11/01/22 VISIT MY BLOG

11/01/22 VISIT MY BLOG

My Blog for October is online. I hope you will find it helpful. I post my ministry posts from FB, which make it easy to find certain posts or certain subjects. This is also helpful to friends who do not use FB, since they can access my Blog independently. I made 193 posts in October.

10/31/22 TIME IS RUNNING OUT

10/31/22 TIME IS RUNNING OUT

If you think that our world is no worse than any time in our life, you are already deceived and maybe unreachable.

10/31/2 AND SO IT GOES

10/31/2 AND SO IT GOES

Biden's "Czar of Misinformation" is taking steps against Right To Life facilities, FALSELY in the name of truth, science, national security. This is just the beginning of more of the godless State's opposition to Biblical, Christian beliefs and behavior.

Some folks are glad to see godlessness on the attack.
Some folks don't care.
Some folks don't see the harm.
Some folks don't believe it can happen.
Some folks just "go with the flow" and fiddle while Rome burns.

I can't help what the other guy does.
I can take steps to prepare myself for the propaganda storm.
I can provide the leadership and teaching that will buttress concerned believers against the coming assault, which has suppressed the gospel message for hundreds of millions in other "Socialist," and "Communist," countries within the last century.

We have watched "pagan creep" slowly move through our society for decades and recently seen it break into a trot. Now it is on the verge of "full speed ahead," in it's attack on western Christianity.

There is no time left for playing anymore games.

10/31/22 IT IS ALREADY UPON US

10/31/22 IT IS ALREADY UPON US

Since China prints most of the world's Bibles, what will happen if China stops printing accurate Bibles?

I use my electronic Bibles a lot, but I cherish my hard copy Bible the more. If our only access is through internet or dependent on electricity, can be taken from us in a moment. I have Bibles, KJV, 1973 NASB, and other versions, in Thompson Chain, Marked Reference Bible, Zodhiates Word Study Bibles and other Study Bible Editions.

Consider these news article's.

(I then listed three news articles from reputable ministry sites, confirming the threat and the steps already being taken print false "bibles)."

10/31/22 AWAKEN FROM YOUR SLEEP OF DEATH

10/31/22 AWAKEN FROM YOUR SLEEP OF DEATH

Enjoy your nap, 'cause when you wake up you will be enslaved, violated, robbed, oppressed beyond your wildest nightmare. And probably at that time you will only regret your deplorable condition rather than your rebellion and spiritual filth. 

Mark 13:32-37
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Romans 13:11-14
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-8
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

10/31/22 THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO

10/31/22 THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO

Evil is flooding USA.

Vote against anti-Christian platform.

It's not about your preferences; it's about God's principles.

10/31/22 JUST READING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

10/31/22 JUST READING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Take advantage of sources that provide light, wisdom, grace, mercy, knowledge, unity.

Those sources may soon come to an end.

10/31/22 ALL WE HAVE IS OUR LOSSTNESS

10/31/22 ALL WE HAVE IS OUR LOSSTNESS

So, exactly what good thing do you have in your life that God did not give you?

What do you have that commends you to God?

10/31/22 RIGHTLY DIVIDE GOD'S WORD

10/31/22 RIGHTLY DIVIDE GOD'S WORD

God's requirement, holiness of heart and life, has nothing to do with works of the flesh.

Salvation by faith produces good works.

10/31/22 WORKS, ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABE

10/31/22 WORKS, ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE

Good works don't save, but they are not the enemy of faith and they accompany faith.

"Works of the flesh" is the enemy of faith.

10/31/22 THEIR IGNORANCE BETRAYS THEM

10/31/22 THEIR IGNORANCE BETRAYS THEM

One reason I know that believers should seek Biblical teaching is because so many believers are so ignorant about so much.

10/31/22 MOVE INTO FREEDOM BY FAITH

10/31/22 MOVE INTO FREEDOM BY FAITH

Salvation by faith and the walk of faith is not slavish obedience but Divine deliverance; it is miraculous, not formulaic.

10/31/22 NOT OUGHT, BUT WANT DRIVEN

10/31/22 NOT OUGHT, BUT WANT DRIVEN

True Christians are not "ought" driven, but rather, "want" driven.

We want what God wants, and we want what God wants us to want.

10/31/22 IT IS INTERNAL CHANGE

10/31/22 IT IS INTERNAL CHANGE

Christian obedience, service, relationship, performance, behavior is not based in law but based in love (for God and for others).

10/31/22 A FORM OF GODLINESS...

10/31/22 A FORM OF GODLINESS...

Biblical obedience is not simply "rule keeping."

It is heart surrender and transformation through Divine love.

10/31/22 MEMBERS ONLY

10/31/22 MEMBERS ONLY

Ministry for God is a whole person involvement.

It is not just performance, it is unity of mind, with God and believers.

10/30/22 TWO BECOME ONE

10/30/22 TWO BECOME ONE

Biblical marriage is not simply a legal contract.

It is a love, trust, surrender and spiritual union.

These principles are true in husband and wife relationships, but also in the Bride and Groom relationship of Christ and His Church, in fact it includes the relationships of the various members in the Church. I intend to address this in an upcoming post about the book of Ephesians.

10/30/22 IT IS A BIBLICAL TRUTH

10/30/22 IT IS A BIBLICAL TRUTH

"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you."
Corrie Ten Boom

This quote from Corrie Ten Boom refers to what I was telling you about in an earlier post. The Bible states it this way:
Hebrews 4:9-11
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

10/29/22 NATURE OF LOVE

10/29/22 NATURE OF LOVE

Love makes concessions, even pure love.

But pure love cannot deny or conflict with God and His word.

10/29/22 GOD HAS HIS REASONS

10/29/22 GOD HAS HIS REASONS

Bringing every thought captive to Christ will bring believers together with one mind.

