Trust Christ Before it is too Late!

One day soon the world will experience one of the most frightening events the world has ever seen.

Millions of people around the world will disappear without a trace, without a clue as to where they went. It will send the people of the world into a panic unrivaled by any other disaster.

The media will explain it by saying "aliens from outer space took the bad people out." The people the media perceives as the ones holding back all the evil agendas and restraining the world.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 "For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is removed."

When the born-again believers have been removed all hell will literally break loose, and there will be no protection for the unbelievers who are left.

All 7 years of tribulation will be full of heartache and misery when natural disasters hit without warning.

Trust in Christ today if you have not already so that you will be taken out before all this mess begins.

The Born Again Experience

Before I was born again I leaned into my feelings instead of turning to Jesus Christ, it got me into trouble, even making things worse.

After I became born again my trials didn't go away but I didn't bring more trouble on myself, I was at peace without companionship and godly love from another human being.

After I became born again my perspective changed about my trials giving me the strength and resolve to trust Christ through them. The joy of the Lord remained through the trials and contact with wicked people who wanted to deter me from following Christ.

Make no mistake, when you have become a new creation and no longer think the way you used to think be sure that the devil will double down on the hatred against you. He will attempt to cause people to accuse you of past forgiven sins. He will attempt to discourage you from moving forward hoping you will become lame and broken over sins that no longer exist and that God has done away with.

In the garden, the devil convinced Eve that God had withheld the truth from her and that she need not listen to Him.

After becoming born again the devil will attempt to use feelings to convince you that your sins of the past were never forgiven, that they were too big to ever be forgiven.

When the devil does this quote scripture in his face, tell him that the thief on the cross knew he was wicked but defended Christ and was saved, even without any works to help himself, He was on His way that very day to paradise with Christ.

No sin is too big to be forgiven when we confess it and desire to be cleansed by Christ. Anyone who attempts to make you feel "less than" or "guilty" over past forgiven sins is being used of the devil and must be disregarded as an enemy. Sadly some of these people will be in the church, they are pretenders and haters without love and without compassion toward you because they have never been born again.

If you want to maintain your peace and joy you must remove the haters from your life, perhaps after you speak the gospel to them and leave their own fate with them.

Never worry about defending yourself, simply agree that you were a sinner and praise God for His forgiveness and cleansing. Leave it at that, no excuses, no justification, no groveling over what God has cleansed permanently. Using Scripture is always good,

Luke 7:47 "For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

The greater our sins were the more grateful to God for His forgiveness. We know that we deserved death, but the one who thinks their sins were not so big, are still worthy of death.

Until we have a proper perspective of our sinful nature we cannot be humbled enough to come with a contrite heart. That is a crushed heart over our sinfulness, the only way God will forgive and cleanse us from sin is through our crushed heart.

We must have a lowly view of ourselves to be saved. The more a person "prides" themselves on themselves the less likely they are to become born again.

The Lion of Judah

Recently I have enjoyed short videos about the lions and the man who trains them, Oleg in Crimea.

One of the things that impress me is that Oleg uses kindness and mild threats to train the lions. He loves them, and interacts with them in very friendly and kind ways but also shows leadership over them with a slipper.

He slaps them on the nose with the slipper from his foot when they are only slightly showing disobedience. From a young age, the lions learned that the slipper meant power and the one behind the slipper was the one with the power.

I can't help but think of "The Lion of Judah" when I see these lions. The lions are powerful and fearful but also loving and affectionate toward the one they love, that is Oleg. The lions will accept and love anyone who is with Oleg.

It often amazes me when I can look into God's creation and see the lessons there for us.

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?"

When we trust in Christ, "The Lion of Judah" which is Jesus Christ, lives in us we know we can know His desires for us and enjoy loving Him as He loves us.

When Christ comes to dwell in us we have continual peace and hope in all circumstances. If we learn to ignore the feelings manipulated by the devil we can have victory over every difficult matter. We need not allow our feelings to drive us to sin as is the hope of the devil in his manipulations.

When Christ lives in us He loves us so much that He will not allow us to continue in sin that will destroy us and our witness of Him.

Our greatest strength is Christ and His Truth. When we focus on truth the feelings dissipate and have no control over us.

I remember many years ago in high school when the psychologists were teaching us to lean into our feelings, pay attention to them and operate according to them. This teaching was devilish and the opposite of what God teaches. If someone says to you; "follow your heart" you know you are speaking to a worldly person who does not understand the ways of God. In short, it is very bad advice to follow our own hearts, we are to follow the Mind of Christ.

Romans 8:4-6 "…4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,"

Feelings are responses to stimuli, they do not contain truth, often leading us away from rational and reasonable responses to life. Feelings should never take priority over facts, they lie to us, they tell us things are good when they are sinful and they tell us things are bad when they are good and righteous.

Anything we hear in the modern churches today ought to be vetted through the Bible and prayer. Much of what is going on in the modern apostate church is the opposite of what Christ teaches in His Word. Those who do not question what is being taught are lazy and foolish.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

"21 but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good,"

Just what it says; examine everything all the time and remain staunch in what is true. In order to do this we must be willing to be rejected, ignored and even mocked. Jesus Christ was murdered and so were the apostles for their resolve to remain faithful to the truth. Christ can give joy when we have to be rejected for standing strong in Christ.

James 1:2-18 "2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

Hallelujah!!!!

Dr. David Reagan- Lamb and Lion Ministries (3/04/18)

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If I had a bucket list visiting these wonderful creatures would be on that list.

