Moving Through These End Times of Insanity

We don't even always have to say or do anything, just our presence makes unbelievers uncomfortable, not because of us but because of Christ in us.

They think they are uncomfortable around us because something is wrong with us but it is Christ that stirs their demons.

They will even make up stories that something might be wrong with us because gossiping to others helps them feel more comfortable about their dislike for us.

It is a human phenomenon that people need others to validate them and gossiping even without evidence calms their disquieted spirit.

When we have Christ living in us we have no need to gather flying monkeys around us to support us. We know the truth and that truth sets us free from the bondage to human relationships according to a culture.

We have Christ and there can be no better support than Him. We feel no need to justify "feelings" we might have about anything, we can go to the word of God and evaluate rationally those feelings as we ignore them in terms of our actions. Our actions and words are not to be based on our feelings.

Feelings are neither right nor wrong, however, they do reveal something inside of us that needs attention. When we feel easily offended by things that are not worthy of notice, then we know that we have an insecurity within us that needs to be dealt with.

Often I have seen family members show offense about something but they will not tell me what it is, usually right after I have expressed my personal opinion about something or even after I have done a kind act for someone as though the kind act was foolish.

Because we are believers and followers of Christ the world will want to pretend we are doing wrong things when they were not only not wrong but even good.

To the unbeliever bad will be called good and good will be called bad. This mentality of turning reality around to be the opposite of what it is, will be, and is, common in our day. These are the last days of apostasy, we will find this not just in the world but in the church that the world has infiltrated.

I don't know about you but these things actually comfort me because they prove the prophesy of the word of God to be true and that we are living in it right now as we move through the end of the end times. Hallelujah!!!!

Those Who Love Christ Speak of Him and His Principles More Than Anything or Anyone Else

I can't count the number of times a "Christian" became angry when I pointed out something that was not Biblical, merely because they liked the unBiblical stance.

My challenge today to you and to me is to evaluate everything we hear, everything we were taught and everything we think we like and ask the Holy Spirit to show us the truth about it.

In doing this we must be willing to stand against the "Christianized" culture of our day because much of what churchgoers believe is not Biblical and is even against the Word of God.

2 Timothy 4:1-8 "4 I solemnly exhort you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:

2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort, with great patience and instruction.

3 For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires,

4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

5 But as for you, use self-restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

8 in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.""

This was written as an admonishment to ALL born again believers, men, women and children who love the Lord must walk in accordance with the Word of God, the Bible.

Jesus Christ is the Word, He is the embodiment of His Own Word, to negate His Word to follow human traditions is to negate Him.

John 14:15-16 "15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—…"

Those who claim to be Christian and fight against the truth of God's Word are not born again, no matter how much they believe they are saved. Many people who know the truth but will not follow it think they are saved but will hear these terrible words from God:

Matthew 7:21-23

I Never Knew You

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Your works are not evidence of your salvation, Your fruit is the evidence, so what is the fruit?

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."

The Fruit of the Spirit are the character qualities of Christ and every born-again believer has that Fruit.

Those who love Christ will connect deeply with all other believers who love Him. When we find ourselves experiencing a sense of disconnect with someone who attends church but has no fruit we may be encountering someone who was never born-again.

John 13:34-35 "…34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples if you love one another.”

When we have a sense of disconnectedness and disrespect from people who say they are Christians we are very likely in the presence of someone who is a "cultural Christian" who does not have the fruit nor do they love the brethren. Their form of Christianity is based on head knowledge alone and not an authentically changed character.

2 Timothy 3 describes the end times apostate church in which we are living today.

These people have a form of religion but do not know Christ.

"2 Timothy 3:1-5

Difficult (ragingly insane) 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."

Notice that these false believers have a form of godliness, mostly concocted based on their own desires while practicing mean-spirited lack of self-control over their own mouths and conduct.

These who pretend to be Christians have contempt for those who wish to obey the Bible fully. They will say the true Christian is legalistic when they insist on obedience to God's Word.

God gave me a phrase that explains the difference between obedience and legalism. "Legalism is following man's rules and ideas that God never made and Obedience to God is obeying His commands and principles in His Word. His word is not, as some say, "a book of suggestions", His Word is His very essence. To deny His Word as optional is to deny Him.

Denying Christ is not just saying they don't believe in Him. Denying Christ often is saying they DO believe in Him but in their lifestyle and chosen beliefs they deny Him.

Titus 1:15-16 "…15 To the pure, all things (the things of God) are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed."

Most anger from "Christians" toward believers occurs because the believer chastised another believer to bring them back to obedience to God.

We see this often because most "Christians" who attend gatherings every week are disobeying more of Scripture than they obey. They do this because they have never been born again and do not have a love for Christ that is prominent in those who have Christ living in them.

We are clearly living in the last days of apostasy that God said would look very much like the days of Noah and the days of Lot. Everyone wants to be seen as good people while attaching the name of "Christian" to themselves but they do not want to submit to Him.

The devil works diligently in these false believers to undermine them, discredit and discourage them but they will have no effect. Christ in the born-again believer sustains them through all things. They are alone a lot, but fully joyful and dedicated to Christ no matter what comes at them.

Hallelujah!!!!

