It Is Not Difficult
The truth is that Christ paid the penalty for sin that we owed, all that is necessary for that debt to be counted to our account is to place our faith in Him. Then Christ will come into us and seal us with His Holy Spirit, change us into a new creation, and keep us until He comes for us while continuing to cleanse us.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Future Telling is Divination
I attended a "prophesy session", years ago. I was invited by a neighborhood friend.
Not realizing what a prophesy session was, I thought we were going to learn prophesy from the Bible, instead what I found was devilish silliness perpetrated by a seer, claiming to be a prophet.
As the so called prophet was acting foolishly telling jokes and entertaining the congregation, he would point into the audience to choose people to prophesy about their lives.
I began shaking my head in disgust, he then pointed at me to come forward to tell me what will happen next in my life. I said no, he then proceeded to prophesy that my son was going to commit suicide, my son was sitting next to me.
My son never did commit suicide, interestingly enough we were the only people in the place who got a negative or dangerous prophesy, everyone else was told wonderful things about their future.
The seer in the pulpit was a devil, and the foolish people in the pews were lining up to have their future told by this man who claimed to be a prophet of God.
I couldn't believe my eyesm that so many in the small town of 7000 were mesmerized by this wicked man. Since that time I have seen more and more of this foolishness on the internet.
Those who are not acquainted with their Bibles are being deceived by these masters of manipulation.
God forbade the telling of futures, it is called divination.
Galatians 5:19-21
"19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Not realizing what a prophesy session was, I thought we were going to learn prophesy from the Bible, instead what I found was devilish silliness perpetrated by a seer, claiming to be a prophet.
As the so called prophet was acting foolishly telling jokes and entertaining the congregation, he would point into the audience to choose people to prophesy about their lives.
I began shaking my head in disgust, he then pointed at me to come forward to tell me what will happen next in my life. I said no, he then proceeded to prophesy that my son was going to commit suicide, my son was sitting next to me.
My son never did commit suicide, interestingly enough we were the only people in the place who got a negative or dangerous prophesy, everyone else was told wonderful things about their future.
The seer in the pulpit was a devil, and the foolish people in the pews were lining up to have their future told by this man who claimed to be a prophet of God.
I couldn't believe my eyesm that so many in the small town of 7000 were mesmerized by this wicked man. Since that time I have seen more and more of this foolishness on the internet.
Those who are not acquainted with their Bibles are being deceived by these masters of manipulation.
God forbade the telling of futures, it is called divination.
Galatians 5:19-21
"19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Who Claims to be a Prophet of God?
Beware of those who claim to be Prophets of God! Anyone who says they "have a word from the Lord for you", tell them not to speak. If God wants to tell us something He will tell it directly to us.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 “anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.”
Jeremiah 27:9-10 “So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.”
Jeremiah 14:14-16 “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.”
Deuteronomy 18:20-22
“a prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.”
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 “anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12 for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord.”
Jeremiah 27:9-10 “So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.”
Jeremiah 14:14-16 “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.”
Deuteronomy 18:20-22
“a prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.”
What Prosperity Preachers Have In Common With Israel of Ezekiel's Time
What Prosperity Preachers Have In Common With Israel of Ezekiel's Time
Does this sound a little like the modern day televangelist and prosperity preachers?
Ezekiel 13:3-9
"3 Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.
4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
5 You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
6 They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.
7 Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God.
9 “So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God."
Does this sound a little like the modern day televangelist and prosperity preachers?
Ezekiel 13:3-9
"3 Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.
4 O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.
5 You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
6 They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.
7 Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God.
9 “So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God."
Saturday, April 12, 2014
God's Will Be Done!
All the swaggering and boasting in the world will not save this country from its God ordained conclusion. Try as you might to fight to get your own way like a spoiled child, God will still have His way.
As believers we must be focused on the gospel and encouraging others toward holiness.
We can place our thumbs in our suspenders and walk around as though we are David to the governments Goliath, but it will not change the direction God has for us. It will only make us look silly.
Our best effort to save this fallen government will not override God's Will.
