Last Terrorist Is......

The first and last terrorist is Satan himself. He wants man, woman and child to fear so that he has company in his misery. He magnifies your every fault and failure. Satan has beheld the beauty of God, He has looked directly and saw firsthand the ways of God. But he uses this for evil purposes. He tried to stop his chief enemy: Jesus Christ. But to no avail, the crucifixion of Jesus sealed satan’s eternal doom!

Isaiah 14:12-16 NKJV How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregations on the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High," 15 You will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 Those who see you will look at you, and consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms......'

It is pride that filled Satan’s heart with his series of “I will” statements in Isaiah 14. He was a beautiful angel and God’s anointed cherub, but when he coveted God’s position and led a coup against him, Satan didn’t just “fall”—God cast him out found in Ezekiel 28:12-17, Isaiah 14:15.

Today is the day of trouble. Just pick up any newspaper or hear on those main channels their spin of the world: Psalm 27:5 He hides us in His shelter in the day of trouble, and Psalm 50:15 we call on Him in the day of trouble.

Revelation 12:1  Now a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. 3 and another sign appeared in heaven, behold a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on is heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood.  Before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And this Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God. that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. 7 And war broke out in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So he great dragon was cast out that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan who deceives the whole earth and his angels were cast out with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb  and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death. 

The enemy is still focused on taking many with him. Yesterday heard of a town council meeting where the head guy pointed to prayer, but the guy who came up was dressed in black and prayed to satan, the major terrorist of mankind!

The fear of God :In the waiting, we are exploring the new ways of worshiping and loving Him…to finding the pathway to walk> Jesus had all kinds of false witnesses, and He accomplished what His Father purposed for Him to do on earth. Our part is to be active by faith to confess that which He placed in us to come forth and be manifested.  Jesus was active in confessing His resurrection! Luke 18:31-33..&the 3rd  day He will rise again, Matt 16:21, Luke 9:22, Matt 20:19! Jesus confess Resurrection: He would rise again!

See His Glory for Yourself: Honor Him Who will Lead YOU through the darkness. We are not entitled and have no entitlement. That is a worldly virtue. God is Good and He is HOLY! Joshua certainly asked something of God: Joshua 5:13-15 NKJV And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. & Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are YOU for us or for our adversaries?” 14 So he said, “No but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to his servant?” 15 Then the Commander of the LORD’S army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.”

The evil of the devil is rearing his head for popularity. He wants fame and he wants it for more than any 15 minutes of time! And it is anything of evil that he spreads around this world. But Jesus came to set captives free! Jesus our Savior and Lord leads the way triumphant.

2 Corinthians 4:4...whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God should shine on them.

We magnify You our Lord and Master. For the Word of God speaks is alive and full of power---making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [ the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow[ that is, of the deepest parts of our nature] exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12 Amp.)

We contact Our Shepherd. We put Him in remembrance of His Word ( Isaiah 43:26  ) We hold His Word up to Him in prayer and our Father sees Himself in His Word. That Word does  not return to Him void----without producing any effect, useless---but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and purposes and it shall prosper in the thing for which He sent it. ( Isaiah 55:11)

Isaiah 55:11-13 NKJV  11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the tress of the fielded shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

And a grateful heart will speak:  Thank you for love everlasting, love unconditional, and never failing love: 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction; 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. (Jude 10 -23)

 24 Now to Him who is able to keep us from stumbling, And to present us faultless

Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

25 To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty,

Dominion and power, Both now and forever.  Amen.  ColossNKJV

Thank YOU that we know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fullness of God  (Ephesians 3:19). Thank YOU that we may know YOUR love, and How vast YOUR love truly is!  We will not perish for we have everlasting life through YOUR Son Jesus, our Savior!

One of the best blessings in being a believer in Jesus Christ is the peace that rises above every life situation. While others are fretting with worry, believers have the power of the Holy Spirit to guard their hearts and minds with peace that has no human explanation. Having peace allows believers to continue to go through hardship and painful situations without regret. The key to having peace in our hearts is surrendering all our prayers to God and trusting in Him to take care of each one.

The heart is set on heaven: “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” .   Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things of the earth.

When our hearts are set on heaven, we can rise above the problems of the world and in our life. We can look to the heavens and know that our God lives and moves all around us. Setting our hearts on things above releases us from the bondage's of materialism and seeking after selfish gain. We are moved to live with a heavenly destination in mind at all times. The key to having a heart set on heaven is stepping back and realigning all of our desires with heavenly gain in mind.

The heart is motivated to work: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters” (Colossians 3:23).

