Do not become in bondage to what others think of you. Tell the truth and take your lumps as all persecuted believers must endure.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
The False god of Calvinism
The false god of Calvinism makes God out to be unjust and a monster, it is a doctrine of demons.
It is not "just" or "righteous" to create someone without a choice to follow Christ and then punish them for not choosing, that is completely irrational.
Jesus Christ said He wished that all would come to a saving knowledge and I believe Him.
"who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time."
1 John 2:2
" 2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."
John 4:42
"They said to the woman, "We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world."
Notice God said: "Savior of the WORLD", not just of some in the world.
Calvinism is a demonic doctrine discouraging people from evangelizing all people. They may say they believe in evangelism, but this too does not make sense. What would be the purpose of evangelizing those who have not been given a choice to follow Christ? It's nonsense at its worst.
We are living in times when people are twisting scripture to feel elevated above others, walking in pride they determine they are the chosen ones but they cannot tell you why they think they are chosen. Do they believe they are chosen because they believe Calvin? Or because of a particular doctrine they espouse? What evidence do they have that they have been chosen and not others? Just asking!!!!!!!!!!
I reject Calvinism and all its foolishness and pride.
Zechariah 12:1-10 Israel will be attacked and God will protect her!
Jerusalem to Be Attacked & Protected by God
"1 The pronouncement of the word of the Lord concerning Israel:
The Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of a person within him, declares:
2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.
3 It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will injure themselves severely. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it. 4 On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a strong support for us through the Lord of armies, their God.’
6 “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem.
7 The Lord also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be greater than Judah.
8 On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.
9 And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of pleading, so that they will look at Me whom they pierced; and they will mourn for Him, like one mourning for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn."
Saturday, June 29, 2024
If We have the Love of Christ We will be Walk as He Walked
I am more concerned about prideful family members who say they are Christians than anyone else. When there is arrogance and lack of the fruit of God's Spirit it is harder to reach them for Christ because they are already delighted with themselves. Convincing someone they have not trusted Christ when they think they have is nearly impossible.
Standing on their own pedestal they parade their knowledge as a badge of honor without regard to humility and meekness that can only be present in those who love Christ with their whole heart. These are those who use scripture out of context to suit their own pleasures and to fit into the world system while still "feeling" they are special.
Just as the Pharisees wallowed in arrogance and disdain for others these modern self-righteous persons ignore more of the Bible than they obey when it comes to the weightier matters.
Matthew 23:23-24 "23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.…"
Hautily, the arrogant ones seek to judge small matters while they themselves violate larger ones. The pretenders love to see others fall and enjoy rebuking them without mercy and kindness. They love to boast of their knowledge but that knowledge is mixed with and tainted by worldly ideas that offend God.
Love drives the heart of the born-again believer. When we love we grieve over the fallen but the arrogant ones glory in the fall of someone else while believing they have never fallen.
Matthew 23:13
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter."
What love looks like for the authentically born-again believer:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.
5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,
6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
May the Lord Jesus Christ work mightily in the hearts of those who genuinely love and are submitted to Christ. May the Lord expose to those who are pretenders their need to become submitted to Christ through brokenness over their own sin of pride.
1 Corinthians 13:3 "…3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing."
Friday, June 28, 2024
The Narcissists in the Debate were Embarrassing!
I have encountered enough narcissists in my life to be able to recognize two of them on a stage pummelling one another to appear superior.
Also, both debtors were abysmal. If I were a high school teacher and these two came before me in a debate they would both get an F for lack of content, decorum, and arrogance that dominated both of these characters. Sorry to say, I will vote for Donald but holding my nose while doing it. Who knows God may tell me to ignore the whole mess and allow Him to take care of it.
I am old enough to have seen Ronald Reagan's speeches and debates, he was articulate and focused on the things he was going to do.
There was little content in this "Donald vs. Joe" debate that anyone could hang onto. It was embarrassing, to say the least.
