Proverbs 31 makes the woman the manager of the home, the CEO if you will. It is out of order for the man to do the job that GOD gave to the woman.
The man should never involve himself in the job God has given the woman. Yes, she considers the needs and desires of those who live there, but she makes the ultimate decision about how the household will be run.
The man is the leader, a good leader does not micro-manage those under him. He allows each one to do their job with their talents and expertise.
The leader also, if he is wise, listens to his counselors, in the case of marriage that is the wife.
There is a wrong teaching that has emerged in the past few years that the man dictates everything for the woman, this is unBilbical and devastating to the family.
No one man can have all the answers and do all the jobs, he must trust his wife to make wise choices to do the job that GOD gave to her. Hear this please, the husband did not give the job of homemaking to the woman, it was God that gave it to her. For the man to insert himself into her managing of the household is to usurp God. He may express his desires and if she is a good wife she will take them into account, but he has no right to dictate or intimidate the woman to do things his way, that is anarchy against God.
Women are bored at home these days because they do not do the job the way God intended, they ignore it while doing other pleasurable things. Pleasure can get boring after awhile, it is hard work and accomplishment that brings fulfillment.
The job of the woman is "home based", she does not spend 8 hours a day, fives days a week away from her children and household. Her household is her base of operation and she spends much time there planning, working and arranging matters.
To learn the job of the woman as given by God, read Proverbs 31, its all in there. If she does her job well, then even her husband will be respected in the community.
Proverbs 31: 10-31 Description of a Worthy Woman
10 An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
14 She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates."
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
No Artifacts are Needed
God condemns artifacts to help us worship. If we need an object, then we are trusting in that object rather than Christ.
Objects are idols, anything we trust to help us in any way, other than Christ, is an idol. Those who use them should repent and learn to trust Christ alone.
John 4:24
"24 God is [a]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Objects are idols, anything we trust to help us in any way, other than Christ, is an idol. Those who use them should repent and learn to trust Christ alone.
John 4:24
"24 God is [a]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
A Better Place, Where is That?
The idea that everyone who dies goes to "a better place", is deeply entrenched in this culture, even among those who say they are Christian.
When asked why someone believes that, they cannot give an answer, even acting irritated that you would ask a question they could not answer or challenge something they want to believe, after all their "feelings are their facts."
This generation is convinced that whatever they want to feel is the truth, facts and rational evaluation is not practiced much of the time.
The devil had to convince the culture that they were gods and whatever they wanted to believe was not only acceptable but without challenge.
Our culture believes that everything is right and nothing is right. This makes no sense to the rational deductive person. The only way everything can be right at the same time nothing is right, sort of goes like this;
There is no right or wrong answer, if you believe it in your own reality, then it is true, and no one should say it is wrong. However if someone thinks you are wrong, they must keep it to themselves because its alright to believe others are wrong as long as you don't say so. In other words no one is sure or confident about anything. Its all about feelings rather that truth.
It is irrational and yet we live in a culture that operates this way, making it harder to reach them with the gospel. If there are no absolute truths, they they will not believe our truth about the gospel if its not what they want.
In our culture, go ahead and believe what you want but if it differs from the truth of others then you are allowed to have your belief as long as you remain unsure about it.
So really, our culture believes everything and nothing at the same time. Yes, it is irrational.
I know this is hard for some people to accept, but in every discussion someone is right and someone is wrong, sometimes someone is partially right while someone is partially wrong.
That's why there is need for discussion, analytical thinking and a willingness to let go of something when we find it to be wrong.
Proverbs 1:6-10 "…6 To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;…
Proverbs 23:9 "9 Do not speak in the [h]hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid. 2 A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.…"
God has a right answer and solution for every matter in His Word. You will not always find a specific verse for a specific situation but you will find principles to cover everything. If you cannot find a principle to fit your situation, then you must go to prayer and ask God to show you your course of action.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
When asked why someone believes that, they cannot give an answer, even acting irritated that you would ask a question they could not answer or challenge something they want to believe, after all their "feelings are their facts."
This generation is convinced that whatever they want to feel is the truth, facts and rational evaluation is not practiced much of the time.
The devil had to convince the culture that they were gods and whatever they wanted to believe was not only acceptable but without challenge.
Our culture believes that everything is right and nothing is right. This makes no sense to the rational deductive person. The only way everything can be right at the same time nothing is right, sort of goes like this;
There is no right or wrong answer, if you believe it in your own reality, then it is true, and no one should say it is wrong. However if someone thinks you are wrong, they must keep it to themselves because its alright to believe others are wrong as long as you don't say so. In other words no one is sure or confident about anything. Its all about feelings rather that truth.
It is irrational and yet we live in a culture that operates this way, making it harder to reach them with the gospel. If there are no absolute truths, they they will not believe our truth about the gospel if its not what they want.
In our culture, go ahead and believe what you want but if it differs from the truth of others then you are allowed to have your belief as long as you remain unsure about it.
So really, our culture believes everything and nothing at the same time. Yes, it is irrational.
I know this is hard for some people to accept, but in every discussion someone is right and someone is wrong, sometimes someone is partially right while someone is partially wrong.
That's why there is need for discussion, analytical thinking and a willingness to let go of something when we find it to be wrong.
Proverbs 1:6-10 "…6 To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;…
Proverbs 23:9 "9 Do not speak in the [h]hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words."
Proverbs 12:1-2 "1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid. 2 A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.…"
God has a right answer and solution for every matter in His Word. You will not always find a specific verse for a specific situation but you will find principles to cover everything. If you cannot find a principle to fit your situation, then you must go to prayer and ask God to show you your course of action.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
Atheism is Deliberate not Really a Belief but Rather a Decision
I don't believe in atheists, that is I don't believe atheists are telling the truth.
God said "only a fool says in his heart there is not God." The actual rendering from the original language is "only a fool says NO to God."
Atheists know there is a God, and say no to Him.
It is tantamount to a frenimy who is jealous of your red coat, because he doesn't like that you have the coat he would like to have so he says, "that's not a coat and it isn't red."
Atheists are basically jealous of God, they want the power that God has for themselves, just as the devil did right before he was thrown out of heaven.
One of the most frustrating things to encounter is that of a narcissist who denies reality. They do it on purpose to show their disdain and disrespect.
This is the mentality and purpose of the atheist, they are liars by nature without conscience. This was the sort that Stephen Hawkings was, a liar deliberately intending to frustrate God, and now he is where God wants him to be. Don't let this happen to you just because you feel a need to be superior to God and to others.
God said "only a fool says in his heart there is not God." The actual rendering from the original language is "only a fool says NO to God."
Atheists know there is a God, and say no to Him.
It is tantamount to a frenimy who is jealous of your red coat, because he doesn't like that you have the coat he would like to have so he says, "that's not a coat and it isn't red."
Atheists are basically jealous of God, they want the power that God has for themselves, just as the devil did right before he was thrown out of heaven.
One of the most frustrating things to encounter is that of a narcissist who denies reality. They do it on purpose to show their disdain and disrespect.
This is the mentality and purpose of the atheist, they are liars by nature without conscience. This was the sort that Stephen Hawkings was, a liar deliberately intending to frustrate God, and now he is where God wants him to be. Don't let this happen to you just because you feel a need to be superior to God and to others.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Broken Window Theory
The broken windows theory, is when one window in an empty building has been broken, others who come along and see it will think that someone got away with it and throw their own rocks to break more windows.
This is an interesting concept because when applied to the morals of a culture, we see that relaxing moral standards results in more people relaxing their standards until the entire culture is corrupt and immoral.
It is very difficult to convince anyone of their sin and need for Christ in a culture that is supports and promotes sin all around them.
If you don't believe this theory all we have to do is compare the lifestyles of normal law abiding citizens of 70 years ago to now. By law abiding I mean those who adhere to Biblical standards, even if they did not know they were Biblical, the Christians in the culture influenced the society as a whole and even non-believers agreed with the standards of Christians, because they saw that the morals were better for the culture as well as personally better.