There is a greater desire to work if the focus remains on God and not on man. As long as we live to please man, we will forfeit the greater purposes of God for our lives. We must strive towards a life of working as to God knowing that our reward rests solely with Him. The key to a heart that is motivated at work is grounded in the knowledge that God is in control.

And  is  our heart healthy?  Just as the body can’t function well without a healthy heart, neither can the Christian with a spiritual heart—we will be sluggish in our work, hard at hearing God’s word, and slow to recognize His presence when we are not active spiritually. The consistent disciplines of the Christian faith of prayer, Bible study, and fellowship will keep our spiritual heart’s pumping strong towards our eternal destination.

We have been specifically told to be on guard against the schemes of the devil and make sure we always wear the full armor of God. If we could bind Satan, then we could all relax, sit back and hang up our spiritual armor in a closet. But we know from reading the Scriptures that assumptions (like convincing ourselves that we have successfully and permanently bound Satan), attitudes (of relaxing and imagining that Satan is bound when he’s really still causing havoc) and actions (like putting our unnecessary spiritual armor in mothballs) will only result in great spiritual disaster.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;  and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints. (Ephesians 6:10-18)

 Position yourself in prayer for everyone on your pathway. Either in your language of English or your language in the Spirit by Holy Spirit, set to pray and be loud if necessary, but God is not deaf!

 Satan, the “god of this world,” is always working to cause disobedience and busy blinding the eyes of unbelievers (Eph 2:2; Col 4:4). This can lead to lowering our guard, taking off our spiritual armor and thus allowing a fully active and angry Satan to go about his wily business while we stand on a promise that we can bind Satan in the name of Jesus that doesn’t exist and can’t be biblically supported.

Should we rebuke Satan?  During his earthly ministry, Jesus rebuked the winds and the raging sea (Matthew 8:26), demons (Matthew 17:18), a fever (Luke 4:39) and his disciples (Mark 16:14; 8:33). However, the only account of Jesus addressing or rebuking Satan is when he was being tempted in the wilderness for the third time.    Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”  Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.” Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. (Matthew 4:8-11)  The only time Jesus ever told his followers to rebuke anything was when he told them that if a brother sinned to rebuke him (or her) with the goal of the person repenting and finding forgiveness.   "Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him" (Luke 17:3).

There is no biblical support for Christians to pray to rebuke Satan. So let’s stop doing that. We cannot bound Satan to hell. If we could, we could put away our armor we are told to put on!!!  Are we supposed to talk to Satan to rebuke him?  The best Bible passage that gives us a strong principle to follow on this question is found in the book of Jude.   Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” (Jude 1:8-9)

When a dispute arose about the body of Moses, Michael the archangel did not rebuke Satan. If he had of done so, it would have been considered presumptuous and railing a blasphemous judgment. Would not we be guilty of the same if we tried to rebuke Satan? Why would any believer attempt to go beyond what a powerful angel dared not by speaking to and rebuking Satan or his activity? The archangel was content to say, “The Lord rebuke you.” Let’s adhere to this lesson on humility and submissiveness and not go beyond our authority by trying to rebuke Satan.

In case you were wondering: there is only this account in the Bible of Satan being bound..... is when in the last days an angel from heaven tosses him into a bottomless pit for a thousand years. Until that day arrives, Satan will be our formidable opponent, so let’s make sure we proactively and obediently suit up in the armor of God each morning and keep alert in prayer as we seek to proclaim the gospel of Jesus to the nations.  Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. (Revelation 20:1-3)

Practical steps to take when dealing with the harassment, temptations and chaos Satan may throw our way, is understand that every mishap, affliction or problem in our lives can  not always be attributed to the work of Satan! Sometimes things just happen while there are other times when we or others might be the cause of our troubles, stress, or pain. Let’s not jump to the conclusion that every bad thing that happens to us is the result of a fiery dart of Satan. ( But man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:7)

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

Always remember that you through your faith in Jesus that you are a child of God.   Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4

What has been 25 years since the attack on this nation, it was in that moment of time, men of evil decided among themselves to attack a nation. They decided to take down the twin towers and among those other building as well within that area of the east coast in New York City and in the state of Pennsylvania. Yet, men and women stood up  that great hour to stop what they could to shield others from the evil attitudes of men from a foreign nation. They are terrorists and today they are flaunted as the victims.

I have heard that some have no regard as to war on Terror, yet without the armed forces those against us would have no walls to prevent them from doing harm to those who live in this nation that I call home!  For us in America and those older than thirty would know the men and women who fought in World War 2. Some were taught in school about that war that was kept far from us. Yet, I heard recently of something that had occurred in that state of Oregon and yet I never read it in a book. Yes, it evidently was kept silent. But some young children were to go out on a field trip being it was early spring one year. One such child was kept home that day, because her mother had this heaviness of heart that her daughter should not participate in this adventure. She knew not why, but she held her authority as a parent her daughter would not be there that day.

