1John 1:27 The ANOINTING which you have received of (HIM) abide in you!! YOU NEED NOT ANY MAN TEACH YOU, the same anointing teach you of all things is true & no lie as it has taught you, you shall abide in it!!!!!!!!
Only those who are full of pride need heros.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Trust Christ Not A Version
There are many KJV onlyistst who overlook the mistranslations in that version because they are convinced it was "inspired" by God. IT WAS NOT, the original Greek and Hebrew written down by the apostles were inspired, but all translations have inculcated into their translating, elements of their own western mindset.
I do not place my trust in any translation but in the Holy Spirit to enlighten what I read. We have the original copies of those inspired languages, but since we cannot read those, we have to depend on the Holy Spirit to help us in our understanding.
Many errors in thinking have come about because people have trusted languages in translations rather than the Holy Spirit, as well as trusting teachers and scholars over the Holy Spirit.
We should listen to people who have studied and then take what they say to the Holy Spirit rather than just buying into their view hook, line and sinker, simply because they have a Bible degree. Much that is wrong is being taught in the seminaries now and have been since the beginning of those institutions. Even Paul the apostles challenged those who heard him to go home and look to the scritpures to make sure the things he said were true. It would strengthen their faith to pray and read themselves. Paul was also teaching that we must learn from the Holy Spirit, not believing men alone. If this were true in Paul's day with the original languages, then why would we not do this with translated works, even the KJV of the Bible.
There are more likely to be problems with translations than with originals. We do not have the originals, but we do have original copies. The oldest copies should be the best ones, since the more we copy things the more likely to be errors.
Acts 17:11 "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so."
I began with the NIV, the Lord showed me many things while reading it, but as I grew in the Lord, it became clear from the Holy Spirit promptings that something wasn't right. No one warned me against it, the Holy Spirit within me did that. Also when I was questioning the matter of divorce and remarriage, everyone who knew me was against my views, it was the Holy Spirit that showed me the evil of these acts, even though the Christian culture disagreed, all the scholars I knew of disagreed.
I knew it was wrong, as I began to ask the Holy Spirit for more information, He brought to me other scholars who were saying the things the Holy Spirit was telling me, to confirm that I had heard Him right. I did not come to my conclusions because others told me what I should believe. The Holy Spirit first prompted me, then I began to research to confirm what He said to me.
Never get caught up in following a group who claim to have the only truth, but rather question all of it, take it to the Holy Spirit in prayer and remain there while He begins to show you answers. Nothing He will say will contradict the Bible, but will instead open our eyes to what is there.
http://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible-questions/why/easter-in-the-bible/
I do not place my trust in any translation but in the Holy Spirit to enlighten what I read. We have the original copies of those inspired languages, but since we cannot read those, we have to depend on the Holy Spirit to help us in our understanding.
Many errors in thinking have come about because people have trusted languages in translations rather than the Holy Spirit, as well as trusting teachers and scholars over the Holy Spirit.
We should listen to people who have studied and then take what they say to the Holy Spirit rather than just buying into their view hook, line and sinker, simply because they have a Bible degree. Much that is wrong is being taught in the seminaries now and have been since the beginning of those institutions. Even Paul the apostles challenged those who heard him to go home and look to the scritpures to make sure the things he said were true. It would strengthen their faith to pray and read themselves. Paul was also teaching that we must learn from the Holy Spirit, not believing men alone. If this were true in Paul's day with the original languages, then why would we not do this with translated works, even the KJV of the Bible.
There are more likely to be problems with translations than with originals. We do not have the originals, but we do have original copies. The oldest copies should be the best ones, since the more we copy things the more likely to be errors.
Acts 17:11 "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so."
I began with the NIV, the Lord showed me many things while reading it, but as I grew in the Lord, it became clear from the Holy Spirit promptings that something wasn't right. No one warned me against it, the Holy Spirit within me did that. Also when I was questioning the matter of divorce and remarriage, everyone who knew me was against my views, it was the Holy Spirit that showed me the evil of these acts, even though the Christian culture disagreed, all the scholars I knew of disagreed.