The advantage of bringing every thought captive to Christ is not simply to avoid the obviously negative thoughts of adultery, deceit, covetousness, hatred, but also the seemingly less important offenses, such as jealousy, envy, suspicion, arrogance, division. Also bringing every thought captive means thinking the same good thoughts God thinks and eliminating personal views, worldly views, earthly views, devilish views, un-Biblical views. There is a negative side (get rid of), and a positive side (add) to Christian thoughts

Christians are called to be of one mind with God and one mind with one another. This is not a "one and done" moment of time. It is a growing, developing, advancing reality. We all have ideas at the beginning of our Christian walk, which will need to be abandoned and traded for more Biblical understanding. This is why we are told to "grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ." In order to think the same thoughts as God thinks, we must rid ourselves of our own thoughts.

I pointed out recently that the living truths, the up-to-date light that God gives us, does not fit into old lifestyles, ie, New Wine should not be put into Old Wine Skins. The freshness of the New Testament message and our growing awareness of Divine enlightenment requires us to be in a state of change; such as growing, going from light to light and grace to grace. As we add principles of grace, we abandon principles of our errant culture, education, worldview, understanding.

Not only do we have the unchanging word of God and the ever present Holy Spirit to lead us into godly thinking, godly living and godly relationships, we have shepherds who know the way of God, the truth of God and the changes that believers need to make in their spiritual journey.

Here are some verses, which address the importance of being of one mind with God and with other believers. 

ONE MIND 

Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 

Romans 15:5-7
5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. 

1 Corinthians 1:10-11
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 

2 Corinthians 13:11
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 

Philippians 1:27
27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 

Philippians 2:1-5
1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 

Philippians 3:14-16
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 

Philippians 4:2
I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. 

1 Peter 3:8-11
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

10/29/22 DELIGHT VERSES

10/29/22 DELIGHT VERSES

This list could help you find where you are in your relationship with God. It can also show you the benefits of being an actual Christian, as described by Biblical standards.

This is a list of verses (specifically in the KJV), which use the word DELIGHT. I have listed forty plus verses which have obvious application to the Christian experience. These verses relate to the Delight of God, the Delight of Believers, the Delight of Evil Men.

Though these passages have an historical setting, they are applicable to the Christian experience and life.
(I put some verses in context, for clarity) 

DELIGHT 

God's Delight (spoken to Israel in the Exodus)
Numbers 14:8
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 

God's Delight (spoken to Israel in the Exodus)
Deuteronomy 10:15
15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. 

God's Delight
1 Samuel 15:22
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 1:2
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 37:4
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 

Delight in God's Peace
Psalms 37:11
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

Delight in God's Way
Psalms 37:23
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 

Delight in Doing God's Will
Psalms 40:8
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 

Evil Delight (the evil man)
Psalms 62:3-4
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 94:19
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 112:1
1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 

Delight in the Lord
Psalms 119:16
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:24
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:35
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:47
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:69-72
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:77
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 

Delight in God's Word
Psalms 119:174
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. 

God's Delight
Psalms 147:7-11
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Evil Delight
Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Evil Delight
Proverbs 2:11-15
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

God Delights in His Children
Proverbs 3:12
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

God Delights in Wisdom
Proverbs 8:30
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

God Delights in Justice
Proverbs 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 

God Delights in the Righteous
Proverbs 11:20
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 

God Delights in Honest People
Proverbs 12:22
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. 

God Delights in the Prayers of the Upright
Proverbs 15:8
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Evil Delight
Proverbs 18:2
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Evil Delight
Proverbs 19:10
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Delight in Righteous Leadership
Proverbs 24:23-25
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Delight in Disciplined Child
Proverbs 29:17
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 

God's Delight is Not In Sacrifice
Isaiah 1:11
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

God Delights in Jesus
Isaiah 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

Delight in God's Blessings
Isaiah 55:2
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 

God Delights in His People
Isaiah 62:4
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 

Evil Men Delight in Abominations
Isaiah 66:3
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Rebels Do Not Delight in God's Word
Jeremiah 6:10
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

God Delights in These Things
Jeremiah 9:24
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. 

God Delights in Mercy
Micah 7:18
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Evil Men Delight in Evil
Malachi 2:17
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Christians Delight in the Law of God
Romans 7:22
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

10/29/22 SELF DESTRUCTIVE

10/29/22 SELF DESTRUCTIVE

Like fighting against quicksand, resisting God is a destructive futility.

10/29/22 CONSIDER THE DESTINATION

10/29/22 CONSIDER THE DESTINATION

The way of self, rebellion, strife, division never leads to that which is good, but it will get worse until there is no escape.

10/28/22 ON GOD'S TERMS ONLY

10/28/22 ON GOD'S TERMS ONLY

This passage tells us clearly that the "Natural Man," (the unsaved man), does not understand spiritual truths.
1 Corinthians 2:11-15
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Until the person trusts in Christ for forgiveness, conversion, deliverance, regeneration, they cannot understand spiritual realities. They can know theological ideas and religious arguments, but their minds are devoid of spiritual life and cannot understand spiritual truths.

The unsaved or the backslidden person must accept the basics of God's call, through His word and enlightenment, and then must call on the Lord to forgive and impart His Holy Spirit. There is no negotiating with God or His word. There is no debating with God or His word. There is no compromise or redefining of terms concerning God's work. There must be humble submission and trust in order to comprehend the enlightenment of God.
 

We come to God, just as the old Gospel song says,
Just as I am,
Without one plea.

10/28/22 DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S TOO LATE

10/28/22 DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S TOO LATE

The longer you harbor negative, errant, corrupting views, the more power they have.

Surrender all to Jesus, as soon as possible.

10/28/22 FOR THE RECORD

10/28/22 FOR THE RECORD

It is not that God wants to "kick you out," it is that you won't let Him transform you and conform you to His will.

10/28/22 GOD IN ME

10/28/22 GOD IN ME

Choose either selfishness or selflessness.

If I follow Him, it is Christ in me, the hope of glory.

10/28/22 IT IS SUPERNATURAL

10/28/22 IT IS SUPERNATURAL

The Christian life is not a form or a formula, but a transformed life, conformed to the image of Christ by the indwelling Spirit.

