I'm not trying to demean anyone, but these popular references help me define my post today.
This past week:
Monday: Greece burns
Tuesday: Planned Parenthood dives
Wednesday: Iran/US deal, disastrous for Israel
Thursday: US Service members shot by a Moslem, five killed
Friday: Reaction---one acquaintance of mine asked all of his friends to "Breathe!"
Today, for me, a simple spelling out of what is going on and what we all need to reaffirm in our lives.
God is love. He gave His Son to die on the cross for the sins of mankind.
The World---all of it---is condemned.
-------yes, all of it. I didn't make that up. It's in the Bible. You see, I don't base my faith on "feel-goodedness." Faith in Christ is based on what is written in an ancient book.
Belief: what is it? A decision, a will, an "I shall," a trust, a path, an obedience, a turning away from something else.
Repentance: forsaking, turning, leaving, stopping, running from, becoming.
Belief and Repentance are requirements for God.
Christianity is the only true faith.
Everyone is going to hell.
Praise God, He made a simple way to avoid it, but only according to HIS rules, His plan.
That is belief in Jesus as the savior of the world.
What a precious, beautiful, simple and loving answer to the problem of sin.
So what does it look like to be a Believer?
You are to be showing love to EVERYONE.
You let God be the judge.
You tell the Gospel, the plan of salvation, (What I wrote above) to everyone you know.
You serve others. You let your light shine, and you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
You ask the Holy Spirit to fill you, everyday, and expect Him to reveal truth to you, and how to serve others.
When you are tempted to sin, or perhaps you have allowed a sinful attitude to prevail in your heart or mind, you resist the evil one, and you ask for the Holy Spirit's power to stop spiraling downward. You call on Him to help you get the victory over sin.
You take sinful thoughts "captive." You turn from them, stop them, do something else, and above all else DON'T act on those sinful thoughts!
That IS sin.
Is that simple enough?
Somehow we have lost the simplicity of belief in Christ.
There are those that actually believe sodomy is okay. There are those that actually believe murder and idolatry are just fine.
What dupes.
Immorality has been around since the dawn of time. To call evil good and good evil is the nature of evil and a practice of the devil. It happened in the garden of Eden, first few chapters of the Bible.
The world is both natural and supernatural, and once you accept that you are on the path to finding truth.
Get out of your human understanding, and ask God to reveal His supernatural truth to you.
Don't wait. Time is unbearably short for the church. We're getting out of here very soon. If you are not taken as a believer you will perhaps find belief after we're gone, but you will suffer in horrible ways to cling to Christ.
We know this. It is prophesied in Scripture, and all of the Bible's prophecies are 100% accurate. We know this today more than ever before.
Remember the simple timeline of Biblical history and knowledge----
Adam, sinned
Abraham, called and promised
Moses, preserver of Israel and recorder of the law
David, beloved of God, and an example of God's grace and mercy before Christ
The Prophets---Daniel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, ---all given knowledge from the LORD, YHWH.
JESUS CHRIST, the Messiah, the one foretold, the pivotal figure of all time, Son of God, God made flesh, Blood Atonement.
His followers; the disciples, the church, the Apostle Paul, all believers in the Word of God.
We continue a beautiful plan of redemption from the time of creation.
Don't shake your fist at God. Bow before Him. Leave your old ways and follow the one who is the giver of life and peace, love and beauty.
Don't follow the counterfeit, Lucifer, angel of light and beauty, fallen, prideful, angry, and deceitful. Watch out! Examine your heart and spirit. Make sure you aren't in his camp.
If you think immorality is okay with god, he (Lucifer) truly is your god, and you will suffer eternal punishment.
Perversion
Sodomy
Abortion
Idolatry
Sin---if your conscience isn't completely seared you do know what sin is.
There are some people in the world who openly worship Lucifer, who think he really is the true God.
Thank the LORD we have His WORD, which warns us of this.
I have been reading my German Bible recently, one chapter in German, the same one in English. I am always fascinated at how similar and exact both translations communicate the meaning. Both translate from the Greek or Hebrew.
You can trust the Word of God. It is faithful and true.
Trust Him.
Come out from among the heathen.
Believe in the ONE TRUE GOD, LORD of heaven and earth. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Yeshuah HaMeshiach, Jesus, Prince of Peace.
Repent and follow Him. Aren't you desiring Truth?