I knew it was wrong, as I began to ask the Holy Spirit for more information, He brought to me other scholars who were saying the things the Holy Spirit was telling me, to confirm that I had heard Him right. I did not come to my conclusions because others told me what I should believe. The Holy Spirit first prompted me, then I began to research to confirm what He said to me.
Never get caught up in following a group who claim to have the only truth, but rather question all of it, take it to the Holy Spirit in prayer and remain there while He begins to show you answers. Nothing He will say will contradict the Bible, but will instead open our eyes to what is there.
http://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible-questions/why/easter-in-the-bible/
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Their Fruit Will Expose Them
Fruit of the Spirit: 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. "
It was an eye opener to me one day when God showed me that the "Fruit of the Spirit" is not deeds but rather character qualities that other believers are able to see. Non-believer cannot discern them, they base their evaluation of people on deeds.
Anyone can do good deeds to impress others and even fool themselves into thinking they are good people, but the true test is the "Fruit of the Spirit", that the Holy Spirit produces in us, they are deep character qualities not based on deeds, but an inner heart attitude.
A believer can often sense a spirit of lying and deception that non-believers can't see until the actions are so blatant they cannot be ignored. Often true believers can sense that spirit of deception even before actions reveal themselves.
Matthew 7:16 ""You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?"
It was an eye opener to me one day when God showed me that the "Fruit of the Spirit" is not deeds but rather character qualities that other believers are able to see. Non-believer cannot discern them, they base their evaluation of people on deeds.
Anyone can do good deeds to impress others and even fool themselves into thinking they are good people, but the true test is the "Fruit of the Spirit", that the Holy Spirit produces in us, they are deep character qualities not based on deeds, but an inner heart attitude.
A believer can often sense a spirit of lying and deception that non-believers can't see until the actions are so blatant they cannot be ignored. Often true believers can sense that spirit of deception even before actions reveal themselves.
Matthew 7:16 ""You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?"
Saying It Doesn't Make It So
No child of God will walk away from Him. When we chose to trust Christ He merely gave us what we wanted and that was to be changed into a new creation by Him. Even though we are weak and fail at times, we are still continually being cleansed until the day we die. We are sealed with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of our inheritance.
Ephesians 1:13-14 "13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."
If someone walks away without a conscience over it, then they were never born again, they were only pretending or responding to an emotional hype, they never had it in their heart. They were never broken over their sinfulness and they never trusted Christ to change them.
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “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. 22 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?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
If anyone has a strong desire to return to the world, loving things that God hates, then that person never wanted Christ to begin with, they only wanted God for the safety they thought they would have or to elevate themselves in the eyes of others.
When our motive to be close to God is to be accepted without desiring to please Him, then God will not save us, change us or answer our prayers.
John 9:31 ""We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him."
So many people today call themselves Christian because it makes them feel safe, good about themselves and special, but in their heart they have no inclination to seek God about anything. When they are confronted over a sin or wrong attitude they fight and devour those who try to help them grow in holiness.
When we see these things, we know we have met someone who has an ulterior motive to labeling themselves "Christian", which does not please God.
Matthew 15:8 "'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME."
Saying "I am a Christian", does not make us Christian,
Saying "I love you" does not prove that we love.
Saying "I am a hard worker", does not mean we are hard workers.
Saying "I am a good person", does not make us a good person.
Do we see the face of our culture in the above sentences? Many people think that all they have to do is say something and that makes it so. Most of the criminals in jail will claim they are basically good people.
Evidence is required for the claims of these things. When we say "I love you", there has to have been a lifestyle of consideration and concern for the one we say we love. When we say "I am a hard worker", there must be evidence that others can see that prove it.
Our culture no longer understands that in order for something to be true, it must be more than words, there must be attitudes and actions that back up our claims. It is better to keep our mouths shut while obeying God, we really are what we live, not what we say.
