No One Can Undo What God Does

Nothing that God does can be undone. When God makes someone into a new creation because they have trusted in Him and desire to be changed by Him, they can never undo that.

Ephesians 1:12-14 "…12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. 13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth— the gospel of your salvation— you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 "Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come."

There are many examples of this in nature. The butterfly begins as a worm. When it emerges from the cocoon, it can never return to being a worm again.

When the seed from a redwood tree falls into the ground, mixed with the soil, becomes a 200-foot-tall tree, it can never return to the seed again.

 
When God makes two people one in marriage, they are no longer one but two; no one can undo this because it is a work of God. Only death ends the oneness of marriage.

God gave us these examples in nature to show us that no one can alter what God does; we can never undo what God performs.

 
Isaiah 43:13 "13 Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”

Job 9:12
"If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’"

Revelation 3:7
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open."

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Times and People Have Not Changed

Times have not changed, and people have not changed. I do not see people responding to correction, nor do I see shame in those who love their sin, even in the church gatherings today.

Jeremiah 6:14-16 "…14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. 15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD. 16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’…"

Sometimes we think there must have been better times than now. The more we read the Bible and grow in wisdom, the more we realize nothing has changed, and the church has always been a remnant of authentically born-again believers swimming upstream from the culture around us.

 
Matthew 23:13-15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."

The modern church system thinks it is more godly and has more wisdom than in the past, but just the opposite is true. Many have more knowledge than they have had in the past, but less wisdom, as well as more misinterpretation of truth based on their present culture.

 
People in this generation are seeking truth based on their own desires and pleasure, not what God actually said in His Word.

Proverbs 29:1-2 "1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery. 2 When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan."

Many "conservatives" are spending more time on saving a wicked and dying country than they are on loving Christ. I rarely hear the name of Christ coming from their mouths, but I constantly hear about the latest evil the government is doing.

 
What we speak about the most is our focus in life.

 
My prayer is that many will begin to ask God to show them truth to be able to discard every false thing they have learned over their lifetime to embrace God's truth.

 
My other prayer is that those who are born again would no longer walk according to their culture!

Galatians 5:16-17 "16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want."

Romans 8:4-5
"so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit."

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!"

Ezekiel 36:27 "And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances."

Proverbs 4:23
"Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life."

The Scriptures will Undo all the Wrong Thinking

God Expects Obedience and there will be Lost Rewards for Disobedience

Baptism is an expression of our desire to be cleansed by Christ; it does not save anyone. Just as the Lord's supper is an expression of our belief in what Christ did for us on the cross and the head covering for the woman is an expression of the church, and the lack of a head covering for the man is an expression of Christ. Husbands and wives are expressions of Christ and His church. They are symbols that tell a story, not means of salvation.

 
Christians are disobedient all the time, even though they are saved. All we have to look at is the disobedience in divorce and remarriage. We don't say all divorced and remarried people are unsaved, but we know at the very least they have been disobedient, ignoring the commands to not divorce and doubling down on the disobedience by remarrying.

 
My point is that disobedience to God's Word does not lose one their salvation. However, it may be an indicator that someone was never born again. This is why believers have an advocate with the Father, because we are not sinless, but we should be sinning less as we confess our sins throughout our lifetime to grow in holiness.

 
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?"

There will be those who are very disobedient to Christ and still make it into heaven; we know this because of the following Scripture.

1 Corinthians 3:14-16 "…14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. 16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?"

1 Corinthians 3:13-14
"His workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward."

All born-again believers will make it to heaven. We are judged not on salvation but according to what will be our rewards.

 
When God places His Holy Spirit in us as a guarantee of our inheritance, it is finished, we are transformed and no one or nothing can de-transform us.

 
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:"

Those who have appeared to have walked away from Christ were never changed into a new creation; they came under their own efforts, never having trusted Christ. They were pretenders wanting to feel good about themselves without any change in their hearts.

 
If Christ has not changed someone, then they are not saved. No one can change themselves to gain heaven. It would be like a person who is desperately wicked changing his desperate wickedness; it is impossible. A desperately wicked unsaved person must be transformed, not reformed, and only Christ can transform someone and only if they want to be changed by Him.

