The Believers Mission!

I get that Christians are being frustrated about all the irrational mess that is occurring every day now, I really do. However, we were told in 2 Timothy 3 that "perilous times would come", that means in the original language "ragingly insane" times in which nothing would make good sense. And, in my humble opinion it means that everything would be orchestrated by devils, in other words, it would be a culture dominated by demons propagating lies opposite of God's principles and commands.

People will say and do things, even so-called "Christians" that are directly opposite of what God commanded in His word, calling this disobedience good as though God would be pleased with the rationalizations for rebellion. I have encountered many Christians who fight and argue to defend their sin. They make excuses based on circumstance or their own sinful desires. Feelings take priority over God's truth with most people in the church today.

Often we will be chastised for bringing scripture to the discussion among "Christians" as though we did something wrong in doing so. Most "Christians," today think the Bible is a book of suggestions that can be ignored and that anyone who actually says we should obey His commands is a legalist and a wacko, someone strange to be avoided.

Let me be clear, it is not legalism to want to obey God. Legalism is making rules and standards that God never commanded. It is not legalism to preach obedience to God's rules and standards.

What are the tactics of demons? Everything opposite of what God would want, absolutely on purpose. We cannot expect anything to be resolved or improve, it will only become worse as the world marches headlong into the tribulation very soon. Should we attempt to stop prophecy?

Our marching orders are to bring the gospel to the unsaved and encourage the believers that their home-going is soon. We need to keep on keeping on with great expectancy that God is going to exact justice very soon.

Fighting with the world over their insanity is an exercise in futility. It's like trying to make a cat understand that yarn is not to be played with, the cat can do nothing else, it is hard-wired to bat at yarn. Anyone who has cats understands there is no teaching a cat not to take swipes at yarn or that they should not catch mice. Unbelievers cannot understand God's ways, they must become born again to understand.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Arguing with an unbeliever about public policy is insanity, it brings only arguments and fighting. They do not understand God's ways.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15 "14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.…"

Rather than trying to argue the principles of God with the unsaved, we ought to be sharing the gospel with them. Only if they become born again because the Holy Spirit is working on them will they be able to know the principles of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 "…17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words."

There will be a cleansing of the earth and a judgment and we will get to see it. We have no need for revenge or forcing others to do as we think is right, we only have to trust in Christ, He is the One Who will make things right.

When we come back with Him after the marriage supper of the Lamb to destroy evil, He will do all the fighting with the Word of His mouth, we will be with Him.

2 Thessalonians: Read it to find the entire story.

I have no interest in attempting to stop what God has ordained. It is prophesied, however, I do want to warn others of what is coming if they do not believe in Christ. Perhaps someone will repent and become born again, avoiding the wrath of God that is coming on the entire earth.

I have never seen as many warnings on the internet as I am seeing now, it is God-directed to be the last step in warning before the church is removed, and literally, all hell is loosed upon the earth.

Warnings, the gospel to unbelievers, and encouraging the believers, is our mission until Christ takes us out of here.

DID YOU KNOW ALL THIS IS HAPPENING?

It is best to have your children when you are young!

Young men and young women, if you are thinking of getting married with the idea that you will have your fun together after marriage first before you have children within your marriage then you are too immature for marriage.

Marriage if for the two coming together to become one and to raise a family together.

It is a lie from the devil that our enjoyment is over when we have children. The liberals have fostered this in the minds of people making them believe having children is a burden and without pleasure.

Our enjoyment comes from many things, our jobs, our creative skills, and yes, our children. We had good times with our children we had no need for the fancy grandiose adventures that so many people promote today.

If your grandiose fun is what makes you feel fulfilled then you are looking for things to boast about. Temporary thrills are like an addiction, they can only be enjoyed over the years if you are constantly boasting about them.

My husband and I did not have much money when we got married, we could not afford fancy fun as so many do today, but we were blessed with the enjoyment of the small things. We were excited the first time we found out I was going to have a baby. The preparation for the child was great fun.

All that "fun" couples think they are missing by having a family could still be enjoyed with a child along. The world has fostered selfishness teaching people to make life all about them first so they would not have to share with another little human being.

This is the lie that has been around about 50 years, I didn't understand it when I was young and newly married and I do not understand it now.

Psalm 127:3

"3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,

The fruit of the womb is a reward."

Delaying parenting in marriage only produces more selfishness! If you do not want to have children then don't get married until you are ready to be mature, sharing your life with another person as well as the beauty of a child that comes from that union.

Just saying!

Left or Right Neither Will Save You

Do you not find it interesting that even the "leftists" do not realize that the term they use for themselves is described in the Bible as condemnation from God.?

Those who think in "leftist" terms are thinking in opposition to God as well as demonically predisposed to rebellion.

Those who think righteously are at the right hand of God.

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

Those who think in righteous terms will have the mind of Christ, they are those on the right hand of God. Some people on the right politically are not born again, but do think more "conservatively."

I find it interesting that even the secular community has taken on these terms that the Bible describes.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left."

Psalm 110:1

"A Psalm of David. The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Matthew 25:33

"And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left."

The sheep are those who follow Christ and the goats are those who reject Him and follow the devil.