There is an old saying that goes like this; "your actions speak so loud, I can't hear a word your saying."
If you are a hard worker then you won't need to say it, others will see it. If you love God's way, there won't be a need to brag that you love, others will know it. If you say "I am a Christian", the evidence will be that we obey God as a matter of lifestyle, even if we fail we will be grieved over our sinfulness and desire to be delivered from the sin.
A true believer never gives themselves excuses for their sinfulness while remaining in it, they are ashamed and want to be cleansed. When confronted they don't fight and argue they are ashamed, confess and turn from their sin.
John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him."
1 John 3:9 "No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."
Hebrews 12:6 "FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death."
If we love God it will show in that we obey Him as a matter of lifestyle, we will love the Word of God and we will love other believers. Our love will include correction when necessary as well as comfort in hard times.
If there is no love for God's Word, no love for the brethren and no desire to move forward in holiness, then there is no salvation, not that we earn salvation by these things but that salvation produces these things in us.
Ephesians 1:13-14 "13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."
If someone walks away without a conscience over it, then they were never born again, they were only pretending or responding to an emotional hype, they never had it in their heart. They were never broken over their sinfulness and they never trusted Christ to change them.
Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “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. 22 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?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"
If anyone has a strong desire to return to the world, loving things that God hates, then that person never wanted Christ to begin with, they only wanted God for the safety they thought they would have or to elevate themselves in the eyes of others.
When our motive to be close to God is to be accepted without desiring to please Him, then God will not save us, change us or answer our prayers.
John 9:31 ""We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him."
So many people today call themselves Christian because it makes them feel safe, good about themselves and special, but in their heart they have no inclination to seek God about anything. When they are confronted over a sin or wrong attitude they fight and devour those who try to help them grow in holiness.
When we see these things, we know we have met someone who has an ulterior motive to labeling themselves "Christian", which does not please God.
Matthew 15:8 "'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME."
Saying "I am a Christian", does not make us Christian,
Saying "I love you" does not prove that we love.
Saying "I am a hard worker", does not mean we are hard workers.
Saying "I am a good person", does not make us a good person.
Do we see the face of our culture in the above sentences? Many people think that all they have to do is say something and that makes it so. Most of the criminals in jail will claim they are basically good people.
Evidence is required for the claims of these things. When we say "I love you", there has to have been a lifestyle of consideration and concern for the one we say we love. When we say "I am a hard worker", there must be evidence that others can see that prove it.
Our culture no longer understands that in order for something to be true, it must be more than words, there must be attitudes and actions that back up our claims. It is better to keep our mouths shut while obeying God, we really are what we live, not what we say.
There is an old saying that goes like this; "your actions speak so loud, I can't hear a word your saying."
If you are a hard worker then you won't need to say it, others will see it. If you love God's way, there won't be a need to brag that you love, others will know it. If you say "I am a Christian", the evidence will be that we obey God as a matter of lifestyle, even if we fail we will be grieved over our sinfulness and desire to be delivered from the sin.
A true believer never gives themselves excuses for their sinfulness while remaining in it, they are ashamed and want to be cleansed. When confronted they don't fight and argue they are ashamed, confess and turn from their sin.
John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him."
1 John 3:9 "No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."
Hebrews 12:6 "FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death."
If we love God it will show in that we obey Him as a matter of lifestyle, we will love the Word of God and we will love other believers. Our love will include correction when necessary as well as comfort in hard times.
If there is no love for God's Word, no love for the brethren and no desire to move forward in holiness, then there is no salvation, not that we earn salvation by these things but that salvation produces these things in us.
Organic Hype
I have read studies to indicate that all this hoopla about pesticides is just that, hoopla. My father lived in a time when there were no restrictions on pesticides, they used them too, he lived to be 90 years old and so did many of our relatives. They didn't eat any healthier than we do, except they couldn't afford eating out all the time.