Jeremiah 17:9
"9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"

Ephesians 2:9-11 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. 11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—"

Many unsaved people can be very clever at pretending. They learn the verbiage of the church, sing the songs, do good deeds, but they are doing it all in their own power and full of pride, never having trusted Christ. They can be very convincing until they are challenged to ask God if they have been changed, then is when you see the real them emerge, the disgust, contempt, and serious rejection of the truth. God speaks of these types in the word and gives a warning in Matthew 7.

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.’"

No harm can come from asking someone to evaluate themselves according to the Bible to see if they are saved by Christ. If there is anger, then that might be the answer that they are not born again. Those who are born again will want to know why you might think that. If we have misinterpreted them and they are saved, they will not be intimidated but confident of their salvation.

 
We are to continually challenge one another to walk in holiness.

 
1 Timothy 4:1-3 "1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. 3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."

Matthew 15:8-9
"‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

Titus 1:15-16
" To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. / They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed."

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."

There are those who will chastise us for questioning the salvation of one who walks consistently disobediant. Those who chastise for confronting to correct are themselves ignoring much of scripture that guides us to help those in the gathering learn if they are saved or help grow those who have been changed by Christ.

 
May we all grow stronger and bolder in these last days, never deviating from the love of Christ to be accepted by the culture.

Never Listen to a Future Teller!

I do not accept anyone telling me they have received a prophecy about the future for me or anyone else.

 
To do such a thing is to proclaim to be the mediator between me and God the Father. Jesus Christ is the only Mediator between me and God, as is true with all born-again believers who have the Holy Spirit.

 
We no longer need prophets who tell the future; we walk by faith according to the revealed word of God. If God wants me to know something, He tells me.

 
A persistent desire for special, supernatural signs to prove God's existence or power, instead of trusting in what God has already revealed, is a lack of faith.
Many people who look for miracles often neglect the commands and principles of God, even justifying disobedience because of the miracle.

 
I will not allow anyone to diminish my faith by playing the Holy Spirit on my behalf.

 
I have no need to know the future because I have faith, God will tell me what is needed when it is needed.

 
Matthew 16:3-4 "…3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away."

Those who continually seek signs and wonders will be fooled by the devil when he parades his false miracles that seem so right but are deceptive and detract from walking by faith in Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 "…13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.…"

Satan comes as an angel of light, pretending to be from God, causing many people to place their trust in signs and wonders instead of Christ Himself.

 
Attempts to bolster faith by the need to "see" miracles diminishes faith, it does not build it. Paul trusted Christ through his infirmity, even when he was never healed of his physical problems.

 
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
"8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in distresses, in persecutions, in difficulties, in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong."

The greatest faith occurs when we trust Christ even when things are hard. We know He goes through with us, often not bailing us out but building our faith because we remain trusting in Him when difficulties do not subside.

 
It is easy to trust Christ when things are easy and we are getting everything we want. True faith is tested when the trials come.

Matthew 5:45 "so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

Our faith is seen by the world the best in our unwavering joy and peace through the trials.

 
Matthew 5:44-45 "…44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

No one escapes the trials or storms of life; how we respond to them is what reveals our character, whether we walk in the flesh or whether we walk in the Spirit.
The most foolish and mean-spirited thing one can say to another person in the middle of a trial is "you don't have enough faith", as though one must muster up faith and all their troubles will go away.

 
The greatest faith I have seen in people has been from those who lived a lifetime of trials and still remained faithful to God's Word. Their joy was present in the middle of their tears; they praised God even when it hurt. Perhaps a good account to read is that of Job, who suffered greatly and yet never was angry with God. He mourned and prayed, but never demonstrated anger or distrust in God.

 
Galatians 6:10 "Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith."

The best thing we can do for those who are suffering is to pray for the strength for them to endure through it. Because, after all, only God knows when to lift the suffering or if it will ever be lifted. Our kindness is in realizing we don't know God's will for someone else, and He can give them the strength necessary to endure.

 
We can pray for healing too for others, but we never want to pray against God's Will, and we don't know what His will is for someone else.

 
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him."

The trials may be emotional persecution as one is rejected by those who do not love the truth, or they can be physical persecution from others for our faith. Or, they may simply be a lifelong illness that will keep us humble. There is no gain without pain and suffering builds confidence and perseverance.

 
Romans 5:3-5
"3 And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

May we stop looking for special miracles to boast about and begin trusting Christ every day for the small matters as well as the big ones and everything in between.
Our greatest witness to the world is our demeanor and faith through everything difficult.

 
Philippians 4:5-7 "…5 Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Be Transformed in Your Minds by Christ

1 Corinthians 14:20 "20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature." It's a command!

How do we become mature? We read the Bible and seek Christ to show us our blind spots and change our minds about the things that were taught to us that were not Biblical.

 
All of us were taught things that did not please God, even if they were well-meaning. It is human nature to add to God's Word our own interpretations unless we are asking Christ to open our eyes to everything that needs changing in our way of thinking.

 
It is human nature to interpret things according to the culture in which we live every day. It is easier, and we can keep our friends without losing anything.

 
When God changes our thinking, we will lose most people in our sphere of influence. Very few people want to know the truth that comes from God; they would rather maintain what is comfortable and familiar and more pleasurable.

 
Our way of thinking determines our attitudes and actions. Those who have wrong thinking will act disobediently, those who think with the mind of Christ will act righteously and be dedicated to what God shows them. This angers many people; we know this by what they did to the apostles and to Jesus Christ Himself. They murdered them and felt justified in doing so as they determined in their minds that those who followed Christ were troublemakers and blasphemers.

 
Romans 12:2 "2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Those who think like the world are inwardly angry with those who follow Christ; even if we do not see it on the outside, it will emerge when we bring them the gospel.

 
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

We are "living epistles", the mere practice of living for Christ will irritate the demons of those who do not know Him. They will show us who they are by their responses to us. Those who love Christ will love us, and those who hate Christ will hate us.

 
John 13:35 "35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

Matthew 10:21-22 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved."

We do not see in our country children putting parents to death, but we do see the angst and hatred that demonstrates they would if they could. Family members are hell bent on drama for no good reason, believing they have one, they deceive themselves into justification for their hatred.

 
This is the mentality of the end times, when the culture as a whole claims to have religion but has denied Christ in their attitudes that lead to lifestyle.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 Godlessness in the Last Days
"1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."

We must keep our minds focused on Christ so that we do not become like those around us. It is easier to fall into what we see all the time than do the hard work of prayer and dedication to Christ to avoid becoming like the world.

 
1 Corinthians 10:11-13 "11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it. "12 Therefore let the one who thinks he stands watch out that he does not fall."

Salvation Depends Entirely on Jesus Christ and His Sacrifice

If salvation depended on our own efforts with good deeds then our salvation depends on us. Our salvation depends entirely on Jesus Christ, Who paid the price for our sin.
Ephesians 2:9-10 "…9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life."

2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!"

Philippians 2:13
"For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose."

Titus 2:14
"He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds."

Colossians 1:10
"so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,"

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Present Your Bodies as a Living Sacrifice

Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Brothers and Sisters, it is not what we do for God that counts it is what He does through us that demonstrates our Spiritual sacrifice. There is nothing we can do that would satisfy a holy God in terms of service to Him.

It is what He has already done on our behalf and how He works in everyone who trusts in Him, transforming each person into a new creation. From this transformation come the actions and attitudes of Christ as we obey Him.

Our worship is Spiritual and based on Truth, not outward rituals we do to satisfy our own need to placate or impress God.

When we realize our bodies are the temple, then there is no longer a need for a physical building or rituals to walk with Christ. We honor Him the best when we obey Him and live out our lives dedicated to Him in all our ways. When we fail because we battle the flesh which is perishing, He disciplines us to return to obedience.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Job 5:17
"Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, glorify God with your body."

1 Peter 2:5 "You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

We are living stones spiritually built up by God as a holy priesthood. Yes, we are priests as born-again believers. We do not offer animal sacrifices or any other kind of physical offering; we offer our bodies to be used and guided by Christ Who lives in us.

In the days before Christ, the priests offered animals on the altar to God; sacrificing them was a picture of Christ to come later as the final and real sacrifice that removed the stain of sin. Offering animals never took away the penalty of sin; it was an acknowledgment of Christ, Who was to come in the future and what He had to do, that is to die on our behalf.

Some priests believed in Christ when He came because they knew the scriptures, realizing why He came and that He would take the place of animal sacrifices.
Those animal sacrifices never took away the penalty of sin; they only offered a picture of what Christ would do in the future.

When Christ rose from the dead, He went into the paradise part of hell called Sheol to preach to the Old Testament saints who believed God and who lived by faith. They trusted Christ there, and then He took them out of there to heaven.
That place of paradise where the Old Testament saints were before the cross is empty.

Now, when believers trust in Christ, they go straight to heaven when they die.
2 Corinthians 5:8 "8 but we are of good courage and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord."

There is no longer a holding place for believers when we die, as there was with the Old Testament saints. There are also no rituals commanded in the Bible other than the Lord's supper, to remember Christ and what He did.

Praise God Christ did it all on the cross, when we trust in Him, He works in us. Too many people attempt to help God out by making up their own rituals God never commanded, even changing His Word to create a religion of their own that satisfies their pride.

I was amazed at how many activities in the church were a burden, when He opened my eyes, things that God never commanded. When those burdens were lifted, life was so much more peaceful and stress-free.

If God never told us to observe something, if He never gave a command to do it, then we are free to ignore it and even reject it as human fodder (hay and stubble for cattle) to elevate the ego, not at all useful in our walk with Christ; they only build pride and often replace obedience to His Word.

May we be diligent to walk in obedience to Christ through knowing His word and loving His principles and commands.

Our DNA Does Not Have to Define Us

Our DNA or our family environment does not determine our character or our course in life. Our choices are what determine our lives.

 
We can choose to follow the culture we were raised in, or we can turn to Christ so that He can do in us what He wants to do, and that is to change us into a new creation.

 
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose".

 
There are those who think their life would be too restrictive if they submitted to Christ in humility. They are dead wrong, trusting in Christ frees us from pride and foolishness that destroys character.

 
Those of us who have experienced the life-changing transformation by the hand of God because we know we are destitute of any good know very well the burden that was lifted when Christ came to live in us.

 
Romans 8:1-3 "1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,…"

I see so many people in the church struggling to appear good in their own strength to impress those around them who lack the joy of the Lord, as well as all the other fruit of the 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 a born-again believer experiences the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit, the joy is greater than we can express.

The Way We Think Determines Our Attitudes and Actions

The way we think and what we think determines our attitudes and actions toward others.

When someone dislikes another person, they will interpret everything that person does as inferior, second-class, or unacceptable in some way.

To come to conclusions about a person who is disliked, one must make judgments without all the information. Often, these judgements are based on snippets of information and gossip without regard to facts and authenticity. They will assume the person is bad because they dislike them.

The same is true for someone who is loved and elevated above others. Those who love the elevated person will interpret everything that person does as always good without regard to the nuances surrounding their life. They will assume the person is good because they like them.

In both instances of favoritism or disfavor, the one who evaluates another based on their personal bias will not see things in truth but rather what they wish to believe about the person who is their target, either the favored one or the disfavored one.
When we love others, we do not base our relationship on whether or not we dislike them. We treat all people with respect, always operating from discernment to be able to see things in truth. Some people we will avoid because they are evil, and others we will embrace because they walk with Christ.

Our close friends will be those who think in the same way we do, for the most part. Those who cannot be our close friends are those who think entirely differently from us on important Spiritual matters.

Those who are destructive to us and others cannot be considered friends; they may be acquaintances we keep at arm's length, but not friends we can trust.

Romans 16:17
"17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them."

We must not act as the rebellious man does, that is, treat others disrespectfully, but we can ignore those who cause trouble, keep personal confidences to ourselves, and only trusted friends who have been proven to be godly and respectful of our privacy will be in our inner circle. Most of all, those who are respectful of our faith and our walk with Christ must be our close friends.

Those who do not walk with Christ as a lifestyle will influence us to walk in the manner they walk. The pressure to be like them is enormous, even if subtle.

Proverbs 13:14
"14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death."

Those who love ritualistic religion more than Christ will pressure us to follow their ways over the ways of Christ. They will judge things about us and things we do that are not accurate because they think with the mind of someone who evaluates all things based on their feelings and false teachings, not on the Word of God.

