A sister in Christ shared today that the new date for the tribulation has been changed to October 31st.
LOL, LOL!!!! What next, I am so confused! They keep changing the dates, so much so that I guess I must just trust Christ instead!!!! (tongue firmly planted in cheek)
These people don't ever seem to learn. I guess they count on people forgetting the last time they had egg all over their faces.
Those who are not content to walk by faith in the Word of God and Christ Himself, just have to have "special revelation" and "miracles" they can brag about. Shame on these who defy the Word of God in their date setting.
The last few times they set dates, they didn't come true, so I have to assume they are false prophets who haven't heard from God or perhaps God changed His mind?
The truth is, God has a date that He didn't tell us and these false prophets never heard from Him, they are making up their lies to gain attention and even perhaps support from those they want to worship them.
Ezekiel 13:9 "9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD."
Hmm!!! Seems like a pretty clear warning from God doesn't it!!!
Monday, October 23, 2017
It's About the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the power behind His Word.
One can know the Word, but without the Holy Spirit we cannot understand the truth.
One can know the Word, but without the Holy Spirit we cannot understand the truth.
Caring About Another's Walk
YES!!!! It is right and good to warn women to dress modestly to prevent being seen as a target for immorality.
When a woman dresses provocatively she is basically "selling herself." We expose those wares that we want to sell. Whether we expect to be watched for our physical beauty, then the clothing will express that. If a woman wants to be admired for feminine physical attributes, then she will declare it with her clothing.
Women who are connected to a husband will want to save her most intimate beauty for him alone. She honors him by withholding from other men what only belongs to her husband.
Our culture is hell bent on exposing the beauty of a woman to every Tom, Dick and Harry that wanders by. The immorality is so deeply defended in our culture that there may even be those who come to fight for the right for a woman to dress as she pleases and if a man looks then it's his fault for not controlling himself, I say to this mentality "hogwash."
We teach people not to offer alcohol to an alcoholic, why? Because we don't want to do anything to cause the alcoholic to fall off the wagon. In other words we are taught it is wrong to cause another person to fall. And, so it is with the clothing women wear. When we wear what will cause a man to have to work hard to avoid looking, then we are partly to blame for his condition.
We don't offer alcohol to an alcoholic, we don't serve sugary treats to a diabetic, or give drugs to a recovering druggie, so what makes clothing any different.
1 Peter 3:2-4 "…2 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, 4 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.…"
It is not pursuing peace to flaunt in front of someone that which might make them fall from their resolve to obey Christ. The following passage is referring to food, but can easily be applied to other actions that may diminish another believers walk.
Romans 14:13-19 "13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding."
There is a difference between "blaming the victim" and trying to offer guidance that might help to prevent victimization. Fran Dunham
When a woman dresses provocatively she is basically "selling herself." We expose those wares that we want to sell. Whether we expect to be watched for our physical beauty, then the clothing will express that. If a woman wants to be admired for feminine physical attributes, then she will declare it with her clothing.
Women who are connected to a husband will want to save her most intimate beauty for him alone. She honors him by withholding from other men what only belongs to her husband.
Our culture is hell bent on exposing the beauty of a woman to every Tom, Dick and Harry that wanders by. The immorality is so deeply defended in our culture that there may even be those who come to fight for the right for a woman to dress as she pleases and if a man looks then it's his fault for not controlling himself, I say to this mentality "hogwash."
We teach people not to offer alcohol to an alcoholic, why? Because we don't want to do anything to cause the alcoholic to fall off the wagon. In other words we are taught it is wrong to cause another person to fall. And, so it is with the clothing women wear. When we wear what will cause a man to have to work hard to avoid looking, then we are partly to blame for his condition.
We don't offer alcohol to an alcoholic, we don't serve sugary treats to a diabetic, or give drugs to a recovering druggie, so what makes clothing any different.
1 Peter 3:2-4 "…2 when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, 4 but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.…"
It is not pursuing peace to flaunt in front of someone that which might make them fall from their resolve to obey Christ. The following passage is referring to food, but can easily be applied to other actions that may diminish another believers walk.
Romans 14:13-19 "13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding."
There is a difference between "blaming the victim" and trying to offer guidance that might help to prevent victimization. Fran Dunham
How Did America Get This Way?
Sent to me from Isabel Higham; thank you Isabel!
"Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept, 11, hurricanes and earth quakes.
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think, of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God bless you as you share it with friends. No Nation or people can ever survive or succeed without Jesus Christ."
Seen by Isabel Higham at 9:11am
"Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept, 11, hurricanes and earth quakes.
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think, of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God bless you as you share it with friends. No Nation or people can ever survive or succeed without Jesus Christ."
Seen by Isabel Higham at 9:11am
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Must be Led by the Spirit
Leon Nel said this:
"If not 'led by the Spirit', and you are not 'walking in the Spirit', all attempts at Discernment will be Legalism...using the law to judge between right and wrong, as apposed to assess from the heart (Spirit in you, you in Christ)."