As believers we must be focused on the gospel and encouraging others toward holiness.
We can place our thumbs in our suspenders and walk around as though we are David to the governments Goliath, but it will not change the direction God has for us. It will only make us look silly.
Our best effort to save this fallen government will not override God's Will.
More on the Bundy Range War
Bunkerville Nevada was founded by a Mormon named "Bunker" who had several wives. Cliven Bundy is a devout Mormon. He is not defending his land, but the right to freely use government land without paying for the rental of it....or should I say taxes on the use of it.
Be careful Christian who and what you defend.
Is the Rancher Grateful?
We are hearing in the news recently about a rancher in Nevada, who is ignoring the restraining orders sent out by the government to stop grazing his cattle on government land. The government is not taking his own land from him, it is only telling him, he can no longer graze on government land.
I understand that the authorities have allowed his family to graze his cattle on these lands for several generations. It may be an injustice to the man, of sorts, while harming his business. I feel badly that this is happening to him and his family, however we are not called to fight back when the authorities have spoken. Using legal and peaceful means to redress grievances is acceptable, but to pick up arms is not an option for the believer, especially when what we fight for does not belong to us to start with.
When we know as believers that God is in control of all of these things, we can do what is legal and allowable, while trusting God when things are taken from us. Since the land is not the property of the rancher, he must understand that he really has no rights to it, unless there is a written agreement. And even then the all powerful government can revoke that right at any time, in this present administration.
So often we think we have a right to things, simply because we have been using them. Our government is controlled at this time by a socialist, communist mentality, they are less likely to allow the use of anything that belongs to the government, by individuals who will prosper from it.
During the time of Paul the Apostle, the Romans controlled everything, those who were not Romans were subject to them. God spoke the words in the passages of Romans, to instruct those under Roman rule, not to resist the authorities.
My hope is that there are no believers who are marching to Bunkerville Nevada to fight the government. When we love Christ, we know that He uses all things, even our losses to train us. How are we to learn to submit under injustice if we never have to endure it?
Even if the government is corrupt, God has placed it there for our training, and to learn to depend entirely on Him. When we are spoiled children who think we must have our way, no matter what, then we will ferociously fight for what does not even belong to us.
Perhaps the rancher would do better to obey the law and be grateful for the years he did have, rather than being angry he cannot have more. Think about that for a moment.
Romans 13:1-8
Submit to Government
"1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.
4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor."
Matthew 22:20-22
"20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way."
I understand that the authorities have allowed his family to graze his cattle on these lands for several generations. It may be an injustice to the man, of sorts, while harming his business. I feel badly that this is happening to him and his family, however we are not called to fight back when the authorities have spoken. Using legal and peaceful means to redress grievances is acceptable, but to pick up arms is not an option for the believer, especially when what we fight for does not belong to us to start with.
When we know as believers that God is in control of all of these things, we can do what is legal and allowable, while trusting God when things are taken from us. Since the land is not the property of the rancher, he must understand that he really has no rights to it, unless there is a written agreement. And even then the all powerful government can revoke that right at any time, in this present administration.
So often we think we have a right to things, simply because we have been using them. Our government is controlled at this time by a socialist, communist mentality, they are less likely to allow the use of anything that belongs to the government, by individuals who will prosper from it.
During the time of Paul the Apostle, the Romans controlled everything, those who were not Romans were subject to them. God spoke the words in the passages of Romans, to instruct those under Roman rule, not to resist the authorities.
My hope is that there are no believers who are marching to Bunkerville Nevada to fight the government. When we love Christ, we know that He uses all things, even our losses to train us. How are we to learn to submit under injustice if we never have to endure it?
Even if the government is corrupt, God has placed it there for our training, and to learn to depend entirely on Him. When we are spoiled children who think we must have our way, no matter what, then we will ferociously fight for what does not even belong to us.
Perhaps the rancher would do better to obey the law and be grateful for the years he did have, rather than being angry he cannot have more. Think about that for a moment.
Romans 13:1-8
Submit to Government
"1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.
4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor."
Matthew 22:20-22
"20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way."
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