Communication is the Key to Spiritual and Emotional Growth

It is interesting, according to some scientists, that only 3% of communication is words, and the rest of the 97% of communication is non-verbal.

I am also convinced that there is a certain amount of telepathy involved without us realizing it, as well as unrealized discernment.

My husband and I read one another's minds all the time. We will be just sitting somewhere and one of us will suggest we do something after the other had already thought of it without any conversation occurring. This could also be the depth of the oneness of spirit God made us when we married, but I am convinced there is also a human ability to sense things from others that are not spoken.

After all, radio waves go through the air why not brain waves too from one mind to another, sort of electrical impulses. This is why dogs sometimes do not like someone or like someone before the people even do or say anything, there is a sense of the spirit of the person.

John the Baptist in the womb of his mother lept with joy at the presence of Jesus Christ Who was in the womb of His mother Mary. John the Baptist was a baby in the womb of his mother Elizabeth, he couldn't even speak or see Jesus Christ in His Mary's womb and yet he sensed strongly Who He was, that is Christ His Savior.

When we have a sense about someone that is uncomfortable it is good to test the spirit before jumping into a relationship.

I am sure many of you have experienced as I have, a deep and spiritual connection to someone before finding out they were also born again.

1 John 4:1-6

"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 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error."

God gave us discernment for a reason, to avoid the pitfalls of false believers, pretenders in the church as well as those who are believers walking in error.

1 John 4:6

"We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."

2 Peter 3:17

"You, therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness,"

Never make a mistake in thinking that it is kindness to allow error and deception to grow in the church.

We must love God so much more than people that preserving the feelings of sinful people who love their error is considered an abomination.

Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple."

If we are to love God so much that we are willing to set aside family to obey Christ how much more must we set aside rebellious people in the church to preserve the integrity of the body of Christ.

Those who refuse to obey the Word of God to hang onto their human traditions will undermine the faith of the body, weakening spiritual growth.

As pretenders increase so does the faith diminish among those who are weak.

Faith is undermined when the Bible is ignored and man-made ideas are taught.

Many ideas of man that negate the word of God are being taught in the churches causing apostasy.

Coddling weak believers in their error does not help them grow stronger. Encouragement is when we teach the truth, and correct the error with a deep concern about the well-being of the weaker Christian.

I have seen many people listen to the error of a new believer and say nothing so as not to offend them. Here is what I say about that, if a new believer is offended by correction to help them more fully obey Christ, then they are not serious about following Him and they might not even be saved.

Born again believers, especially newbies should be anxious to hear the truth, to pray and to seek the Holy Spirit for direction and counsel.

Matthew 6:33

"33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you."

Making decisions according to the principles of Christ will bring wonderful strength and personal growth, far more important than any of our own desires.

When we love Christ above all other things and people we will desire His will over our desires. His will become our desires. We ought to be asking Christ to show us His will rather than asking Him to fulfill our own will.

Daniel 2:21-23 "…21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

23 To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power."

Seek Christ first in all things and self-indulgence will disappear.

Last Days and Judging

We are living in the last days filled with ragingly insane people influenced by demonic forces to say and do everything against God.

When we experience someone who mocks us as we resolve to obey Christ, we can count it all joy that we are not of the world.

John 17:14-16

14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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."

1 John 2:15

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.:"

James 1:2-18

Testing of Your Faith

"2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

Romans 5:3-5 "…3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.…"

Those who glory in how good they think they are, need salvation. No one who is born again considers themselves any better than anyone else. They know that God changed them, they are no longer the same person they used to be and can never return to the old person again. Born again believers want the unsaved to find Christ and be changed too.

Luke 7:47-48 "47 Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” 48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven."

Those who believe they have never done something evil enough to be condemned do not understand salvation.

Even the slightest bad attitude is worthy of hell fire. God said that it is our nature that is wicked through and through and only being changed by Christ will remove this evil nature. God is looking at the heart more than actions. The actions prove what was in the heart before the actions took place.

We cannot be good enough to change ourselves, it is only Christ's goodness given to us by Him that can count us as worthy in the eyes of the Father.

I am always disturbed when someone says: "That was a nice lady", whom they have only met one time, simply because she was friendly to them. I don't say things like that anymore, I say things more like; "that was fun she was friendly to me." Everyone has a life we do not see, they could be an ax murderer in private. It is not a good idea to judge someone's character based on little evidence. We ought not to judge a person as bad for one thing, and we ought not to judge someone as good because of one encounter. We can know someone's character by the fruit or lack of it, but one nice act does not make a good person.

We do not declare anything about people we meet that we really don't know personally. We can be respectful, friendly, kind, and helpful, but we cannot know a person by one happy encounter.

When we become born again Christ changes us and comes to live in us. We continue to battle the flesh but the Spirit is now His, the very reason we battle the flesh. Before we were born again we did not battle the flesh, we enjoyed it and justified it. After we are born again when we give into the flesh we have a sense of shame that comes from the Holy Spirit to help us confess to be cleansed and move on to become more obedient.

We grow in holiness in direct proportions to how often we confess and become cleansed. Those who remain stubborn and will not confess are either not born again or are children of God who will suffer His discipline to bring them to obedience. The consequences of sin help us learn to obey.

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?…"

Those who do not belong to God will experience the consequences of life without God's help through discipline. And, they often blame others or pretend it wasn't so bad, something they could fix on their own.

Hebrews 12:7-8 "…7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. "

You shall know them by their fruit, they are character qualities of Christ that permeate one's life.

Matthew 7:16-20 "16 You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits."