Weary of the Lies and Conspiracies I Press on with the Gospel and Holiness

I grow weary of all the "natural food" nonsense I see on the internet because most of the doctors in white coats spouting all these things about food are not even doctors, they are fakes.

The internet is full of false information and foolishness and sadly Christians are falling into the trap worried about everything diverting their attention from Christ and the gospel.

The conspiracy theories I have seen that Christians worry about cannot even be proven. They don't know the people doing the videos nor do they even know someone who witnessed something for themselves. And, even if they say they witnessed something we cannot be sure they are telling the truth.

We are living in the days of deep deception in which everyone, Christians, non-Christians, are being continually bombarded with lies thinking just because someone says they are experts they are to be believed.

The internet has more deception on it than it does truth. My first question to those who send me all this conspiracy information is; "if this were true then what should I do with that information?

The answer comes back every time; "we should be informed." Then I ask "why?" I have no need of information I can do nothing about and that cannot be proved.

I have found good information on the internet about sewing, cooking, and building something, even how to fix a lawnmower tractor, these things we can see them do and try ourselves. It is a blessing to be able to find ways to fix things or new products available for everyday life. However, the news stories about all the things going on "behind the scenes" in politics, medical, food and science, we can ignore, they are mostly all fake.

I'll never forget the YouTube video that showed a man putting half a banana with half a kiwi fruit in a pot with dirt claiming it would grow a kiwi banana that was yellow on the outside and look like kiwi on the inside. It was amazing how many people believed it. It was total nonsense and the man putting up the video wanted to prove how gullible people can be while they tried this silliness and all they got was two rotten pieces of fruit.

I tried to convince someone this was nonsense and they wouldn't believe me but interestingly they wouldn't try it when I challenged them. They were afraid I was right and didn't want to be proven wrong about something that made them "feel" excited about this new information. They never tried it to find out they made the choice to believe it. This is what is happening to many Christians today, they are choosing to believe things they cannot prove and do not know the people claiming these things.

Satan has been very clever in using silly things to divide Christians and distract them from the gospel and growing in holiness.

I challenge believers to ignore the internet propaganda for one month and pray during that time to be cleansed from the addiction to false information that only serves to make them feel superior while they call it informed.

2 Timothy 4:3-5 "…3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.…"

It isn't just false doctrine we need to avoid it is also any kind of false information going on in the world. False information is the business of the father of lies, the devil, to distract, distort and frustrate believers so they will ingore the things of God written in His word the Bible.

We Can Choose Our Companions

Jesus Christ did not remain in the lives of those who didn't love Him and neither should we remain with those who don't love us.

The Real Symbolism of the Head Covering

The head covering on the woman is an expression of the woman symbolically as the church and the lack of covering on the man is symbolic of Christ.

The covering and the non-covering in the gender roles are pictures of Christ and His church. It has nothing to do with the submission wife to the husband. The wife walks along with her husband as her leader but she is not under him, she is under Christ.

No one should ever take the place of Christ in the believer's life, whether it be man or woman. The man leads by example and teaching not as an authority over.

To be the authority over someone else the man would be taking the place of the Holy Spirit.

A woman is the helpmate to her husband. Her job is to encourage him to keep going when He obeys Christ and to redirect him when he falters from the calling. She is his helper in all Spiritual matters.

Women are to submit to their husbands as we all are to submit to others in general, but only if those we submit to are obeying Christ. We are never required to submit to anyone who is telling us to disobey Christ.

A woman will stand before God one day alone. She will never be able to say "but Lord, my husband told me to sin." She will be accountable for her own sin and her own choices, obeying God or disobeying God.

As believers, we ought to be honoring and deferring to one another. We must evaluate what God is calling us to do and submit to others as God leads. And, at times we might have to resist submitting when God is not calling us to do what others are asking.

Acts 5:29
"But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men."

1 John 5:3 - "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."

The First Fruit is Essential to all the other Fruit of the Spirit of Christ

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."

Notice the first fruit in that list of fruit of the Spirit is love. Without love none of the other fruit can exist.

If someone is consistently unkind we know they cannot have the fruit of the Spirit because the very first fruit of the Spirit of Christ in a believer is "love."

To repeat: None of the other fruit of the Spirit of Christ can exist without that very first one!

My Facebook Friends Whom I Have Never Seen Face to Face

Some people say Facebook friends are not real friends because we have never met them or seen them with our eyes or had coffee with them in person. They are describing our relationships with Jesus Christ.

Paul the apostle wrote letters to people he had never met, inspired letter that live to this day and are written for us whom he has never met.

We have not yet seen Christ with our eyes or sat with Him in conversation, but we love Him and look forward to seeing Him face-to-face one day very soon. We talk to Him every day and seek His Word to know Him better.

All my born-again brothers and sisters whom I have not seen will be with me at the marriage supper of the Lamb, we will celebrate our marriage with Christ together. We will be together for eternity.

The greatest joy we have ever known with our brothers and sisters is coming, we look forward to that time when we will never again be separated.

We are one in Spirit with all our brothers and sisters! I yearn for the fellowship that is coming with my family in Christ.

Revelation 22:4-6

4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever.

6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show His bond-servants the things which must soon take place."

We can't see Jesus Christ with our physical eyes but we know Him and He lives in us.

Hallelujah!

Demons Hate Authentic Christians

Validation from God is all We Need

Often people will not make sense while intimidating us to be silent because they don't like the message.

I once corrected a man who was being rude constantly, to appear superior to others. I told him he was rude and that as a Christian he shouldn't act like that.

He told another woman what I had said to him and she came to me and told me I should not tell people they are wrong while she was telling me I was wrong for telling someone else they were wrong.

When someone irrationally likes someone because of mutual interests they are unable to hear anything corrective toward the person they admire.

As born-again believers, we ought to be able to see the truth about someone or about something someone does regardless of the relationship status. Corrections should make relationships closer and deeper if both parties are humble and honest with one another.

Proverbs 27:5-7

…5 Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. 6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet."

Many people in these days of hyper-sensitivity to correction see correction as a personal attack instead of love that hopes to cause a change in behavior which deepens realtionships and is better for everyone.

It takes humility and maturity to be able to receive a correction without feeling anger. If someone corrects us and they are right we ought to be grateful for the love they showed us. Unless of course they are angry people who just want to intimidate us in a power struggle. In the Holy Spirit, we will discern which is which.

However, if someone corrects us and are wrong or in a power struggle, then we have no need to be angry because we know it isn't true. It doesn't matter what they think it only matters what is true. God sees it all, that's all we need to remain calm.

It is human nature to want people to think well of us, this is what causes the rage that emerges from those who are insecure allowing their feelings to rule the day. People who are self-absorbed are immature, they don't have adult maturity to be able to handle disagreement. They interpret interactions either good or bad based on how they feel, not based on the information discussed.

Immature people will see disapproval as an attack and acceptance as worship. There is no rationality to their response because it is according to "feelings" and not facts and they love to be worshiped and validated by others.

As born-again believers, we should become so strong in the Lord that we do not need validation from others to do what is right. When we need to be validated by others it will cause hurt and anger when we don't get what we want from them.

Proverbs 29:25-26 "25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high. 26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD."