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If You Do Not Behave Like a Christian, Can You Have Insights To Prophecies Real Men of God Do Not Have?

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Before you can truly understand prophecy and have spiritual discernment for the many mysteries of the Bible, you need to be saved! It’s amazing how proclaiming Christian’s with questionable behavior, such as pride and arrogance,  try and explain the Bible as if they have some kind of insight from God; an insight real humble men and women of God have not been given. 

 

Merrill Unger made this statement, obviously amazed as well, and he was speaking more specifically of those in the church!

 

“Something is terribly wrong in the Christian church today when professing Christians having one Bible, one God, one Savior, and one Spirit can arrive at such diverse and contradictory interpretations and conclusions from the same passages of scripture.”  – Merrill Unger 

 

So perhaps before we read another interpretation or conclusion  - let’s see if these people fit the criteria as given to us by Jesus. In addition, at the end is listed a collection of messages on Authentic Christianity by Adrian Rodgers who gives 7 sermons on this very same subject.

 

Jesus Explains How to be Saved:

 

“And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

 

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s the same shall save it. (Mark 8:34-35)

 

To save one’s life is to not deny self, to lose one’s life for Christ is the denying of self and denying self enables us to be in obedience to the gospel. This is a behavioral change wherein the new way of life proves that new life has real salvation.

 

Jesus is defining clearly that we “must,” decide on our own, exercise our own volition to “deny” ourselves and in doing so bare our cross, which is our suffering for Christ’s sake and then – and only then can we follow. Jesus is preaching this message before Jesus would literally put his words into action! Denying our selves and bearing our cross are the first steps toward following Jesus Christ.

 

The first step is the detachment from things of the world…the dying of the old and the beginning of the new. It is a behavioral act that not only shows God the Father and Jesus the Christ and our Savior that we are committed to him but it also is a public display to the powerful in a supernatural spiritual world – we are saying that we have become a child of God through Jesus Christ our Lord who took our sins: “…nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them.” (Colossians 2:14,15)

 

This is the first visible sign that we have become a chosen child of God, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ his only begotten son… “God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong.”  (I Corinthians 1:27)

 

Never forget that as Christians, we ‘physically’ live in Satan’s world. We are surrounded by and live within a visual world of delusion; forget it not, this is Satan’s world. In this world we are to be resistant to Satan’s evil and this is an evil world.

 

Ponder this, Jesus never fought back or defended himself and if we are to be Christ-like, we too need to see beyond the petty things of a worldly life that attack us daily and know that fair was never an issue. Jesus said: “resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.” Matthew 6:39, 40. Who do you know that behaves like that these days?

 

Today, Christian’s need a reality check regarding the true message of salvation, regarding, that is: the obedience and discipline required to leave the life of being a sinner and living in sin! Yes, it is true, we are saved by faith and God’s grace – but we then need to behave in a manner that shows a humble spirit seeking to glorify God.  We need to prove our faith just as

Peter shares here:

 

I Peter 1:3-9 “In this (our faith) you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith…may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

 

Christians in America are experiencing a strong delusion. Jesus did not come to earth to bless American Christians with comforts and riches. As Christians, we are not entitled to anything of this evil world! This is a blatant contradiction of the command Jesus gave to us to deny our selves and to resist the temptations of evil.

 

Jesus has commanded us to A) denying our self; B) take up our cross; and C) follow him. If you’ve ever watch a depiction of Jesus caring his cross – Jesus suffered that burden. To take up your cross is to suffer the consequences of having denied your self for Christ.  To take the strike to one cheek and let them sue you! Through it all comes humility, comes a state of mind that allows you to follow Christ as a faithful and obedient witness to the world.

 

Our faith is then seen through our behavior to willingly trust and obey God, for there’s no other way. The world sees in us a difference; by our obedient behavior they see us glorifying God.

 

As Jesus was explaining to the multitude and disciples what a transition this would be for those who not only believe but also chose to follow, they realized just how hard and difficult such behavior would be. As Jesus spoke, the disciples watch as many who had gathered were turning and walking away; so one disciple asked: Who then can be saved?

 

Jesus said: “But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

 

This road that leads to life in Satan’s world is narrow and the gate is small – there’s no wonder only a few find it. (Matthew 7:14) Jesus has told us of the road less traveled wherein the journey is sufferable. Please, ponder carefully these words of our Lord Jesus Christ, if so few find it, there has to be much more to salvation then a ‘one-time for all times’ prayer of conversion; salvation demands obedient behavior displayed with Christ-like humility upon a treacherous road.