Yes, there will be many in the conservative movement who think more righteously but are not born again. These might be those who hear that terrible declaration from Christ on judgment day; "I never knew you." They believed because they were "conservative" they would make it to heaven but they didn't care about obeying Christ.

Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many [a]miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"

Being conservative is not evidence that someone is born again, however, being liberal and leftist is strong proof someone is not born again. One cannot be a follower of Christ and believe their politics will save them any more than their good deeds will do so.

Saints are not Sinners

God calls born again believer "saints" not "sinners." We are not called "sinners saved by grace", we are called what we become after we are born again, that is "saints."

Romans 8:26-27 "26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. 27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.…"

Romans 1:7

"7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Corinthians 14:33

"33 for God is not a God of confusion but of [a]peace, as in all the churches of the saints."

Acts 26:10

"10 And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them."

Ephesians 4:12

"12 for the equipping of the [a]saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;"

You will not find one passage in the Bible that describes the born again believer as "sinner saved by grace."

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 "9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such WERE some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

1 Corinthians 1:2 "Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:"

The modern church is changing the verbiage of the Bible, adding to and removing passages to make it fit with modern vernacular. Many false beliefs have brought into the church hordes of pretenders who feel comfortable in their sin.

Proverbs 30:5-6

"Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar."

I remember many years ago when I was still in the Catholic church the church decided to change the words of a great old hymn to make the people feel better about themselves.

The song was "Amazing Grace", in which the phrase "saved a wretch like me" was removed and replaced with "saved a soul like me."

The writer of the hymn John Newton wrote the phrase "a wretch like me" because he knew just how wicked his soul was before he trusted in Christ. To use a lesser word to describe mankind is to diminish the importance of how lost we are without Christ.

Softening the language in an accurate song is a clue that this culture and the Catholic church would do it with the Bible too, and so they have misinterpreted and messed with God's meanings to create their own false religion.

The Catholic church has asserted that no one can be deemed "a saint" unless they have had a miracle attributed to them and the church has to deem them worthy of sainthood but only if the person is dead. This is absolute insanity and deadly to those who believe they have to work their way to heaven.

So many people have been led down the wide road to destruction by the false teachings in so many churches that the church today looks nothing like that of the first-century gatherings of believers.

1 Timothy 4:1

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,"

Galatians 1:8-9

"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed."

2 Corinthians 6:16-18 "…16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”…"

Those who are proud of their good will try to win others to their way of thinking through great flattering words. They boast of how wicked they used to be and even boast of what they can get away with now. They do not care about obeying God, they want God to endorse their sin....a sort of "wink, wink" as though He does not care about sin.

God hates sin and sin sends people to hell. If you do not hate sin then you are not born again. Christ had to die because of our sin to pay for it, but there is a condition to salvation, that is that we confess it and desire for Christ to change us into a new creation. If you have no desire to be changed by Christ you will not be saved.

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Revelation 20:14-15

"Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."

Yes, there is a hell and yes people will go there who refuse to trust in Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Romans 10:9

"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

Revelation 21:8

"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

6 Ways to Know If You Are Saved (Christian/Bible)

These are some hard things for pretenders to hear but there is good news. The pretender can stop pretending, believe in Christ, and become born again to have all these blessings of His character. But they must desire to be changed by Him as well as despising their own sinfulness.

God will not save anyone who does not want to be changed by Him. He will not save a person who only cares about "appearing" good without being changed by Christ.

Matthew 23:27-28 " 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside, you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."

We have few authentic believers in the world today, this is why the gospel is needed everywhere more than ever, even in the church gatherings. However, so many have heard it, there needs to be more rebukes and challenges to the pretenders to self reflect whether or not they are saved.

2 Corinthians 13:5 "5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you— unless you actually fail the test? "

Self Reflection is the Key to Spiritual Maturity

Paul killed Christians before he became born again and yet after he had been changed into a new creation he had the authority to warn others who needed the same salvation. 

We know what it is like to have to confess and turn, therefore we should be forthcoming with the need for it with those we love.

Never feel you do not have the right to correct or rebuke someone who needs it. Everyone has fallen short, everyone who is born again is commanded to correct as often as is need to help others grow in holiness.
Hebrews 3:13 "13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

As the family of God we want to grow ourselves as we help others grow. The way to do this is for everyone to be willing to be corrected, instructed and bold with one another using the word of God.

 
Those who have love and empathy will do it with the desire that someone will be blessed through a change in behavior. Those who are self-righteous will be harsh because they enjoy making others feel less than. 

The kind people who love God and our brothers and sisters do not feel superior to anyone, they just know the truth and want to share it. 

The love of God corrects for the purpose of helping, but the arrogance of harsh people lack that love and want to give others a beat-down merely for their own enjoyment. 

You know who is who, it is clearly evident for those with discernment. 

Romans 12:2
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Hebrews 5:14
"But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil."

We become wise and discerning by admitting when we fail and learning the resolution to a matter. Those who refuse to self reflect and correct their flaws will not grow in holiness or maturity.

Psalm 119:66
"Teach me good discernment and knowledge,
For I believe in Your commandments."