10/28/22 IT IS A RELATIONSHIP

10/28/22 IT IS A RELATIONSHIP

In order to live by faith we must live by God's word; ergo we must know, understand and believe God's word.

ah ha.

10/28/22 DIVINE POWER ESSENTIAL

10/28/22 DIVINE POWER ESSENTIAL

SALVATION by faith is God's miraculous, transforming power.

LIVING by faith is the supernatural evidence.

10/28/22 WHERE YOU NEED HIM

10/28/22 WHERE YOU NEED HIM

In the strangest, most difficult situations of life, God's Word provides comfort strength and guidance.

10/28/22 NO IMITATIONS

10/28/22 NO IMITATIONS

The motto, "Often Imitated But Never Duplicated," indicates the value of original design is especially true for the inner man.

Never settle for less than Divine design.

2 Timothy 3:5
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

10/27/22 MAN AS HIS OWN SAVIOR

10/27/22 MAN AS HIS OWN SAVIOR

Religion is not redemption.

Religion can be man attempting to bring God down to man.

Redemption is God reaching down and bringing man up to God.

10/27/22 DON'T BE A NUMBSKULL

10/27/22 DON'T BE A NUMBSKULL
(a hard-head)

I know Christians who think and act as if they live in La-La land.

Sorry, it ain't so, and it's getting worse.

Wake up.

10/27/22 TIME TO MAKE IT RIGHT

10/27/22 TIME TO MAKE IT RIGHT

Family politics and racial background blinds Christians to their moral and spiritual responsibility to stand against parties and platforms that are anti-Christian and anti-Bible. However, there comes a time when Biblical enlightenment reveals past mistakes as actual sins. He that knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

There is forgiveness for those who understand and repent of choices they have made in the past. Siding with anyone or any movement, which rejects or opposes Biblical truth needs to be seen for what it is. It is one thing to have "the wool pulled over your eye," but it is another to accept the blindness.

The agenda of the Donkeys is clear and has been made clear for some time. There is no reason to promote the platform that is totally corrupted and blatantly proud of its agenda. And don't forget, this wickedness is being forced upon Christians, who will suffer loss of freedom, family and possibly life, when they choose to obey God and refuse to bow to the State.

Everyone who has been taken captive by satan, whether doctrinally or politically, needs to open their eyes to the obvious and evident facts, and then they need to, Come out from amongst them and be separate.

This might mean renouncing and denouncing deeply held beliefs of family, race, community, culture, even country, but Christians cannot walk with or in darkness.

Making such a change will not save America and it might not save loved ones, but it is still the right thing to do. To side with any agenda that is out to destroy the Lordship of Christ and His revelation concerning Christian living is to choose to be the enemy of Christ. Even if we deny Him, He will not deny Himself, but He will deny those who deny Him.

10/27/22 CHOOSE OR LOSE

10/27/22 CHOOSE OR LOSE

CHOOSE OR LOSE

Even if the economy was stable, the border secure, the pipelines running, law and order established and other important social issues were solved, EVEN IF those things were true, no Christian should ever vote for the anti-Christian, anti-Bible agenda of the RULING party.

Christians cannot say, "YES" to the moral, sexual assault on our children, the legal repudiation of the Bible, the overthrow of parental authority, the perverting or our values, the murdering of the pre-born and new born, the repealing of freedom of the first amendment ... and the list of abominations in this admugustration goes on and on and on.

In fact, every Christian should be crying out, LOUDLY, against the overthrow of America, crying out and standing against the actual insurrection that has been taking place in the name of "fundamentally changing America."

At some point (and it could be upon us now), America will fail completely and there will be no more time or opportunity for Christians to lift up Jesus and raise the warning to our lost society, concerning the coming disaster and chaos and eternal judgment, due to the abominable perversity that this sin sick society, this sinsanity, demonic path our nation is on.

Even if you rise to economic "success," academic "excellence," military "superiority," world "peace," and religious "unity," you will be a totally lost, prophecy fulfilling people because you have resisted the true Prince of Peace, the Only Way of Salvation, the Coming King, the Divine Savior of the Word.

Folks need to quit play acting as Christians and they need to stand, no matter the cost, they need to stand for God and truth. It does not matter how much the world applauds you or how much you can quote the Bible. If we do not stand for the truths, the moral truths, the spiritual truths, the eternal truths of the Bible then we have fallen into darkness and chosen to stand against God and His will.

Our words should match our walk. Our agenda is not a perfect secular world, in fact, our agenda is not a SECULAR world of any kind. Secular is the enemy of Biblical spirituality, salvation, Rule of God through Christ.

If you haven't noticed, there are plenty of advocates, representatives, supporters, fighters for the Prince of Darkness and his constant attack on godliness, truth and Jesus. The world does not need you on their team. HOWEVER, the devil wants you on his team. You are either for Christ or you are against Christ. You must choose between Light and dark, Life and death, Love and hate, God and Satan, Truth and deception, Eternal and temporal. 

Joshua 24:15
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

10/27/22 RESTRUCTURING NOT NEEDED

10/27/22 RESTRUCTURING NOT NEEDED

You may have ideas to improve the company you work for, but no one can improve on God's plan for His Church.

10/27/22 INVEST WISELY

10/27/22 INVEST WISELY

Don't invest your energy, time, focus, excitement, talent on that which is froth, worldly, self satisfying.

Invest in eternity.

10/27/22 A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY

10/27/22 A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
(don't waste it)

Two ways the devil robs the young.
He excites them with the trivial, the temporal the futile.
He numbs them to the glory of God, God's call, God's work.

God gifts and equips young people for dynamic service, but they often pursue that which is meager, empty, useless.

It is a shame to waste your best learning and growing years on that which is illusory and crippling.

Don't waste your youthfulness on that which wastes your youthfulness.

You will never get those years back.

10/27/22 IT IS YOUR CHOICE

10/27/22 IT IS YOUR CHOICE

You will not receive with a closed hand or a closed mind.

