God will never take from us what He has given to us.
John 1612-16
"“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
There is no example in the Bible of God removing the Holy Spirit from a person who has become born again, and made into a new creation. NOT ONE!!!!
No one can find a Scripture that says "and God removed His Holy Spirit."
Those who think one can lose their salvation have put the cart before the horse, they have place their own works above the works of the Holy Spirit. Negating the power of the Holy Spirit while elevating self will and personal actions.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Define the Terms
Beware, one of the tactics of the enemy is to to change the terminology in cults to make believers think the cults are Christian.Mormonism and Catholicism are adopting the same words as evangelical churches, but the meanings are different.
Be sure to define the terms when in discussion with a person from a cult. You will find that they think that the difference in meaning is not a problem, as long as we use the same terms. This is part of the deception of the last days to confuse many people.
We have those who say they are Christians beginning to ask if "Allah" is the same God of the Bible. It is not, simply because the Muslims say there is only one god, does not mean it is the God of the Bible.
The Koran clearly states that "Allah has no son." That is our first clue and the only clue we need to determine that Allah is not god but demonic.
When we take the time to know our Bibles, we can easily see the important descrepencies between the cults and Christianity. Those from cults can know just enough of the Bible to stump believers who don't know their Bibles.
Psalm 119:11
"Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You."
There is not excuse for a believer to be fooled, it is sin to neglect the Bible to the degree that we do not know truth in terms of these cults. We don't have to know all about the cults, if we know the Word of God then we will know error when it waltzes past us all dressed up in terminology to deceive.
1 Peter 3:15
"15 But sanctify the Lord God[a] in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;"
We are commanded to know the Word of God, we cannot obey God or revere Him if we don't care what He told us in His Word.
Be sure to define the terms when in discussion with a person from a cult. You will find that they think that the difference in meaning is not a problem, as long as we use the same terms. This is part of the deception of the last days to confuse many people.
We have those who say they are Christians beginning to ask if "Allah" is the same God of the Bible. It is not, simply because the Muslims say there is only one god, does not mean it is the God of the Bible.
The Koran clearly states that "Allah has no son." That is our first clue and the only clue we need to determine that Allah is not god but demonic.
When we take the time to know our Bibles, we can easily see the important descrepencies between the cults and Christianity. Those from cults can know just enough of the Bible to stump believers who don't know their Bibles.
Psalm 119:11
"Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You."
There is not excuse for a believer to be fooled, it is sin to neglect the Bible to the degree that we do not know truth in terms of these cults. We don't have to know all about the cults, if we know the Word of God then we will know error when it waltzes past us all dressed up in terminology to deceive.
1 Peter 3:15
"15 But sanctify the Lord God[a] in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;"
We are commanded to know the Word of God, we cannot obey God or revere Him if we don't care what He told us in His Word.
Let God Be Our Guide Not The Culture
There are those who come to our facebooks, not to learn, but to use terms accusing us of being "judgmental", "ignorant", "uninformemed", "mean spirited" and other manipulative terms to intimidate us into silence, hoping that those looking on will doubt what we say and that we will begin to doubt ourselves.
It is one thing to disagree and place the scripture that supports the disagreement, and quite another to use manipulative words to embarrass and malign a believer.
When I encounter those who call into question our character, I can easily discern that they do not know the Bible. Intimidation is a tactic of the devil to foster a sense of shame in us, for the purpose of making us unsure whether or not we did the right thing.
We can ignore these attacks, answering with the Word, or we have the option of deleting comments and even blocking if someone is belligerent. It is best not to answer the insults, but to keep our writing to the Scriptures.
Proverbs 26;4
"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him."
We don't have to address the foolishness that come from the mouths of manipulators, simply address the original subject with more Scripture. They will eventually give up and go away or they will see their own foolishness.
Proverbs 23:9
"Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
I have had several people give up and run away because all I wrote was scripture, they wanted me to enter into an argument leading to silliness, making me look as absurd and unreasonable as they sound. Do not let them draw you into their childish banterings.
Sometimes God will tell us to hang in there with someone, but many times He says to get away, they will only attempt to make us look silly, and for many weak minded people their tactics work.
Matthew 10:14
""Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet."
The Lord will tell us when it is time to withdraw from a foolish person who will not listen.
Matthew 7:6
""Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
We are to be more concerned about those who will listen, those who will not, waste our time fighting over foolishness, bringing no value to the discussion while there are others who are eager to learn but frustrated by the silly bantering that stubborn people bring.
Keep in mind that God does not need us, if someone will not listen and we have to remove ourselves, God can send someone else to bring one more chance for them to listen. We live in a culture that says we are never to reject anyone, but that is not what the Bible says.
Titus 3:10
"As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,"
Our witness is greater when we obey God no matter how it looks to the world. God will be the judge of the results. Too often we try to figure out what the culture will accept or like, when God told us just to obey Him, He will take care of the effects.
Let God be your Guide, not the culture!
It is one thing to disagree and place the scripture that supports the disagreement, and quite another to use manipulative words to embarrass and malign a believer.
When I encounter those who call into question our character, I can easily discern that they do not know the Bible. Intimidation is a tactic of the devil to foster a sense of shame in us, for the purpose of making us unsure whether or not we did the right thing.
We can ignore these attacks, answering with the Word, or we have the option of deleting comments and even blocking if someone is belligerent. It is best not to answer the insults, but to keep our writing to the Scriptures.
