We cannot blame anyone else for our actions or attitudes. We can however see attitudes and actions in others and call them what they are...whether sinful or righteous.
Matthew 76:16-20 "16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits."
Monday, May 30, 2016
Confess or Be Lost
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”
It's that "daily" word that reinforces the idea that we are to be continually correcting, rebuking and admonishing one another with the Word.
We human beings are constantly reverting back to our humanness in our responses to things. We are often driven by pride rather than reasoning with God's Word, that's why we need to be continually reminding one another to seek God's principles and His Word for every matter.
It's that "daily" word that reinforces the idea that we are to be continually correcting, rebuking and admonishing one another with the Word.
We human beings are constantly reverting back to our humanness in our responses to things. We are often driven by pride rather than reasoning with God's Word, that's why we need to be continually reminding one another to seek God's principles and His Word for every matter.
When someone is resistant to correction and rages at a reproof, their reaction shows us there is pride that still needs to be dealt with in their heart. If that pride is so deeply rooted that they will argue and fight against truth, then they may not be born again as they think they are, but rather living a “form of Christianity” but never having been indwelt by Christ.
Those who cannot confess their sin, but only hide it, cannot be born again.
Those who cannot confess their sin, but only hide it, cannot be born again.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Self Importance Must Go!
Amen, the hardest people to reach are those who have a very high opinion of their self worth. They have not yet reached the truth that they are nothing and Christ is everything. They rage when told they need improvement, even holding deep resentment when corrected or disciplined.
May the Lord convict the stubborn hearts!
Psalm 51:16-17 "…16For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
May the Lord convict the stubborn hearts!
Psalm 51:16-17 "…16For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
Saturday, May 28, 2016
God Elevated the Woman, Man Degraded Her
When a man is a tyrant in marriage, negating the elevated position of the woman in marriage as God intended, he sins against his wife and against God.
https://biblicalgenderroles.com/2014/11/04/what-did-god-mean-when-he-called-woman-a-help-meet-for-man/
https://biblicalgenderroles.com/2014/11/04/what-did-god-mean-when-he-called-woman-a-help-meet-for-man/
Never Apologize for Doing What is Right
Liberals would have us apologizing to the devil for exposing his evil. Never apologize for doing what is right just because a rebellious heart didn't like it.
Proverbs 28:4 "Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them."
To apologize for doing what is right because someone who is sinful gets angry is the same as saying God was wrong for calling evil what it is and punishing it.
Proverbs 28:4 "Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them."
To apologize for doing what is right because someone who is sinful gets angry is the same as saying God was wrong for calling evil what it is and punishing it.
We Don't Get To Brag
Yes! Two can be raised in the same family and be entirely different. It all depends on their individual perspective and mind set. If parents were to blame for the failures of children then God would have been a bad Father to Adam and Eve.
Also:
Ezekiel 18:20 "20"The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."
Since we are imperfect parents we can expect that God will have to stand in the gap for us. We cannot take responsibility for the successes of our children any more than their failures. We do the best we can and leave the rest to the Lord.
Also:
Ezekiel 18:20 "20"The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."
Since we are imperfect parents we can expect that God will have to stand in the gap for us. We cannot take responsibility for the successes of our children any more than their failures. We do the best we can and leave the rest to the Lord.
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