Anger, Pride, Selfishness are locks that must be broken.

10/26/22 IT IS A PLAGUE OF DECEPTION

10/26/22 IT IS A PLAGUE OF DECEPTION

IT IS A PLAGUE OF DECEPTION

Just as we see that people water down the Biblical record for children (by actually changing the message), "preachers" have changed the message of salvation to the extent that the average church attender has no idea that God wants to, can and will deliver them from all temptation and sin.

In fact, God demands that we turn from all sin in our repentance. Today, when people talk about salvation, most folks deny that God requires and enables believers to turn from all sin, completely, all the time. They think that salvation is a free pass to heaven, while wallowing in the pig sty of this world.

This is not to say that the failure of a Christian cannot be forgiven or that those who falter along the way are unredeemable. God wants us to be saved more than we can imagine. What it does mean is that most people do not see salvation as deliverance from sin. They do not believe in a grace that reaches us in the gutter-most of life and then lifts us to the uttermost of love and holiness.

They see "salvation" as a forgiveness of sins, which leaves us powerless to overcome trials, testings and temptations. They mistakenly think that coming, "Just As I Am," means staying, pretty much "as I was." They think that God just clears our slate rather than transforming our entire inner being and conforming us to the image of Jesus, and leading us to walk in Christ's steps, away from sin and darkness.

IT SAYS, "SIN MAKES YOU UNHAPPY"

10/26/22 IT SAYS, "SIN MAKES YOU UNHAPPY"

IT SAYS, "SIN MAKES YOU UNHAPPY"

It is true that, "sin makes you unhappy." But that is not the actual cost of sin. A children's Bible Storybook says that after they had sinned, "God... had a serious talk with them," and their, "disobedience would cause them much sadness," and the writer of the children's book went on to say, "It is still true today: sin makes people unhappy."

Actually, Adam's sin corrupted, polluted and condemned the entire human race, brought death into the world, put the world and the human race in opposition to God, brought rebellion, divisiveness and war between man and God and between man and man, and would be the reason that God would give His Son to die for the sins of the world.
God says that sin separates us from God... forever.
When God confronts us about our sin and our eternal soul, He is having more than a, "serious talk with us." He is warning us, passing judgment on our sins, condemning us and filling us with fear and godly sorrow.
God not only tells us that our sins have condemned us, He tells us that our sins will take us into deeper corruption and move us even farther from God.
Sin does not only make us unhappy it condemns us to an eternity of pain and misery and it destroys the lives of the ones we love (parents, siblings, grand's, friends).

Yes, we need to be wise in sharing these terrible truths with children, but changing the message to the terms of this story is actually more harmful to the children than the facts of the story.

The story line goes on to give us more information about the consequences of sin, but the initial message was far from accurate.

10/26/22 TELLING TRUTH IN LOVE AND WISDOM

10/26/22 TELLING TRUTH IN LOVE AND WISDOM

I bought (at a low price) a really nice looking, well packaged, popular children's Bible Storybook. The artwork, colors, layout, Bible portions, text, binding are all very nice.

I like books that make the Bible record easy to follow. I still use this kind of writing to help me prepare my more advanced lessons. I bought this book, intending to give it to my two youngest granddaughters. However, the way the author dealt with the Biblical accounts was weak and misleading, so I will look at another book I saw. Both of these girls are artistic and I thought a GOOD book would be nice for them. However, this one did not meet the standard.

I preach to and teach even very young children in such a way as to not distort the truth of God. They can handle truth (often times better than adults can). I teach on a level that children can understand, but I don't corrupt the truth in order to make it simple. No, I do not tell them everything about everything, but I don't distort what I do tell them. For instance, when teaching about the perversity of Sodom and Gomorrah I don't address the specifics with little children, at least in the more mature and graphic terms. I can tell them that men do not marry men and women do not marry women but I don't explain the sin of homosexuality. 

Telling the truth without twisting the word of God is the goal, even for children. Books that do not meet this standard should not be part of their library. But as I though about it, I realized that most churches and most families avoid or twist Biblical truth. We must be careful to give our children what they need, while guarding their minds and understanding.

10/26/22 YOU CAN'T PUT NEW WINE IN OLD WINE SKINS

10/26/22 DON'T PUT NEW WINE INTO OLD WINE SKINS 

DON'T PUT NEW WINE INTO OLD WINE SKINS 

Early converts did not just get forgiveness of sins, they got newness of life; old things (attitudes, habits, values, relationships, plans, views) passed away.

This is still true to day. There is no conversion without the person abandoning the corruptions and fallacies of their earlier life, their "natural" life, their fleshly life, their worldly life, their self oriented and self serving life.

Sadly, few believers are taught that salvation takes them into wholeness and holiness of life, which means thinking, behaving and relating Biblically. This includes instantaneous transformation and instantaneous deliberate changes. This also includes a life of continuous growth, change, surrender, obedience.

The changes brought about through the Christian experience and life is not a burden, but a blessing; it is not legalistic rules and regulations but a liberating love relationship with Jesus; it is not a dark life of misery but it is light, love and life through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Don't let the devil tell you that you can hang on to yesterday's deceptions and still be a partaker of Divine nature.
Don't love the world.
Don't be a friend with the world.
Don't trade God's revelation for your own misconceptions.

10/26/22 IT IS A WHOLE LIFE COMMITMENT

10/26/22 IT IS A WHOLE LIFE COMMITMENT

It is obvious that years of perversity takes a major toll.

But so do years of a wonky world views.

Choose newness of life.

10/26/22 INSTANTANEOUS AND INCREMENTAL

10/26/22 INSTANTANEOUS AND INCREMENTAL

After sidestepping or circumventing or missing the will of God for years, be sure to seek and follow Divine enlightenment, as it comes from Scripture, the Holy Spirit or spiritual counsel.

Remember, you have years of error, misdirection, damage that needs to be corrected and overcome. It may be uncomfortable or even painful, but change is better than continuing in darkness and failure.

10/26/22 RIGHTLY DIVIDE (understand)

10/26/22 RIGHTLY DIVIDE (understand)

RIGHTLY DIVIDE (understand)

The exception, rather than the rule is, there are very few Bible words or passages, which are either difficult or impossible to interpret at this time. Those few instances do not change the message of God, the message of the Bible, the message of salvation.

No one is required to understand everything in the Bible. When we encounter one of these words or passage, it is better for us to just acknowledge our limited understanding, than to pretend Divine enlightenment. As I said, the instances are rare and the subjects are not essential to life, faith, or the message of God.

In some of those situations the obscure has become understandable. But even before the obscure was clarified, the message of God was clear and constant.

I am not referring to simply theological interpretation differences. I am referring to the actual original word or the correct translation of a word or passage. Though some might refer to these as discrepancies, they are not contradictions to the clear revelation of God, concerning the Person, Nature, Word and Work of God.

Therefore, unless you claim to know and understand everything there is to know about the Bible, don't feel ashamed that you can't explain everything. In fact, even the things we know and accept as truth cannot always be explained to someone else. Sometimes there are mysteries that cannot be understood until God explains them to the individual and sometimes understanding comes with study and submission and sometimes understanding comes with growth in grace and knowledge.

We are not required to understand everything about everything in the Bible. However, there are truths in the Bible that God expects us to know and understand and He will enable us to know and understand His truth, if we faithfully follow Him and study His word.

There is no excuse for being unenlightened concerning the word of life, the will of God for our lives. He has provided His word, His Spirit, His messengers of truth to help us know the truth and be set free from the chains of darkness.

2 Timothy 2:14-15
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study (deliberately be diligent) to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
(dlg note... the word, "Study," in this passage is an old expression that meant, "be careful," "be watchful." My older family members would say, "Study what you do now," meaning, be careful of your behavior or actions. It is not to be understood in this passage, in reference to academic "studies." In order to rightly divide (understand) the word of God we must study is in this passage, but the use of, "study" has do to with personal management and behavior.

2 Peter 1:2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

10/25/22 LIVING VICTORIOUSLY

10/25/22 LIVING VICTORIOUSLY

LIVING VICTORIOUSLY
God gives us everything we need to live victoriously. 

2 Peter 1:3-11
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

This is not hard to understand but if you don't believe and surrender to God, you will deny and denounce God and His promises.

He has given EVERYTHING we need to live victoriously and godly in this present world.

10/25/22 MY CHURCH OR THE CHURCH I ATTEND?

10/25/22 MY CHURCH OR THE CHURCH I ATTEND?

Two differences in, "My church" and "The church I attend." 

1 "My," view of the nature of "church,"
2 "My," relationship to the church.
I am not addressing the "nature" of the church at this time. I am focusing on a person's "relationship" to the church. 

Though either of these phrases may be used, the implications are different. "My church" implies a personal, intimate, active and interactive relationship, while, "the church I attend is more disconnected and passive.

Think about the attitude of a person has toward anything (car, boat, motorcycle, sports team, house. music program and even another person. The more the person sees the object, the activity, the person as something they are vitally invested in, the more time, care, effort they will make. I could use the phrase, "I own it," (in the sense of commitment, not possession).

When you "own" (when you are committed to) something, you eagerly take care of it; you sacrifice time and other resources to keep it up-to-date, presentable, productive.

Although we know that the word, "church" is actually related to the body of believers, when a person thinks in terms of, "my church," they are including the people, the ministries, the facilities. 

The person who "owns" their church, the person who loves their church, the person who is committed to the people and ministry of their church is the person who has a proper sense of, "My church."

Church is more than a club, an event, a building. Church is the body of Christ and the local church is the specific body, of which you are a part. You are not a prosthesis, you are not a robot, you are a living part of a living body.

You are not connected with electrodes, wires, switches. You are connected with life, including reason, desire, emotion, conscience and will and skills, dreams, resources, time, energy, talents, gifts. Think, "My church," act and behave with the proper understanding of "My church."

10/24/22 A MIND FOCUSED ON THE WILL AND WAY OF GOD

10/24/22 A MIND FOCUSED ON THE WILL AND WAY OF GOD

A MIND FOCUSED ON THE WILL AND WAY OF GOD. 

We are told to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Remember, one of the five components that makes up the soul is the mind, or reason. Reason has access to knowledge, which can lead to understanding and result in wisdom. God has given us the tool with which we may gain knowledge and when our mind, our reason is submitted to God we can progress to understanding and wisdom.

Without Christ, the mind is the mind of the flesh; it is enmity with God. The unsaved man (the natural man) fills his mind with man's wisdom (the wisdom of men), fleshly wisdom, earthly wisdom, sensual wisdom, devilish wisdom, the wisdom of this world, the wisdom which is from below.

With Spirit led reason we can bring every thought into the captivity of Christ. With Spirit led reason we can have the mind of Christ. With Spirit led reason we can be of one mind with God. With Spirit led reason we can dream the dreams of God.

Read His word. Find what God wants you to do with your mind, with your reasoning. Bring every thought captive to Christ. Think the thoughts of Christ. Shut out the thoughts of darkness.
Imagine what you life would be like if you deliberately set your mind and reason to know the truth of God.

10/24/22 GOD'S PLAN IS A VICTORIOUS LIFE

10/24/22 GOD'S PLAN IS A VICTORIOUS LIFE

GOD'S PLAN IS A VICTORIOUS LIFE.

As part of our Human Nature, God gave us Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will. They were given to Adam, Eve and to all mankind for the purpose of knowing and following the will of God. 

Sin broke our proper relationship with God and therefore these components of the soul were impaired and inhibited in their function. But even in the most despicable of men each of these components can be found functioning. This does not save anyone, but God's "common grace" through these qualities keeps the sinner from being the total monster he could be, and makes it possible for any sinner to be saved.

All of the human condition is defiled, depraved, corrupted, but unlike the angels, God created man so that he can be redeemed from his fallen condition. God did not make us to be lost, but He did make us so that we can be saved.

