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Fake Repentance

Europe: Ready for the Antichrist – Amir Tsarfati

"In God We Trust" on the Money

Have you ever wondered why our government placed the words; "in God we trust" on our money? Most people think it's because they wanted to trust God but really they made the money their god. Why do they not put this phrase on everything else we use, and not only on the money?

Just something to think about. We can see how money has become so important to many that the people value it far more than they value one another.

Why do we never see the word; "repent" on government objects or buildings? My guess is that government doesn't think anyone needs to repent, all everyone has to do is chase after money more than anything else and life will be grand.

Money is not evil, it is useful, but the love of money is at the root of all evil in the world. It's not surprising government is working so hard to give it away to as many people as possible without having to work for it.

Government no longer values achievement for its own sake, they think money fixes all things. They want money to be a distraction from Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 6:10

"10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

This is why we see so many people who value things and use people more than they value people and use things.

Mark 4:19

"But the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful."

When we put things in their proper perspective we see how clever the devil has been in distracting believers and deceiving non-believers.

Understanding the Times in Which We Live

It is a good idea to pray that the Lord will reveal in us any narcissistic tendencies so that we can avoid becoming what dishonors God.

We need to understand the thinking of a narcissist so that we learn not to take personally the disrespectful things they say and do.

Taking things personally will cause wrong attitudes and actions in us. When we know it's not about us then we can shrug it off as nonsense and even pray for those who are captive to the devilish traits of narcissism.

Narcissists are always accusing others of things because they believe everything is manipulation. Why do they believe everything is manipulation? They believe this because everything they do is manipulation to get their desired result. Narcissists use people and love things and activities. A born-again believer uses things and loves people, a stark difference from the 2 Timothy 3 mentality.

2 Timothy 3:1-5

Difficult Times Will Come

3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

The born-again believer operates from God's standard which is:

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

"4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.

5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,

6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Notice that the born-again believer is just exactly the opposite of that of a narcissist.

If we bring a gift to a narcissist they suspect us of trying to show them up, to appear better.

If we bring a gift to a born-again believer they are happy and grateful and enjoy you very much.

If we do a kind act for a narcissist they think we will expect something from them in the future.

If someone does a kind act for a believer the believer has joy and expresses happiness to encourage the one who treated them with kindness.

In other words, a narcissist rarely has a pure motive for anything, they are deeply invested in controlling their circumstances and the people around them while thinking everyone else is doing what they do, which is attempting to control the narcissist.

If we go on a trip to visit a friend the narcissist will think we were rude for not inviting them or that we got away to hide from them. They may even be angry that we didn't tell them we were going. Because everything is about the narcissist in their minds, they will interpret everything as being done to them, and against them, they are perpetual victims.

If we have accomplished something we are delighted over, the narcissist will accuse us of boasting when we are just sharing. Why? Because in their heart the narcissist boasts when they share, they are also deeply jealous of anyone having something that does not include them. Being elevated above others is one of the foundational problems of everything they think and do. This is why the narcissist thinks others are thinking about them nonstop, or should be thinking of them nonstop.

If we meet a person who is deeply narcissistic without a conscience over it, then this person is not born again.

It is not possible for an authentic believer to act narcissistically as a lifestyle.

1 John 3:9 "No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God."

Born-again believers are sensitive about how they treat others. They cannot tolerate the thought of ever harming another human being. If they do harm someone because of a weak moment they want to confess it to be cleansed and to restore the relationship between them and the one they hurt. The believer confesses their sin to God and the one they harmed.

Narcissists never admit their flaws and intentional mean-spirited actions, rather they justify them with false narratives to feel free from guilt. They often blame others for their feelings generated by a selfish focus.

Someone once said; "they want to believe you are a bad person to justify the bad things they did to you."

Narcissists are often sullen and lacking in joy, the opposite of the Spirit of born-again believers. In other words, they lack the Fruit of the Holy Spirit because they do not have the Holy Spirit.

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."

May we learn to be unaffected by those who are controlled and ruled by the devil while praying for their salvation.

