End Times - Daniel UNSEALED! (2021 Great Tribulation)

The Conviction of Sin is Necessary for Salvation

Amen!!! God says that no child of God "keeps on sinning", the Holy Spirit is within them to convict them of their sin, it's an ugly feeling that we want to get rid of through confessing to be cleansed.

John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Hebrews 12:7-9 "…7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?…"

In our day the adult children do not respect and honor their parents which is the reason we see so much dishonor and mistreatment of the elderly at the hand of narcissistic adult children. These children are training their own children to disrespect the grandparents by their example of disrespect in conversation and neglect of the elderly.

It is no wonder we are observing so much distasteful dishonor and disrespect in our day. There was a day only one generation ago in which an adult child never talked back to their elders. They respected them, even if they disagreed they were careful to treat them honorably and lovingly knowing how much God despised those who were insolent toward their elders.

To treat disrespectfully those much older than us is to treat God the same way. When an adult child cannot be respectful to their parents then their "religion" of Christianity is a sham, they have no more respect for God than they do their parents.

We know this because of the way in which they twist the Bible to fit their own desires. They snatch verses out of context to make them say what they want to believe without caring what God actually meant by His Words. They also give themselves excuses as to why their parents deserve to be treated with contempt and angst.

The angst we see in the actions, words and ultimately the hearts of those who are disrespectful is a clear indication of what they think of God. One cannot separate ones attitude toward God and their attitudes toward parents.

Do not be fooled, those who are disrespectful as a matter of course toward those they do not like are by their very character disrespectful people. A respectful kind person is this way to everyone, even with those who disagree with them. Kind people treat all people the same way. They do not do as the narcissist does in choosing to be friendly to those they wish to impress and mean to those they think are beneath them.

To the born-again believer, all people should be treated with respect. Those who treat some with respect and others with disdain are demonstrating their own arrogant superior attitude as though they never needed salvation through Christ. Some have never confessed their sinfulness, they have believed a lie in their own mind that they were good enough to enter heaven on their own merit. These are those who are most likely not saved.

When we know that we had to confess to be cleansed and saved, we are not harsh with others, we never consider ourselves better than anyone else. It is only the grace of Christ that saved us, not of ourselves one bit.

Ephesians 2:8-9

"8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and [a]this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Some people boast without saying a word, through their superior attitude and dismissiveness they demonstrate they are better than others. Shame on them, no one can claim they were never sinful. Those who believe they are better will exclude those they think are beneath them, they will mock them, gossip against them, and even devise in their minds ideas that are not true to justify the ill-treatment of their target. This is wicked and evidence that the one who has such a character cannot possess the fruit of the Spirit of God.

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

When someone has this fruit from the Holy Spirit they don't have to try to be good, they love it and it comes naturally to them. When they mess up they hate it, so messing up is uncommon for them. They love righteousness, whereas those who are narcissists love their sin, remain in it and feel no conviction of their sin.

Do you feel convicted and ugly when you have sinned? I hope so, this is what drives a person toward confession to be cleansed as God says in 1 John 1:9. Those who do confess to be cleansed will grow in holiness, the sin will diminish continually until there is only left the temptation of the mind that needs to be dealt with quickly before it becomes an action.

The temptation is from the flesh and the devil, we must fight it in prayer, it is not the sin. The sin is indulging the evil thoughts and ideas a few seconds longer than the initial thought. When we repent before these thoughts become actions or ongoing attitudes we will not be treating anyone in ungodly ways.

Let the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit dwell in you richly, listen to His voice and you will not be living a lifestyle justifying sin.

Hebrews 10:26

"For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,"

Willful justification of sin is evidence that the one doing it is not born again, they are living a pretense of Christianity but never having trusted in Christ for salvation.

Many people in our day have joined the Christian club but were not changed into a new creation by Christ. They came in the back door proud of their own goodness, this is a sure way to hell. These people need to repent, confess their sinfulness and trust in Christ.

Collective Narcissism and The Grip Of Groupthink

Pictures Depicting Christ Jesus

Please stop posting pictures of a man depicting Jesus Christ.

Would you ladies, like it if your husband posted a picture of another women and said it was you. Or men, would you like it if your wife posted a picture of another man and said it was you?

God made it clear that we were not to make images of Him. In the minds of human beings they tend to adore and idolize things depicting God.

It is one things to have a picture of your family, the people in the photo really are those people. Its quite another to pretend what God looks like when there were never any photos of Him.

God wants us to worship in Spirit and in truth, not by sight. We do not worship because we see something or feel something, we worship because of Who God is and His Truth.

John 4:24 "24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”"

I am convinced that God never allowed any relics or artifacts that He used or lived with because the first thing humans would do would be to worship the objects rather than the creator of the objects.

Romans 1:24-25 "…24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. "

When I left the Catholic church the first things that went out of my home were the statues and pictures depicting Jesus. No one told me I should do it. The Holy Spirit made me very uncomfortable with them, so I went to the Bible to find out why. It was clearly written there why God wanted me to worship Him not objects or ideas of Him.

We can never have a "relationship" with an object or an idea of God, we can only have a relationship with Christ Himself, the God that lives in born again believers.

John 4:23-24

"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

If you must have objects to be able to believe or worship then you have either a weak faith or no faith at all.

Romans 12:1-2

"I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will, they existed and were created.”

1 John 1:3

"That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ."

Having Your Fun First.....Really?

Many are telling newly married people to have their fun first before they have children. This grieves me because it flies in the face of God's truth.

One of the greatest joys in life is to have a child with the one you love.

The more we indulge ourselves in play the less we prepare ourselves for the life of a family.

2 Timothy 2:22

"So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."

Pleasure is addictive, when someone believes pleasure is more important than the family they usually live their entire life pursuing that which distracts for God's purposes.