Proverbs 26;4
"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him."
We don't have to address the foolishness that come from the mouths of manipulators, simply address the original subject with more Scripture. They will eventually give up and go away or they will see their own foolishness.
Proverbs 23:9
"Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
I have had several people give up and run away because all I wrote was scripture, they wanted me to enter into an argument leading to silliness, making me look as absurd and unreasonable as they sound. Do not let them draw you into their childish banterings.
Sometimes God will tell us to hang in there with someone, but many times He says to get away, they will only attempt to make us look silly, and for many weak minded people their tactics work.
Matthew 10:14
""Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet."
The Lord will tell us when it is time to withdraw from a foolish person who will not listen.
Matthew 7:6
""Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
We are to be more concerned about those who will listen, those who will not, waste our time fighting over foolishness, bringing no value to the discussion while there are others who are eager to learn but frustrated by the silly bantering that stubborn people bring.
Keep in mind that God does not need us, if someone will not listen and we have to remove ourselves, God can send someone else to bring one more chance for them to listen. We live in a culture that says we are never to reject anyone, but that is not what the Bible says.
Titus 3:10
"As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,"
Our witness is greater when we obey God no matter how it looks to the world. God will be the judge of the results. Too often we try to figure out what the culture will accept or like, when God told us just to obey Him, He will take care of the effects.
Let God be your Guide, not the culture!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Confession is the Beginning of Cleansing
James 5:16
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."
We cannot grow in holiness as long as we refuse to admit our sin. God will not move us forward if we hold stubbornness in our hearts.
Often we miss blessings that God has for us because we will not humble ourselves.
James 4:10
"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."
We cannot grow in holiness as long as we refuse to admit our sin. God will not move us forward if we hold stubbornness in our hearts.
Often we miss blessings that God has for us because we will not humble ourselves.
James 4:10
"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Read Your Bible
Read Your Bible
The most important thing you can do today is READ YOUR BIBLE!
The only way we gain wisdom from the God to carry on in His principles, is to read His letter to us, while asking the Holy Spirit to open the understanding.
The most important thing you can do today is READ YOUR BIBLE!
The only way we gain wisdom from the God to carry on in His principles, is to read His letter to us, while asking the Holy Spirit to open the understanding.
The Nuns and Islamic Women Dress Alike
Has anyone noticed that the historic garb for nuns in the Catholic church are very similar to the Islamic dress for women?
http://www.pinterest.com/faraway67/nuns-in-historical-habits/
http://www.pinterest.com/faraway67/nuns-in-historical-habits/
No One Earns It!
If someone in the Catholic church becomes born again, the Holy Spirit within them would make them desperately uncomfortable with the goings on in the church and they would leave.
Those that claim to be born again but stay in the church, are merely adding some Christian terminology to their Catholicism. Their heart is with the tradition rather than Christ. and they cannot be born again. The Catholic church has been doing this from the very beginning, incorporating the practices of other religions and pagansim into their services to entice the culture around them to like them enough to give them a try. It is an age old tactic.
Now we see some Catholics calling themselves "evangelical Catholics." They say they are saved by grace, the same terminology we would use, but the meaning of the same word is a different meaning.
When we say we are saved by grace and grace alone, we mean that no one can earn their way to heaven, it is all a work of God. However, when a Catholic says they are saved by grace, they mean they earn their graces by each good deed that they do. In other words they are earning their graces in an attempt to pile up good works with a better chance of attaining heaven by their own efforts.
When we speak with people of other religions it is best to define the terminology before we witness to them. Many believers are becoming confused now as to the salvation status of the Catholic because the terminology sounds the same but in fact it is designed to confuse and deceive.
God said this: Ephesians 2:1-10
"2:1" And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them"
There is nothing we can do, should do or have done, that will bring us salvation, it is all a work of Christ. We choose to seek Him confessing our sinful nature, and He does all the rest of the work in us.
Do not allow any "religion" convince you that you must do something to earn heaven. When we have become born again there will be fruits and works, but not as the means to our salvation, as a RESULT of our salvation.
Those that claim to be born again but stay in the church, are merely adding some Christian terminology to their Catholicism. Their heart is with the tradition rather than Christ. and they cannot be born again. The Catholic church has been doing this from the very beginning, incorporating the practices of other religions and pagansim into their services to entice the culture around them to like them enough to give them a try. It is an age old tactic.
Now we see some Catholics calling themselves "evangelical Catholics." They say they are saved by grace, the same terminology we would use, but the meaning of the same word is a different meaning.
When we say we are saved by grace and grace alone, we mean that no one can earn their way to heaven, it is all a work of God. However, when a Catholic says they are saved by grace, they mean they earn their graces by each good deed that they do. In other words they are earning their graces in an attempt to pile up good works with a better chance of attaining heaven by their own efforts.
When we speak with people of other religions it is best to define the terminology before we witness to them. Many believers are becoming confused now as to the salvation status of the Catholic because the terminology sounds the same but in fact it is designed to confuse and deceive.
God said this: Ephesians 2:1-10
"2:1" And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them"
There is nothing we can do, should do or have done, that will bring us salvation, it is all a work of Christ. We choose to seek Him confessing our sinful nature, and He does all the rest of the work in us.
Do not allow any "religion" convince you that you must do something to earn heaven. When we have become born again there will be fruits and works, but not as the means to our salvation, as a RESULT of our salvation.
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