NOW!
It's getting too late.
This past week:
Monday: Greece burns
Tuesday: Planned Parenthood dives
Wednesday: Iran/US deal, disastrous for Israel
Thursday: US Service members shot by a Moslem, five killed
Friday: Reaction---one acquaintance of mine asked all of his friends to "Breathe!"
Today, for me, a simple spelling out of what is going on and what we all need to reaffirm in our lives.
God is love. He gave His Son to die on the cross for the sins of mankind.
The World---all of it---is condemned.
-------yes, all of it. I didn't make that up. It's in the Bible. You see, I don't base my faith on "feel-goodedness." Faith in Christ is based on what is written in an ancient book.
Belief: what is it? A decision, a will, an "I shall," a trust, a path, an obedience, a turning away from something else.
Repentance: forsaking, turning, leaving, stopping, running from, becoming.
Belief and Repentance are requirements for God.
Christianity is the only true faith.
Everyone is going to hell.
Praise God, He made a simple way to avoid it, but only according to HIS rules, His plan.
That is belief in Jesus as the savior of the world.
What a precious, beautiful, simple and loving answer to the problem of sin.
So what does it look like to be a Believer?
You are to be showing love to EVERYONE.
You let God be the judge.
You tell the Gospel, the plan of salvation, (What I wrote above) to everyone you know.
You serve others. You let your light shine, and you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
You ask the Holy Spirit to fill you, everyday, and expect Him to reveal truth to you, and how to serve others.
When you are tempted to sin, or perhaps you have allowed a sinful attitude to prevail in your heart or mind, you resist the evil one, and you ask for the Holy Spirit's power to stop spiraling downward. You call on Him to help you get the victory over sin.
You take sinful thoughts "captive." You turn from them, stop them, do something else, and above all else DON'T act on those sinful thoughts!
That IS sin.
Is that simple enough?
Somehow we have lost the simplicity of belief in Christ.
There are those that actually believe sodomy is okay. There are those that actually believe murder and idolatry are just fine.
What dupes.
Immorality has been around since the dawn of time. To call evil good and good evil is the nature of evil and a practice of the devil. It happened in the garden of Eden, first few chapters of the Bible.
The world is both natural and supernatural, and once you accept that you are on the path to finding truth.
Get out of your human understanding, and ask God to reveal His supernatural truth to you.
Don't wait. Time is unbearably short for the church. We're getting out of here very soon. If you are not taken as a believer you will perhaps find belief after we're gone, but you will suffer in horrible ways to cling to Christ.
We know this. It is prophesied in Scripture, and all of the Bible's prophecies are 100% accurate. We know this today more than ever before.
Remember the simple timeline of Biblical history and knowledge----
Adam, sinned
Abraham, called and promised
Moses, preserver of Israel and recorder of the law
David, beloved of God, and an example of God's grace and mercy before Christ
The Prophets---Daniel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, ---all given knowledge from the LORD, YHWH.
JESUS CHRIST, the Messiah, the one foretold, the pivotal figure of all time, Son of God, God made flesh, Blood Atonement.
His followers; the disciples, the church, the Apostle Paul, all believers in the Word of God.
We continue a beautiful plan of redemption from the time of creation.
Don't shake your fist at God. Bow before Him. Leave your old ways and follow the one who is the giver of life and peace, love and beauty.
Don't follow the counterfeit, Lucifer, angel of light and beauty, fallen, prideful, angry, and deceitful. Watch out! Examine your heart and spirit. Make sure you aren't in his camp.
If you think immorality is okay with god, he (Lucifer) truly is your god, and you will suffer eternal punishment.
Perversion
Sodomy
Abortion
Idolatry
Sin---if your conscience isn't completely seared you do know what sin is.
There are some people in the world who openly worship Lucifer, who think he really is the true God.
Thank the LORD we have His WORD, which warns us of this.
I have been reading my German Bible recently, one chapter in German, the same one in English. I am always fascinated at how similar and exact both translations communicate the meaning. Both translate from the Greek or Hebrew.
You can trust the Word of God. It is faithful and true.
Trust Him.
Come out from among the heathen.
Believe in the ONE TRUE GOD, LORD of heaven and earth. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Yeshuah HaMeshiach, Jesus, Prince of Peace.
Repent and follow Him. Aren't you desiring Truth?
NOW!
It's getting too late.
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