Luke 8:14

"And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature."

Seeking pleasure after marriage, delaying family to have fun causes those who pursue their pleasure to remain immature. The family life done God's way matures those who love Him.

Those who wait too long to marry often remain immature because they have set their ways in pleasure. They are burdened by family rather than blessed by it.

1 Corinthians 10:7

"Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

When play and pleasure are the focus there cannot be growth in wisdom and the principles of God. It is only in pursuing God in our marriage that one can grow in holiness.

When a couple pursues God in their marriage they will mature at a much more steady rate as they learn the life lessons that come from striving together for things that matter to God.

1 Corinthians 13:11 "11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. "z

The pursuit of pleasures is a sure sign someone is not ready to obey God in raising a family. The children in a situation like this will be taught to play all the time while tacking a little of god on at the end to feel spiritual. This is what we have in our culture right now and getting worse.

The pleasures of life do not fulfill anyone, they are temporary for as long as they are being enjoyed, but fade the moment they are finished.

In order to keep the joy alive, we must continually pursue the pleasures. For the man who trusts in God, all that is needed is the everyday life in their various forms are fulfilling. That is striving together to raise a family, build a homelife and the simple things in life bring pleasure, nothing grandiose or boast-worthy are needed for the one following after Christ.

Psalm 37:4 " 4 Delight yourself in the Lord,

and he will give you the desires of your heart."

When we seek the Lord in all things He changes our heart to want what He wants. Our own desires are removed and replaced with His desires.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

"11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, 12 so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need."

We do not find anywhere in Scripture in which God instructed us to play or pursue pleasure. His desire is that we will gain our pleasure from the things He has given us to do. We do see, however, the interaction with other believers as we help one another in daily life.

Worship and Abuse of Freedom

The United States is about to lose the freedom it worships above God.

We have abused the freedom we have had and place other things and people above God. Trusting more in these things and people, even becoming angry at God when we begin to lose them.

All the complaining about our government continually when it was our sin that caused God to give us what we deserved in this government.

Repentance is the only thing that will bring this country back, but I am convinced we are in the end times and there is no coming back. The very people who want revival will not repent from their sin of pride and foolishness.

Many in this country say they believe in the Bible but do not obey God. Their Bible is a prop in their house like an amulet, to make them feel safe but they read it rarely, and when they do they do not obey what they read.

Many people who do read the Bible express superiority over others for their knowledge but defy the verses that command them to "love others above themselves." These people have a form of religion but deny God in their practices.

They divorce and remarry continually, if they do not they defend those who do. They endorse sin on many levels and claim they are doing it for God. They love sin and hate righteousness. \\

Most people who claim to be Christians today have no interest in the Bible except to snatch verses out of context to make them say what they want to justify their sin.

They use phrases like:

"God wouldn't want me to be unhappy" Really, the God that sent His only Son to the cross to die a cruel death for others would not want you to be unhappy?

"Don't judge" God commanded us to judge those in the body, we are to be discerning about our brothers and sisters.

"Your mean" when someone brings scripture to bear on their sin. We are accused of many things we are not merely to intimidate us into silence so the one who is sinning does not have to listen.

I could write a book about these phrases that are completely unbiblical but revered by many. There are many phrases "Christians" use that have no basis in the Bible but they believe they do.

When we see these phrases being used to justify sin and rebellion we know we are dealing with someone who has no interest in truth or they would ask God to show them. They do not ask God but they do get angry at anyone who will correct them with the scriptures.

Proverbs 1:22-23 "22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? 23 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.…"

We are living in a rebellious world now, except for a remnant of believers who are "people of the book", that is serious students of the Bible. These people pray for wisdom more than knowledge. They are unconcerned about impressing others but care deeply about pleasing their Savior.

Hallelujah for those who love God so much that the love of man is not on their radar, only that they impart truth to others.

Be Discerning with the Help of the Holy Spirit

Just recently we have seen a political figure being worshiped just the way the antichrist will be accepted. The final antichrist will "say" He is god and the world will fall in line to follow him. We see how it can happen, ignoring all the clues until it is too late and they are sealed for hell with the exception of a remnant who God will protect.

All an antichrist has to do today is "say" what the world wants to hear and the "saying" alone is enough for most people. Even a little doing helps solidify the allegiance to this personage's false persona and the followers will ignore all the clues they know are there using excuses of all kinds to follow this person.

We live in a fantasy world of make-believe, through television and movies we have been trained to think something is true merely by the "saying." People do not look for clues or truth, only that someone says what they want to hear.

Words are of little value, it is in the lifestyle and commitment that proves the words. If the words are all that is there with a little bone thrown in to fool the people then we have seen an antichrist at work.

I grieve every time I see a Christian becoming overpowered with love for a personage who clearly has monstrous clues of his level of evil, but the people will not see it.

They have concocted a persona in their mind about this person that they choose to believe and will not listen to all the clues about them. Those who lack discernment will be the kind of people who follow the antichrist. They may even say they would never do that but have already demonstrated by their favorite actor or political leader that they would in fact do exactly what they say they would not.

How we respond already is a clue of what we will do in the future. If we are discerning and critical about everything then we will not be fooled. It is those who refuse to be critical thinkers who will see the truth about anyone. Those who are not critical thinkers will have idols they follow no matter what the clues that prove their idol to be wicked.

Psalm 118:8

"It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man."

Jeremiah 17:5

"Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord."

This is an important verse in Jeremiah, God clearly tells us not to trust in any man. This means that when a man, no matter how much we like them, says something we are to evaluate it in terms of the Bible. In other words, God is more important than any man.

When a man is so important to us that we cannot think critically that man becomes an idol. Those who have idols must repent from this, coming back to Christ alone.

2 Timothy 3:13-17

"While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."