The person who truly loves Christ is the one who’s going to stand up for Christ no matter if they lose friends, family, or if the world hates them. It will not matter to them about that group who goes around to cancel others for Christ is in the heart of the believer who has their heart set on His plan and not the world’s plan. The person who truly loves Christ will expose the deeds of darkness!
Ephesians 5:8-14 NKJV
……8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as His
children of light. 9 ( for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness,
righteousness and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose
them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by
them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light,
for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says: “Awake, you who
sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
This
is Paul’s term for a believer’s and unbeliever’s conduct! The faithful
believers do more than abstain from evil; they denounce the deeds of darkness
as the unfruitful, shameful and not worthwhile.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment. This refers to
social injustice!
God cast out the “vain” from heaven: His name was satan or
you might know him as Lucifer! ….. Luke 10:18-20 And He said to them, "I saw satan fall
like lightning from Heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall
by any means hurt you." 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the
spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written
in heaven.
Yes, Lucifer fell out of heaven and it was a display of that
which revolted against God the Creator! Jesus came to gain back authority that
was taken in the Garden of Eden. It included Adam’s authority to subdue and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
every living that moves on the earth.
Vain imaginations is of the devil and the human thought of
the “Me” syndrome! But God made us in His image to be of His likeness and to be
morally right before Him. That we would know we are those with intelligence,
perception, and self-determination to far exceed any other living creature on the
face of the earth! We are spiritual who
not only has a body, but soul and spirit. God desires us to come higher to His
ways and thoughts of being. And not to be animalistic in behavior seeking only
fleshly gratification.
Romans 1:20-25……KJV….20 For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that
are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not
as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the un-corruptible God into an
image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and
creeping things.
¶ 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through
the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped
and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Yes, like from these verses, man will seek to gratify
himself with things like those who came out of Egypt who sought to have the
priest Aaron to make for them a golden calve, yet a calve had not delivered
them out of the clutches of Pharaoh! While Moses is up on the mount with God,
these decide to do something different from God!
The Israelites had the example of this from Pharaoh of a man
who had the hardened heart. And the more plagues presented to him, the more he responded
in hate and hardness! Exodus
5:2…2 Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let
Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go." NIV
Those who
know not God, who do not have that relationship with Him, will do things that
dictate that they have no God before them. Pharaoh might have been a leader but his
rule over the land was for the worthless idols he sought!
Even within
his fortified city of which he called home, was also home to a great garrison
of soldiers and charioteers. Even their horses were the Arabian, that was bred
for endurance in harsh dry climates like the Egyptian desert! But even in all
the wealth seen in this great fortress, from the wines to special desserts, and
fabulous dressing gowns, diseases were rampant and many people died. No
incantations could be done……..there was no cure!
Was it
their idolatry…………..a plague of their heart? The people harassed by this tyrant
seen in Pharaoh called out to God. And when prayer was made, a man was sent;
Moses was his name.
It was in
times of a national calamity as: in drought, locusts or caterpillar, mildew or
in pestilence (disease) supplications were presented. And God answered in regard
to the grief of an individual , when every man would know the plague of his own
heart. Plague is more than heart pain, grief or worry. Plague is a disease
caused by sin.
John
8:42-47….KJV………….42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father,
ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye
cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinces me of sin? And if I say the truth,
why do ye not believe me?
47
He that is of God hears God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye
are not of God.
Jesus was not soft. He told these men they were of their
father the devil.. If we stop defending
Christianity, that is exposing evil, rebuking those false teachers, and
confronting believers, we will have more people lost and led astray than those
who are the saved!
Vain imagining can be stopped when there are the times of
praise, exalting God in His wonders: Nehemiah 9:10 You showed signs and wonders
against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his
land. For You knew they acted proudly against them. So You made a name for
Yourself, as it is this day. This was corporate prayer that was prayed by
an entire nation that gathered to
confess sin & receive God’s forgiveness and restoration. But they
remembered what God did…through Moses..
In Daniel 3:19-25 ….men bound in their coats, trousers,
turbans & other garments were cast
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace….three men of prayer, worshippers
of God went in the fire…from…verse 21….and in verse 25 four men are seen…. 25
“Look ! he answered I see four men loose walking in the midst of the fire;
& they are not hurt, & the form
of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
God assisting His own in Signs and Wonders and what a life
that is indeed!
God’s word is our lens to seeing correctly. So blurred
vision can come when we are superficial with prayer and to not knowing the
Word of God! God is relational & through these written words about signs
and wonders what is revealed is the signs & wonders in those who obeyed
HIM!
Where is the flow of the Spirit?....Human
nature says: look at my body, I need food, feed me, my muscles feel weak ..The
spiritual man speaks 1 Corinthians 2:13…NKJV…13 these things we speak not in
words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Our prayer life is comprised of knowing His written word; to
live by it ………so that John 17:3 And this is eternal life:[ it means] to know ( to
perceive, recognize, become acquainted with and understand) You, the only true
and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the]Christ ( the anointed
One, the Messiah, Whom You have sent … and .is revealed in and through our
lives.
We are to be understanding our Father always. We are to exalt Him
in His truth and faithfulness. We exalt Him in His greatness and authority. And
then in those quiet, secret place times with HIM, we cast down those thoughts that are contrary
to God's heart and Spirit. Many people
say they love God, but is it equally true that they hate evil? Truly loving God
is demonstrated in and by our character when we will not tolerate evil in our
own hearts.
Honor the Lord: Highly esteem Him and make His Name distinct
in Your speaking. We stop speaking about
us, and speak about Him! WE Humble
ourselves under His mighty Hand. As we are yielded to the Holy Spirit, planting
His Word within us, we will have eyes to recognize evil. Many times it comes in
a form that is pleasant or seems acceptable. Some evil is obvious, while other
times it does take Holy Spirit
discernment to see it. God will help you as you lean into Him. Let His
praise continually be in your mouth and have a joyful, peaceful and glorious
day with God!
Matthew 10:32-34….Amplified Bible…32 Therefore, everyone who
acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me [out of a state of oneness with
Me], I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven and confess [ that
I am abiding in] Him. 33 But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also
will deny and disown.
We should be about conversation and Jesus should be in it!
Other than that you are only giving people “you”! In our daily routine of life,
we are to be speaking of the Lord, the oneness we have with Him. Just because
there are rebel rousers, we are to be still speaking God’s peace in His truth
for life.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16 Amplified Bible………12. Now we have not
received the spirit [that belongs to ] the world but the Holy Spirit Who is
from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the
gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by
God. 13 And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human
wisdom but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual
truths with spiritual language [to those who possess the Holy Spirit]. 14 But
the natural, non-spiritual man does not welcome or admit into his heart the gifts
and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (
meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of
progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are
spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. 15 But the spiritual man
tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions and
discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one
[he can read the meaning of everything, but no one can properly discern or
appraise or get an insight into him]. 16 For who has known or understood
the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct
Him and give him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do
hold the thoughts ( feelings and purposes ) of His heart. (Isaiah 40:11)
Spirit always answers to spirit. We are spirit beings, and
we have a body and soul! So of the three spiritual categories you have what is
the natural man, unregenerate and devoid of the spirit who has no
appreciation for the Gospel. Another is the spiritual man, regenerated and
possessing spiritual maturity and are seen as those free from sectarian
strife!
Titus 3:4-11
Amplified Bible 4 But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our
Savior to man [as man] appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of any works of
righteousness that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the]
cleansing bath of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
6 Which He poured out [so] richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. 7
[And he did it in order] that we might be justified by His grace (by His favor,
wholly undeserved), [ that we might be acknowledged and counted as conformed to
the divine will in purpose, thought and action],
To
purpose, was it for God’s purpose or my thinking by my reasoning or my senses… for purpose, for thought, was of the
divine thought or my opinion, and that action, was it designated by God and His
ways or again by my own thinking. Our thoughts must align with His thoughts! No
opinions allowed!
And that we might
become heirs of eternal life according to [our hope]. HOPE IS:….elpis : with
anticipation with an expectation in the confidence we have in God
Is my hope in me, is it found in my husband, is my hope in
the Social Security System…my hope IS TRULY TO BE IN GOD!
8 This message is most trustworthy, and concerning these
things I want you to insist steadfastly, so that those who have believed in
(trusted in, relied on,) God may be careful to apply themselves to honorable
occupations and to doing good, for such
themselves are [not only] excellent and right [in themselves,] but
[they] are good and profitable for the people.
9 But avoid stupid and foolish controversies and genealogies and
dissentions and wrangling about the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile.
10 [As for] a man who is factious [a heretical sectarian and cause of
divisions] , after admonishing him a first and second time, reject [him from
your fellowship and have nothing more to do with him], 11 Well aware that such a person has utterly
changed (is perverted and corrupted); he goes on sinning [though he] is
convicted of guilt and self-condemned.
From verses 8-11 Paul tells us to shun strife and factions.
We are to have a transformed life that is that response to the grace of mercy revealed
by God through His Son Jesus. So in
context, the meaning of verse 10 has to do with sectarian…he who causes
divisions…. Is one of having a spirit toward or a devotion to a particular
religion or sect. it is toward having dogmatic limits of bigotry regarding
something specific as to the outward appearance. The Lord looks on the heart! Adhering
to specific opinions in regard to intolerance with doctrine or belief as
opinion and not authoritatively approved
is contrary to the Word of God. With God’s Word as the standard,
anything outside of that is departing from truth.
Being made new by the Holy Spirit we are
activated in the Kingdom of heaven.. We are to seek unity within God’s church
of believer’s. And it is by the Holy Spirit we can see deceptive doctrine
displayed as well as seen in divisive behavior.
Again, the faithful believers do more than abstain from
evil; they denounce the deeds of darkness as the unfruitful, shameful and not
worthwhile. We prepare for our day or week by going to prayer and the word of
God. We have conversation with Him and ask what to say to give His plan to
others. And in that prayer time we are
not guessing about what is going on but we pray from the authority that has
been given us through Jesus..And within God & His purpose, we stay in His authority & speak & pray
from that authority.
God’s power is
exalted in us when our weaknesses are greatest because He “is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at
work within us” (Ephesians 3:20). It is God’s power that continues to hold us
in a state of grace despite our sin (2 Timothy 1:12), and by His power we are
kept from falling (Jude 24). His power will be proclaimed by all the host of
heaven for all eternity (Revelation 19:1). May that be our endless prayer in
Jesus’ name!
Go in His power and His might speaking boldness in whom you have confidence and see His glory cover this land!
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