Brain Washing in the Church

Brain washing is a monstrous part of our culture. The pressure placed on Christians to follow the ways of men rather than the ways of God is constant.

1 Corinthians 15:33 "” 33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

When we hang around ungodly people we tend to begin to believe their lies and their manipulations. It is best to surround ourselves with those who love the Lord, who do not play silly petty games to gain control over you.

Please remember, many people sit under these manipulative and controlling people every week in church gatherings. The attendees place more trust in and elevate the "pastor" more than Christ.

There is no position of "pastor" as one who dominates and dictates over the brethren. God assigned pastors to be subject to Him and to those in the body. They lead by their example and by their love, not domination to control. There should never be only one man as a pastor, there should be several in a gathering.

The elders who have the gift of pastoring should be humble and subject to those in the congregation, able to be taught himself as well as teaching others. Every believer has a role to play, every believer is subject to every other believer, no one is better or controller of anyone else.

This is Biblical eldership, if you have questions about it go to God asking Him while reading the Bible to see the order of things in the gathering of believers. Far too many believers are being led astray with bad doctrine because of those who believe they should have power over others. When the elders are wrong, then they need to be corrected like anyone else.

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Cannot Dishonor Parents and Honor God

Children learn far more from the attitudes and actions of their parents than they do from their words.

"More is caught than taught."

So many parents think it is enough to say things to their children, they don't actually have to live out what they say as long as it is said.

When there is a demonstration of arrogance and entitlement on any level by the parent, the children will learn to be selfish and entitled, only far worse. When a child is told to honor his parents but see their parents not honoring grandpa and grandma, then the child will learn that parents do not have to be honored. Mankind is hardwired to take the easy road while justifying disobedience to God based on what others are doing.

Each generation is being pampered worse than the last. Correction and instruction is disdained by many people these days because they were indulged as children.

When a parent raises their children using manipulation instead of straight talk they are teaching their children that they do not have to accept correction, they even become angry and withholding of love when they have been instructed.

I had one young woman tell me she has to make her daughter think something is her own idea to get her to obey. This is teaching the daughter that she doesn't have to do anything that is not her own idea.

Getting a child to do something is not the main objective in child training. The objective in child training is to teach the children to want to obey authority, whether or not they enjoy it.

The psychological teachings of today have infiltrated the thinking of many Christians. Time out is a good example, nearly all the young Christians today are using this in place of the spankings that God commands in the Bible.

Another false belief is to forgive before there is admission of sin. Children are learning that they can be forgiven without being sorry for their offenses. They have been trained by the culture that it is easier to sweep relationship problems under the rug instead of seeking solutions and searching their own hearts to resolve things. These teachings lead to an entitlement mentality that slops over into every other interaction.

I have actually had a young person tell me "you have to forgive me", when there was no change in their behavior. I do not accept apologies for offenses when the behavior remains exactly the same as before the apology. "Saying" one is sorry does not prove their have a heart of repentance. Its the easy way of hoping the other person will just forget about it while nothing in the relationship changes. Repeat offenses over and over again is proof there was not sorrow over sin.

When God said "forgive 70 X 7, the context reveals that these are not for the same offenses. God does not forgive those who merely speak sorrow, the turning from that sin is the expression of true sorrow. False sorrow is when the words are said, "I'm sorry" but in a disdainful manner while the revenge comes to punish the one who required accountability.

The young adults of today believe they are entitled to refuse instruction and correction, even worse they are passing these rebellious mentalities on to their children, our grandchildren.

When the latest human fad is the measure of truth for most young parents, they will not listen to the Bible. Any rebuke or correction will be seen as an attack. They are not able to recognize love anymore. The love that requires us to tell the truth according to God's Word to spare the hearer the pitfalls of their error.

Older Christian parents are grieved at the disrespect from nearly all young people. They tried to teach the principles of God to their children while the rest of the culture and extended family came against them continually. It is only through God's mercy in opening their eyes that they will see the sin in their own heart that motivates them to fight against truth.

Adult children who act superior and refuse instruction are walking in rebellion against parents and against God. One cannot dishonor parents without also living a life of dishonoring God.

In short to sum it all up, we need to continue praying for the salvation of these ones who may even say they are Christians but walk in continual rebellion against God's principles.

Finally to repeat: one cannot dishonor their parent and still honor God.

The Truth Frees Us

When someone has been trained all of their lives to believe something, it is nearly impossible to convince them of the truth later.

Those who have been secretly abused emotionally and physically by family members keep their secret because they know that those who heard the lie continually over the years, will not believe them.

I have met many people who have been treated shamefully by family only to be further abused by those who believe the abuser is a wonderful person.

There is a story that comes to mind that I heard in recent years. This story demonstrates the agony it is for someone who has been abused when others are praising the abuser.

There was a young man who attended a particular high school. This young man's father was the coach at that school. Nearly every day that young man encountered fellow students who approached him to praise his father about what a wonderful person he was.

