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When a Church Attendee Mocks the Holy Spirit

I grieved and grieved and remained shocked when I admonished a "Christian" that we should be seeking the Holy Spirit and He repeated the title; "holy Spirit" and laughed at me, mocking that I would use the excuse that we should depend on the Holy Spirit, as though something was strange and foolish about that.

This was my first clue that this person who had been attending churches all his life didn't know what it was like to trust in the Holy Spirit and even saw it as a foolish thing.

Trusting Christ and relying on His Holy Spirit is basic Christianity. This same mocker proclaimed loudly that "someone is not a liar just because they tell one lie."

I explained to this long-time churchgoer that a person couldn't even tell one lie if they were not already a liar. We battle our flesh all the time because it is not holy, only Christ in us is holy and we must continually fight the battle of our flesh to walk uprightly.

It is not possible for a born-again believer who has the Holy Spirit living in him to mock the Holy Spirit.

We know that we fall into temptations at times as believers because God told us to "congress our sins to be cleansed of them. 1 John 1:9 "if you confess your sin He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." If we didn't have to battle sin anymore there would be no need to confess. And, He also said; "when you sin you have an advocate with the Father"

1 John 2:1, "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;"

If we sin God disciplines us 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?…"

It does come automatically for a born-again believer to hate sin the very reason we do resist doing what our heart and the devil tempt us to do. The more we resist and confess when we fail the less we will live according to our flesh.

Galatians 5:17-25

"17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law."

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."

When we live by the Spirit of Christ Who dwells in us we will not carry out the fleshly temptations.

My prayer is that those who are pretenders would see that they are not saved and decide to repent and allow Christ to change them into a new creation.

For Those Who Say; "I Did it My Way."

Frank Sinatra sang a song that many people in America loved and wanted to adopt as their life style. The song was "I did it my way."

What an incredible indictment on the culture that we pride ourselves in "doing life our own way" even becoming angry at those who might suggest that no one will make it to heaven by their own will and their own way.

Many "Christians" today would claim we should "do things

God's way" but they do not do as they say. They chose from the Bible the things they like and ignore the things that they don't like.

Matthew 23:2-4 "…2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.…"

In other words God is telling us to obey God not the leaders who do not obey God's Word.

To ignore any part of God's Word is to ignore Christ. Christ is the very essence of His Own Word. Jesus Christ is called the Word and He is God.

God the Father calls Jesus Christ "God."

Hebrews 1:7-8

7 And regarding the angels He says,

“He makes His angels winds,

And His ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But regarding the Son He says,

“Your throne, God, is forever and ever,

And the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of [a]His kingdom."

Anyone who denies the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as being God in three distinct Persons is ignoring God's Word.

Anyone who prides themselves in doing life their own way will not be saved at their death. They will not be able to get before the Lord on Judgment day and say; "but Lord I did it my way."

Matthew 7:21-23 "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.’"

Many people who attend churches will not be saved, they have pretended to love God but in practice they treated Him with great disresepct and even loathing. And, they treated those who belong to Him disrespectfully and without kindness and love.

God said, "you shall know them by their fruit", this fruit is the character of Christ Who lives in those who love Him.

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 BOOK of REVELATION: Chapters 1-3

The Rageful Bent of the Narcissist!

Narcissists easily rage because they are always angry on the inside. Their heart is full of rage waiting to emerge at the slightest challenge to their flawed character.

Any suggestion that you disagree with them or don't care to do what they do is met with this rage, an intimidation tactic to control those who they are unable to control.

Narcissists hate anyone they cannot impress or control through manipulation and intimidation.

We need not be angry with these kinds of people even though it is best to avoid them. We can, however, I feel sorry for them that they are in bondage to the ploys of the devil, unable to free themselves from it.

The only way to be freed from the narcissistic rage and disquieted spirit is to confess the sin of selfishness and desire to be changed by Christ.

Salvation in Christ is the only answer to the problem of narcissism for the individual who is in bondage to it.

Romans 6:22

"22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life."

Sanctification is the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in our lives to become more holy. We are not sinless as believers but we do sin less as we move through life with the Holy Spirit.

Narcissists are Angry all the Time, They are Pawns of Satan

Narcissists are angry all the time because their idea of what life should be like is skewed. They believe they should be elevated as special all the time but life is not like that.

Satan was angry against God because he wanted to take God's place and when he couldn't he raged against God and continues to rage as he does what all narcissists do and that is to turn others against God too.

When you encounter someone who seems just on the verge of anger at the slightest perceived attack, even if it wasn't an attack at all but just a disagreement, you have encountered someone who is controlled or at the very least influenced by the devil.

Satan worked on Eve to distrust God and he works on people today to hate God's ways. Sadly though in our day the churches are full of people who are angry and resistant to correction leaving them vulnerable to the devil's deceptions.

The only way we can resist becoming like the culture around us is to read the word of God while praying to be given the strength to obey what He tells us. We must trust the Holy Spirit to be our strength and provider of wisdom.

John 16:12-14 "…12 I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. 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."

Everything the Holy Spirit guides us to believe or do will always glorify God and never people or self.

The Modern System of "Doing Church" is Unbiblical

The whole modern system of "doing church" with a one-man-paid-pastor system was the beginning of the apostasy. When man thinks they can help God by ignoring His instructions and commands that is when the devil does his worst work in those who think so highly of their own ideas. Relying on men for our ideas and answers in the church will always lead to apostasy.

I have experienced "Pentecostals" who think as long as their idea is for God it's alright to ignore His Word to do their own way. I tell them what they say and do is not Biblical and they become angry and even at times rage. Their rage instead of going to prayer tells me everything I need to know about their brand of Christianity.

People who rage at truth are most likely not born again. An authentically born-again believer enjoys calmly and lovingly discussing matters with the Bible in front of them to discover what God says. Those who rage because they disagree but will not go to prayer and search the Scriptures are those who are self-exalted and resistant to Christ. These people would never repent in humility to be changed by Christ.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

"3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."