Taken from the article in the Link below!
1. Evil hearts are experts at creating confusion and contention.
They twist the facts, mislead, lie, avoid taking responsibility, deny reality, make up stories, and withhold information. (Psalms 5:8; 10:7; 58:3; 109:2–5; 140:2; Proverbs 6:13,14; 6:18,19; 12:13; 16:20; 16:27, 28; 30:14; Job 15:35; Jeremiah 18:18; Nehemiah 6:8; Micah 2:1; Matthew 12:34,35; Acts 6:11–13; 2 Peter 3:16)
2. Evil hearts are experts at fooling others with their smooth speech and flattering words.
But if you look at the fruit of their lives or the follow through of their words, you will find no real evidence of godly growth or change. It’s all smoke and mirrors. (Psalms 50:19; 52:2,3; 57:4; 59:7; 101:7; Proverbs 12:5; 26:23–26; 26:28; Job 20:12; Jeremiah 12:6; Matthew 26:59; Acts 6:11–13; Romans 16:17,18; 2 Corinthians 11:13,14; 2 Timothy 3:2–5; 3:13; Titus 1:10,16).
3. Evil hearts crave and demand control, and their highest authority is their own self-reference.
They reject feedback, real accountability, and make up their own rules to live by. They use Scripture to their own advantage but ignore and reject passages that might require self-correction and repentance. (Romans 2:8; Psalms 10; 36:1–4; 50:16–22; 54:5,6; 73:6–9; Proverbs 21:24; Jude 1:8–16).
4. Evil hearts play on the sympathies of good-willed people, often trumping the grace card.
They demand mercy but give none themselves. They demand warmth, forgiveness, and intimacy from those they have harmed with no empathy for the pain they have caused and no real intention of making amends or working hard to rebuild broken trust. (Proverbs 21:10; 1 Peter 2:16; Jude 1:4).
5. Evil hearts have no conscience, no remorse.
They do not struggle against sin or evil—they delight in it—all the while masquerading as someone of noble character. (Proverbs 2:14–15; 10:23; 12:10; 21:27,29; Isaiah 32:6; Romans 1:30; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15)"
Friday, June 5, 2015
Remaining Silent
When we will not stand for truth along with those who are being persecuted because of their stand for righteousness, when we stand by and watch the righteous being maligned, lied and gossiped about while saying nothing, we are partakers in the evil.
Often I have seen a righteous person mocked while those who agreed with the righteous one, stood in a corner of the room remaining silent. God says in His word that we are aligned with the mockers when we do not speak up.
Obadiah Verse 11
"On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them."
Do not think that you will be counted innocent because you did not participate in the evil. merely remaining silent places you with the evils ones.
Often I have seen a righteous person mocked while those who agreed with the righteous one, stood in a corner of the room remaining silent. God says in His word that we are aligned with the mockers when we do not speak up.
Obadiah Verse 11
"On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them."
Do not think that you will be counted innocent because you did not participate in the evil. merely remaining silent places you with the evils ones.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Christian Men How Do You Treat Your Wives?
Christ-like love and how easy it is to follow them. Also, I must add, that the choice to follow and obey is given to the women, it is not the man's place to force, intimidate or manipulate a woman to do as she should. If she loves God she will obey Him and in turn obey a God-fearing husband. If a man finds himself fighting a rebellious woman, perhaps he should evaluate how he is treating her, it just may be part of the problem.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Evolution is Based on Blind Faith in Nothing
For all those evolutionist who refuse to admit their belief is based on faith!
Where is the piece of rock from the big bang?
The second question is "how do you get life from a rock?"
Where is the piece of rock from the big bang?
The second question is "how do you get life from a rock?"
Manipulation and Intimidation is Ungodly
Leadership is by example and teaching, not by intimidation or manipulation. Rudeness to women has no place in the righteous man's life. God says that men are to honor women.
1 Peter 3:7 "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and SHOW HER HONOR AS A FELLOW HEIR of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered."
1 Peter 3:7 "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and SHOW HER HONOR AS A FELLOW HEIR of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered."
The Blind Man Saw and so do Believers
Christ gave the blind man new (physical) eyes! When he makes us into a new creation He gives us new (spiritual) eyes.
Christ gives us a new life when we become born again, our circumstances don't necessarily change, all that is broken is not necessarily fixed, however our perspective about them is entirely different.
When we become changed by Christ we can expect that others who knew us before would not believe us, they will even deny the change that is evident and clear. The reluctance to see the "new us", comes from pride and often from those who claim to be born again, but may not be.
The response from believers at the change Christ has done in someone's life ought to be one of great joy. There ought to be a desire to participate in the lives of those who have experienced the saving grace of Christ. If someone shows disdain for us after we have been made into a new creation, is likely not saved themselves. We know that all of heaven rejoices when one sinner repents, and so do believers on earth.
Luke 15:10 "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."
Notice when the Pharisees saw the blind man they found reasons to disbelieve that Christ had healed him and even threw him out of the synagogue. These were teachers of the Law, supposedly men of God.
Even the parents of the blind man would not admit to knowing how he got healed because of their fear of rejection by the Pharisees.
Proverbs 29:25 "…25 The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted. 26 Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD."
John 9:8-22
"8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?”
9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [a]He kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”
13 They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.
14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such [b]signs?” And there was a division among them.
17 So they *said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,
19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
23 For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
Christ gives us a new life when we become born again, our circumstances don't necessarily change, all that is broken is not necessarily fixed, however our perspective about them is entirely different.
When we become changed by Christ we can expect that others who knew us before would not believe us, they will even deny the change that is evident and clear. The reluctance to see the "new us", comes from pride and often from those who claim to be born again, but may not be.
The response from believers at the change Christ has done in someone's life ought to be one of great joy. There ought to be a desire to participate in the lives of those who have experienced the saving grace of Christ. If someone shows disdain for us after we have been made into a new creation, is likely not saved themselves. We know that all of heaven rejoices when one sinner repents, and so do believers on earth.
Luke 15:10 "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."
Notice when the Pharisees saw the blind man they found reasons to disbelieve that Christ had healed him and even threw him out of the synagogue. These were teachers of the Law, supposedly men of God.
Even the parents of the blind man would not admit to knowing how he got healed because of their fear of rejection by the Pharisees.
Proverbs 29:25 "…25 The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted. 26 Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD."
John 9:8-22
"8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?”
9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [a]He kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”
13 They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.
14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such [b]signs?” And there was a division among them.
17 So they *said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,
19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
23 For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
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