That's exactly right!!! Its like the rebellious child who pays no attention to his parents while they are alive, even showing contempt for them disrespectfully. But after their death they show up for the inheritance.
There are many people who want God's protection and His blessings but don't want Him.
Karen Puff Rosenkrantz said this:
"One of our problems today is that we have too many "Christians" who want God to get them to heaven but who do not want God to own them on earth."
Thursday, July 11, 2019
We Have Arrived at 2 Timothy 3
2 Timothy 3:1-5
"1 But realize this, that in the last days perilous times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
The term "perilous" as mentioned in verse 1, means in the original language "ragingly insane."
Every day we learn of a new and monstrous action, teaching or law that those in power have decided should be foisted on the culture. Since the powers that be will not allow jobs to anyone who does not think they way they do, they have managed to completely hijack all government agencies that rule over us.
We used to be a society governed by the people and for the people. Now we are a society that must bow to government that has decided what we should say and how we should think. Any deviation from their perverted agenda will bring about punishment as well as banishment from all government systems.
We have had a governmental take over without noticing it. Yes, there really is such a thing as "the thought police", they just don't wear jackets that say such.
The school system is working to turn children against their parents by teaching what they want the children to believe without regard to the belief system of the parents. When two systems are taught to a child the one that appeals to their baser nature will be the one that wins over them.
Is it any wonder that children are in rebellion against parents in these days of anarchy in the school system. This same anarchy exists in government. Many institutions are ignoring the law as well as twisting the words of the law in an attempt to slowly and systematically eliminate rules and laws they don't like. Those who should be adhering to the will of the people have made the people their slaves.
"More is caught than taught." When parents are treated as underlings, mocked and resisted by the teachers at any objections, the children take on the mentality of the one they spend the most time with, that is their teachers.
The public school system has been planning to undermine the family structure for the past 80 years beginning with the teaching of evolution in the schools in the 1920's. Higher education has managed to inculcate in the minds of those educated by it, that anyone who does not have their education will not be able to think wisely. The educational system must tell us what to think rather than giving us skills to make our own decisions about what we want to believe.
This system worked to foster a dislike in young ladies for homemaking in favor of careers that forced many women to despise parenting as well as marriage. Those that did not despise marriage and children still wanted the best of both worlds, the family and a career. Sadly wise people know that when our time is split between two entities both will suffer.
Adding to this indoctrination they continued to expand nuances of rebellion against normal and natural life through the elimination of responsibility toward children and husbands.
With the hatred of children and husbands came the desire to maintain freedom in immorality. Refusing to step up to the responsibility that comes with making babies now eliminated by abortion the woman became more and more hardened. Killing the babies became acceptable to many in our culture.
With the latest onset of foolishness is added "ragingly insane" confusion about ones gender. If someone had mentioned to anyone 50 years ago that people would begin to be befuddled about which gender they were, there would have been hysterical laughter erupting. Everyone would have thought the idea of "gender equality" was completely ludicrous.
Everything that was commonly known as bad is being called good these days. Everything that was commonly known as good is being called bad.
Isaiah 5:20
"20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!"
While in the dentists office today I was watching on their television a talk show. The talk show was a panel of very liberal worldly women. A picture was shown of a morbidly obese woman of somewhere between 600 and 800 pounds posing in the nude.
The discussion was whether or not this woman should be celebrating obesity and proud of it. The picture wasn't bad enough to look at but the conversation about it was even worse. The conclusion the panel of women declared was that this woman in the photo should "celebrate who she was", as though her obesity was what defined her. Nothing about character or wisdom, just that being fat was her choice and she could and should be able to define herself by that without any mocking or correction.
Is anyone else besides me disgusted by now?
Another story with this panel of women was a woman who was asked to cover up when she was about to get on a plane. She was told that her outfit was far too extreme to be in public and she must wear a blanket while on the plane.
The panel of "worldly wise" or should I say "foolish" women declared that the airline should be punished for exerting their boundaries of a proper dress code on their vehicle. In other words no one has a right to have boundaries when dealing with the public. They must give every narcissist whatever they want or there will be hell to pay.
Babies are being murdered by the millions simply because they are inconvenient.