"If not 'led by the Spirit', and you are not 'walking in the Spirit', all attempts at Discernment will be Legalism...using the law to judge between right and wrong, as apposed to assess from the heart (Spirit in you, you in Christ)."
Asking a Question to Start Trouble
One of the tactics of the narcissist and very prideful ones, is that they ask a question they don't believe you can answer, then when you do answer it, they come back and claim you didn't answer it.
I cannot count the number of times I have given a clear answer to a question, but because those reading don't like the answer or don't believe the answer, they will accuse you of not answering it.
I have also encountered those who would accuse us of not doing something we clearly know we did, but because we didn't do it their way in their timing, they will claim we never did it.
The devil has many tactics to discredit those he hates, often they serve to justify sin while demeaning and mocking obedience.
This is the reason I never pay much attention to the testimonies of prideful people, often they have skewed the situation in the direction that makes their target look evil and them innocent.
There is a growing nastiness here on facebook, reflective of a culture of pride. Fighting to win at all costs seems to be the mentality of the day.
Truth is not very important to many people, their aim is to desperately hold onto the traditions of men that have been passed down to them by apostate preachers.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Mark 7:13 " 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so” in many such matters."
We have been encountering the itching ears and the traditions of men for over a hundred years now in this country. Those who dared to bring truth solely based on the Word of God have been avoided, maligned and mocked for their devotion to the Bible.
The very ones who refuse to accept truth are the ones to shout "your arrogant" the loudest. Whether or not one is arrogant has nothing to do with the truth they proclaim. Often the accusation of pride is leveled against those who are telling truth, to diminish what they have said.
I do not allow apposing teaching to overwhelm my facebook page. If someone disagrees, then they can give one or two scriptures to support their assertion, but they are not allowed to comment long discussion to refute what I am teaching.
If someone disagrees so adamantly that they are angry and frustrated, then it is best to delete me as a friend, we obviously don't walk the same path and must part company.
Amos 3:3 "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
The answer is no, we cannot walk together if we are not agreed, that's why so many start fights. A disagreement is far different from fighting to win while demonstrating lack of self control in name calling and meaningless accusations.
There are many others who love to write and speak about the Lord, they are continually attacked because they address things that fly in the face of modern thinking, their Biblical perspective is foreign to those who are not walking with the Holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 4:1
"Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,"
We must understand that most people who say they are Christians have never been born again by the Holy Spirit, their minds have been darkened by demonic influence and their own fleshly desire to be superior to God and to others.
Ephesians 4:17-19 "17 So I tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord: You must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.…"
Hence, the reason we see so much arguing and fighting on facebook, many who claim to know truth, actually fight against it.
I cannot count the number of times I have given a clear answer to a question, but because those reading don't like the answer or don't believe the answer, they will accuse you of not answering it.
I have also encountered those who would accuse us of not doing something we clearly know we did, but because we didn't do it their way in their timing, they will claim we never did it.
The devil has many tactics to discredit those he hates, often they serve to justify sin while demeaning and mocking obedience.
This is the reason I never pay much attention to the testimonies of prideful people, often they have skewed the situation in the direction that makes their target look evil and them innocent.
There is a growing nastiness here on facebook, reflective of a culture of pride. Fighting to win at all costs seems to be the mentality of the day.
Truth is not very important to many people, their aim is to desperately hold onto the traditions of men that have been passed down to them by apostate preachers.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…"
Mark 7:13 " 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so” in many such matters."
We have been encountering the itching ears and the traditions of men for over a hundred years now in this country. Those who dared to bring truth solely based on the Word of God have been avoided, maligned and mocked for their devotion to the Bible.
The very ones who refuse to accept truth are the ones to shout "your arrogant" the loudest. Whether or not one is arrogant has nothing to do with the truth they proclaim. Often the accusation of pride is leveled against those who are telling truth, to diminish what they have said.
I do not allow apposing teaching to overwhelm my facebook page. If someone disagrees, then they can give one or two scriptures to support their assertion, but they are not allowed to comment long discussion to refute what I am teaching.
If someone disagrees so adamantly that they are angry and frustrated, then it is best to delete me as a friend, we obviously don't walk the same path and must part company.
Amos 3:3 "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
The answer is no, we cannot walk together if we are not agreed, that's why so many start fights. A disagreement is far different from fighting to win while demonstrating lack of self control in name calling and meaningless accusations.
There are many others who love to write and speak about the Lord, they are continually attacked because they address things that fly in the face of modern thinking, their Biblical perspective is foreign to those who are not walking with the Holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 4:1
"Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,"
We must understand that most people who say they are Christians have never been born again by the Holy Spirit, their minds have been darkened by demonic influence and their own fleshly desire to be superior to God and to others.
Ephesians 4:17-19 "17 So I tell you this, and testify to it in the Lord: You must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.…"
Hence, the reason we see so much arguing and fighting on facebook, many who claim to know truth, actually fight against it.
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