Now days we have nearly everyone negating the standards and morals of the Bible, holding them in low regard if not out and out contempt for them.
Crime has increased while demented thinking has overtaken most of the culture.
2 Timothy 3 describes the mentality of the end times, in this vein of thinking there lurks complete and total rebellion against the principles of our country that made it powerful in the beginning.
Without moral and ethical standards the country declines, diligence and excellence in anything is no longer important. Lives are destroyed as people begin to accept a lower standard, families disintegrate into hopelessness.
We are on the precipice teetering, ready to fall over the edge at any moment. Anyone who thinks we can bring this country back to morality and unselfishness is living in a fantasy of their own. God describes these end times, they do not get better they only continue to decline into the morass of evil until we reach the tribulation, at which time there will be no goodness left, only heartbreak and terror everywhere all the time.
The answer to this mess is for individuals to find Christ before that time, giving them the hope of the rapture and the ability to live in this terrible place, in hope, hope not in restoring the earth or our country, but personal hope in the promises God has for those who have been born again.
Believers will be Spiritually and emotionally protected in these difficult times, perhaps not always physically, but nothing can touch their regenerated soul that is kept by Christ until He comes for us.
For unbelievers there is no hope, they will not have the protection emotionally, spiritually or physically from the horror that is coming in the tribulation.
Those who do not know Christ must have their eyes opened to the salvation that is in Christ alone before it is too late.
This is an interesting concept because when applied to the morals of a culture, we see that relaxing moral standards results in more people relaxing their standards until the entire culture is corrupt and immoral.
It is very difficult to convince anyone of their sin and need for Christ in a culture that is supports and promotes sin all around them.
If you don't believe this theory all we have to do is compare the lifestyles of normal law abiding citizens of 70 years ago to now. By law abiding I mean those who adhere to Biblical standards, even if they did not know they were Biblical, the Christians in the culture influenced the society as a whole and even non-believers agreed with the standards of Christians, because they saw that the morals were better for the culture as well as personally better.
Now days we have nearly everyone negating the standards and morals of the Bible, holding them in low regard if not out and out contempt for them.
Crime has increased while demented thinking has overtaken most of the culture.
2 Timothy 3 describes the mentality of the end times, in this vein of thinking there lurks complete and total rebellion against the principles of our country that made it powerful in the beginning.
Without moral and ethical standards the country declines, diligence and excellence in anything is no longer important. Lives are destroyed as people begin to accept a lower standard, families disintegrate into hopelessness.
We are on the precipice teetering, ready to fall over the edge at any moment. Anyone who thinks we can bring this country back to morality and unselfishness is living in a fantasy of their own. God describes these end times, they do not get better they only continue to decline into the morass of evil until we reach the tribulation, at which time there will be no goodness left, only heartbreak and terror everywhere all the time.
The answer to this mess is for individuals to find Christ before that time, giving them the hope of the rapture and the ability to live in this terrible place, in hope, hope not in restoring the earth or our country, but personal hope in the promises God has for those who have been born again.
Believers will be Spiritually and emotionally protected in these difficult times, perhaps not always physically, but nothing can touch their regenerated soul that is kept by Christ until He comes for us.
For unbelievers there is no hope, they will not have the protection emotionally, spiritually or physically from the horror that is coming in the tribulation.
Those who do not know Christ must have their eyes opened to the salvation that is in Christ alone before it is too late.
