Witchcraft in the church, Doctrine of demons - Dave Hunt

Billy Graham Exposed by Dave Hunt

Love is not an Act it is a Part of our Being

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away."

Love is not merely an act of kindness. Even unloving people can do kind acts to benefit their own reputation without any sense of love for the person they help.
Worldly love is always about personal benefit and conditional. God's love is a part of the being of the one who loves. They don't have to try to love or pretend to give they just are naturally empathetic and concerned for others.

 
The love of the world is based on self-aggrandizement not authentic sacrificial tenderness and affection.

 
All the qualities of Christ-like love are what Christ does in us when we become born again. We don't have to try it is what comes out of us without thinking or trying.

 
Those who have worldly love will only show kindness when it benefits them and almost never when it interrupts their routine or plans.

 
The only reason to know what these people are like is to make sure we do not become like them by paying more attention to our feelings and desires than to God's principles and guidance.

 
We are all capable of becoming something less than Christ-like if we allow feelings to guide us. The more we are guided by Christ the less we will "feel" a need to respond the way the world responds. In fact the more we obey God the less feelings matter at all.

 
We do have feelings and should say so, but we ought never to live according to those feelings. Often feelings alert us to problems within ourselves that need work. When our first response to an insult is to defend ourselves or fight back we know there pride that needs to be extinguished.

 
1 Corinthians 16:14
"Let all that you do be done in love."

1 John 4:8
"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love."

John 13:34-35
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”

Targets of Gossip and Rejection

Proverbs 6:16-19

"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers."

Proverbs 16:28

"A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends."

Proverbs 21:23

"Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble."

James 1:26

"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless."

Proverbs 20:19

"Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler."

Those who have left family and unsaved friends to follow Christ will be targets of gossip and rejection. Here is what God says about it.

Proverbs 29:27

"An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked."

James 1:2-7 "2 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and [h]without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

Never allow those who walk wickedly to intimidate you into becoming like them. When you walk with Christ you will often be alone without allies or companionship. But remember this, all over the world there are others just like us who love the Lord with all their heart who are also experiencing this angst toward them.

Our flesh wants to explain and defend itself, but we do not need to defend ourselves when Christ lives in us, He will be our protector and defender no matter what the world tries to throw at us.

1 John 4:3-5 "3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them."

Hallelujah!!!!

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