God and His Shutdown

I praise God that He shut down all our idols using a pandemic. God is giving everyone a chance to see what is important and to reflect on their final destination if they are to pass.

It matters not where this pandemic came from, it only matters that God allowed it for His purposes. I hear that more people are contemplating their walk with God than did before all their pleasures were taken from them.

Especially as Americans, we have more pleasures than anyone can count. Some just useless and others downright wicked.

We are moving into the end of the end, a time when things are escalating right before the rapture and the tribulation. God is warning people to remove their idols and focus on Him.

Whatever you speak of the most is probably your idol. We ought not to speak more of our pleasures than we do of God and the rest of the time ought to be in silence and prayer.

Soon the church will be taken out and all hell will break loose to torment those left upon the earth. We have seen an immense deception in this last election for a leader, that most people do not see. Their focus is so completely on the things they want they choose to ignore the signs.

The people have been deceived already on many things, but the antichrist will deceive so completely and covertly that they will not listen to reason. Only a remnant will listen and be safe with Christ. The rest will live in torment after the antichrist fools them, then He will unleash his devils on them to do terrible harm. It will be unbearable, and all because many will refuse to see the clues that he is evil.

1 John 4:1

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."

2 Timothy 3:13

"While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."

Matthew 7:21-23

"“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

1 Timothy 4:1

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,"

We are living in times of intense deception greater than ever before. Most people live in a fantasy world of their own making. They choose to believe what they want and disregard the warnings.

Matthew 24:24 "For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."

Many who call themselves Christian are following people and ideologies that are contrary to God and they will not listen.

May the Lord open the eyes of those who have been deceived. May these people want to know only truth so they can be delivered from their deceptions.

The Chastisement of the Lord

Born again believers do sin and here is what God said about it. Do not think you will be able to live a lifestyle of sin and God will merely wink at it.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

Romans 6:1 "1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?…"

God disciplines those He loves, therefore Christians do sin but they don't like it, are convicted by the Holy Spirit, and eventually confess to be cleansed.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

1 John 1:9

"9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Romans 7:15-20

"15 For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate.

16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

18 For I know that good does not dwell 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 do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me."

Those who live a lifestyle of sin and defend it are not born again. A born again believer will be ashamed when they are confronted about their sin, eventually, they will confess it to be cleansed.

1 John 3:8-10 "…8The one who practices sin is of the devil because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.…"

If someone chastises you for correcting their sin attitude, then they are probably not saved.

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MY REACTION TO PAULA WHITE'S PRAYER SERVICE!

She is the kind of preacher Trump would choose because she is a faker and liar, a wolf. God told us to expose the wolves so that people will learn the right way through the Word of God. I am shocked at how many people have been fooled by Trump merely because he does some things they like. They are not nearly concerned about truth and righteousness as they are about getting the things they like. They love their freedom and safety more than they love God. Neither one of the candidates are godly, they are both the same.

Another Reason to NOT Trust Trump: Paula White

2 Traits Central To Understanding Narcissism

Killing the Messenger to Avoid the Truth

It has been my experience that often those who do not like the message will attack the messenger.

They know the truth but do not want to hear it so they say the messenger has a problem. This is classic narcissism.

No born-again believer has all things right, but if they are speaking the truth there is no reason to attempt to discredit the one who brings the truth.

I see this all the time. People who have stubborn hearts will not listen to the message but will criticize the messenger without specifics.

Stubborn hearts always focus on diminishing the person when they don't like the message. No matter how much scripture you give or how right you are according to the scripture they will discredit you to avoid validating the message.

Psalm 78:8

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

"Refusing to listen to God’s instructions for life (Isaiah 30:9)

Being disloyal to God in our thoughts and actions (Psalm 78:8)

Carrying out our own plans rather than God’s will for our lives."(Isaiah 30:1)

Forming alliances with ungodly businesses, entertainment, and personalities (Isaiah 30:1)

Turning away from God and going our own way (Jeremiah 5:23)

Selling out to the world by following their counsel rather than God’s Word (Isaiah 1:23) From Crosswalk.com

One can discern a rebellious heart when we attempt to warn them about something and they display the attitudes as described from "Crosswalk.com." There are more indicators but these are the main ones that include all the others.

When someone refuses to evaluate their walk to make sure they are obeying God His Way, we know there is stubbornness.

May the Lord help the born again believers to evaluate every single thing asking God to show us things in our lives that do not honor Him His way.

Hallelujah!

Shutdown with a Purpose

Perhaps the Lord is shutting down all our pleasures and distractions and playthings to give us time to think about where we will go when we pass from this life.

Perhaps the Lord wants us to stop the foolishness and focus on Him right before He comes and takes out His church in the rapture.

We have not lost anything in this lockdown, we can gain perspective about what is really important. Our eternal soul is far more important than all the happy pleasurable things we thought we wanted.

One day the born-again believers are going to be in the most wonderful and beautiful place possible, the home Christ made for us, a paradise that cannot be described in human terms.

Everything Christ has done and will do for mankind has already been done and is waiting for those who will believe in Him.

There is no one more thankful no matter what happens than a born again believer who is focused on their eternal existence with Christ. Nothing could ever compare to that, this search offers nothing in the way of hope and blessing.

All the things we held onto that we thought would bring us happiness will burn up one day. We enjoy them and thank God for them but we do not place our trust in them or our own value according to them.

Proverbs 3:4-6 "…4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

2 Corinthians 12:3-4

"And I know how such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows— was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak."

No one can imagine the paradise God has prepared for us when we leave this earth when we have been born again. All that God did and will do for us was for our safety and our best. Hallelujah!!!