Beware of Anything New

Beware of any new Jesus movies, any new promotion of revival and any new discovery not mentioned in the bible. we are living in the last days full of very very clever deception.

Most things are appealing to feelings and desires rather than truth from the Bible. The more emotional something makes you feel probable the less it is of God.

God wants us to reason with our minds. Sometimes there will be emotion involved in the joy we feel as we reason, but there will never be that joy without reasoning. When feelings are the only reason to like something then we need to back up and begin to ask; "is this of God or am I allowing my feelings to drive me."

Defining Reason: "a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event."

1 John 2:15-17 "15 Do not love the world or anything 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 desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life— is not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever."

We can expect movies, concerts, and false Christian events to come fast and furiously now as the end of the age approaches. The antichrist is preparing people to become emotionally out of control, living almost entirely on following their feelings without thinking. Our generation is more invested in how they feel than what they believe and why. Our generation likes to do the fun easy thing rather than have to be set apart.

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."

In fact, many people become angry when we challenge them to think about what they are doing, the mind cannot wrap around anything but "feelings."

When we challenge them in a kind and friendly manner they accuse us of things to intimidate us into silence or to make us feel ashamed of messing with their happiness. These are typical ploys used regularly now as "Christians" resist obeying Christ.

I have had people say to me; "you have ruined our fun." I ruined their happiness by questioning why they were doing what they do, not in a snarky way but in a friendly way. Many cannot tolerate questions about what they do because they are dedicated to their temporary happiness rather than Christ.

Mildly raging at us for our desire to obey Christ and expecting others who say they are believers to do the same, is the new normal. Laughing at us and calling us names is common now toward those who love the Word of God and speak it.

Proverbs 29:9-10 " 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.…"

What do we do about this? Here is the answer: keep speaking truth as led by the Holy Spirit, keep reading the Word and obeying it and keep looking up, we are going home soon. Hallelujah!!!!

Complete the Ring in Prayer is Cultic

Did you know something that all occultists know, that "complete the ring" is required to call the spirits of dead people into the room during a seance?

Have you ever asked the question why some Christians hold hands in ring fashion around the table when they are saying the blessing?

I began to question this practice as I do all practices with the desire to know where they originate and whether or not they are Biblical or have value. Did God institute this practice of hand-holding or was it incorporated from paganism?

The devil seems to love making up rituals that detract Christians from worshiping Christ in Spirit and in truth. The best way to distract a person from Christ is to give them a ritual that makes them focus on the fuzzy feelings of the ritual instead of on Christ. The more emotionally happy a ritual is the more people tend to want to keep it. Letting go of it makes them feel as though they are doing something wrong. They will even judge others who don't do those rituals.

Next time someone says, "let's join hands in prayer", simply quietly and humbly decline to do it and watch what happens. Some of the people in the group will think badly of you for not participating in the ritual.

If we are not thinking and we are just doing rituals we are A-musing" meaning not to think. This is what amusement is about, watching something without thinking has a more brainwashing effect than when we have to think.

Hollywood has promoted for years the hand-holding at the table when the families pray and notice those families are usually Catholic.

Christians rarely ask why we do certain things because those things seem so warm and fuzzy. My concern is that the Christian community is often emulating the occult when they do rituals or practices that have no basis in Scripture. They don't know what they are doing, but that's the sad thing, why are they not asking the question; "why do we do this."

When we analyze all the rituals Christians have adopted in the church it is astounding how many come from paganism and cultic sources.

What do Christians think is happening when they hold hands to pray? Do they think there is more power in the prayer, that would be occultic? Do they think they can connect with the people around the table in more solidarity, that would be man-centered? Do they think there is more of a connection to God for practicing this ritual, which would be sorcery?

Matthew 6:7-8 "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."

Colossians 2:8

"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."

Matthew 15:3

"He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?"

John 8:32

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

A challenge to the believer might be that whenever we see a Christian ritual, actions that we take we think are for God, we ask Him if this is His idea or another unbiblical ritual that does not please Him.

By the way, there is no insignificant action, they all produce feelings and a mindset either for God or for the ritual.

Stop Praising Men and Begin Praising God

Please brothers and sisters stop praising men, your favorite preachers. If they say something good then praise God not the man.

John 12:43

"For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God."

Proverbs 29:25

"The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe."

Colossians 3:23

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,"

Acts 5:29

"But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."

John 5:44

"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?"

Romans 12:1-2

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 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."

Every one of us should be speaking about the Lord all the time. Every one of us has something to offer someone else within our sphere of influence.

Sadly, the modern one-man-pastor system has made people believe only the "pastors" can speak boldly about God. Most Christians today reject correction or scripture from another Christian who does not have the worldly credentials of man-made Bible colleges.

The Holy Spirit lives in people and many people who attend those man-made colleges are not born-again. They are "religious" to some degree, as 2 Timothy 3 says; "having a form of religion but denying the truth" but they have never received Christ.

Stop trusting in the "pastors" and the "leaders" of the institutionalized church and begin trusting fully in Christ.

John 16:12-14 "

…12 I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. 13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

Notice when the Holy Spirit is leading men will not be glorified, Christ will be glorified. When we see a preacher becoming popular and treated like a god it is time to remove him from the pulpit. The people are trusting in him rather than in Christ.