The agony in this for the young man was that he knew his father but no one else speaking these glowing words to him knew his father. They were basing their opinion of the father on how friendly he was to everyone else at school.

What those who loved the father didn't know is that every night that father would become drunk, beating, shouting and berating his wife and son mercilessly. There was no love in the home but there was a lot of pretending at school.

This is the very reason we are not to idolize people, choosing to believe they are wonderful when we often have no clue as to the real person who is displaying their false persona to everyone but their own families.

No one turns into a monster in one place and back into a wonderful person another. Those who are good people are good all the time to every one. The monster is the real person who hides this part of themselves in front of those they wish to impress.

There are people who want to be loved by everyone outside the home, but do not care if they demonstrate love to their own families. They count on their families not telling on them as well as counting on others not believing the family if they do tell.

This number is growing in these times since the culture has been teaching that "hurting people hurt people", an ridiculous assertion since there are lots of hurting people who can't stand to hurt others because they were hurt.

To excuse someone when they act badly because someone acted badly toward them is utterly ludicrous. Perhaps we ought to say that those who have been hurt and choose to hurt others because of it, have learned from their abusers that one can get away with mean spiritedness. It makes no sense to treat someone badly who never did anything to them, just because someone unrelated to the target hurt them.

Everyone has been hurt in their life, some worse than others, this does not give them permission to expect compassion. How utterly absurd is it to have compassion for the abuser, it is the victim that should get the compassion.

The mentality that "hurting people hurt people" has caused the culture to spend more time on comforting the abuser than paying attention to the victim. I reject the false assumption that people hurt others because they are hurt.

I also reject that notion that victims should remain silent about the abuse they experienced.

I once heard the story of two psychiatrists walking along the road. As they walked along they saw a broken and bleeding man in the ditch. One psychiatrist said to the other, "the man that did this really needs our help." The focus in this story shows what ungodly thinking leads to, the compassion is extended to the evil one while the victim is left without help.

Proverbs 28:4
"Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them."

John 3:20
"Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."

Ephesians 5:11 "…10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord. 11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."

Those who are to weak to face the truth need to stop making human beings their idols. We should never be surprised and shocked when someone is exposed. As though they are not capable of something wicked. If we believe someone could never do something wicked, then we have an idol, we are worshiping the wrong god.

John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

When we expose evil it affords the wicked man the opportunity to repent. If that wicked person has died and there is no opportunity to repent, the truth will cause other people to fear getting caught and exposed. Exposure of sin is a deterrent to repeat offenses and first time offenses.

If you have been abused you must remove yourself from all those who take the side of the abuser. Those who love their fantasies about the abuser will never understand, nor do they want to understand.

However, there is One Who does understand, One Who has seen it all, knows every heart and will never leave you comfortless, that is Jesus Christ. He wants us to tell the truth. He does not want anyone to live in a fantasy land, continually making up stories to elevate our favorite people. Elevating our favorite people ultimately ends up elevating us. Those who elevate others want to be elevated themselves.

It must be agonizing to God to watch human beings praising people who hate Him. It must be agonizing to God to watch people denying what His children have gone through while lying against the victim and God.

Truth is not important to those who love their fantasies. Truth is not a priority for those who lack empathy toward the victims of evil men and women.

Never feel guilty about telling the truth no matter what response comes from unkind and self absorbed individuals.

Ephesians 5:13
"But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,"

There will be those in the church who walk as actors in a play, the persona we see at church is not the real them, but the actor playing a role.

2 Timothy 3:5
"Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."

Seek God, tell the truth and be free!!!!

The Dilution will be Enormous

Yes, even though few will be taken in the rapture compared to the population of the world, it will be enough for the world to come unhinged over the disappearances.

I believe this will send the world into the panic of finding a one man leader who will be able to protect them. That person will be the anti-christ who will make them feel safe for the first 3 and a half years, after which he will unleash the worst misery ever on the people of the earth.

We see the mentality of self will reigning in the world today. Even though their families are devastated they don't see anything wrong. Even though murder of babies goes on every day most people don't see anything wrong. The eyes are blinded to the evil we see right now, how much more when the anti-christ sends them a strong dilution that will make them unable to think rationally and wisely.

Denise Fetter

95% of the world is walking in darkness thinking everything is hunky dory!! And then??
Sudden destruction will come...........

Growing in this World!

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Using Grace as an Excuse!!!

Those who use use grace as an excuse to sin, do it because they have been taught all their lives to love themselves. They think far to highly of their own goodness, In reality their high opinion of themselves proves their sinful heart!!!

These same people cannot receive correction, their elevated view of themselves causes them to rage and punish those who attempt to impart wisdom to them.

Proverbs 29:11 "…10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life. 11 A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back. 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.…"

When you encounter someone who rages because you have called them out on sin, or corrected their wrong theology, you have encountered an angry man!

The Lie of Self Love!

It would be wonderful to have a daughter or granddaughter who speaks wisdom like this, I hope her mother and grandmother appreciate her!!!

I know many people who pretend to be good, but behind the scenes they are mean to anyone who corrects them.

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