They ate white bread, pasta, pie, jam with large amounts of white sugar in it, they loved pie and many other things that we would consider unhealthy today.
My family were not people who exercise either, their jobs didn't provide any more exercise than normal day to day work. The most recent studies show that running is very bad for us and can shorten one's life. It makes sense that if we beat up our bodies regularly, it is constantly trying to heal from the abuse, it would cause a strain on all the body systems. The greatest threat to our hearts is stress, which includes life problems and physical exertion.
The natural food industry is laughing all the way to the bank as is the exercise equipment industry, the food is no healthier and it is not completely pesticide free. Exercise is proving to damage the body long term. It's all the end times "worship nature and the body", natural hype. I know I will not convince this generation, and that's alright, there are more important things to argue over, eating the "natural food", won't hurt anyone, except put a crimp in the pocket book and keep people in a constant state of worry that can damage their heart.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
Proverbs 10:27
"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."
I don't see anything here in the above passages about the food we eat, it is trusting God that lengthens a person’s life, not the food we eat.
Matthew 15:11 ""It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
I just have to expose the deception of the natural food craze. If the "natural food" industry can convince people all other food is bad, they can charge higher prices and they are doing that, while building a stronger market of people addicted to their food labeled "natural."
All the "proof" I see is not from people who actually did the testing themselves, but from the "natural food" industry, they have a lot to gain by addicting their customers to the idea that they are in danger from eating anything but the food they produce.
We were told for years that coffee, butter and eggs were all bad for us, now that is all being retracted by the younger scientists coming up who have gone a little deeper in their research.
Just reading articles on the internet and listening to those who have been convinced by the hype is not a good way to get our information. There is no such thing as perfect food that will alleviate all illness.
The new bacon scare, is nothing short of ridiculous. They say that there is a 1% greater chance of bacon being harmful. Notice the "chance" word! The original chance was 5% and now it is 6%. The idea that bacon is as bad as smoking is ludicrous. Then they say 5 pieces of bacon a day is alright, I personally don't know of anyone who eats that much bacon that would be 35 pieces a week.
We get illness because God ordained that we have it, perhaps to cause us to turn our eyes to Him. Many believers are turning their eyes to extreme nutrition that is not based on good science, trusting in those foods, when they aren't any better than the food we have had all along.
The natural food craze is a part of the end time’s deception, designed to make people continually paranoid about what they eat while placing their trust in the food rather than God. Notice too it creates an attitude of ungratefulness for what God has provided.
I know people who buy special solutions to soak their vegetables to remove pesticides that are easily removed by running water over them. I once asked a dentist if the "Plax" brand of mouth rinse did any good in removing plaque on a person’s teeth. He laughed and said it will do as much good as water, in short, it has no value at all and one spends money on the "Plax", when water from the tap would do the same thing. This is just one example of advertising run amuck. This is also an example of the way the "natural" food industry has manipulated many people into believing they need their product, while charging silly prices for it.
In the churches I have been in, during the coffee hour, there was a lot of time spent talking about the food that they thought was healthy along with discussions and excitement about the ball games, God was rarely mentioned at all. What we talk about most of the time is what we treasure. Perhaps there is some pride involved in thinking we know so much and can mix with the world on this matter of "natural."
Luke 12:34 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
If the "natural" craze were not popular, I wonder how many people would involve themselves with it? Often when something is widespread and popular it is because an industry is marketing it heavily while putting out bogus information to earn massive amounts of money.
I don't believe the studies put out by the "natural foods" industry, nor do I believe the studies that claim we need supplements. If we are seriously ill then we need to have blood work done to check our levels, based on true science, then we may need iron or some other vitamin or mineral that our body is lacking, but based on levels of it in our blood.
Far too many people are taking massive amounts of vitamins, spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year on vitamins their body doesn't need, and perhaps even causing illness from overdose. I have known two people in my lifetime who became very ill from taking too many supplements without checking with a doctor to see if there was a need, one of those people died from an overdose. YES, you can kill yourself, destroy kidney and liver over too many vitamins.