Adult people have turned into whining bratty six year olds when the don't get their way. Then they punish by suing a company that did what would have been completely normal and acceptable to do just 30 years ago.
Politicians are acting like spoiled brats, shouting and punishing anyone who do not give into their tantrums.
Divorces and remarriages are out of control and defended by nearly every one, even those who say they are Christian.
Scantily clad women walk around every where ready to scream sexual abuse when a man even looks at them as they strut their wares. Yes I actually said that, when a woman dresses in a way that shows themselves they are inviting disrespect. Sort of like the bully who punches you in the arm and calls you out of control when you protest.
Marriage has been declared whatever you decide you want it to be.
And, sadly many people are walking around thinking this is all as normal and natural as apple pie.
I don't know about you brothers and sisters but I am ready to go home as soon as the Lord blows that trumpet. Knowing everything we know gives us courage to carry on in spite of all of it and the joy of expectancy as we wait for our home going.
Hallelujah!!!!
"1 But realize this, that in the last days perilous times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these."
The term "perilous" as mentioned in verse 1, means in the original language "ragingly insane."
Every day we learn of a new and monstrous action, teaching or law that those in power have decided should be foisted on the culture. Since the powers that be will not allow jobs to anyone who does not think they way they do, they have managed to completely hijack all government agencies that rule over us.
We used to be a society governed by the people and for the people. Now we are a society that must bow to government that has decided what we should say and how we should think. Any deviation from their perverted agenda will bring about punishment as well as banishment from all government systems.
We have had a governmental take over without noticing it. Yes, there really is such a thing as "the thought police", they just don't wear jackets that say such.
The school system is working to turn children against their parents by teaching what they want the children to believe without regard to the belief system of the parents. When two systems are taught to a child the one that appeals to their baser nature will be the one that wins over them.
Is it any wonder that children are in rebellion against parents in these days of anarchy in the school system. This same anarchy exists in government. Many institutions are ignoring the law as well as twisting the words of the law in an attempt to slowly and systematically eliminate rules and laws they don't like. Those who should be adhering to the will of the people have made the people their slaves.
"More is caught than taught." When parents are treated as underlings, mocked and resisted by the teachers at any objections, the children take on the mentality of the one they spend the most time with, that is their teachers.
The public school system has been planning to undermine the family structure for the past 80 years beginning with the teaching of evolution in the schools in the 1920's. Higher education has managed to inculcate in the minds of those educated by it, that anyone who does not have their education will not be able to think wisely. The educational system must tell us what to think rather than giving us skills to make our own decisions about what we want to believe.
This system worked to foster a dislike in young ladies for homemaking in favor of careers that forced many women to despise parenting as well as marriage. Those that did not despise marriage and children still wanted the best of both worlds, the family and a career. Sadly wise people know that when our time is split between two entities both will suffer.
Adding to this indoctrination they continued to expand nuances of rebellion against normal and natural life through the elimination of responsibility toward children and husbands.
With the hatred of children and husbands came the desire to maintain freedom in immorality. Refusing to step up to the responsibility that comes with making babies now eliminated by abortion the woman became more and more hardened. Killing the babies became acceptable to many in our culture.
With the latest onset of foolishness is added "ragingly insane" confusion about ones gender. If someone had mentioned to anyone 50 years ago that people would begin to be befuddled about which gender they were, there would have been hysterical laughter erupting. Everyone would have thought the idea of "gender equality" was completely ludicrous.
Everything that was commonly known as bad is being called good these days. Everything that was commonly known as good is being called bad.
Isaiah 5:20
"20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!"
While in the dentists office today I was watching on their television a talk show. The talk show was a panel of very liberal worldly women. A picture was shown of a morbidly obese woman of somewhere between 600 and 800 pounds posing in the nude.
The discussion was whether or not this woman should be celebrating obesity and proud of it. The picture wasn't bad enough to look at but the conversation about it was even worse. The conclusion the panel of women declared was that this woman in the photo should "celebrate who she was", as though her obesity was what defined her. Nothing about character or wisdom, just that being fat was her choice and she could and should be able to define herself by that without any mocking or correction.
Is anyone else besides me disgusted by now?