Before salvation, these five soulish components are used by God to guide and restrain men from total reprobation. This is called "common grace" and "prevenient grace." God works in the lives of the unsaved, leading them to salvation.

After people are miraculously converted and made into a new creatures, they are able to employ their human abilities in the service of God, including their Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will. At this point they have Human Nature (the nature to be human, i.e. body, soul, spirit) and the New Man (newness of life in the likeness of Christ) and the continuing presence of the Sinful Nature (the Old Man). The Old and the New are opposed to one another, appealing to the Human Nature through the soul, to make a choice concerning right and wrong. The believer is enabled to make the right choice but the Carnal Mind battles the Mind of Christ in the believer.

When a believer dies to self, sin and the world (when they crucify their Old Man) then they are filled and purified by the Holy Spirit. This leaves the Sanctified believer with a redeemed Human Nature, which still has the ability to sin; a New Nature. However, the Sinful Nature, tendency to rebel, has been done away with, conquered (not controlled). Though Sanctified believers still have the ability to sin, they are not plagued from within to disobey God. The inner war has ceased, though the outer battle continues.

Sinning is the choice of the human nature.
As a sinner, the decision is to sin.
As a carnal believer, the decision is to not sin, but the inner conflict sometimes convinces the Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will to disobey God.
As a Spirit filled, Sanctified believer, the decision is to not sin, though Satan continues to tempt and oppress. However, the temptation is from the outside and not from the inside of the believer, therefore the Spiritual believer does not have the inward battle, which the Carnal believer has. This allows the Spiritual believer to have more control over his Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will.

God enables us to live victoriously through the surrender of our Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will. Learn to live in the Spirit and use your Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will in submission to God. You will find power, peace and purity as your daily companions.

10/24/22 AGAPE IS THE WORD

10/24/22 AGAPE IS THE WORD

God's love is amazing, which is why I am agape (English) at agape' (Greek).

10/24/22 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

10/24/22 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

I spend a lot of time agape at society.

Though I know: How can they not see the obvious? Why do they not want the way of God?

10/24/22 IT IS REAL

10/24/22 IT IS REAL

My message does not change, but my method and manner of preaching does.

I gives it likes I gets it.

10/24/22 A BITTER SWEET FROM FB

10/24/22 A BITTER SWEET FROM FB

When a deceased friend's FB continues, I may not remove their timeline from my FB.

I miss them and like to be reminded of them.

10/24/22 A PLEASANT AWAKENING

10/24/22 A PLEASANT AWAKENING

I was awakened by WOKENESS this morning. I was dreaming that a friend and I were witnessing to a group of people, when my friend read a passage from the Bible referring to God as, "He." One of the normal looking, 30ish man quickly interjected, "he/she" (wanting to make the point that God should not be understood in the masculine gender). IMMEDIATELY I chimed in, abruptly and VOCALLY, correcting the usurper with, "HE," which woke me up from a WOKE encounter.

Even as I was being awakened and slowly leaving dreamworld behind, I was thinking; people can call their gods anything they want to call them. In fact, I want people who worship a different god from the God of the Bible to call them by some name, title, pronoun that will make it clear that they are pagans. However, it is intellectual dishonesty to refer to the God of the Bible as, "she," since the Bible clearly refers to God in the masculine. In fact, He is not only, "He, Him, His", He is Father and Son.

By the way, this scenario seemingly came out of nowhere. I was as surprised at the conversation as the WOKE guy, who just stood there, dumb as a clam.

Well, anyway, I was awake and too keyed up to go back to sleep, so I got out of bed, happy with myself for taking a verbal stand so quickly. In fact, that was what I took away from the dream: be ready to take a stand for truth on the spur of the moment; particularly issues that are vital and as a correction to someone's attempt to publicly hijack a conversation and corrupt the message of God.

10/24/22 THEY ARE NOT THE SAME

10/24/22 THEY ARE NOT THE SAME

Having questions is one thing; disbelief, unbelief, distrust, accusing or blaming God is another.

10/23/22 SINCE THE BEGINNING

10/23/22 SINCE THE BEGINNING

The Sabbath Rest (in Hebrews 4) is the Spirit Filled life of Entire Sanctification, which a believer only enters by faith.

10/23/22 KEEP THE SINGLE EYE

10/23/22 KEEP THE SINGLE EYE

Don't spend your life on self or the temporal or trivial or worldly or futile or corrupt.

Live with God and eternity in view.

10/22/22 BEWARE FALSE DOCTRINES

10/22/22 BEWARE FALSE DOCTRINES

Someone posted this on one of the Groups, of which I am a member. Though it sounds absurd and though there are people who deny that these points are accurate, they are easily found and often repeated by those who believe that God deliberately did not provide salvation for all men.

The corrupt teachings of Augustine and Calvin, with the support of several religious Councils, contrary to God's word, have taught a system of beliefs, which contradict God's word.

They teach, man cannot choose to believe God, confess his sins, repent of his own sins.
They teach, Jesus did not die for the sins of the whole world and God did not provide salvation for all men.
They teach, God chose to pass by the major portion of human population, decreeing every act of man, even the vilest behavior imaginable, supposedly for His own glory.

The author of this article includes...
Quotes from the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith (which is very similar to the 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith).
He includes a short statement from John Calvin.
He also includes comments by Wayne Grudem, a popular and respected proponent of Reformed Theology.

I totally DISAGREE WITH and DENY the assertions of sinning religion found in Calvinistic and Reformed Theology.
But I address these doctrines because I want you to understand the dangers that dress themselves as Christian teaching.

Here is a portion of that article.

Calvinist: “God does not predestine people for heaven and hell. He simply passes over those people not saving them.”
Non-Calvinist: “Who makes the decision to pass certain people over not saving them?”
Calvinist: “God.”
Non-Calvinist: “Sounds like God predestines people for heaven or hell.”