Galatians 6:12
"12 All who want to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ."

Proverbs 16:17
"17 The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil;
One who watches his way protects his life."

1 Peter 4:10–11
"10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."

Only friends who are walking with Christ will serve to the glory of God; those who are not born again serve their own glory.

Our friends must be those who love Christ as much as we do, walk in humility, and encourage and endorse what God loves.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Pray for discernment to be able to walk with Christ without the hindrance of evil companions who will attempt to drag you away from God's Word through manipulation, even the manipulation of twisted Scripture to make their argument sound good.

The devil's favorite tactic is to cause believers to feel ashamed of doing what is right. He will even use scripture out of context and add what is not in context to bring about doubt, humiliation, and embarrassment for obeying God.

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."

Romans 12:2
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God."

May each one reading this pray for discernment and the strength to walk away from those who keep them debased and devalued, discouraging righteousness while promoting willfulness.

Generational Curses are a Myth Based on Paganism

There is no such thing as "generational curses" described in the Bible. There are only the influences of families, with those in the family choosing to follow what they were taught or choosing not to follow what was taught.

 
Ezekiel 18:20 "The person who sins will die. A son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son’s guilt; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."

Humans are not animals who follow their instincts, nor are they dominated and controlled by curses placed upon them by outside forces.

 
No one will be punished for the sins of their ancestors. Just as in racial disputes, there ought not to be reparations against the ancestors of those who did not commit the crimes.

 
Never apologize for the sins of others simply because you were related to those who chose to sin. Feuds are of this nonsense, families against families, when it was the grandfathers or great-grandfathers who did the evil against one another.

 
I have always believed that a feud cannot continue with only one party acting with evil intent. Just as a couple in marriage cannot fight if only one person is fighting.

 
Matthew 5:43-45 …43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

Romans 12:14
"Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse."

Romans 12:20-21
"On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” / Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

1 Peter 3:9
"Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Those who are entitled, expecting to be compensated for what someone else's father did to their father, are acting foolishly without regard for individual accountability.

 
Here is God's instruction to those who are born again:

1 Thessalonians 5:15
"Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people."

 
The only ones who must be accountable for their sin and carry out restitution are those who committed the crime themselves.

 
This principle is not rocket science; it is easy to understand, unless those who want to gain something for themselves that they did not earn wish to rob others, pretending they have a reason.

 
By the way, if everyone were to hold everyone else accountable for the sins of ancestors, then every single person alive on earth today would owe someone something, since we have all sinned against someone else at one time or another. Do you hold yourself accountable for your own sins, or do you blame others for your sins?

 
When we get to heaven, God will not ask us about what others did to us; He will ask only what we did to others that dishonored God. We will not be allowed to blame anyone else for our own behavior, just as no one else will get the credit for our good behavior but us.

 
No woman will be able to use the excuse, "my husband wanted me to do it", nor will a woman be able to take the credit for what her husband did. And, so with the husband, he will not be allowed to blame the wife or take her credit.

 
We will stand alone before Christ!!!!!

THE BEATITUDES: Jesus’ Words That Will Leave You SPEECHLESS

An important thing to remember in this video about Christ and the Sermon on the Mount is that He is addressing believers. This message is not for unbelievers, but for believers who are growing in righteousness.

 
It is also for each one to evaluate themselves and seek Christ about themselves. This is not a video to evaluate others. When we focus on being what God wants, we will be growing. We cannot make anyone else grow and especially anyone who does not want to become like Christ. Each one must desire to grow in holiness and become more useful for God's Kingdom.

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The Marriage Covenant is a Picture of Christ and His Church

Marriage is a Covenant likened to the relationship between Christ and the church.

A couple must believe the same things and agree on politics and faith to remain together without division. This means seeking Christ through His Word and prayer for His truth.

Amos 3:3
"3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"

The answer is "no," two people cannot be as close as a marriage should be if they do not agree on the big issues. There still will not be perfect agreement on the small things, which will help in spiritual and emotional growth as the two walk together in solidarity.

This takes each party in the marriage listening to learn, not listening to respond or win. Each spouse must be seeking truth, not superiority over the other.

This takes deep concern for the other's walk with Christ more than personal pleasure.