 

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Regarding a “few” in I Peter 3:20 we read: “…when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved…”

 

Peter reflects back on the days of Noah and is clearly referencing just how small a number of people few may represent as it relates to salvation.  Both Jesus and Peter are using the word few in relationship to people that are saved! The number “8” represented the few. Now, whether Peter is being literal or figurative, it certainly should get your attention.

 

An article in the Bible Science Newsletter, May 1980 stated that it was not unreasonable to estimate that during this time an average family would have six children and an average generation be one hundred years. Based on these figures at the time of the flood there would have been as many as 235 million people on earth. “Bible Science Newsletter”, Volume 18, No. 5, May 1980, “Five Minutes with the Bible and Science”, page 1. 

 

Henry Morris estimates possible figures of 1,030 million people. (Or just over a billion) The Genesis Flood, John C. Whitcomb, Jr. and Henry M. Morris, Baker Book House, 1961, page 26.

 

What is the percentage of 8 people to 200 million or 1 billion? Do the math! 8/200m = 0.00000016 x 7 billion people on earth today = 1,120 people equate to a few. The math on 1 billion people to 7 billion today: 7×8=56 equate to a few.  – The FEW represents a very small number; and this should send a sense of urgency through your veins like nothing before ever has!

 

Exposing the Truth about Self Denial

 

One of Satan’s playbooks: “The Naked Communist” by Cleon Skousen, goal #27 “Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion, Discredit the Bible” 1958

 

TRUE SELF DENIAL HAS BEEN DISCREDITED AND REPLACED!

 

Despite all the warnings to not be deceived, many Christian churches nonetheless ignore the true message of salvation. They have ignored the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ: “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34. The consequences today – self-denial does not exist in Christian conversions.

 

It seems, when life got tough, it took but a nudge from Satan for these Churches to disregard the meaning. Christ’s words have not changed, nor been nullified; rather, they are ignored. Many of Christendom believe that to deny ones self is an outdated Puritanical practice. They have opted for a more comfortable, self-gratifying attitude from secularism: the well-balanced self-esteem. 

 

The following comes from a secular expert on self-esteem, who writes from a worldly minded perspective on the dangers of self-denial. And as a non-Christian, that’s certainly his right. But note as you read: This is precisely how Christian’s today live, just as he describes and today’s professing Christians haven’t an iota of guilt about it.

 

“…there is nothing innately good about keeping yourself in poverty (holy or otherwise). You aren’t a better person for doing without things you truly enjoy, like a fine home, beautiful furnishings, comfortable clothes, and excellent health. There’s no evil in those things, and you deserve to have all of those that you desire, as long as that desire springs from a healthy, well balanced self esteem.” - Charles Burke

 

It’s quite the nudge! Does that not sound like Satan tempting Eve? (Genesis 3:1-6) Self-esteem is a favorable opinion of ones self focused on self-centered respect. Let this penetrate your mind; realize that self esteem can only be accomplished by a self centered thought. It cannot, in no way – glorify God. You can not glorify God while self respecting yourself!

 

“…saith the Lord…are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts…” Isaiah 55:8. Jesus said: “Take no thought for your life…” Matthew 6:25

 

So you ask what then the definition of self-denial is as Jesus Christ intended the message to be. To answer that, let’s refer to an 1842 lecture from Professor Charles G Finney, a man God has used to preserve the integrity of Jesus Christ’s meaning of “deny himself”.

 

Professor Charles G. Finney: The denying of self is not for the sake of a greater good to self, but for the sake of doing ‘good’ to others. This is really denying self. Self-denial is a real sacrifice of self-interest. It implies if God’s glory is so preferred to our own happiness or convenience, that we deny ourselves for the sake of glorifying Him, it proves that our love to Him is supreme.

 

Self-denial also implies the joyful giving up of what we need, or what might contribute to our comfort, for the purpose of doing a greater good to others. It says; let no man think that he follows Christ, until he has renounced himself. It is the giving up of our own interest as the object of pursuit, and devoting ourselves to the glory of God, any thing short of this but confirms selfishness.

 

To deny self from motives of disinterested (unbiased) benevolence is for the time being to obey God. It is to do your duty. In other words, it is to be in a state of entire conformity to the will of God. (Therefore you cannot be in conformity to the world.) Nothing short of this is denying self, taking up the cross, and following Christ. The fact that so few persons know what self-denial is, by their own experience, shows how few there are who exercise self-denial.