The 1689 Confession states:
“By His decree, and for the manifestation of His glory, God has predestined (or foreordained) certain men and angels to eternal life through Jesus Christ, thus revealing His grace. Others, whom He has left to perish in their sins, show the terrors of His justice.”

“…salvation is freely offered to some while others are barred from access to it.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 5)

Calvinist theologian Wayne Grudem defines reprobation as “the sovereign decision of God before creation to pass over some persons, in sorrow deciding not to save them, and to punish them for their sins, and thereby to manifest his justice.” Calvinism teaches that the one and only reason that the lost are not saved is that “God does not want them saved.” Grudem’s definition is clear on this point: reprobation is God’s “sovereign decision . . . before creation . . . not to save them.”

“We call predestination God’s eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is fore-ordained for some, eternal damnation for others.” (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion, Book 3, Chapter 21, Paragraph 5)

10/22/22 TRUTH IS TRUTH

10/22/22 TRUTH IS TRUTH

The fancy theological footwork of sinning religion does not nullify the faithful obedience of those who love Christ.

10/22/22 REALLY GOOD NEWS

10/22/22 REALLY GOOD NEWS

Good news, to ALL PEOPLE who walk in His light: His blood cleanses from all sin in this present evil world.

10/22/22 WITHOUT ARGUMENT

10/22/22 WITHOUT ARGUMENT

If you love Christ, you keep His commandments, which are not grievous, and love fulfills the law.

10/22/22 GET THE GENUINE MESSAGE

10/22/22 GET THE GENUINE MESSAGE

Whatever your preacher is preaching, if he is not preaching deliverance from sin, he is not preaching the Bible.

10/22/22 HE IS CAPABLE AND WORTHY

10/22/22 HE IS CAPABLE AND WORTHY

Victorious living is God's salvation.

Obviously, those who deny it, have a problem with God's nature, person and work.

10/22/22 NEVER DOUBT GOD

10/22/22 NEVER DOUBT GOD

My observation, experience and Bible reading confirms that there is no excuse for us to doubt the veracity of God.

10/22/22 GOD'S WORKMANSHIP PASSES INSPECTION

10/22/22 GOD'S WORKMANSHIP PASSES INSPECTION

As part of the Temple of God, we need Divine inspection in our personal lives and our corporate church life.

Few seek it.

10/22/22 MISGUIDED MASSES

10/22/22 MISGUIDED MASSES

Most people, including conservative leaders, consider freedom of speech and bearing arms to be more important than freedom of religion.

Here are some reasons.
1 Most people are not interested in "religion," or Christianity or salvation, therefore they don't care about freedom of religion.
2 Most people do not like Biblical Christianity, therefore they don't want Christians to be free.
3 Most people do not know or understand what is going on, concerning attacks on faith, family or morality in America.
4 Most people are more interested in the freedom to communicate corruption than they are to worship and proclaim Christ.
5 Most people are more concerned about their material possessions than they are their soul, their morals, their children, their faith, their church, their Bibles.
6 Many of them love guns, violence, machismo more than God, salvation, ethics. Notice also, they boast in a patriotism, courage, and ethical standards by which they do not actually live.

When you get down to it, they do not know the actual value of saving faith.

10/22/22 ARE OUR SCHOOLS REALLY SAFE?

10/22/22 ARE OUR SCHOOLS REALLY SAFE?

What is Official Carteret County Public School stance on CRT and Drag Queen interaction on school property.

10/22/22 WHAT COULD GO WRONG

10/22/22 WHAT COULD GO WRONG

HUNGRY, CLOWN FACED, LIP LICKING WOLF SAYS;

"I just want to read some books to your chickens"

With caption:

What could go wrong?

All IT wants to do is read to your chickens.
(What fool of a chicken rancher would fall for such a lie?
Parents could learn a lot from a chicken rancher.)

10/21/22 SELF AS THE ENEMY

10/21/22 SELF AS THE ENEMY

Some of the greatest obstacles to surrendering fully to God are self trust, self confidence, self reliance and self assertion.

10/21/22 SELF CAN BE OUR GREATEST ENEMY

10/21/22 FIVE DIVINE GIFTS 

Remember the five inner filters: Reason, Desire, Emotion, Conscience, Will.

If you are a "natural man" (unsaved), these filters are programmed to shut off the gospel.
If you are a "carnal" Christian, they may be used as SHUT OFF VALVES to successful Christian living.

If you are a "spiritual" Christian (purified and Spirit filled) they can be open channels for God's graces to flow freely through your life.
(1 Corinthians 2:7-3:3, concerning the Natural Man, the Carnal Christian and the Spiritual Christian)

Before salvation these five inner filters are programmed to cut off the message and ministry of God in our lives.

When we get saved these five inner filters begin to work in agreement with the Holy Spirit as He leads and empowers our lives. 

When we surrender all and we follow Jesus fully, these five inner filters will filter out evil thinking, evil desires, self oriented emotions, hardness of heart and self will.

These five inner filters cannot be trained to be spiritual, they must be surrendered to God for His redemptive purposes and we must die to this world and to the flesh.

 

10/21/22 HE GIVES ACCORDING TO OUR DESIRE

10/21/22 HE GIVES ACCORDING TO OUR DESIRE

It isn't how much light we get, it is how much light we walk in that will matter.

10/21/22 IN THE TRUEST SENSE

10/21/22 IN THE TRUEST SENSE

Biblical belief is not simply mental or emotional assent, but it is "comparable to, 'I do,' in marriage (surrender of self)."

10/21/22 WHETHER PERSONAL OR NATIONAL

10/21/22 WHETHER PERSONAL OR NATIONAL

SOMETIMES THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE EVIL 

Even if a good candidate gets the vote, God can still give a people what they deserve rather than what they want. Scary, huh?

In other words, it takes more than just moral, political, social awareness to be on God's side of history. Sometimes, if people get what they want (even when it is good), they don't get what they need or deserve. God knows the state of our State and the needs of this world as well as the needs of His Church.