Another story with this panel of women was a woman who was asked to cover up when she was about to get on a plane. She was told that her outfit was far too extreme to be in public and she must wear a blanket while on the plane.
The panel of "worldly wise" or should I say "foolish" women declared that the airline should be punished for exerting their boundaries of a proper dress code on their vehicle. In other words no one has a right to have boundaries when dealing with the public. They must give every narcissist whatever they want or there will be hell to pay.
Babies are being murdered by the millions simply because they are inconvenient.
Adult people have turned into whining bratty six year olds when the don't get their way. Then they punish by suing a company that did what would have been completely normal and acceptable to do just 30 years ago.
Politicians are acting like spoiled brats, shouting and punishing anyone who do not give into their tantrums.
Divorces and remarriages are out of control and defended by nearly every one, even those who say they are Christian.
Scantily clad women walk around every where ready to scream sexual abuse when a man even looks at them as they strut their wares. Yes I actually said that, when a woman dresses in a way that shows themselves they are inviting disrespect. Sort of like the bully who punches you in the arm and calls you out of control when you protest.
Marriage has been declared whatever you decide you want it to be.
And, sadly many people are walking around thinking this is all as normal and natural as apple pie.
I don't know about you brothers and sisters but I am ready to go home as soon as the Lord blows that trumpet. Knowing everything we know gives us courage to carry on in spite of all of it and the joy of expectancy as we wait for our home going.
Hallelujah!!!!
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The Choices We Make
Hallelujah one day we will be released from this fleshly body and given a new one!!!!
People are not animals who respond to stimuli.
Human beings can and have been mean to someone because they did something nice and it makes the other person feel guilty. People operate from self more than they do from unselfishness.
Animals operate from instinct for survival. If you show kindness and love to an animal they will respond with loyalty.
Human beings often show contempt when they are shown love because they interpret love in terms of what they get out of something rather than what might be good for them.
Proverbs 27:6
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy."
Romans 15:14
"And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another."
Colossians 3:16
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
Psalm 141:5
"Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds."
Luke 17:3
"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him."
1 Thessalonians 5:14
"We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone."
2 Timothy 3:16
"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;"
All of the above verses have to do with discipline to redirect the human heart toward goodness. Because the human heart is more inclined toward selfishness that leads to everything evil it must continually be reminded to focus on righteousness.
Those who do not reflect godliness will do what comes naturally, its not instinct but choices that man is faced with every day. They can choose to follow their fallen nature or they can choose to follow Christ Who changes our nature when we become born again.
2 Corinthians 5:17
"17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [a]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
The old fallen nature remains in our bodies and must be battled again by the new nature. Animals can be trained to respond to stimuli but human beings must have a changed nature all together to be able to resist the old nature.
Romans 6:6
"6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin."
Romans 6:18
"18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness."
Romans 7:14-25 "14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.
17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,
23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin."
People are not animals who respond to stimuli.
Human beings can and have been mean to someone because they did something nice and it makes the other person feel guilty. People operate from self more than they do from unselfishness.
Animals operate from instinct for survival. If you show kindness and love to an animal they will respond with loyalty.
Human beings often show contempt when they are shown love because they interpret love in terms of what they get out of something rather than what might be good for them.
Proverbs 27:6
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy."
Romans 15:14
"And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another."
Colossians 3:16
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."
Psalm 141:5
"Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds."
Luke 17:3
"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him."
1 Thessalonians 5:14
"We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone."
2 Timothy 3:16
"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;"
All of the above verses have to do with discipline to redirect the human heart toward goodness. Because the human heart is more inclined toward selfishness that leads to everything evil it must continually be reminded to focus on righteousness.
Those who do not reflect godliness will do what comes naturally, its not instinct but choices that man is faced with every day. They can choose to follow their fallen nature or they can choose to follow Christ Who changes our nature when we become born again.
2 Corinthians 5:17
"17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [a]he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."
The old fallen nature remains in our bodies and must be battled again by the new nature. Animals can be trained to respond to stimuli but human beings must have a changed nature all together to be able to resist the old nature.
Romans 6:6
"6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin."
Romans 6:18
"18 and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness."
Romans 7:14-25 "14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.
15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.
17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,
23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin."