Calvinism Gets it Backward

Calvinism gets is backward, he believed some people are created to go to hell and some are created to go to heaven without a choice.

God wanted all to be saved Jesus Christ said He wished that all would be saved. Every person's name was written in the Lambs book of life and are only blotted out when a person rejects Christ to the end of their life.

This is why we don't see any Scripture that says when God wrote them in the book of life because they were all there in the beginning.

1 Timothy 2:3-5 "…3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,…"

If anyone calls themselves a Calvinist then they are saying they agree with everything Calvin said and did.

There is only One God we can completely agree with everything all the time, Who is God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ while listening to His Holy Spirit.

If we call ourselves by any man's name then we have an idol and must repent for not making Christ first and no man second.

Romans 3:3-5 "…3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Certainly not! Let God be TRUE and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.” 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.…"

What Were You Doing Before the Rapture?

What if the Lord asked you right after the rapture, "what were you doing right before I took you?" What would your answer be?

Getting into Quicksand with them will Cause Both to Sink

Those who spend more time searching the internet for muck to rake up to think about and pass on to others are not doing research, they are believing what they want to based on the yellow news sources they like to use.

Ephesians 4:29

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."

Our job in the body of Christ is to edify others with the Word of God, either in correction or in training in righteousness that their life might be full of Christ.

Romans 14:19

"So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding."

What most people call "research" is nothing more than believing whatever they find on the internet that agrees with what they want to believe.

Most stories and articles on the internet are spun to cause us to believe things that are not entirely true, conservatives as well as liberals all do it.

I have watched the verbiage and they say things like; "it could be" and "we think" as well as "we have reason to believe", these are all big red flags. When I hear these phrases I immediately stop listening and guess what, they all do it regularly.

Far too many "articles" on the internet on both sides are too obscure to vet. They are written by people we don't know and by organizations we don't know. Sadly the prominent preachers of our day are using these news sources to gather their information for their videos.

I remember when the internet came out it had the reputation of spreading silliness and tabloid articles. This has not changed, in fact, it has gotten worse as the days become more evil. Even those who claim to be Christians are getting caught up in good-sounding things they cannot prove, that are very likely false. Wherever there is spin, there is false.

I am focused on the gospel and instruction to the born-again believer in these last days, that is instruction from the Bible not from the news.

All the news does is confuse and water down the gospel. Christ and the apostles never spoke in detail about the politics in their day. They answered things Biblically as they came up but they did not peruse the news to mention all the evil going on in the world.

I am convinced that those who follow the news faithfully every day spend far more time doing that than they do praying and studying God's Word.

I believe this because we speak about what we are interested in and we mention the things that are important to us. Of course, there are also good things on the internet however, we must seek the Holy Spirit for discernment and we must check our hearts as to why we look at the things we do.

Please let me be clear; IT IS NOT RESEARCH TO SEARCH ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO FIND PEOPLE WHO MOSTLY SPEAK ABOUT THE EVILS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD. I type in caps to emphasize what I am saying. It is vitally important that we stop paying attention to the world so much and spend our time speaking of the Lord and His principles. There is not much time left before Christ comes for His church, we ought to be about the Lord's business and I assure you it has nothing to do with the muck of the world, it is about hope in Him.

I shut down my listening as soon as I hear; "we need to be informed." I ask Why? I also shut down the listening when someone says; "you're sticking your head in the sand", My reply is "you're sticking your head in the sewer." Another phrase that shuts me down is; "we need to know what is going on in the world", my reply is again; "why", does anything going on in the world that is filthy and vile help my walk with Christ?" No, it's a distraction from Christ.

Nowhere in the Scriptures will you find any commands to make sure you know all the muck going on in the world. We know that the more we study the world the more we become like it. Also, I have to wonder where a person's mind is when they enjoy the muck so much that they would search every day to know it.

Ephesians 5:11-14 "Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. For this reason, it says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you.”"

When we seek out the decay of the world, to learn more about it we are participating in it, at least as entertainment. In other words, those who are seeking out the decay are decaying slowly and methodically themselves. It is not possible to walk in the sewer and not get the sewage on yourself.

When we spend our time in the sewer we are a companion to it. It is a sin to hang on to bad companions. How much more choosing ourselves to fill our minds with decay.

1 Corinthians 15:33-34 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.…"

Let's offer salvation through Christ and great hope for eternity, instead of arguing over muck (decay) that unbelievers don't even know is decay. We must have conversations with people as led by Christ so that they might see hope to come out of the sewer.

Extending a branch to the one in the quicksand is better than getting into the quicksand with them, believe me, eventually, you will both sink.

May the lost see us joyful and at peace in spite of what is around us in the world, bringing hope for eternity instead of long sad horse faces that bring no hope, joy, or peace to an ailing heart. This world is almost finished, unsaved people need hope for eternity.

1 John 2:16-18 "…16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. 18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.…"

Hallelujah!!!

Concerning Transubstantiation

Concerning "transubstantiation", the belief that the emblems of the body and bread of Christ in the communion turn into the actual body and blood of Christ; Here's what God says about that:

Matthew 24:23-24 "23 At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect if that were possible.…"

Clear Enough? If not there is more!