The children had come to the place where the field trip was to begin and the leader was there. As children can sometimes do, they ran ahead of their teacher and leader. Although he, the pastor told them to wait on him, they ran yelling all the while ahead of him. And then it was a sound pierced his hearing. An explosion shook the ground and as the pastor ran to where the sound came, a horror struck him to his core. The children were all dead including his pregnant wife . The bomb sent somehow from Japan had made it to American soil and it blew as the children investigated it. It was May 5, 1945 and the headline of the local paper revealed six had been killed by the balloon bomb. It was in Lakeview, Oregon where this event occurred.

Freedom is never free and it will always cost you and me something. No matter whether we hold a political affiliation or not, whether, we only stand as conservatives with a belief in our personal responsibility, where limited government is seen, that the traditional American values and a strong national defense is acquired and continued, we will still see those times when haters appear. This is to be a place where men and women can operate in business participating in free markets.

But when one group decide they want to lead the world in anarchy, to put others into bondage and reveal the dictates of their hearts, then you find anarchists and friends of the Final Terrorist!

 

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Darkness

John 1:1-5  NKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

1.   Darkness does not comprehend: Matthew 6 22-23 NKJV The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness, how great is that darkness! Is our eye healthy, a generous person or is our eye stingy, that of an Ebenezer Scrooge?

2.   Darkness in wicked males or wicked females: Proverbs 2:11-13 NKJV Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things, 13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

3.   God gives wisdom through His words, and as we are storing them up, it stores us up for success

4.   Success is a competence: Proverbs 8:14 NKJV Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding. I have strength.

5.   The Holy Spirit and the Son of God mediate wisdom’s qualities to you and to me who choose to walk with God daily! Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom & understanding, the Spirit of counsel & might, the Spirit of knowledge & of the fear of the LORD. 1 Cor. 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God----&  righteousness & sanctification & redemption ---

Without Him: Nothing was Made…Colossians 1:15-18 NKJV 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities (rulers) or powers (authorities). All things were created through Him and for Him 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

1.   The visible Jesus represented the invisible God

2.   Jesus is Supreme…His supremacy is over all creation/ He sustains it!

Heb. 1:1-4 NKJV God, who at various times & in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory & the express image of His person, & upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purge our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Sin is darkness. It separates man from the light of God. But men love darkness. We saw this in the angels who left their proper domain, and have now a place in chains under darkness for the judgment day.

Zechariah 8:16 These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to the neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;

The True Speaks to the neighbor…… Acknowledges Jesus Christ as the only way to salvation---right relationship with God.  2 Cor. 4: 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:17-19 For He received from God the Father honor & glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns & the morning star rises in your hearts.

1.       Jesus brought light to reveal error when darkness had appeared through sin

2.       The word confirmed for salvation, healing & deliverance…to live for God by faith in obedience to Him: John 14:6 NKJV 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth & the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. It is the walk of faith in Him!   Having Jesus, is sinning no more

Jude 6-9 ……….6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.  9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" …..Jude is attacking false prophets, and thus men and demons are interwoven in the context. He indicts these false prophets for three sins:

1. Lust: They defile the flesh, allowing a feeling to take them over the edge into sin.

2. Rebellion: They flout authority in general, but primarily that of Christ. It is hidden in the Greek, but the word authority is really "lordship." It normally refers to Christ and His lordship over us.

3. Disrespect or disregard of spirit beings.

This third sin is interesting because he is saying that it is not that these false prophets will not talk about Satan, but their speech is gratuitous, despising, or denigrating of angelic powers. Their preaching suggests that these demons are not something Christians need to be concerned about. They side-step the issue.

Why would they do that? Because a false spirit is leading them, so they downgrade the existence and powers of demons through their preaching. This is clearly seen in Protestant Christianity, especially the mainline denominations have gone to the point that they almost universally agree that Satan, the Devil and his demons do not really exist. It shows how successful the demons have been in their deceptions.

On the other hand, there are evangelical or Pentecostal groups who talk about demons and Satan in a flippant, dismissive way: "Oh, we're going to put down the Devil tonight!" What they are doing in reality is that they are putting Satan into a position where they seem to have power over him. BUT, they are so deceived.   The truth in regard to Satan is somewhere in between. The true church of God will have that truth, and they will understand that, yes, Satan is, he is powerful, but because of God, they do have power over him in that they can reject him and his deceptions. ( Jesus saw him fall from heaven.) Jude is giving us signs to look for in the preaching of false ministers. They will denigrate Satan and his demons, there will be indications of lusts, and they will flout the authority of Jesus Christ.

Sin of darkness is rampant today as it was in the day of Jude. You can see that on any television commercial. They call nudity good and dresses well as racist. They call men women and have them displayed anywhere. Tatoos are revealed on faces, arms and other places. Saw a man from Florida who had a design on his face : you could only see his eyes revealed when staring at another.  They dress for work and look like they are going to the beach( shorts and all)! Homes are unaffordable for those just starting their families.  You refuse to go the hospital because the prices will wreck your finances or else it is 150 people ahead of you who have overdosed on drugs or someone from another getting free stuff like health care. ( Saw this when entering hospital two years ago!)

Now hearing of those men of Hollywood who chose to use adrenochrome and that kills. You must take it from the person with adrenal glands , but the person dies when adrenals are removed. So sad our nation is set on drugging itself to death. Earthquakes are rampant here but no one talks about it. You might feel a tremor but keep it to yourself. Yet, those with names like Mt. Adams and Mt. Ranier are rumbling daily with their exhaust of gas clouds! Of the week of September 13, 2026 836 earthquakes in California and Nevada. The homeless outlook is serious indeed. It is a significant number of the homeless who are drug addicts. In New York, public urination has become an extremely common sight. It was back in July of this year that a very popular streamer known as Sneako who created quite a stir when he stated loudly with a boldness in his heart that New York City is now “the Islamic Republic of New York-istan. ( He wants the whole world to be under Islamic law.)

Closer to our home, we still find higher gas prices than our neighbors to the East unless they are near an Interstate corridor. Our gas was at $4.19 for years while Biden was in office. But since the Iran conflict we are closer now to $6.00 a gallon. We are told the war with Iran brought up our gas: no it did not, it was already too high!

Weakened without Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:11-13 NKJV  11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh---who are called the Un-circumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands---12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

1.   We were estranged from our Creator our Father

2.   Were without a Savior, living in futility and hopelessness

Believing Power Demonstrates Strength:  Ephesians 1:18-19  Amplified Bible 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light; so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), 19 And [ so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength.

1.   Strength of God is in us who believe

2.   That strength is demonstrated through us when our eyes for seeing is flooded with His light

3.   That is our hearts must be filled with His thoughts, His ways and plan

Ability and Freedom: Galatians 5:5-9  Amplified Bible 5 For we, [not relying on the Law but] through the [Holy] Spirit’s [help], by faith anticipate and wait for the blessing and good for which our righteousness and right standing with God [our conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action, causes us to hope. 6 For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor un-circumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. 7 You are running your race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from ) heeding and following the Truth? 8 This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you [Who invited you to freedom in Christ]. 9 A little leaven ( a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church].

1.   Faith perverted is evil persuasion

2.   It is not of God for God is of truth, energized and expressed through love

3.   By the Holy Spirit, we are to anticipate and wait for the blessing when conforming to God’s will in our thoughts, our actions that results with hope in our heart

2 Thessalonians 3:5-6 Amplified Bible 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing]  the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return. 6 Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of and on the authority of the our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) that you withdraw and keep away from every brother (fellow believer) who is slack in the performance of duty and is disorderly, living as a shirker and not walking in accord with the traditions and instructions that you have received from us.

2 Corinthians 4: 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:17-19 For He received from God the Father honor & glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. 19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns & the morning star rises in your hearts.

Darkness is confusion, error, and everything false. It has nothing to do with light. Jesus brought light to reveal error when darkness had appeared through sin!  The word confirmed for salvation, healing & deliverance…to live for God by faith in obedience to Him: John 14:6 NKJV 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth & the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. It is the walk of faith in Him!   Having Jesus, is sinning no more! And no more darkness appears!

WE are told this in Amos 2:6-8

(6) Thus says the LORD: " For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

Because they sell the righteous for silver,

And the poor for a pair of sandals.

(7) They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,

And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl,

To defile My holy name.

(8) They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

This is part of God's indictment of Israel forty years before its fall. At the time, Israel had regained some of its former glory under the able, though idolatrous, leadership of Jeroboam II, who had regained some of its lost territory and reinvigorated its economy. God's warning through Amos, however, is that material prosperity cloaks the ugly and rotten inner core, which was the true state of Israel's relationship with God. Thus, he concludes that the nation is doomed to fall to its enemies, and its people will die or shuffle off to foreign lands as slaves—and soon.

God concentrates on social injustices like exploiting the poor and weak, perverting justice, abusing sexuality, encouraging addictions, and trampling the sacred. This indicates that such societal ills reveal the "heart of darkness" hidden by a façade of religiosity and prosperity, much as exists today in modern America. A society that reaches the point of merely adorning the façade rather than changing the heart is taking its last gasp.

Surely we see this today in this nation once under God’s rule. They use whatever lie or person who can help them WIN! They want all the rule, all the money and for all time indeed!

This is the punishment Amos foresees for the corrupt in Israel: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city; your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword; your land shall be divided by survey line; you shall die in a defiled land; and Israel shall surely be led away captive from his own land (Amos 7:17).

What a horrible end this is for this nation of Israel—but a just one in the eyes of God. It cannot be far off for those of nation who have chosen themselves to be “god”!

For us Christians who are spiritually counter-culture, we need to realize the rapidity of the decline and the probability that persecution will increase. People who know and hide their hypocrisy will strike out at those who expose it by their very presence. To face the bleak future of this nation, we need to remain "strong in the Lord and in the power of His might" (Ephesians 6:10), because our "might" will not suffice. This requires us to renew our relationship with God day by day (2 Corinthians 4:16) and strengthen it by growth (John 15:8; 2 Peter 3:18). As Paul says, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" (2 Corinthians 4:17).  Amen!

 

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Is Culture Only Rubbish?

 

Philippians 3:7-9  NKJV  7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ , 9 and be found in Him not having my own righteousness which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Reality is Not in a Culture: It is in Christ Jesus. God will use His word to encourage our heart. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8   Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. Psalm 37:37   He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will He not also with him graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.  Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:17-18

My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.  Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 24:13-14

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:31-33

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. John 10:27-29

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

Culture dictates that of the flesh. Only God can fill our hearts with His wisdom and understanding!

WISDOM and Revelation…. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. (Eph 1:17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Revelation knowledge penetrates right to the heart of man, it is the Word of God with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Even Satan can quote scriptures but it is the Holy Spirit that makes God’s Word relevant in Love to the receiver.

If we just operate based on wisdom, we become an old wineskin that cannot take in the new wine, the present Word of the Lord. Without revelation, we will merely maintain our ministries and not truly operate in Kingdom advancement. We must continuously come to God for fresh truth so that our youth is renewed like the eagle (Psalm 103:5). This heart posture will keep us willing to break out of the mold and jump off new cliffs into deeper waters that He can release through us.

Comparing that worldly culture to our culture that has developed the mentality in God:

1.            Culture dictates that  it is good to reward laziness: so they give them welfare checks

2.            Culture dictates entitlement!

3.          Our daughter was always told she could be educated, get a job and care for herself, she would not need a man to take care of her:  She was given wisdom to know that work was important if she wanted to eat!

4.            We always reminded her “mom and dad will not always be here” so she needed to see value in a job, in working and paying her fair share as in taxes.. ( Today we have government giving illegals money and incentives to cheat the nation. They get all kinds of free stuff!) This is the land of the free and home of the brave. It is not the land of  “free stuff”!

5.            Under their leadership a baby is nothing: no true value, so it is discarded in abortion or even worse allowed to live to be born and then flesh decides to kill or murder that newborn child!

6.            Rejecting the needful discipline of a child, we today have seen the “orphan” come forward..Today, when a president is elected, the father figure shining forth, the “orphan” rejects the new President and clamors for the Grandma who will give them welfare for no work, give them their wants like abortion when a baby just does not fit their lifestyle

7.            Today real time-honored values of fathers being attacked ( commercials) And what is worse that men add no real value at all. The family is being dissolved from having true leadership! Children are ruling their own lives and it is proving disastrous.

8.            The time-honored work of the early ancestors to this country are joked about & not regarded like those who signed the Declaration of Independence…plantation owners, business men, from all walks of life who loved God …most lost everything, lost their lives, but never left God. Will we leave God???

9.            Today the appearance within society is that you get what you want by doing the wrong thing to get it……..and sometimes they are not prosecuted for doing wrong. A woman was to be executed in Tennessee and she got two doses of  cocktail in needle form but she survived them. She did horrific things to the young lady she sought to do away with.

10. Cheering those who break the rules or are playing  badly on the golf course: We saw today where people were cheering just for the sake of cheering. The golfer did good, a loud cheer….The golfer did poorly and an even greater  cheer goes up. They cheer the lazy people and judge those who actually work for a living to eat. How is it ,  that there are so many going without food today? Every month is “feed me” time! Every month you hear of starving children. Their parents seem well-fed. So how is the kid starving?  It was during the summer months they would plaster the screen with children starving while on vacation. Then it was during the time of Christmas vacation, children would go hungry and oh yes, they did some gift’s thing at that time too! Now in this year of 21^st century it is every month for “feed me please”.  ( I know what the prices are on doing specific hairstyles and anything taking 8-10 hours a day and costs over $200 is a lot that could be spent on food and not a hairstyle. Maybe I am of the generation who watched their financial use.)

Do not get me wrong, we look out for those who have worked all their lives and might need a meal today or tomorrow. We certainly know who they are and we choose not to be like the rich man who chose to keep his food near his mouth. It was  when the beggar had asked and got nothing that the rich man died and his tongue burned within his mouth. He chose to burn in hell than give to the beggar.  Yet today, we see beggars on every corner and on every block before those corner turns we see NOW HIRING on the windows of several businesses.  YOU must speak English in an English speaking nation. You must obey the rules of that land that is within God. And if it is not of God, then it is lawlessness! One instance is driving 90 miles an hour when the speed limit is 60 mph.

It is within the context of one actively engaging the world and its culture that God promises: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" (29:11). And this concept of not shying from the world is a consistent theme throughout the Word of God. After all, didn't the psalmist say that it is in the presence of our "enemies" that God would anoint, elevate and prosper us (Ps. 23:5)?

Several different groups want to choose your lifestyle. They say they are united in the democratic way but we live in a republic. Like the promise in Jeremiah 29 :11 it is a promise for the people of God who are living in this present world. Our greatest value to God is right here on this earth, not when we get to heaven. In fact, when you think about it, heaven is just a temporary holding place for us before we get back to rule and reign with Christ when He returns in glory and power.

All throughout the Scripture, the likes of Joseph, Daniel and Esther had adopted a non-antagonistic stance toward the world. That was because they understood the basic principle that relationship precedes ministry. In their interface with the world, the central issue is one on trust. That is still true today: Do non-Christians in the world trust you enough for you to speak into their lives?

THE THREE "WORLDS"….. It was the Dr. Bernard who introduced the three Greek words for "world." The first can be found in Matthew 13:22 where Jesus talks about "the cares of this world (aion)." Aion refers to a period of time, or a generation, in human history.

The second can be found in Matthew 24:14 where Jesus says, "This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world (oikuomene) as a witness to all the nations." Oikuomene means land, territories and geographical nations.

The third Greek word that is translated into English as "world" can be found in Mark 16:15 where Jesus says, "Go into all the world (kosmos) and preach the gospel to every creature." This use of kosmos by Christ is very interesting for it means to penetrate every social order, arrangement or culture—the way human society is organized.

Many sociologists and anthropologists In their study of human culture and human development  have agreed that every society is made up of seven pillars: (1) religion, (2) family, (3) business, (4) education, (5) government, (6) arts, and (7) media. The latter five of business, education, government, arts and media make up what is called the "marketplace." And the Great Commission that Jesus Christ gave is not only for us to preach in every geographical nation, but to engage the social order within that territory, especially that of the marketplace. To do that, the Church has to be relevant and contemporary to the cultural context God has planted it in.

Our nation today seems to be appearing as those leaders in the Old Testament like Balaam and his donkey, the group Korah and  the way of Cain. Balaam was consecrated to personal gain and eternal perdition of what we see in Numbers 22. 4.            Korah:led rebellion against Moses and Aaron/supernaturally destroyed: Numbers 16:1-35; Dathan: joined Korah; swallowed by earth seen in Psalm 106:17/Abiram conspired against Moses Numbers 16:1-50

In the marketplace today are young children. Today's culture is doing everything opposite of God even though many leaders swear they are Christian.

Jude 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.  Cain was building a monument to himself, Balaam had greed of money and popularity and Korah led a rebellion against the leadership God put in place through Moses ( the politician) and Aaron (the worship leader).

Balaam could not curse Israel. Though paid well by others he could not, yet chose the money, the pay and favor of the moment. His donkey would not go forward when he chose the wrong way. The animal could see in the spirit the angel of death coming toward them.

 We have people of this nation choosing to do that wrong thing. We have people choosing a fake nation to speak safety over like Palestine which is not reality. And of those in the government choose a different leader. They are never happy and choose their way to complain about each day they live. Those in the day of Moses did not like Moses nor Aaron and wanted their “own way”. But God opened a big hole to swallow them in.

A quote from Billy Graham was this: Happiness depends on worldly circumstances and joy depends on God. In Him we find that true joy to find the way through a world of chaos, disasters and plagues.

 Are we just wandering to find a certain crowd that we can catch up to go along with them, so that we might go astray…to fulfill an agenda?  Are we going along with the crowd that will build something but be devoid of God’s presence?  Balaam tried to build something but did not have the blessings of God. Surely it was a darkened heart that set things in motion to do his own thing and God was not pleased by it!   When God gets the glory, it is glory to Him in the highest who sent us way out of sin!

John 10: 17-18 NKJV  “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I  lay down My  life that  I may  take it again. 18 No one takes it from Me,  but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.  This command I have received from My Father.”  Jesus  was  put outside  the  city as “ rubbish”. Yet He was resurrected to life everlasting. They wanted to put Him away. They chose their ways over the kingdom of God.  He lamented over them when He prayed over Jerusalem. He saw what would come to them in their refusal of His way to the Father. They thought they were the way to the Father that proved very wrong.

 May we have the same relationship as Jesus did with the Father. Let’s remember the exceeding riches of His grace that is our inheritance living in Christ belonging to God the Father Who cared for us long before we even thought of Him.

Jesus did not come to accommodate our culture. He came with the Kingdom of God, to be a part of His family where light is always shining and darkness cannot be found!

 

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Good Fruit or Just Rotten

Like John we are to be re-provers by office and by that which God provides in our hearts to speak: 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

For Understanding: Prov. 10:13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding. Prov. 13:15 Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. Understanding: 7922 O.T. )say—kel….to have prudence, to have discretion, being wise.

Unfaithful: are those with no real relationship, they move on a whim, when catastrophe or sudden illness is seen, many will leave. They shift to the winds of caprice and self-indulgence! Many just want to be heroes with no work or detail of domestic life appearing!

WISDOM and Revelation…. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. (Eph 1:17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Revelation knowledge penetrates right to the heart of man, it is the Word of God with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Even Satan can quote scriptures but it is the Holy Spirit that makes God’s Word relevant in Love to the receiver.  If we just operate based on wisdom, we become an old wineskin that cannot take in the new wine, the present Word of the Lord. Without revelation, we will merely maintain our ministries and not truly operate in Kingdom advancement. We must continuously come to God for fresh truth so that our youth is renewed like the eagle (Psalm 103:5). This heart posture will keep us willing to break out of the mold and jump off new cliffs into deeper waters that He can release through us.

Delivered to the Kingdom of Heaven, Redemption, to Being Filled with all His wisdom and His spiritual understanding: Colossians 1:9-14   NKJV  9 For this reason, we  also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.  10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 strengthened with all might according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the  light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into  the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.  

Endurance: having constancy in our lives with God and His Word

1.)           Living a life worthy of the Lord

2.)           Pleasing Him in every way

3.)            Bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God

4.)           Strengthened with power according to His might

We gain discernment when we spend time with God and His Word:                             

Gaining Discernment Through God’s Word : Heb. 5:11-14    NKJV  11  Of whom We have much to say and hard to explain since you have become dull of hearing.  12 for though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the principles of the oracles of God; & you have come to need milk &  not solid food. 13 for everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 

Motivated by God’s will and Not Our Opinion: Influence of the Unkind: From James 3:15 good conduct done in wisdom…15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. ( it is of the flesh)

1.)            But some operated out of the bitter envy: they are fierce, with the contemptuous spirit, while attempting or pretending to defend true religion but in truth have no religion.

2.)           They profess by lying against the truth. 3.             God is not the author of worldly wisdom!  The world’s wisdom is bitter-not meek. They live for the moment……….that which is sensual!   Look at that of Salome in this passage: : Matthew 14:3-12 NJKV 3 For Herod had laid hold of John & bound him, & put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. 4 Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” 5 And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them & pleased Herod. 7 Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 8 So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” 9 And the king was sorry; nevertheless because of the oaths & because of who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her.10 So he sent & had John beheaded in prison. 11 And his head was brought on a platter & given to the girl, & she brought it to her mother. 12 Then his disciples came & took away the body & buried it, & went away & told Jesus.

1)            Immorality was found among Herod & Herodias; lust bound him to more oppressed and dark tastes leading to murder

2)            We too should tell Jesus when there are times of persecution, oppression, suffering and sorrow when seeing it among our peers! Do we mention it?

3)            Herodias’ daughter Salome danced a most provocative dance before this king

4)            Considered the minor ruler over Galilee: Herod Antipas; Mark 6:17-27 NKJV 17 For Herod himself had sent & laid hold of John, & bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her. 18 Because John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife; for he had married her. 19 Therefore Herodias held it against him & wanted to kill him, but she could not; 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, & he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, & heard him gladly.

5)            This same king Herod had seduced his niece Herodias, who was married to Herod’s brother Philip. He the face of evil persuaded her to divorce her husband & marry him. He in turn divorced his own wife!

So their influence is demonical inspired, and maintained by the influence of the demons. That is the reason they call it demonic! It is self-seeking, confused and evil and they bring other evil with them! This is ultimately the devilish source indicating human cooperation.

In this passage Herod hears of Jesus & thinks of John the Baptist who had beheaded to please Salome. Mark 6: 21 Then the opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers, & the chief men of Galilee. 22 And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in & danced, & pleased Herod & those who sat with him, the king said to the girl. “Ask me whatever you want, & I will give it to you.” 23 He also swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” 24 So she went out & said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

25 Immediately she came in with haste to the king & asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet because of the oaths & because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her. 27 Immediately the king sent an executioner & commanded his head to be brought. And he went & beheaded him in prison, 28 brought his head on a platter & gave it to the girl; & the girl gave it to her mother.

At the time of John’s Execution: it was John the Baptist Who had reproved Herod for taking Herodias as his wife, since she was married to his brother Philip. Herodias hated John the Baptist for trying to destroy what she valued but it was Herod who thwarted her plans because he had respected John & had received from him daily: That which is evil always hate the light & the truth it brings!

The influence Herodias gave to Salome was of the flesh and sexual. He had her daughter to dance and please Herod. And him the pushover asked what he might do for her. He swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” This is a bad demonical inspired influence where demons perform!

NO Opinions: No Pushing the Envelope to Get our Way…..           Will not be overbearing in conversation: Proverbs 14:16  NKJV A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident.    Proverbs 21:24 NKJV A proud and haughty man---“Scoffer is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.   ………….When a person says that they have no fear of evil in them; they do not care about living godly lives. There are no RULES! Many today claim to live as Christians but they do not fear God. They will give no honor or reverence to Him. But we are told to depart from evil!

Proverbs 21:30 NKJV there is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the LORD. Deliberately determined to do what is wrong is death to those who do it; We have seen this come from Adam and Eve and it is happening in the streets of America today. Deliberately choosing to one’s own agenda is death indeed! Anything outside what God purposed is one choosing to themselves in due to the world’s ways. To me that is just dangerous and so wrong to take yourself and your loved ones down the one-way path to hell and destruction!

In applying God’s word to our lives, we seek to place His will over our own will. Like Jesus, not our will but yours Father be done on earth as it is in Heaven.  In applying that word, we find that which is taking us in strength.  Like from Proverbs 19:21 that there are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the LORD’S counsel---that will stand.  That we reject the counsel of the ungodly and hear the LORD’S counsel above all others. We also confess that we are instructed even as when we are sleeping and in the morning, that we pray to do what is right rather than follow the leading of our own flesh. We also speak out that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with You, Lord (1 Corinthians 3:19)  and may we not buy into it, but keep our eyes on You and have ears to hear Your voice.

May we not be presumptuous in any step we take, we must know our steps to be ordered of the Lord and not to make adjustments to His word as we see fit. HE is the healer, the ONE worthy to receive honor and praise for the great sacrifice to see us get not death, but life everlasting.

Romans 6:21-23 …….What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now having been set free from sin,  & having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, & the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

A changed heart is a seeking heart, not of worldly things that are passing away, but a seeking Heart is transparent, it is one that reflects life in Christ Jesus.  Jesus must not only be Savior , He must also be our Lord. Not being obedient to His word brings unwelcome consequences.  We are not saved by the admission of guilt, nor are we saved because we attend church every week. In God’s kindness and mercy, salvation that is true comes from accurately understanding the cost to save and the cost required to be saved. May our lives truly exhibit change that is of a holy life abounding in God’s grace not to sin but to really live a life in Him. Amen.

Are we like Mary, the mother of Jesus? Or are we like Herodias influencing our daughter into the wrong thing of the flesh creature? Are we encouraging our young sons to be men and not drag-queens? Are we encouraging our children to be all God called them in His word?

Each of us are responsible for spiritual warfare and anticipated victories!  Yet even in this hour, the presence of evil struggles for survival.  We do battle in faith and with faithfulness to the Lord; it is His ultimate kingdom we live in; Holy Spirit is preparing us even now for these kingdom victories today: Daniel 7:21-22 NKJV “I was watching; & the same horn was making war against the saints, & prevailing against them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, & a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the most High, &the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom. God overrules all other thrones.

Jesus spoke this in Matt. 7:15-23 NKJV “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16” You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn-bushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

Matthew 7:  18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19” Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.”

 Matthew 7: 21 “ Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in Your Name, cast out demons in Your name, & done many wonders in Your name?”23 “And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me you who practice lawlessness!”     

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