Love is Jesus Christ, we can only love through Him.
Love is doing what's best for those we love, not necessarily what they like.
Psychology teaches that everyone is a victim therefore we must be careful with everyone no matter how terrible they are to others.
The victims of wicked people are abused through pressure to forgive mean people. It's not God Who teaches what psychology teaches.
It is love to discipline bad people, it is love to comfort victims. Everyone in the world could claim they have been victimized by someone else at one time or another, this can never be an excuse to victimize others.
We have all fallen short of righteousness at one time or another. There are no excuses for emotionally or verbally abusing others.
God clearly stated that we are to bless those who curse us, remove ourselves from them if we can, and never exact revenge on anyone.
Luke 6:26-28 "26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way. 27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
Romans 3:10-12
"As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 12:18-20 "…18 If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”…"
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
When Christ Rebuked the Devil in Peter
When Christ turn to Peter and said the following, He was not speaking to Peter but to the devil who was using Peter's mouth and placing thoughts in Peter's mind to deter Christ from His purpose.
Matthew 16:22-23 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
This is what we are encountering right now in these end times. Many people are being used by the devil to cause division in the church, in families, in governments, and in communities.
There are days when we can feel it emotionally and even physically as we encounter the wicked spirit world that is intensifying before the rapture and the tribulation.
The devil is influencing the minds of people to deter them from God's truth.
1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"
How to resist the devil:
James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
How to submit to Christ:
Read His Word for the purpose of obeying it! Then pray that if there be any false way in us, He would remove it, replacing it with the truth.
We are all being affected and tempted to act in ways we should not in order to diminish our testimony for Christ.
We are all being tested and tried to make us stronger.
James 1:2-8 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
If you are to resist the devil and follow Christ you have to want it badly enough to ask God in humility for it.
If you think you can be righteous on your own in the flesh you will not be able to ask nor will you be able to resist the devil.
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
Matthew 16:22-23 "…22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!” 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
This is what we are encountering right now in these end times. Many people are being used by the devil to cause division in the church, in families, in governments, and in communities.
There are days when we can feel it emotionally and even physically as we encounter the wicked spirit world that is intensifying before the rapture and the tribulation.
The devil is influencing the minds of people to deter them from God's truth.
1 Peter 5:7-9 "…7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.…"
How to resist the devil:
James 4:7
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
How to submit to Christ:
Read His Word for the purpose of obeying it! Then pray that if there be any false way in us, He would remove it, replacing it with the truth.
We are all being affected and tempted to act in ways we should not in order to diminish our testimony for Christ.
We are all being tested and tried to make us stronger.
James 1:2-8 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
If you are to resist the devil and follow Christ you have to want it badly enough to ask God in humility for it.
If you think you can be righteous on your own in the flesh you will not be able to ask nor will you be able to resist the devil.
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
Monday, August 17, 2020
Time to Focus on Christ!!!
I agree with all this, now we can stop focusing on the country we live in and the inheritance we have as well as speaking to others about what is coming and their need for Christ.
I am convinced God is not going to save America but He can and will save those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to save them not for this world but for eternity.
Fred Banners posted the following:
"From another"
"I never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America.
Today I woke up and as I had my morning breakfast I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.
I look at people I have known all my life so filled with hate that they will agree with opinions that, if they were in their right minds, would never express as their own. It's absolutely unbelievable. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.....then I saw this and I think that it's pretty close to describing how I feel.
I'm not starting a fight, but it is something to think about. This may open up a ton of outraged comments by some. Many who will argue how "wrong" this post is. My suggestion, save your time and effort! You're not changing the reality of what we are living by trying to somehow justify this insanity.
Nevertheless, I couldn't resist because we are becoming the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!
• Defunding police is actually happening.
• Systemic racism is everywhere but no one knows what or where it is.
• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.
• And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China.
We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right, where darkness is light and light is now darkness.
Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely!
Not my words but very accurate and disturbing!
Feel free to copy and paste. I did."
I am convinced God is not going to save America but He can and will save those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to save them not for this world but for eternity.
Fred Banners posted the following:
"From another"
"I never dreamed that I would have to face the prospect of not living in the United States of America.
Today I woke up and as I had my morning breakfast I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, something evil has invaded our nation, and our lives are never going to be the same.
I look at people I have known all my life so filled with hate that they will agree with opinions that, if they were in their right minds, would never express as their own. It's absolutely unbelievable. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.....then I saw this and I think that it's pretty close to describing how I feel.
I'm not starting a fight, but it is something to think about. This may open up a ton of outraged comments by some. Many who will argue how "wrong" this post is. My suggestion, save your time and effort! You're not changing the reality of what we are living by trying to somehow justify this insanity.
Nevertheless, I couldn't resist because we are becoming the Twilight Zone. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind!
• Defunding police is actually happening.
• Systemic racism is everywhere but no one knows what or where it is.
• If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
• Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
• Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
• It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
• Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
• People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
• Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
• People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
• Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
• Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
• $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.
• If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
• People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
• We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
• Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
• Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.
• And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China.
We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right, where darkness is light and light is now darkness.
Wake up America, the great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast. The choice is yours to make. What will it be? Time is short, make your choice wisely!
Not my words but very accurate and disturbing!
Feel free to copy and paste. I did."
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