Matthew 5:43-45 "…43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45th that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. '

The devil wants us to become bitter and hateful to ruin our witness, this ought to be motivation enough for us to resist him while seeking to be like Christ.

James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

We are living in the end times and will see an increase in the 2 Timothy 3 mentalities of wickedness. We need to understand it and learn to resist the feelings to respond sinfully that come when the culture loses all sense of reason and righteousness.

Keep Looking Up!!!!!

Bible College and Seminaries are a Distraction from Seeking the Holy Spirit

The apostles were not given the choice of man-made colleges because God didn't want them. It would have violated His Own Word.

 
I do not call Bible college an opportunity, I call it a distraction from following the Holy Spirit. It takes faith to trust in Christ Who lives in us but trust in man places our faith in man instead of Christ.

 
John 16:13-14 "13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.…"

This passage in John 16 was written to ALL born-again believers not just the apostles. If every born again believer would seek Christ they would know what their calling is and trust Christ to set it all up, they would know they were being led by Christ.

 
Isaiah 11:2
"The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD."

Seek God's Way not the Way of Men

We are living in times of monstrous apostasy. These are times when much if not most of what we hear are lies. Seek discernment through the Holy Spirit, not information from man.

Romans 12:1-2

1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

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 [e]acceptable and perfect.

Spend more time seeking Christ in you than anyone else. Do not place men with special man-made degrees above Christ.

We often listen to men of God who have a proven record of sound doctrine, but they do not have the last word, it is the Holy Spirit in us Who must be consulted whenever we hear anyone speak of spiritual matters.

In these days of apostasy men will say more wrong things that they will right things.

I have been told by preachers; "don't judge", "follow your heart", "the flood was a myth", "We are no longer required to honor our parents", "Forgive even when someone is not sorry", "divorce and remarriage is acceptable in certain cases", "follow your pastor", "do not touch God's anointed", all of which are false teachings that have cause people to focus on themselves and their pastors instead of Christ.

We have been told all our lives that we should be "in church" not realizing that we "are the church" when we are born again. We became so comfortable with a lifestyle of attending services with agendas made by men that we were blind to the fact that God never told us to gather in the way we were taught. And, that two or three was enough to satisfy God to be in the midst of us.

Matthew 18:20

"20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

God never gave a number of people who should meet together, He never told us to build buildings to meet in and He never gave the command to order the proceedings the way men do it today. God never told us we must "join" the local church in a formal way. He never told us to sit under a one-man-paid-pastor system, but rather He described elders to be appointed and led by the Holy Spirit who would watch over the flock. Not dictating anything but leading by example and teaching while encouraging the brethren to obey the Word of God the elders are servants, not hierarchy to be served themselves.

There are many more of these false teachings, you may be able to think of some that you have learned. I would be interested in what you found to be a popular belief that the Bible has proven to be wrong.

When we follow Christ, seeking Him in prayer continually our eyes become so open and clear to the truth that we can never go back and believe and do the same things we did before.

Keep in mind when our heart is open to the truth we still live in a world that has been deceived and are dedicated to the lies that were told and will think we are "self-righteous" and strange to have left the modern system of the church to follow Christ.

Most people in modern church gatherings are not saved, they do not follow Christ they follow a system in which they feel comfortable. They deny much of God's Word by following the men who teach them.

We are living in the last days of apostasy, I cannot stress this enough. If we do not see it we will fall into the trap of guilt for not doing what everyone else is doing.

When we begin to follow Christ, seek the truth and obey Him, then we are free from all the cultural trappings that detract from Christ and cause division. Divisiveness is at the core of the modern teachings.

Titus 3:9-10 "9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless. 10 Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, 11 knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.…"

2 Peter 2:1

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

To deny God's Word in favor of man's rules and standards is to deny Christ and all of His principles.

May each of us seek Christ first in all things and follow what He says even if no one else around us understands, even if we are rejected by most because we love Christ more than anything or anyone else. If we love our brethren we lead them to the truth for their sake and for the sake of those we may influence.

Truth is more important than acceptance by men.

Romans 12:1,2

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service…"