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Our World Today!

Isaiah 59:14-15

"14 Justice is turned back,

And righteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And uprightness cannot enter.

15 Truth is lacking,

And one who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.

Now the Lord saw,

And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice."

Our Hope for the Future!

Isaiah 54:17

"No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

The Good Fruit of Christ

Christ works the good fruit in those who are born again because that fruit is the very character of Christ in us.

The fruit of the Spirit is not works but character qualities that become a part of us causing us to think and act like Christ.

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."

Anyone who is offending people regularly as a lifestyle are not born again. Those who have been changed by Christ are deeply grieved when they harm anyone even accidently.

Modern Science is Based on Darwinism

Modern science is based on "Darwinism" which is that people are nothing more than evolved animals. Since the modern scientist does not believe the Bible with the exception of only a few, they think animals will give us the answer. God said "each after its own kind", meaning we are made genetically different from animals. Of course, many things modern science does are not based on the Bible so they are going to get a lot of things wrong.

This is the reason many experiments on animals to find solutions for humans will not be accurate and possibly even detrimental to the human body.

Since the world is dominated by hedonistic people for the most part many of their answers to life are going to be wrong.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 "18 Let no one deceives himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” 20 And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”…"

Forgiveness is for the Relationship!

There are many people who believe we forgive others for our own sake, this is not biblical and comes right out of the psychology playbook.

No, forgiveness is not something we do for ourselves, there is no scripture that says forgiveness is for ourselves. forgiveness requires repentance on the part of the offender. When there is a confession of offense then the offended forgives and a relationship is reconciled.

Luke 17:3-4 "…3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

We do have a benefit from having a forgiving heart but we do not do it for that benefit, we do it to obey God and to reconcile a relationship.

If someone is not sorry for their offense then the relationship remains broken, it doesn't matter if we say "I forgive", the relationship still remains broken.

We are not to do revenge or treat them the way they treat us, but this is not the principle of forgiveness.

Feeding Your Enemy

Romans 12:20 "“But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

We do not use kindness for the purpose of heaping coals, we obey God in loving others and it may produce hot coals but it is no our job to work at producing the coals.

Deliberate feigned kindness for the purpose of causing guilt is nothing more than manipulation and is sinful. It's sinful because it is not real kindness it is fake without love. It is for the purpose of elevating self, also a deeply sinful act. It is for the purpose of feeling superior toward someone, nothing more than self-will and self-promotion.

Philippians 2:3-4

"3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others."

Heaping Hot Coals of Kindness!

If we are deliberately heaping hot coals to make others feel guilty about something, then we are sinning. God told us to be kind and it will heap hot coals but He never told us to be kind for the purpose of heating hot coals.

It's important to remember this, because if we are deliberately being kind for the purpose of making someone feel guilty then we are operating from pride and self will.

If we are loving people we do things to please God and to do no harm to others, not to prove a point or manipulate the feelings and reactions of others.

To attempt to manipulate others through fake kindness is a self-focus and an attempt to play God. Loving people do not wish harm on others to elevate themselves.

Romans 13:10

"Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."

Romans 12:14-18 says,

"14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[a] Do not be conceited.17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."

God never said to do loving harm to others so they will feel guilty. He placed the onus on us to be kind and loving, leaving the consequences to Him.

Obedience for God's Sake not Manipulation to Elevate Self

We live in a negative world all the time all around us. Sometimes we can feel the negativity even when no one is doing or saying anything negative.

The devils are influencing people every day, even attempting to bring us down with the negativity through our thoughts and our feelings.

If we keep our minds on the Word of God and the purpose Christ has for us in this world, nothing and no-one will influence us to become like the world.

Romans 12:2

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

John 15:19

"If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

The world hates us but we do not have to hate. The world manipulates and aggravates but we do not have to do the same.

Luke 6:27-28 "Love Your Enemies

27But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. "

Romans 12:17-21

"17 Never repay evil for evil to anyone. [a]Respect what is right in the sight of all people. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but [b]leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

We never do good to someone to manipulate them into feeling guilty. We do good to people because Christ is love and He lives in us. If we manipulate by doing good to shame someone then we are sinning.

We do not make up our own rules to manipulate people, we obey God to please Him and leave the reactions of the others to God.

If we love people we do it God's way and not to affect a response.

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