Friday, October 28, 2016

Fruit of the Spirit: Who Has Them!

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."

The fruit are character qualities not works, but the character qualities produce right works.

Manipulators Come; Ignore Them

Anyone afraid to tell the truth because someone will accuse you of judging?

Remember that judging the matters of life is good and normal. Any attempt to foster guilt in someone because they have taken a stand for righteousness is merely intimidation to manipulate someone into silence.

DON'T FALL FOR IT!

One of the devil's favorite tactic is to make us doubt our convictions or right to express them.

Notice that nearly all liberals say whatever they want, but are enraged when we the redeemed of God say anything they don't want to hear.

Ignore their tactics, continue to speak and remove yourselves from them when they refuse truth.

Matthew 10:13-15 "…13 If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.…"

Judging Abortion!

A facebook brother made a comment that others were accusing him of judging, here was my answer to that thread;

"God commanded us to judge righteously. When I am accused of judging I simply say, not I, but I am telling you God's judgment.

To answer your question, no I do not believe a Christian walking with Christ could vote for someone who thinks that babies are non-persons and worthy of torturous dismembering of an innocent child while still alive in it's mother's womb.

Hillary is the kind of person who would have voted for the Dred Scott decision in the 1800's that declared "negros" as non-persons, leaving owners to do whatever they wanted to them because they had no rights.

Accusing someone of judging is a judgment of it's own. It is not possible to go through life without making choices about actions and beliefs. I am never ashamed of calling something what it is and no one will use the manipulation that declares me bad, mean or evil for deciding if something is right or wrong."

Thursday, October 27, 2016

When Women Rule

Think about it!!!!!

Isaiah 3:11-13
…11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him. 12 O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths. 13 The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people.…

Tears of Repentance

This is exactly why I question the salvation of so many people who say they are Christians. They have no testimony of having been broken over their sinfulness, even fighting to argue how good they think they are or becoming enraged when challenged to greater holiness.

"Either sin must drown in the tears of repentance or the soul must burn in hell." Thomas Watson

Sealed for Eternity

When we trusted Christ, He came to dwell in us, from then on He continues to train us, help us and discipline us when needed, but He never leaves us.

Ephesians 1:13-14 "13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."


Judge Righteously Not Flippantly

Leviticus 19:15 'You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Isaiah 11:3 “And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

When we judge by what we hear or see rather than by God's Word, we are going to be led astray, often working against the Lord in worldly wisdom rather than righteousness.

Do not evaluate a speech based on words alone, or what we think we see. Dig deeper, evaluate the entire matter through research and prayer.

Anything that does not match up with God's Word we are to discard. Far too many people are predisposed to accepting men and circumstances on words alone or a witness of snippet of actions, rather than the whole matter.