What we have in our day is marriage based on personal pleasure, fun, and happiness, the very reason more than half the marriages in America end up in divorce courts.

When things become difficult instead of having a lengthy conversation to resolve things, the couple refuses to listen to each other and keeps on doing what is ruining the marriage, seeking self while angered at the other for not agreeing with them.

If both spouses are seeking Christ, they will listen and pray more than they talk, and they will talk about everything when the time is right.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "love as patient, kind, and selfless, stating that it does not envy, boast, act rudely, or seek its own way. It's not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs, and rejoices in truth, not evil. Love always protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres through all things."

Ephesians 5:25 "husbands to love their wives with a sacrificial and selfless love, mirroring how Christ loved the church and gave himself for it."

Ephesians 5:22-33
Marriage is like Christ and the Church
"22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything."

If each spouse loves one another the way Christ loved the church, there will be no sense of individualism, there will be a oneness of Spirit and a desire to please one another for the good of the family.

Both spouses must model the command in Scripture according to 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 to love one another, putting the spouse above themselves. Neither one is placing the other above Christ.

Christ always comes first, then the spouse, in response to God's mandate to love and serve one another.

If everyone would love the way Christ loved, there would be no arguments in anger; there would only be meaningful loving discussions to determine God's Will.

Stop Ignoring Parts of God's Word!

Our society likes to leave out key and crucial passages of the Bible to fit their culture based on Darwinistic psychology.

A person is not bitter or mean when they obey God in forgiving when someone is repentant, or withholding forgiveness from someone who doesn't even care if they have it.

 
We are not bitter or angry because we say no to someone who is demanding something from us unreasonably. Assigning ill-will to those who rationally and reasonably assert their option to do things God's way, just because the culture doesn't understand it, is manipulation to shame those who hold people accountable for their actions and remove them from their lives because they are destructive to ourselves and others.

 
We have moved into the mentality as a culture that coddles the perpetrator while pressuring and judging the one who follows God's directions for our conduct.
Luke 17:3-4 "…3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

 
Notice, "if they come and say I repent", then forgive him. And, "if your brother sins, rebuke him", why do so many people ignore these words right in the text?
First rebuke your brother, he repents, and then we forgive. This is the proper order. There is a purpose in this, and it is to keep people accountable and give them incentives to change their behavior.

 
Because the culture has left out the step that requires someone to be sorry and confess what they did, the culture has become callous toward the victim, claiming they are the mean ones when they don't want to have anything to do with those who harm others and refuse to be sorry or stop their evil behavior.

 
This mentality of perp coddling has permeated our culture to such a degree that it is rampantly common without rational thinking. Satan loves this; the culture beats up on the innocent victim while pampering the wicked one who does the evil deed.
I can't think of anything more insidious and demonic than this, turning upside down and opposite the principles of God to indulge the arrogance of the one who causes trouble and creates mayhem.

 
May born-again believers stop listening to those who are steeped in cultural thinking and begin reading every word in the Scriptures within their context. And, deliberately reject any thinking that does not match God's Word.

Obedience or Self-Will

Most Christians today do not have peace, or the other fruit of the Spirit of Christ; they are depending on themselves to be and do right to please God. They seldom, if ever, seek the Holy Spirit for guidance or protection. We know this because they act as if the world is beneath them and think they are superior to it. But in reality, they are not much different because the pride in them still remains.

Many people make up their own traditions God never commanded or follow the traditions of the culture that God never commanded. Either way, they are following man instead of Christ.

 
Those who do this remain proud of themselves for how much they do for God while ignoring His many other commands!

1 John 2:4
"If anyone says, 'I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 1:6
"If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth."

Galatians 5:16-17
"So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want."

The Devil's Attacks Continue

We are experiencing more attacks of the devil than ever before because He knows his time is short. 

The Root Reveals the Fruit

Was The Early Church High Church or Low Church?

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Bullies and Group-Thinkers

Why do the group-thinkers in the room not protest when a bully demeans another person in the room?

 
Because it didn't affect them.

 
The group-thinkers only care if an injustice is done if it is personally against them. This is an indictment against them of a lack of justice in their hearts.

 
They will justify their silence with the excuse that they might start an argument, but in reality, they are worried that they will be attacked too, as the one who is mean or rude for calling out the offender.

