senses that her profit 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 [p]future.

26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,

And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

27 She watches over the activities 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."

Please don't tell me this woman worked outside the home!!! She left the home on occasion to purchase a field and direct others on what to do with it, but she was a full-time homemaker with the field as only one small part of what she did.

She was diligent about teaching the children the ways of the Lord, it takes time to do this. One cannot do all these things when they work outside the home for another boss five days a week.

Loving Jesus Christ More Than Anyone Else

The reason I love Jesus Christ so much is that He first loved me so much that He forgave my sin when I confessed it to Him and then He cleaned me up and made me whole again.

People love to remember our sins as though we are still the person they loved to hate, but God forgets our sin and buries it in the deepest sea never to be held against us again.

Many who love to think of us as the person they thought they knew many years ago don't know us and don't love us but Christ loved us so much He died to save us from our sin and from hell. He paid the penalty for my sin, no human being did that.

1 John 4:18-20 "…18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.…"

1 John 4:7-9 "7Beloved, let us love one another because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world so that we might live through Him."

No one can love and forgive like God can, no person will ever do what Christ did for us.

2 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only to me but to all who have loved his appearing."

Everyone who has trusted Christ and loves Him can say what Paul said in 2 Timothy.