 

It is not sufficient then to practice occasional self-denial. Self must be set aside and crucified, and denied daily and continually. Your happiness must consist in disinterested endeavors to make others happy, or you never can be saved.

 

I beg of you to understand this. Denying yourself daily, taking up your cross daily, and following Christ daily, are indispensable conditions of salvation. And the doing of this daily is as indispensable as doing it at all.

 

Observe, Christ does not say, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself occasionally; take up the cross occasionally; and occasionally, in seasons of special excitement and revival follow me; but the doing of these things daily is here expressly made an indispensable condition of salvation.

 

Let me impress this upon you, for it seems generally to be understood, that if persons go so far as now and then to practice what they call self-denial–now and then to take up some cross, and occasionally, in seasons of special revival, follow Christ–that these are the conditions of salvation, and about as much as can be expected of Christians in this world. Now mark, this common opinion is a fatal error.

 

The unalterable condition of salvation is, that these things shall be done daily–that this shall be the state of the mind, and the habitual course of life–that self-interest shall be rejected as the grand end of life–that self shall be daily denied, and that daily you shall bear the cross and follow Christ.  – Professor Charles G. Finney

  

Those proclaiming Christianity in many of today’s churches have no sense of urgency; ignorant, they do not understand the consequences.  You are not saved if you have never denied yourself! And these churches have failed miserably in preaching this message. Simply put, self gratifying behavior is not an act of glorifying God, it requires putting self before God and one can not be saved that puts them self before God.

 

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“Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good (behavior) works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven”

Matthew 5:16

 

The Self Denial Transition Takes Your Life into a New Way of Living

 

True Christians should know and acknowledge that Jesus revoked the “old” way of life: “I come to do thy will O God. He taketh away the first, [Jewish life before Christ] that He may establish the second…” [Christian life after Christ] Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way…” Hebrews 10:9, 19, 20.

 

Having boldness to enter into a new and living way! As Christians, we are different, our walk is a new way of life and living; it is a life that no longer conforms to this world. We boldly show the world we have become submissive and obedient Christian saints for Christ and we do so by our behavior. Let’s note here: Most often, the word “works” is referring to “behavior”. Your “works” are shown through your “behavior”. What ever you do in life as a job, a means to survive, it’s your “behavior” toward others while doing it that is your witness as a true Christian.

 

If we are to sincerely be followers of Jesus, we should thoroughly understand this meaning of the salvation conversion. The Bible emphasizes the seriousness of these commands to first deny self, and then take up your cross “before” we can truly follow and does so with these two stories:

 

(Matthew 19:16-21) The young rich man asked “Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I might have eternal life?” – In verse 21, Jesus said: “…One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at the saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.”

 

Only after he denies himself is he expected to come and take up his cross and follow Jesus. (Jesus could see that his heart was full of covetousness and the young man needed to let it go.)

 

Let’s look at this once again from Mark 8:34 “…Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Above, Matthew has described the self denial process as “…go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor…” Verse 21 is a definition of the young mans sin – “coveting”. To overcome he needed to deny himself.

 

The second story – In Acts 5:1-8; the story of Ananias and Sapphira is about a married couple that held back from the sale of their possessions and when they lied about it to Peter they both dropped dead. Why?

 

If you read back in Acts 4:32 they included themselves with the multitude: “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own…” They had already agreed to surrender everything and the consequence of their deceptive disobedience was death!

 

Ananias and Sapphira failed to obediently demonstrate their faith by their behavior. Like the young man, they too were unable to overcome their coveting. In both stories, they would not let go of things of the world! Unlike the young man, Ananias and Sapphira both dropped dead!

 

Paul too confirms this urgency for change in Romans 12, by begging us to walk away from conformity. He knows it’s futile to try and walk a spiritual path with worldly-mindedness. 

 

Romans 12:1, 2: “I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye … be not conformed to this world…”

This is past tense; he acknowledges we are already in conformity; we’re conformed to this world!  Why so important? The world belongs to Satan! It’s his world. Remember reading Matthew 4? Jesus was fasting in the wilderness when Satan took him to the highest peak – whose world was it? Satan said: “All these things will I give thee…” ‘All these’ things – meant: ‘every’ thing in the world belonged to Satan, it was his world and folks, it still is!