When we place our trust in the "natural food" industry without praying about it, we put ourselves through stress and worry over nothing. They have lied to this culture. I notice too that the secular community was the entity that introduced all this hype and the Christians hopped on board.
Perhaps it's time for believers to ask the Lord to open their eyes to this last day’s deception of worship of the physical body.
They ate white bread, pasta, pie, jam with large amounts of white sugar in it, they loved pie and many other things that we would consider unhealthy today.
My family were not people who exercise either, their jobs didn't provide any more exercise than normal day to day work. The most recent studies show that running is very bad for us and can shorten one's life. It makes sense that if we beat up our bodies regularly, it is constantly trying to heal from the abuse, it would cause a strain on all the body systems. The greatest threat to our hearts is stress, which includes life problems and physical exertion.
The natural food industry is laughing all the way to the bank as is the exercise equipment industry, the food is no healthier and it is not completely pesticide free. Exercise is proving to damage the body long term. It's all the end times "worship nature and the body", natural hype. I know I will not convince this generation, and that's alright, there are more important things to argue over, eating the "natural food", won't hurt anyone, except put a crimp in the pocket book and keep people in a constant state of worry that can damage their heart.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
Proverbs 10:27
"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."
I don't see anything here in the above passages about the food we eat, it is trusting God that lengthens a person’s life, not the food we eat.
Matthew 15:11 ""It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
I just have to expose the deception of the natural food craze. If the "natural food" industry can convince people all other food is bad, they can charge higher prices and they are doing that, while building a stronger market of people addicted to their food labeled "natural."
All the "proof" I see is not from people who actually did the testing themselves, but from the "natural food" industry, they have a lot to gain by addicting their customers to the idea that they are in danger from eating anything but the food they produce.
We were told for years that coffee, butter and eggs were all bad for us, now that is all being retracted by the younger scientists coming up who have gone a little deeper in their research.
Just reading articles on the internet and listening to those who have been convinced by the hype is not a good way to get our information. There is no such thing as perfect food that will alleviate all illness.
The new bacon scare, is nothing short of ridiculous. They say that there is a 1% greater chance of bacon being harmful. Notice the "chance" word! The original chance was 5% and now it is 6%. The idea that bacon is as bad as smoking is ludicrous. Then they say 5 pieces of bacon a day is alright, I personally don't know of anyone who eats that much bacon that would be 35 pieces a week.
We get illness because God ordained that we have it, perhaps to cause us to turn our eyes to Him. Many believers are turning their eyes to extreme nutrition that is not based on good science, trusting in those foods, when they aren't any better than the food we have had all along.
The natural food craze is a part of the end time’s deception, designed to make people continually paranoid about what they eat while placing their trust in the food rather than God. Notice too it creates an attitude of ungratefulness for what God has provided.
I know people who buy special solutions to soak their vegetables to remove pesticides that are easily removed by running water over them. I once asked a dentist if the "Plax" brand of mouth rinse did any good in removing plaque on a person’s teeth. He laughed and said it will do as much good as water, in short, it has no value at all and one spends money on the "Plax", when water from the tap would do the same thing. This is just one example of advertising run amuck. This is also an example of the way the "natural" food industry has manipulated many people into believing they need their product, while charging silly prices for it.
In the churches I have been in, during the coffee hour, there was a lot of time spent talking about the food that they thought was healthy along with discussions and excitement about the ball games, God was rarely mentioned at all. What we talk about most of the time is what we treasure. Perhaps there is some pride involved in thinking we know so much and can mix with the world on this matter of "natural."
Luke 12:34 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
If the "natural" craze were not popular, I wonder how many people would involve themselves with it? Often when something is widespread and popular it is because an industry is marketing it heavily while putting out bogus information to earn massive amounts of money.