We know that everyone needs Jesus Christ. Until Jesus is Lord of people's lives, they need to be shaken up and brought to reality (even through politics). God wants to draw people to Himself through blessings, but if people don't respond to the kindness of God, He will use suffering and sorrow to bring them to Himself. 

Romans 2:4 (drawn by blessing and kindness)
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 

2 Corinthians 7:8-11 (driven by sorrow and sufferning)
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

10/21/22 IT WON'T BE AN ACCIDENT

10/21/22 IT WON'T BE AN ACCIDENT

We don't KNOW the immediate future but we do know the present and the past.

Do NOT vote for known socialism or anti-Christianity.

10/21/22 BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR VOTE

10/21/22 BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR VOTE

What you think is Idiocracy (government of idiots), is actually Demonocracy (government of demons).

Don't vote SINSANITY.

Remember, 8 comes AFTER 7.

10/21/22 Remember, 8 comes AFTER 7

Remember, 8 comes AFTER 7. 

People use Romans 7 to prove that Christians continue to be corrupted and dominated by the "sin in me" (sinful nature) after conversion.

The Holy Spirit refers to this inherent sin nature as, "evil...present in me," "another law in my members," "the law of sin, which is in my members," "the body of this death," "the law of sin."

Yet, the very chapter that is referenced to "prove" that Christians will never be pure in this world; referenced to prove we will never be delivered from indwelling sin, carnality, the Old Man, the Carnal Mind, the Double Mind; the very chapter they use actually says that we are delivered from this inherited corruption through Jesus Christ.

Those who proclaim a life dominated by the sinful nature fail to point out that Paul, in this same chapter, asked who would deliver believers from "the body of this death." He then answers the question in,

Romans 7:25
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.."

The deliverance from sin is twofold. Remember, we were born with a Human Nature (the nature to be human) and we were born with the Adamic or Sinful or Carnal nature (the nature to sin).

Human nature is not inherently sinful. Jesus was human (fully human), but He was not sinful. He did not have the corrupted nature of Adam. This was because Jesus was not a child of Adam, He was the Son of God and He was virgin born, breaking the connection with the sinful, Adamic nature.

On the other hand, we have inherited Adam's corrupted, sinful nature. We are not guilty for having been born with a sinful nature, however our whole self suffers because of that corruption.

Though we are saved from our own sins at the time of our salvation, we are not delivered, cleansed from the sin nature. This is why new converts have this inner battle, which is addressed by Paul in Romans 7. But God has provided deliverance from this SIN. It cannot be forgiven, but it can be cleansed out of us.

We are delivered from the sins we have willfully committed in the past, through forgiveness, cleansing of the conscience, regeneration, newness of life, imparting of the Holy Spirit. Salvation or conversion does not remove the Old Man, the Carnal Mind, the Double Mind. You cannot be forgiven something, for which you are not guilty.

However, God not only wants to deliver us from the SIN nature as well as SINS committed, He has provided a way for believers to be purified from all sin, through the infilling purifying presence of the Holy Spirit. Again, we are not forgiven of the indwelling SIN, instead God cleanses, purifies us from the Old Man, Carnal Mind, Double Mind, and we are told that deliverance comes through, by and from Jesus Christ.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE, Romans 8 comes after Romans 7

In Romans 8 we are told, 

Romans 8:2 (Free from the law of sin and death, the carnal mind spoken of in chapter 7)
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 

Romans 8:3 (Christ condemned sin in the flesh, the same sin spoken of in Romans 7)
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Don't cut God's message off before God is finished telling you His message.

10/20/22 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS

10/20/22 FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS

Chinese Communist, (CPC) prohibits SS Bible classes for children and make the proselytizing (converting) of children illegal.

But you don't have to go to China or be a Commie to destroy the children.

Most men (including men in our own communities) have been doing their part to keep children from conversion for decades. They have personally been boycotting Bible classes and church services, leading the children of our community to live without God and therefore make them prime targets of Satan for godlessness, drugs, crime, pagan beliefs, perverse behavior and suicide.

Men who have deliberately chosen to snub God, God's word and God's people will have to answer to God for MISGUIDING their children and their grandchildren. 

Mark 9:42
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

None of their excuses will save them. They have contributed to the ruination of the children because they chose to reject God. Some of them not only neglected and rejected the gospel, salvation, the church but they chose the way of drink, blasphemy, promiscuity, profanity, infidelity, incest. They loved the pleasures of sin for a moment, but will suffer the torments of hell forever. Not only have they decided for themselves to be lost forever, they have led following generations to drugs, divorce, dissipation and death by self murder.

They better repent and be saved, while they can. And then they need to serve God with as much fervor, and with all the time they have left. Not to save themselves, but to reach the lost that they led astray.

God help this generation of men to be real men instead of brute beasts.

10/20/22 SEEKING HELP IS REASONABLE

10/20/22 SEEKING HELP IS REASONABLE

I have qualified and expert people to call on for help in various areas. I don't hesitate when I personally need help or my ministry needs help. I recognize that there are other people who can help me and I am thankful for their abilities and their availability.

I am equipped and available to help people in my field of expertise. Yet we live in a time when hardly anyone acknowledges that they need spiritual, Biblical, relational, personal counsel or help. Very few people realize that every area of their lives has a spiritual connection, requiring spiritual guidance and input.

Most folks gladly accept help from others, in most area of their lives, but the devil does not want believers to get the help they need. Sometimes the devil robs the believer because the pastor is not qualified or available. But sometimes the believer robs himself because he ignores, resents, rejects the insights God offers through a chosen pastor.

Just as the Christian need for meaningful interaction with other believers is especially needed in these days, so is the specialized work of a God called, Spirit led, Biblically sound, pastor.

I realize I wear people out with my constant encouragement to get spiritual guidance, but I see ministers (such as myself) in the same situation as that of a doctor who has the answers for widespread human suffering, or any other person who has answers for human dilemmas. I don't force my counsel on anyone, but it bothers me greatly when I watch people fall to problems that could have been avoided. Sometimes the pastor can see the coming wreck, but cannot do anything about it because folks just won't listen.