1 John 2:15-17
Do Not Love the World
"15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever."
"15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever."
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
We are to Warn One another of Sin
1 Corinthians 3:15…14 If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. 16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?…
Remember Ananias and Sapphirah, they lied to the Holy Spirit and God killed them for it. These were two born again believers who were punished as an example for the rest of the church that God hates sin and there will be consequences.
Not every believer who sins dies but some do. God will not stand still for our willful rebellion against Him without consequences.
Acts 5:1-11 "5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s [a]full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not [b]under your control? Why is it that you have [c]conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it. 6 The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him."
7 Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land [d]for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, [e]that was the price.” 9 Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.” 10 And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things."
Does this not demonstrate how serious sin against God is and that there will be a come-up-ence either here or at the judgment seat of Christ. No un-confessed sin will go unnoticed by God.
Every believer should be warned about their sin to save them from judgement and loss of rewards later.
Remember Ananias and Sapphirah, they lied to the Holy Spirit and God killed them for it. These were two born again believers who were punished as an example for the rest of the church that God hates sin and there will be consequences.
Not every believer who sins dies but some do. God will not stand still for our willful rebellion against Him without consequences.
Acts 5:1-11 "5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s [a]full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not [b]under your control? Why is it that you have [c]conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it. 6 The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him."
7 Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land [d]for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, [e]that was the price.” 9 Then Peter said to her, “Why is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.” 10 And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things."
Does this not demonstrate how serious sin against God is and that there will be a come-up-ence either here or at the judgment seat of Christ. No un-confessed sin will go unnoticed by God.
Every believer should be warned about their sin to save them from judgement and loss of rewards later.
Monday, July 8, 2019
When the Devil is in Control
The classic narcissistic trick, the "Golden Child" that is the liberal can do no wrong therefore everything he does is ignored if its bad or praised if it was good. Even if the good thing they do was first done by someone else the narcissist will claim it for their own as though the conservative never did it.
But the conservative is the "scapegoated child", that is the one who can do no right. Even when they do something good the narcissist frames it as bad, every single thing all the time. All we have to do is watch the news media as they poke at our president continually most often without cause.
This twisted thinking is present in every venue of life. In the family, the churches, the government and every place in between.
The devil is using this tactic far more than any other in these last days. Since lying is not a problem for the demon controlled narcissist they can say and do anything they like, it doesn't have to actually be true, only that it works for them.
Since narcissists are controlled by devils it makes sense that they would use lying as often and freely as the devil himself would and that those lies would always demean and mock God. After all the real target of the devil is Christ.
The devil lies against God and then brings in his flying monkeys to believe his lies. The devil is the ultimate narcissist, lying while engaging others to be on his side to lie against God as well as God's people.
The narcissist is never happy just being hateful all by himself, he must recruit others to hate his target too.
Proverbs 24:28
"Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips."
Colossians 3:9
"Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,"
Exodus 23:1
"You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness."
Exodus 20:16
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Deuteronomy 5:20
'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Matthew 15:19
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders."
Psalm 55:23
"But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days But I will trust in You."
But the conservative is the "scapegoated child", that is the one who can do no right. Even when they do something good the narcissist frames it as bad, every single thing all the time. All we have to do is watch the news media as they poke at our president continually most often without cause.
This twisted thinking is present in every venue of life. In the family, the churches, the government and every place in between.
The devil is using this tactic far more than any other in these last days. Since lying is not a problem for the demon controlled narcissist they can say and do anything they like, it doesn't have to actually be true, only that it works for them.
Since narcissists are controlled by devils it makes sense that they would use lying as often and freely as the devil himself would and that those lies would always demean and mock God. After all the real target of the devil is Christ.
The devil lies against God and then brings in his flying monkeys to believe his lies. The devil is the ultimate narcissist, lying while engaging others to be on his side to lie against God as well as God's people.
The narcissist is never happy just being hateful all by himself, he must recruit others to hate his target too.
Proverbs 24:28
"Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips."
Colossians 3:9
"Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,"
Exodus 23:1
"You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness."
Exodus 20:16
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Deuteronomy 5:20
'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
Matthew 15:19
"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders."
Psalm 55:23
"But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days But I will trust in You."
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