I don't believe the studies put out by the "natural foods" industry, nor do I believe the studies that claim we need supplements. If we are seriously ill then we need to have blood work done to check our levels, based on true science, then we may need iron or some other vitamin or mineral that our body is lacking, but based on levels of it in our blood.
Far too many people are taking massive amounts of vitamins, spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year on vitamins their body doesn't need, and perhaps even causing illness from overdose. I have known two people in my lifetime who became very ill from taking too many supplements without checking with a doctor to see if there was a need, one of those people died from an overdose. YES, you can kill yourself, destroy kidney and liver over too many vitamins.
When we place our trust in the "natural food" industry without praying about it, we put ourselves through stress and worry over nothing. They have lied to this culture. I notice too that the secular community was the entity that introduced all this hype and the Christians hopped on board.
Perhaps it's time for believers to ask the Lord to open their eyes to this last day’s deception of worship of the physical body.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Burn the Pictures!
If you are not "worshiping the picture" of a man depicting Christ, then why are you having the picture?
Do you wish that picture was Him? Then you are pretending it is Him, a form of lying about God, since we know it is not Him.
Do you look longingly at it as if you were in that man's presence? If you are, then you are pretending it is Christ even though you know it is not....a form of worship.
Why would anyone want to "pretend" that a man is God? Perhaps without props the faith is weak?
God said we are not to make "images" of Him in the likeness of any art.
Acts 17:29 ""Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man."
2 Corinthians 5:7 "for we walk by faith, not by sight--"
If we need to see a picture of Christ to build faith then we lack faith. When we look longingly at a picture of a man depicting Christ, we are desiring that man in the picture who we know is not Christ. There were no pictures of Him.
Those who need any kind of artifact to feel close to God are demonstrating lack of faith.
I am told the word for worship denotes the way a dog looks at his master. When we look longingly at a man wishing he was God then we are worshiping.
Often, believers criticize Catholics for having idols while they have some of their own. Why would pictures of a man depicting Christ be worse in the Catholic church than in the protestant church? Why would a statue of a man depicting Christ be worse than a picture doing the same thing?
Perhaps we ought to burn those depictions of Christ, knowing that our faith will soar as soon as we release ourselves from the idols that have kept us captive. The more I depend on the Holy Spirit that lives in me, the less I need to see with my eyes.
Do you wish that picture was Him? Then you are pretending it is Him, a form of lying about God, since we know it is not Him.
Do you look longingly at it as if you were in that man's presence? If you are, then you are pretending it is Christ even though you know it is not....a form of worship.
Why would anyone want to "pretend" that a man is God? Perhaps without props the faith is weak?
God said we are not to make "images" of Him in the likeness of any art.
Acts 17:29 ""Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man."
2 Corinthians 5:7 "for we walk by faith, not by sight--"
If we need to see a picture of Christ to build faith then we lack faith. When we look longingly at a picture of a man depicting Christ, we are desiring that man in the picture who we know is not Christ. There were no pictures of Him.
Those who need any kind of artifact to feel close to God are demonstrating lack of faith.
I am told the word for worship denotes the way a dog looks at his master. When we look longingly at a man wishing he was God then we are worshiping.
Often, believers criticize Catholics for having idols while they have some of their own. Why would pictures of a man depicting Christ be worse in the Catholic church than in the protestant church? Why would a statue of a man depicting Christ be worse than a picture doing the same thing?
Perhaps we ought to burn those depictions of Christ, knowing that our faith will soar as soon as we release ourselves from the idols that have kept us captive. The more I depend on the Holy Spirit that lives in me, the less I need to see with my eyes.
Immense and Intense Pride
When we were children, if we were rebuked by an adult, we were ashamed. Even as an adult if we were rebuked by another adult, especially if they were older than we, we were ashamed.
But now the children are fighting back and the younger adults are disrespectful to their elders. It is appalling to say the least, no humility just immense and intense pride.
But now the children are fighting back and the younger adults are disrespectful to their elders. It is appalling to say the least, no humility just immense and intense pride.
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