Boasting about themselves is not proof of anything. Boasting is a sign of deep narcissism without evidence. Sad, Sad, Sad, that this is all we have to choose from in this election.
If someone does not like my honesty because they are looking for fantasy thinking that makes them feel better, then they will not be prepared for what is coming.
Trump's words do not always match his actions. Sending the matter of the murder of babies back to the states to decide is nothing more than passing the buck.
We need another "emancipation proclamation" for the unborn just like Lincoln did for the blacks on January 1st 1863 in which he freed the blacks. And, it needs to be done by the highest leader in the land.
No person should be a slave or property to any other human being. When the unborn is nothing more than property to their parents all love and tenderness are removed and replaced with raw ownership subject to the whims of unscrupulous selfish parents.
Sorry, passing the buck as Pilot did is just as abominable as endorsing the act of murder for certain people.
We will not recover from this mess as a country because everyone has been trained to fear what others will think of what they do without any concern about what God thinks. They lie and say they believe in God but violate more of His principles than they obey while endorsing many sins that have become acceptable to our culture even in the "Christian" church system.
2 Timothy 4:2-4
…2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.…
Our country has a form of religion but denies God as they pretend to love Him they ignore Him and those who warn them about His wrath to come. I cringe every time one of these candidates uses the Bible or asks for a blessing for America. I never hear them encouraging anyone to repent. They pervert the Word of God for their own gain.
Our culture is stubborn, rageful, and disrespectful to God and all those who love Him.
Repentance is the only way out of this mess but the nation is too far gone for this to happen. Once a nation cross the line into total rebellion and perverseness there is no turning back. The entire culture is accustomed to evil so much so that even the church attendees accept some of the sin as normal.
This is the state of our nation today:
Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, "Stop seeing visions!" and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions."
2 Timothy 3:1-6
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; …
The hope of the believer is not in this world, it is in Christ and our homegoing. We no longer want any part of this world, our heart is in heaven with Christ.
Be at Peace even if others are not at Peace
Romans 12:2-4 "…2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
Romans 12:16
"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited."
Others may not be in harmony with us because they hate Christ but we will always be exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit no matter how others are responding to us as long as we walk in the Spirit. We will not be fighting even when they are fighting.
We make peace by telling the truth for the purpose of correcting what is wrong, not to win or to be superior. A peacekeeper is one who hides things and pretends, avoiding any discussion, this person never helps to resolve they only enable.
Matthew 5:9
"9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God."
Making peace is hard work, it means having a discussion to see all sides of a matter. Peacemaking cleans things up while peacekeeping leaves the dirt and allows it to grow pretending there is no problem. In fact, often the peacekeeper blames the one who wants to have a discussion to resolve matters for starting a fight when they were not fighting at all. The one who is fighting is the one who refuses to value anyone but themselves in the room by declining to talk through a matter.
Peacekeepers do not value people to be able to engage they harm the one who wants to resolve a matter and coddles the one who loves their own opinion without respect for others.
Peacekeepers pretend everything is alright causing the evil thing to spread, all the while denying anything is wrong.
Denial is a form of lying to protect oneself, it not only helps the growth of yeast to continue but causes the carriers of the yeast to feel proud of themselves for their deception.
Galatians 5:9-10 " 9 A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. 10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.…"
1 Corinthians 5:6
"Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?"
There are those who boast that they keep the peace by quenching all conversation that might resolve things, thinking they have stopped a fight. What they don't realize is that discussions do not have to be fights, they can be delightful discussions when both parties are seeking truth and turning to God's Word for their guidance. However, this takes respect and love for others in a discussion.
Romans 12:9-11 "9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 11 Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.…"
It is not love to avoid all discussions with those with whom we disagree.
Philippians 2:3
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves."
1 Peter 1:22
"Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart."
When we love one another we enjoy discussion about important things and we have no need to win over anyone else. God's truth is what is important not our own pride.
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