 
When justice is paramount, supremely important, above self-preservation, we care more about the individual who has been unjustly shamed than we do about what the group will think of us.

 
Galatians 6:2 "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
It is more important to defend the innocent than to be loved by a group that cares only to support the bully to spare their own discomfort.

 
When someone does not correct the bully, they are a bully themselves. There is a saying, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

 
It is not love to ignore the antics of the bully; it is not love for the victim of the bully, it is not love for the bully, it only increases his path to destruction because of the empowerment he feels when the group-thinkers are silenced, causing an increase in his wickedness.

 
Psalm 82:3
"3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute."

When we love the victim, we comfort them!
If we love the bully, we discipline them to learn their sin so they will repent.

Convincing Someone of the Truth After Years of Indoctrination

It is challenging to convince someone of the truth when they have lived their entire life with a false doctrine that everyone else around them follows.

 
We cannot fix the wrong things people believe, even those things in ourselves. Each of us needs to want to know the truth above all else. Above relationships, above traditions, and above cultural mandates God never made. In other words, God needs to be so first in our lives that we are willing to be set aside by others to follow Him.

 
Until we want the truth more than anything or anyone else, we will be stuck in a merry-go-round of false traditions and assumptions that make us feel safe and connected to the rest of the culture.

Those who seek Christ with their whole heart, willing to discard every false belief in favor of God's meaning in His Word, will be rejected, dismissed, and even disrespected by those who love their traditions.

Matthew 10:21-22 "…21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. "

For most people, safety in friends and family is more important than the truth of God's Word.

We cannot fix people who love their traditions; they choose what they want based on how they think, that is, with the mind of the world instead of the mind of Christ.

 
I really hate the saying, "God gave us a brain", as though our brain is as good as God's heart. I answered someone with this once when I heard that phrase: "Yes, and look what we did with our own brain, we became prideful and dismissed God in favor of our own thoughts."

That phrase, "God gave us a brain," is an excuse to think the way we want to think without God's help. It is born out of arrogance and self-will.

 
When people show us who they are through their reactions to the truth, believe them and move on to others who love the Word of God enough to reject all wrong teaching they received from those who love traditions of men.

 
We can love and be tolerant of those who have not yet discovered the truth, but if they refuse it or disrespect us because of what we have learned, then it is time to move along and become friends with those who are interested more in the truth than they are in maintaining their cultural connections.

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.”

 
We are living in the apostate age of the church, in which there is a form of religion, but with more man-made rules and expectations than there are the principles of God being taught.

 
Psychology is firmly planted in the thinking of the church attendees, so much so that they have twisted the Bible to fit their ideas rather than believing what God said.

 
Much of our teaching today is based on the Western mindset, not what God said with a Jewish mindset. And worse, now in our day many people are interpreting what they read in the Bible the way they think rather than the way God thinks. There is a lot of Scripture twisting occurring because it fits with what people want to believe, but it is not what God said.

 
And, I have to add this to make this thought complete: much of what people believe is based on ignoring some scriptures while using others out of context, providing them with the desired choice of beliefs. The sort of cut-and-paste mentality has caused much wrong teaching to enter the church system that forbids the person in the pew from challenging anything said by the paid leader.

 
If you find it difficult to attend those gatherings based on human traditions, it is understandable, as you are watching many errors in the teaching and the formula for the gathering.

 
There is a sense of discontent, a frustration that you are silenced, and a disregard for the move of the Holy Spirit so that men may rule over the people.

 
John 14:26 " 26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. "

John 16:13
"However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come."

John 15:26
"When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me."

1 John 2:27
"And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught."

Luke 12:12
"For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

I have to ask, how often do we consult with the Holy Spirit for our answers? How often do people go to other men instead of the Holy Spirit? These are good questions to ask if we want to walk with Christ in fullness!!!!

Knowing and Understanding are Two Different Things

Just knowing something doesn't make us wise; it is understanding what we know that makes us wise!

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The Holy Spirit is the Leader of the Gathering

I see the Holy Spirit as the leader in the gathering of believers, not men. Men monitor what people are saying and doing, as all people in the gathering judge, as led by the Holy Spirit.