Evidence of the Last Days
Nelson Baerga
ABSOLUTE EVIDENCE OF THE LAST DAYS
2 Timothy 3:1-5, "This know also, that in the LAST DAYS perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own SELVES, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
COVETOUS - inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth, greedy
BOASTERS - braggart, self-centered, egotist
PROUD - high opinion of oneself or one's own importance
BLASPHEMERS - insult or disdain of God/Jesus/Spirit or Scripture
UNTHANKFUL - thankless, ungrateful, unappreciative
UNHOLY - godless, impious, profane, irreverent
TRUCEBREAKERS - implacable, irreconcilable, unappeasable
INCONTINENT - lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled, unbridled
FIERCE - intense or ferocious aggressiveness, cutthroat
TRAITORS - betrayer, disloyal to belief, sellout
HEADY - rash, impetuous, heedless, careless, bullheaded
HIGHMINDED - arrogant, haughty, puffed up, conceited
2 Peter 3:3-4, Knowing this first, that there shall come in the LAST DAYS scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue AS THEY WERE from the beginning of the creation.
ABSOLUTE EVIDENCE OF THE LAST DAYS
2 Timothy 3:1-5, "This know also, that in the LAST DAYS perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own SELVES, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
COVETOUS - inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth, greedy
BOASTERS - braggart, self-centered, egotist
PROUD - high opinion of oneself or one's own importance
BLASPHEMERS - insult or disdain of God/Jesus/Spirit or Scripture
UNTHANKFUL - thankless, ungrateful, unappreciative
UNHOLY - godless, impious, profane, irreverent
TRUCEBREAKERS - implacable, irreconcilable, unappeasable
INCONTINENT - lacking self-restraint; uncontrolled, unbridled
FIERCE - intense or ferocious aggressiveness, cutthroat
TRAITORS - betrayer, disloyal to belief, sellout
HEADY - rash, impetuous, heedless, careless, bullheaded
HIGHMINDED - arrogant, haughty, puffed up, conceited
2 Peter 3:3-4, Knowing this first, that there shall come in the LAST DAYS scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue AS THEY WERE from the beginning of the creation.
Born Again for Real
Ephesians 1:13-14
"13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory."
When someone has been changed into a new creation by Christ, he is no longer the old anymore and will never get it back.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
When Christ saves us because we have confessed our sinfulness and believed in His sacrifice as counted to our sin, then we are born again. We can never go back to the old man again. Our Spirit is saved and counted as being in heaven with Christ. We are saved permanently.
God seals us with the Holy Spirit, we cannot become unsealed, we belong to Him.
We are not sinless: This was written to believers who are saved for eternity.
1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If we sin after we are born again it is the weakness of the sinful flesh not the Spirit Who lives in us. God deals with those He loves through discipline not in throwing them away.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
When we die our Spirit goes to heaven but our body cannot go because it is sinful.
If someone sins and is not sorry and even defends their sin they have never been born again. Those who have been born again grieve over their sin when they do it and eventually confess and stop because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
1 John 3:8-10 "…8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil can be distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother."
A born again believer is not sinless, they do sin less, because they hate sin and quickly confess and turn from it. They do not "practice" sin as a lifestyle.
Those who practice sin and have no guilt about it, even defending it have never been born again in the first place. They are pretenders and need to become born again for the first time.
"13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory."
When someone has been changed into a new creation by Christ, he is no longer the old anymore and will never get it back.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
When Christ saves us because we have confessed our sinfulness and believed in His sacrifice as counted to our sin, then we are born again. We can never go back to the old man again. Our Spirit is saved and counted as being in heaven with Christ. We are saved permanently.
God seals us with the Holy Spirit, we cannot become unsealed, we belong to Him.
We are not sinless: This was written to believers who are saved for eternity.
1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If we sin after we are born again it is the weakness of the sinful flesh not the Spirit Who lives in us. God deals with those He loves through discipline not in throwing them away.
Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"
When we die our Spirit goes to heaven but our body cannot go because it is sinful.
If someone sins and is not sorry and even defends their sin they have never been born again. Those who have been born again grieve over their sin when they do it and eventually confess and stop because of the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
1 John 3:8-10 "…8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil can be distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother."
A born again believer is not sinless, they do sin less, because they hate sin and quickly confess and turn from it. They do not "practice" sin as a lifestyle.
Those who practice sin and have no guilt about it, even defending it have never been born again in the first place. They are pretenders and need to become born again for the first time.
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