Do Not Allow the Pressure of the Culture to Intimidate You

Often believers feel pressured by the culture to remain with unsaved family members with the excuse that we might influence them. God never told us to do this, in fact, He said the opposite, that we were to leave our families to follow Him.

God said "come out from among them and be separate." When we walk with Christ we don't want to be with those who are disobedient, they diminish our walk with Christ and attempt to remove our joy.

God is not only giving us a command to remove ourselves, He is giving us permission so we do not feel the guilt and pressure others place on us to remain with wicked family members.

Luke 14:26-27 "26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple."

2 Corinthians 6:17

"17 Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord. “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will welcome you."

There is intense pressure from ungodly family and friends to do the things they do and believe the things they believe. When we remain with ungodly or those who are pretenders we will be beaten into submitting to their way, the only way to remain faithful to Christ is to remove ourselves from those who don't love Him.

1 Corinthians 15:33 "

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”"

If we love Christ those who don't love Him will not want to be around us. The only way to remain with them is to be just like them.

Proverbs 13:20

"He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed."

Proverbs 22:24-25

"Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, / or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare."

Psalm 1:1

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers."

Proverbs 4:14-15

"Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. / Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by."

Proverbs 12:26

"A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray."

There are many Scripture passages that warn us about keeping constant company with those who do not love Christ. The only time we should be with unbelievers is to speak the gospel to them, if they refuse it then we should no longer associate with them.

The apostles and Christ did not remain with those who rejected Him.

In these last days, we will sense that no one likes us because of the rebellion of the culture around us, and this may be true for some. However, this does not mean something is wrong with us, it means we are living in the end times in which no one wants to hear the truth and most will show some form of aggression against us for not complying with their version of worldly Christianity.

I have had fewer problems with unsaved people than I have with those who say they are Christians. It is because it is easier to talk to someone who knows nothing about the Bible than it is to visit with those who believe in a false form of Christianity and who think they are superior.

I praise and thank the Lord for His wisdom and that He will not allow me to flounder in confusion when in the presence of pretenders. And, we have the Lord's permission to withdraw from those who are resistant to the truth.

A Government Founded on Paganism

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Our Government was Founded on Paganism

Our government was founded on the principles: "of the people, for the people and by the people" and not "of God, for God and by God." Think about it!!!!

We were brainwashed as children that "in god we trust" on the money meant we were following God. But in reality, the devil knew those who are simple-minded would translate that phrase; "in god we truth" to mean Jesus Christ, but it was not about Him at all. It was about any god one chose. And, money has become the god of nearly everyone even if they deny it.

Money and freedom have become the gods of the people. This culture prides itself on accepting all gods and turns it's nose up in rebellion against the God of the Bible.

If you do not believe me just tell a fellow Christian you have decided not to participate in the worldly governmental system and watch them come out of their face in anger that you decided not to participate. You might not even tell them not to participate, they will be angry that you have made a decision for yourself, nothing to do with them.

Sadly those who are in power use the word "god" all the time and phrases like; "we are praying for you", but they do not know the God of the Bible and are aggravated by the mention of Jesus Christ.

Even believers I have spoken to become agitated and at times angry when the Bible is used to correct them or bring them back to right thinking.

This nation was never a Christian nation as we have been told, it has always been based on pagan gods and goddesses and the people having authority over themselves not allowing God to be the Authority, even though they would claim up and down it is God who decides.

When people want to decide for themselves God lets go and gives them what they want, the very reason we are in the mess we are in today.

Our government was based on and still is the people deciding for themselves even if it means going against God.

I grieve every time I hear a "Christian evangelist" pressure believers to vote or get out and march against evil. They use the scriptures out of context to make the claim that we should be involved in politics to be an influence.

When an entire culture believes they should make their own decisions without God, there is no convincing them to let go of their own power and trust in Christ.

Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths”

Trusting in our vote, and trusting in a leader who does not know Christ is foolish at best. Why would we trust in someone who lives without Christ's direction?

I get that we have been brainwashed and it takes a lot of prayer to let go of what makes us feel safe and that others approve. But I assure you, the freedom we have in obedience to Christ is much greater than the acceptance of those who follow their own way or the ways of others.

Ever since I asked God to show me truth so that I can discard anything that is not from Him, my eyes are being opened to all the lies I was raised with and all the lies "church people" tell that they don't realize is not Biblical.

We are living in the last days of apostasy and the great deception. God is revealing to His people the truth about everything and it is immensely exciting.

Truth does not come to us, we have to ask for it because we want to follow Christ fully without the chains of cultural opinions.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 "…4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

One last thought that God gave me years ago is to ask those who speak these lies; "why do you believe that and where is it in the Bible." Most will not be able to give an answer for why they believe something and most will not want to hear the truth, what a delight when someone is ready to hear.

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