 
Sadly, the modern church sees the "elders" as having authority over the pew sitters, dictating things.

 
But it is the Holy Spirit only who has Authority over believers. Elders are to lead by example and teach, not exercise authority over anyone. A man could never lead better than the Holy Spirit.

 
1 Peter 5:3 "Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock."

1 Corinthians 11:1 "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."

1 Peter 5:1-5 "So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

We obey the elders as they obey God, and we correct them when they are in error and support them when they speak the truth. In other words, we are to hear and evaluate what everyone says.

 
1 Corinthians 14:29-30 " 29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop."

Acts 17:11
"Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true."

Evangelical or Christian?

I have noticed over the years that "evangelicals" disobey more of the Bible than they obey and think they are obeying all of it merely by knowing some things about it.

 
However, they tend to add to the scriptures with traditions of men and ignore other scriptures based on the traditions of men.

 
They have a spiritual glaucoma; in other words, they have tunnel vision, unable to see the whole truth based on context. Instead of asking God to clarify things for them, they depend on "educated men" who are educated by men, rather than the Holy Spirit.

 
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.”

 
Colossians 2:8
"See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ."

Isaiah 29:13
"Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men."

We have been in the end times for centuries now, but the stubbornness against God's word is growing worse, and the world is on the fast track to the development of the antichrist system.

 
Prophecy is being fulfilled as the churches grow more apostate and willful every day. Those who seek Christ in truth are leaving institutional churches in favor of the peace and joy of edifying one another in their homes on the days and times they choose, without man-made traditions that only serve to distract and bring false doctrines.

 
An immense blessing comes from doing things God's way according to His word. All the traditions of men that are burdensome to those who love Christ are removed, and the freedom to express our faith grows.

2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."

Galatians 5:1
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery."

STOP SINGING THIS SONG BEFORE IT DESTROYS YOUR FAITH! | "JOHN MACARTHUR

The Natural Man Without Jesus Christ Turns to Sin for their Comfort

The natural man without Jesus Christ turns to sin for their comfort. Sin takes away the sting of loneliness and sadness that life brings around every turn.

When someone sees that sin is not working for them, the deeper into it they fall, the worse the emotional pain gets, and they begin to realize their need for God. Unless those who love their sin and are addicted to it refuse to see the damage it does, will become hardened over time, actually believing their life is good when it is nothing of the sort and their destination is hell.

When someone confesses their sinful nature and inability to save themselves, they can see that Christ paid the price for the sin that they owed, and that in trusting in Him, they can be free from the bondage of sin.

Matthew 5:45 "so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."

Sin is pleasurable for a season, but eventually it ravages the soul and brings greater sadness that one cannot climb out of without Jesus Christ. And worse yet, it leads one into hell.

 
When we have trusted in Christ, He changes us into a new creation we are no longer the same person. He comes to live in us as our advocate with the Father and our protector, teacher, encourager, and disciplinarian to return us to obedience when we stray from His principles.

 
2 Corinthians 5:17
"17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new [a]creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

 
1 Corinthians 6:10-11 "…10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

1 John 2:1 "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;"

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you."

We are never alone when we have the Holy Spirit. We do desire the fellowship of other born-again believers, but we do not become devastated when we are without friendship for a time. There is no better friend than Christ Who understands everything about us all the time. No human friend can be this for us.

 
1 John 2:27 "But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him."

Ephesians 1:13 "In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,"
Jesus Christ never leaves those He has changed into a new creation. They are sealed with the Holy Spirit and are positionally seated with Christ in the heavenlies.

 
1 John 5:6 "This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth."

1 Corinthians 3:16 "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"

There are many who have joined the Christian club deciding they will be a Christian to have a better life. This will not save them, because they remain trusting in themselves to be good.

 
It is in humbling oneself, confessing their sinfulness, and desiring to be changed by Christ that one is saved from hell. It is the easiest thing in the world to do because it requires nothing of us except to trust in Christ. It is only pride and self-will that prevent people from doing what is required to gain heaven.

 
Those who have humbled themselves, admitted their sinful nature, and asked God to change them have learned how wonderful and freeing it is when Christ does His work in us.

 
John 8:36
"36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free."
Sin is the bondage; Christ sets us free from it!

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We do not need the respect of others!

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