 

Paul in Romans 12 is repeating the message of Jesus; just as Jesus told the young man who was still conformed to this world to surrender his past lifestyle, possessions and then follow Him! Paul is telling us we must walk away from the conformity already in our life! Most importantly we must also understand, in doing so publically show’s God and all entities in the spiritual world that we are saved and the spiritual world sees it in our ‘new’ behavior.

 

Remember, Jesus has said more than once: “I am not of this world” (John 8:23; 17:14 & 16) and with our conversion, nor are we anymore! It’s Satan’s world! Jesus and Paul have taught us that “All” Christians would suffer (take up his cross). This ‘suffering’ in your life includes the enacting of the separation from this world! We no longer should be worldly-minded and minding earthly things, we must be striving for a life of trust and obedience to God.

 

As Christians we must know – You cannot hide your inner thoughts from God; and if your surrender is not 100% complete, there may be no salvation, the heart and mind may not have been regenerated to enable the Holy Spirit to be within. As with Ananias and Sapphira, their ‘behavior’ proved their incomplete commitment.

 

You must make a total commitment (100%) to surrender and be in submission to Jesus Christ in order to be saved. Consider this true account from Kurt Koch’s book Demonology Past and Present:

 

During the exorcism of a man named Pat, who they all knew to be a Christian, a demonic spirit was asked; “In the name of the Lord Jesus, tell us why have you possessed Pat?” One of fifty demonic spirits within him replied: “Because he did not surrender his life completely.” Our surrender must be 100% complete! Even demonic spirits know the truth! (James 2:19)

 

 “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus…” Philippians 2:5 NIV

 

Your attitude is seen and heard by the people of the world through your behavior. Paul further adds: “…become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe…” Philippians 2:15. Without fault and to shine like stars is the result of obedient behavior that is then seen by all.

 

Is obedient behavior hard to do? Jesus said: “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, thereshall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” John 12:25, 26.  – So yes, it may be very hard and we may suffer loses of a worldly life to be an obedient saint for our Lord Jesus Christ in this sinful world!

 

Note: I think we can all agree to hate life is not an enjoyable experience and here again we have a pre-requisite to “follow me” as Jesus says: “If any man serve me, let him follow me” These are commands, not suggestions that we as true Christians aspire for a Christ-like walk that is selflessly seeking an unbiased benevolence each and every hour of each day. This is what will become the essence of our works and from what we will be judged. So…

 

How Should A Christian Live Their Lives Separated from the World?

 

For the past 2 millenniums the gospel message had to be one that was capable of making sense to any of the people around the world. Not all of us can be preachers, teachers or missionaries but we can all behave in a manner that glorifies God. In the days of Paul the Thessalonians were concerned about living out their life without having to suffer death from persecution. They had asked Paul if they are separated from the world, how should they be living?

 

In I Thessalonians 4:11, 12; Paul tells them specifically how to live their lives where by their behavior is what ultimately glorifies God’s Will:

 

“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”  NIV

 

Make it your ambition to:

 

Lead a quiet life. (Be in daily self-denial; to be full of humility, selflessness and compassion.)

Mind your own business. (Not participating in or seeking to change Satan’s world.)

Win the respect of non-Christians. (Not conformed and, doing all with Godly behavior.)

Be living your life independent of anybody. (No debts, government aid or the likes!)

 

 “… for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  I Thessalonians 5:18

 

Professing Christian’s must know when all is said and done they will all be judged based on the things written in the Book of Life, Revelation 20:12. And what is the essence of our life that will be judged? It says men will be judged “…according to their works”. (Behavior)

 

3 John 5 “My dear friend, you are acting faithfully in all your behavior towards the brethren, even when they are strangers to you.” their works (behavior) would be the proof whether their faith were true or false as their behavior demonstrates their true faith.

 

I Peter 1:3-9 “In this (our faith) you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith…may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

 

When is Jesus revealed? Judgment day! Verse 9 then concludes by putting it all together: “for you are receiving the goal of your faith (behaving accordingly, having denied self, achieves this goal and leads to) the salvation of your souls.” Therefore, faith exclusively could be no rule in such a procedure. Why also would Paul address our behavior toward temptation and assure us that we can bear it? Why if we are saved by faith only?