BOOK of DANIEL: Life Lessons | Hosts: Tim Moore, Nathan Jones & Dave Bowen

Our Family are those who Love Christ and Because they Love Him they will Love Us

When we become born again we are no longer in bondage to anyone, the secular culture or the "Christian" culture based on man's traditions and not the Bible.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

We live in a culture now that thinks because two people in marriage are to leave their father and mother and cleave to their spouse, this allows them to completely neglect their parents. The adult children are abandoning their own parents to enjoy a life of pleasure with their own children, and by example teaching them to do the same when they are adults and their parents are elderly.

As the saying goes; "more is caught than taught." Children learn more by their parent's example than they do by words. More and more elderly people are being neglected by their adult children and their own grandchildren have no interest in them either.

I find it interesting too in my study of narcissism that those who are self-absorbed hate being around sick people. They have no empathy for anyone who is frail therefore they avoid those who are sick. Elderly people have many health problems because their bodies are breaking down as they age. We all have them, those who are in Christ depend on Him to sustain them through everything.

Mark 7:9-12 "9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is [f]certainly to be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is, [g]given to God),’ 12 you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”"

Because of the many things the culture teaches, adult children no longer feel any obligation to care for their aging parents in their elder years. Since this is true for many if not most families today, those who are born again must more fully trust in Christ for everything. Those who do not have Christ are neglected and even abused by those who are paid to care for them.

As we navigate through this wicked world full of pride and self-exaltation we will see more of this neglect of helping others. Nowadays often, we see people help others but only to gain praise from those watching. Very few people do their good deeds secretly to please God, there is always an angle that ultimately ends up getting the good deed doer something for themselves.

Matthew 6:1-2 "1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.…"

Since we are living "as in the days of Noah" we will see an increase in selfish living on the part of a culture that does not honor God but wants to "appear" as though they have a "form of godliness" for their own aggrandizement.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 is the proof of this!

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."

Note: verse 5 "holding to a form of godliness", but denying God in the lifestyle. And, note: verse 5 "avoid such people as these."

No believer need be angry or upset by the neglect of their adult children, they can live with joy as Christ Himself cares for them. The children will be held accountable before God for their selfish lifestyle and even suffer some consequences in this life, but we are not responsible for them nor are we to worry about who will care for us. God always provides for those who trust in Him.

I might add this too, do not feel obligated to leave an inheritance to those who have neglected you. God does not give His inheritance to those who do not love Him. This is not revenge but good ole fashioned horse sense, that our money should be left to those who are serving God and love His Word while in obedience to Him.

I cannot imagine leaving an inheritance to those who have despised me all their lives. Giving them my possessions and money will not make them love God, nor will it make them love me. If we have to buy the love of our children with an inheritance then the love is not real but manipulation.

There are families who are serving Christ and obeying Him in their lifestyle who could be blessed by us for their dedication to Christ and His ways. I am convinced that I am to reward those who love Christ and obey Him. I never want to reward those who hate Christ and despise His family.

The belief that we must leave money and possessions to our children just because they are "family", places the bio-family above the family of Christ. Making an inheritance so important that one has to violate God's principles to adhere to what the culture expects is placing money and material goods above Christ.

My obligation is to the family of Christ above everyone else. If you happen to have family who love Christ and honor you as a brother and sister in Christ and as their parents, then they are our "real family", the family of God.

Here again, we see where man's traditions, that is leaving inheritance to ungodly family, overrides God's principles about who is our family when we become born again.

Luke 9:59-60

"59 To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

The principle here is that our family are those who love Christ and because they love Christ they love us.

John 13:34-35 "…34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples if you love one another.”

1 John 3:14

"We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death."

1 John 4:20

"If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen."

The Rise of Christian Nationalism | EP 03

The Sad State of the Apostate Church Today

In recent years I have become keenly aware of how many "church goers" do not know the Bible and who have false beliefs that are against the Bible.

One man who says he is a Christian said to me that we are not a thief just because we have stolen one thing. I was astounded and explained to him that we could never steal even the smallest item unless we were already a thief in our hearts.

How is it possible for someone to attend church all their lives and not understand this principle that the heart is what is wicked before the actions occur.

Matthew 5:27-28

Adultery in the Heart

27 “You have heard that it was said [a]to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

We could go our entire lives without stealing anything and still have a heart of thievery simply by wishing we could or endorsing it in others.

Many people who do not steal will go to hell for not trusting in Christ. All have sinned in their hearts and are destined to hell if they do not confess their sinfulness and ask God to cleanse them from their sin.

Even after we are born again Christ spends the rest of our lives cleansing us from sinful thoughts and attitudes. Those who hold themselves in high regard cannot trust in Christ. They are trusting in their own goodness and are proud of it.

It was pride that got the devil thrown out of heaven. He desired to be like God, better than everyone else. And yet, he is the vilest of beings that exists and is continually tormenting mankind to become like him in hating God.

As long as there is pride and a superior attitude toward others there cannot be humility that comes from trusting in Christ.

The first thing that happens to us to become born again is the brokenness over our own sinfulness. Those who have never been broken will not be saved.

Those who continually live to elevate self above others cannot be saved.

Proverbs 16:18-19 "18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.…"

The greatest prayer a sinner can pray is that Christ remove from our heart any pride and sense of superiority that lingers then allow the Holy Spirit to cleanse us.

Remember these guys?

Luke 18:9-14 "9 Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11 The Pharisee stood and began praying this in regard to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, crooked, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other one; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Wisdom Comes From God Not From Men Those who walk with Christ will Agree with One Another