 

“But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

 

With our trust in God, our Faith through behavior glorifies God. Nothing we do in this world should mean more then striving to glorify God in all we do. If we truly are seeking to be like Jesus then we should always be in awareness of his example; think on these words of our Lord and ask yourself was anything more important then glorifying God?

 

First, in 1 Corinthians 10:31, Paul confirms with clarity: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

 

John 11:4 “This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”

 

John 12:23 and 28: “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified…Father glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

 

John 13:31, 32: “Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.”

 

John 14:13: “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

 

Note: In John 14:13, as well as in John 15:7 & 8, that what we ask for – must glorify God.

 

John 15:7, 8: “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.”

 

John 17:1, 4, 5, 10: “Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee…I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was…And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.”

 

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One purpose of this essay is to challenge whom ever is reading it! Test the scriptures! Re-examine what you’ve heard and not heard in your church. Absent in many is this doctrine of denying self. Without a correct understanding of self-denial, the true meaning of salvation is horribly skewed wherein ignorance lies over the desire to constantly be seeking to glorify God.

 

Another example of behavior is given to us in James 2. Here, the biblical term works is in references to our faith. But note that it can be interchangeable with the word behavior.  Read the scripture below with the definition of behavior already explained. The word behavior can simply replace the word works and still maintain the integrity to the precise meaning.

 

“Even so faith, if it hath not works (no appropriate behavior), is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works (appropriate behavior): shew me thy faith without thy works (behavior), and I will shew thee my faith by my works (behavior).

 

Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But will thou know, O vain man, that faith without works  (appropriate behavior) is dead?

 

Was Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the alter? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

Ye see then how that by works (appropriate behavior) a man is justified, and not by faith only. (Does this now make more sense?)

 

Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?

 

For as the body is dead without the spirit, so faith is without works is dead also.” James 2:17-26

 

This is a very sound interpretation. It reveals to us an insight that glorifying God is derived from a heart seen when acting faithfully in all behavior. It is an unbiased benevolence toward other Christian’s as well as strangers in an unsaved world. It allows us all, teacher and student, servant and master, to willingly walk “…so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders…” (I Thessalonians 4:12a) only then are all things as they truly are and at times end, Jesus will pass judgment justly according to our works (our behavior).

 

“If you do not behave like a Christian, what then could possibly make you one?”

 

For the past several centuries Satan has used false prophets to tell lies and half-truths in order to subject his will upon the unsuspecting “many” within the Christian Church. (II Peter 2:1-3) The purpose is to gain for him self, supremacy over the ultimate fate of those souls. This is a subtle attack within the church on the renewing of the mind, which then prevents true knowledge of how to obtain real salvation.

 

This attack comes from Satan’s army of demonic anti-Christ spirits that have successfully invaded the Christian church. Through their influence, certain behavioral acts given to glorify God have been changed resulting in their dismissal as outdated and no longer applicable.

 

Changing the meaning of The Word is not and never has been an option: “In the beginning was the Word…and the Word was God.” John 1:1; “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Heb. 13:8; “…and his (Jesus) name is called The Word of God.” Revelation 19:13b. By definition the Word as God, remains the same forever!

 

Satan is a powerful and deadly enemy and the weapon he fears most is the true unchanging words of God. “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword…” Hebrew 4:12. This weapon of Christianity has vanished from the church! A strong delusion has come upon the Christian church, wherein; it is no longer armed and totally unaware!

 

Understanding ‘self-denial’ was essential to establish, as it remains paramount to salvation. From true salvation comes a state of humility whereby true discernment is revealed from the Holy Spirit, only from this self-denial mindset, can we better understand God’s Word.  We all need to swallow our pride and do away with the self-centered self-esteem non-sense!

 

“Pride goeth before destruction…Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, then to divide the spoil with the proud.”

“Everyone that is proud (full of their self-esteem) is an abomination to the Lord.”

Proverbs 16: 18,19 & 5

 

Beware: We are in a time where false information is saturating us from all sides! For your benefit, please take the time to hear Adrian Rodgers speak on this subject:

  • http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding

     

    Authentic Christianity by Adrian Rodgers

     

    Messages included:


    How To Be Sure You Are Sure


    Blessed Assurance


    Unmasking False Prophets


    The Character Of A Counterfeit

    
Sick Dogs And Dirty Hogs


    A New World Order

    
How To Stay Together When The World Comes Apart



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    • Catalyst317

      So, to sum up, “true Christians” have strayed away from the bible’s teachings and adopted more of a laid back view of Christianity and to be saved, we must take a step back from our selves and do what god asks of us and not what we feel is the best way…

      With that said, I have to ask you, when was the last time you stoned anyone to death for premarital sex? Deuteronomy 22:13-21 Or when you heard someone use the lord’s name in vain? Leviticus 24:16 Or for believing in a different religion/god? Deuteronomy 17:2-5 Or someone working on a Sunday? Numbers 15:32-56

      You must walk around with pockets full of rocks just for such an occasion because there are a lot of sinners in the world today. What is the best sized rock to use? I am sure you have done this quite a few times because you can’t believe fully in the bible by picking and choosing what parts you want to believe in, you need to believe in all of it.

      Like you stated, “Beware: We are in a time where false information is saturating us from all sides!”. To be sure you are not a false prophet sent by Satan because, “we ‘physically’ live in Satan’s world”, I am going to need names and dates of when this stoning occurred to verify it. I want to make sure that you know what you are talking about and are not sent by Satan to tempt me into a life and way of thinking god may frown upon.

      • Common Sense

        WOW! That’s some burr you have under your saddle!

        …as for me, I am a wretched sinner saved by the grace of God and because of this, my life changed and I desire to live a life that glorifies God. I also believe in sharing what I learn – either you can read it or not read it. If not, that’s your choice. Why be so hateful and negative – good grief!

        • Catalyst317

          I wasn’t being negative or hateful, I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of your view of how other people choose to live their life by picking and choosing what they want to follow and how they interpret what was said and you looking down on them for not following the bible’s teachings while you yourself do the same thing.

          “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you”. – Matthew 7:1

          How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearlyto remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” – Matthew 7:2-5

          He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.. – John 8:1

    • Rose

      “We all fall short of His Glory.”
      I remind myself of this anytime I feel the need to judge others.

      This is a good presentation that set’s up a hopeful dialogue. No doubt by Our Savior Jesus, the Cross is the Answer; to focus on His Passion, you find His Heart in all it’s Glory.

      But I have to take this debate back to the beginning. All God ever wants of us is to acknowledge or shortcomings our failures our mistakes our bad decisions as well as our hopes and our dreams. To acknowledge with our lips in prayer (the confessional if need be) of the things we failed Him. Because what Christian seem to forget is He fixes those mistakes (little miracles) heals those wounds for you and gives you His Peace in return
      OR
      you continue on your destructive path and not take responsibility for your own actions like Adam and Eve or Cain, and get kicked out of your little garden in this world, hopefully with His Mercy in tow, you get to start all over again. And yes, His Mercy is infinite.

    • Pharisees.org

      “Something is terribly wrong in the Christian church today when professing Christians having one Bible, one God, one Savior, and one Spirit ….”

      ONE BIBLE? There are four bibles having identical NT section and varying number of writings in their OT section: Catholic, Orthodox, Ethiopian and Protestant.

      ONE SAVIOR? One may follow Christ, who laid down his doctrine when he walked the earth, in the flesh. Or one may choose to follow the false christ presented in the doctrine of the false apostle Pharisee Paul. The following are the Christian converts to Paul’s gospel:

      Matthew 7:22-23 Many shall say to me in that day, but Lord Lord we did many wonderful works in your name … And I will tell them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness

      ONE SPIRIT? Those who follow Christ and say do not follow Pharisee Paul are of God’s spirit. Those who follow the false christ of Pharisee Paul are of the spirit of anti-Christ and are themselves anti-Christs:

      1 John 4:3 Any spirit that denies that Christ is come in the flesh is of that spirit of anti-Christ

      1 John 2:18 You have heard that the anti-Christ shall come and now there are many anti-Christs

      The anti-Christ is the false apostle Pharisee Paul who penned a doctrine that is anti the doctrine of Christ:

      Galatians 2:7-8 Peter is the preacher of the gospel of CIRCUMCISION for the Jews and I [Pharisee Paul] am the preacher of the gospel of UN-CIRCUMCISION for the Gentiles

      The prefix ‘un’ means contrary to, opposite of and the false apostle Pharisee Paul gave the world a false christ in his gospel that is ANTI the gospel Christ taught while on the earth, in the flesh. The many anti-Christs prefer to believe upon Pharisee Paul who claims that Christ taught lies to the Jews (the gospel of Circumcision) while on the earth, in the flesh, and taught Gentiles the truth by giving Pharisee Paul the truth after Christ went to Heaven (the gospel of Un-Circumcision). As Pharisee Paul the liar states:

      Romans 11:30-32 … God decided it is time for Jews to believe lies [the gospel of Circumcision] and for Gentiles to believe the truth [the gospel of Un-Circumcision] and in that way, God can exercise mercy on everyone

      Oh really, Christians, Christ taught lies to the Jews because God decided time for Jews to believe lies and for Gentiles to believe truth? To Hell go the converts to Pharisee Paul’s gospel:

      Matthew 23:15 Pharisees and their converts are children of Hell

      Acts 23:6 I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee

      Philippians 3:5 … I am a Pharisee of the tribe of Benjamin

      Genesis 49:1, 49:27 … in the last days … Benjamin is as a wolf who devours his prey and divides the spoils

      Romans 15:27 THE SPOILS – I taught the Gentiles it is their duty to give us money

      “Today, Christian’s need a reality check regarding the true message of salvation, regarding, that is: the obedience and discipline required to leave the life of being a sinner and living in sin! Yes, it is true, we are saved by faith and God’s grace – but we then need to behave in a manner that shows a humble spirit seeking to glorify God.”

      And do you moron Christians use your master Pharisee Paul as your example:

      Romans 7:19 I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO GOOD. I DO EVIL DEEDS

      Romans 7:25 … I SERVE SIN IN MY DEEDS

      Serves sin in his deeds, does not know how to do good. Does evil.

      YEAH THE EVIL EVIL CHRISTIANS, God bestowed his grace on us evildoers but no grace for you other evildoers, scum of the earth dogs who end up in Hell:

      EZEKIEL 18:27 THE EVIL MAN THAT TURNS FROM DOING EVIL AND DOES THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL SAVES HIS OWN SOUL

      Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked die and not turn from his sins and live?

      THE CHRISTIANS SPEAK LIES ABOUT GOD. Grace doctrine is a lie of Pharisee Paul. These are the Christian converts to Paul’s gospel, extremely self-deluded in their belief that they are of Christ:

      Matthew 7:22-23 Many shall say to me in that day, but Lord Lord we did many wonderful works in your name … And I will tell them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness

      Grace, no more law. The evil converts to Paul’s gospel are so stupid … but but but Christ you gotta no us, you must know us. Thoroughly thoroughly self-deluded as even before Christ they argue with him insisting he must know them. To Hell they go.

      1 and 2 Peter are obvious forgeries. In the new testament section of all four bibles are 21 writings of Pharisees, including James, Jude and 1 and 2 Peter. Mark and Luke were NOT apostles of Christ and contain some of what is in Matthew and John, with important omissions and lying additions. In the NT section of all four bibles are only 6 writings of Jews of the Lord, and they are the 1 writing of Matthew and 5 writings of John, which were somewhat altered by including the term ‘church’. And in John’s Book of Revelation, it is not churches Christ speaks to but rather Jews of the Lord of the province of Asia. There were no churches established in Asia, and even to this day, Asian nations are NOT Christianized nations. Christianity began in Europe and spread throughout Europe, but ALL OF ASIA rejected Pharisee Paul’s gospel:

      2 Timothy 1:15 ALL OF ASIA REJECTED ME

      Revelation 2:2 I know you tried those men who claimed to be my apostles and found that they are liars

      Christ speaks of the gospel of Pharisee Paul, it is the doctrine of the Nicolaitans:

      Rev. 2:15 I hate the doctrine of the Nicolaitans

      Nicolaitan is a Greek word meaning Conquerors of the Lay

      Nico = Conqueror

      Laitain = Lay

      To this day, the suckered pew sitters who give their money to churches are called THE LAY. The tribe of Benjamin Pharisees CONQUERED their prey, the prey being Gentiles, as the false apostle Pharisee Paul declared he is THE appointed apostle to the Gentiles:

      Romans 11:13 … I AM THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES

      Too bad Christian morons, your master is not THE apostle to the Gentiles, for Christ told his apostles they will teach his gospel to the Gentiles:

      Matthew 10:18 You shall present my gospel before Gentiles and kings, as testimony against them

      Matthew 28:19 Go into all nations teaching them everything I commanded you

      Rev. 14:6 And I, John, saw another angel flying through the midst of Heaven having THE everlasting gospel to preach to EVERY nation, tribe, language and kindred

      THE WAY OF SALVATION IS TO STOP DOING EVIL DEEDS. Not everyone does evil deeds, which is why Christ said he came to call evildoers to repent, not the righteous (Matthew 9:13). The evil Pharisee Paul converts say no one is righteous, they are liars for Christ declares there righteous people, even holy people:

      Rev. 22:11 … Let him that is righteous be righteous still and let him that is holy be holy still

      Matthew 23:35 Upon you [Pharisees and scribes] shall come judgment for all the RIGHTEOUS blood shed on the earth ….

      • Common Sense

        I felt Merrill Unger made a good point, therefore I used the quote. It appears by all you wrote – you miss the point.

    • The Hot Gates

      You dropped a stitch with that burke quote, tho’. Yes, you can have good things and still be spiritually minded. Problem is, how much of what you ‘own’ do you actually own? Do you treat others as if they are ‘sinners’ just because they don’t have the same amount or kinds of stuff as yourself? That is, the stuff you haven’t paid for (debt, credit cards, car payments, mortgages, etc.)…and don’t really own, anyway.

      If you’re spending all of your income on stuff and on debt…and then you treat others like trash, you’ve kinda missed the point. …because you are a debtor. (Owe no man anything, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law)

      Homily: A homeless person living out of their own car, which is bought and paid for – and who isn’t otherwise in debt – actually owns more than most people who are debtors and living in gated communities. Who, therefore, should look down upon whom?

      • Common Sense

        In order for the last comment of the paragraph to make sense it needed to remain in contexts – The last comment:”…you deserve to have all of those that you desire, as long as that desire springs from a healthy, well balanced self esteem.”

        To say “as long as that desire” comes from self-esteem represents the notion of self importance.

      • Pix

        “Owe no man anything, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law”

        Really?

        Luke 14:26
        King James Version
        26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

        And if you are not his disciple you won’t get into heaven. :lol:

    • Pix

      “If You Do Not Behave Like a Christian,”

      What you mean slander everyone else to distract from your own evil?

      No thanks I have way better morals. :lol:

    • Pix

      If you going to call yourself Common Sense and then talk about prophesies like they are a possibility then you don’t really have much common sense.

      All knowing + free will = Oxymoron, they cannot coexist.

      If the future was known for a fact, free will would not be possible. The future would be set in stone and it wouldn’t matter what we did, nothing would change the outcome. If we all become saints it would not prevent the destruction because it’s known. We would be nothing more than preprogrammed Sims following the know future dictated and judged, thousands of years before we are even born. Set up to fail and then tortured for all eternity for it.

      Who ever came up with it is a complete moron. :lol:

    • Hawbs

      i liked your article, but i want to kindly point out something…….
      James 1:25
      But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, this word LAW means the laws of Yah. i looked up the greek in blue letter bible study helper on google. i agree our walk with the Father has to do with our behavior. i would follow Yah’s Laws as given throughout the whole of scriptures. this would mean feast days, clean dietary laws, 10 commandments, all commandments that is possible to keep in our day. this would be the behavior He commanded us to do. not just be nice to people or be a good person according to your own standards. not to cherry pick the laws as your church says we should do. do you keep the 7th day Sabbath that Yahuah said to do? that’s the behavior He requires. be careful of the church teachings.
      Romans 3:31
      Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
      1 john 3:4
      for sin is the transgression of the law.
      this word law is, again, Yah’s given laws. look up the greek. be sure to check the root word.
      John 14:15
      If ye love me, keep my commandments.
      that’s pretty clear, i believe. i could put many bible verses here. i hope you will ponder this. sometimes i wonder why people cannot see these Words of the bible. they think there is no need to check the original language. i wish you the best on your journey to find His Ways. peace.

    • Tribe of the LION of Judah

      “If You Do Not Behave Like a Christian, Can You Have Insights To Prophecies Real Men of God Do Not Have?”

      No, according to the ONE way of entering into Y’shua, who is the Door_ the Way, the Truth, the Life
      “God is a Spirit”, so one must be born of His Spirit to even “see the Kingdom of God.
      “God is a Spirit” therefore to follow Him and to understand His prophetic words, one must
      first be of His Spirit_born of His Spirit_and lead by His Spirit, the ONE Leader.

      Those who live by and express their own selves ( souls ), and never deny their souls (selves )
      for Y’shua’s sake, they don’t have a clue_to that Spiritual realm, the Kingdom of God, and
      the Light therein.

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