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What Does Chastisement Clearly Prove?
“Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:4-14 (KJV)
The LORD’s chastening in the life of one of His children only proves His love for them – that He is making them holy as He is holy, so they are fit for His eternal kingdom!
Who does the LORD love? What does the Father do to those He loves?
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:19
If you are going through a time of the chastening of your heavenly Father, rejoice that His chastisement upon your life only proves you know Him. Also, be aware of His workings and chastisements and rebukes of others around you who are imperfect just as you are imperfect. Dare not we cast a stone of condemnation their way!
Brother TJ captures some things concerning how we treat others in their suffering and chastisements:
“Jesus be praised! I find it almost comical at this point in my walk with Christ how so many are actually offended by Him. I love how Paul said many times to “not be ashamed of his chains.” Interesting how so many in these last days are ashamed or offended by those servants of Christ who are in “bondage” to the Lord Jesus through various trials, tribulations, struggles, chastisings, etc., at His very hands. Just as Christ’s original apostles couldn’t stay wake with Him in the Garden; and scattered at His imprisonment…even after He forewarned them, etc. You see, the devil has spewed his doctrines, and has beguiled the Church…As Jesus and Paul expressed not to look down, or be ashamed, of such servants; but instead to “share” “encourage” “exhort” “strengthen,” etc., such brethren. Way too many scriptural examples to use for supporting one in need for Christ’s sake. Why else did Paul say that when he was on trial, no one came to his defense? Exactly!” TJ
Clear Proof You are Saved
PROOF that a person is divinely blessed – “Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” (Luke 6:22-23)
Never mind the self-serving greedy wolves who teach people they are “blessed and highly favored” based on financial standing or just to go around for their own selfish glory! Jesus taught differently than these modern charlatans (2 Peter 2:1-3). The Son of God tells us that the proof of being blessed of Him is receiving persecution for His Name and Gospel’s sake!
Not being attacked? Perhaps you should “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5)
Read your KJV Bible daily and discover the myriad of divine truths that modern beguilers refuse to preach. You are personally responsible and will be brought into accountability for such at the judgment soon to come. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6)
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Should I Blindly Give to My Church?
The Great Commission our LORD gave us is twofold and includes both preaching to get souls saved and they teaching them all these things Jesus gave us in His Word (Matthew 28:18-20 Mark 16:15).
Many can be heard saying “I give to my church.” But is this something to be proud of? Is this what Jesus wants? Or, does the LORD want His children giving to build His true church which is His people, not physical buildings.
What did Jesus command His people to go do?
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations … Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:18-20
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature … ” Mark 16:15
Christ never told us to go and build physical church buildings. He and His apostles never built even one physical structure to advance His eternal kingdom which is “a spiritual house.” (1 Peter 2:5) Jesus told us to go teach and preach His Word so men could be saved into His eternal kingdom and be taught His truth. So, for this reason, true disciples of Christ should only support those work which are sincerely preaching and teaching God’s Word faithfully and diligently. Doesn’t a physical building absorb the whole time, monies, and energies of the people, yoking them down to it and completely stopping them from doing what Christ called them to do – go and teach and to preach His Word? Also, have you personally discovered exactly what the earliest Christians did with their money and possessions when they gave alms? Go read Acts 2:44-45; 4:34-35 and find out. Among the saints in the early church, no monies went to a physical building but rather to take care of “God’s building” which is His very people (1 Corinthians 3:9). Regrettably, nearly all local church organizations in this hour of the great falling away are nothing more than a business that exists to perpetuate their own existence and so only entertain and do not faithfully preach and teach the full-counsel of the Word of God.
The goal of the true disciple is not to restore America or help some man build his church business but rather to see lost and backslidden souls restored to Christ! We are His “ministers of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
America if full of phony religionists and certainly would not be where it is today if there were more true Christians here. How in the world can anyone claim to have received the glorious “so great salvation” of Christ and not be telling others? Nonsense! (2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Hebrews 2:3)
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Blessed and Highly Favored?
“Blessed and highly favored”? Is that what God saved you for to bless yourself and just use His Word to get things for yourself? Is it really all about you or Jesus Christ? Did Jesus come just so you could serve yourself, reject intimacy with Him, and just get things from Him? Or, did God send His Son to die a cruel death and shed His blood so you could be redeemed, die to to all that you are, including self-will, and be conformed to the image of His Son? Read Romans 6 and 8. Who’s the real blessed and highly favored One? Jesus Christ is according to the whole counsel of God’s Word. Not you! In fact, you are only saved – if you even are – due to the sheer mercy of God given to depraved, sinful mankind through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the only nail-scarred, risen Savior. But many today are being led astray by beguiling wolves who are preaching a false, humanistic gospel that is centered on self and getting stuff for self. This is at the root of the phony, “blessed and highly favored” movement we see so often today in bless me club type circles who are led by ravenous, covetous, greedy wolves. Humanism is simply the religion of self where Jesus Christ is denied and the object of worship is self and making self happy and “blessed and highly favored.”
“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.” Proverbs 30:12
It’s only those who are not truly given over to the LORD who are being snared in this “strong delusion” sent to them by the LORD Himself due to their love of self and rejection of His daily reign in their personal lives (Luke 19:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12). They are full of self. Their whole life is all about getting more for self and that’s why people buy into ear-tickling, selfish teachings like this and make charlatans rich (1 Timothy 6:6-12). Here’s your Savior-rejecting, self worshiping “Blessed and highly favored” generation defined by the LORD:
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.” 2 Timothy 3:1-9
Divisive Devils in Our Midst
“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.” Ecclesiastes 7:26
The love of MANY has already waxed cold. For many, complete alienation from Christ fastly approaches. The hour is late and their routine or mere religious formula has not sustained them. They cast off and ignored the alarm to fast, pray, obey, and seek the LORD’s face in His holy fear. They hit the snooze button one too many times and are sleeping to death. They were once saved and have since fallen away and are now Satan’s children again, and are and will be the chief persecutors of the righteous in this late hour.
“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:9-13
The wheat and tares, sheep and goats, are being made manifest for us to see. LOVE for Christ’s people is the key, not just love for the truth – Those who slander and do not walk in the fruit of the Spirit and 1 Corinthians 13 love, are tares, goats, and wolves. Beware!
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding (remaining) in him.” 1 John 3:14-15
The command to “LOVE one another” appears 12 times in the New Testament and is the acid test for who truly is of Christ and who isn’t. Beware saints. There are MANY today who feign to love the truth and spout Scripture and yet are evil hearted, self-righteous wolves who are the very swine Jesus told us not to cast our pearl to (Matthew 7:1-6).
Could anything be any clearer? – “He that loveth not knoweth not God”? (1 John 4:8)
Beloved saints, be keenly aware of divisive people who only have their own self-interest in mind. When they don’t get their way, they attack, slander, and rail against the righteous because they are of their father the devil and his works they will do (John 8:41, 44). These people, when they can’t control you, they will seek to destroy you. When they can’t out do you, as is their self-serving focus, they will try to discredit you. They are moral cowards who instead of seeking God for themselves, fasting, praying, and dying to self in the daily cross, they attack those who are – the true remnant of Christ.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” 1 Peter 5:8
Edification is a blessing and believers are commanded to “edify one another.” (Romans 14:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:11) Yet, we must beware of those who flatter with their tongue and simultaneously spread a net for your feet to ensnare and rend you.
“A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.” Proverbs 29:5
We see this exact scenario in the ministry of the apostle Paul. The apostle discerned it and derail or blew up this scheme of Satan.
“And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation (pure flattery). 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.” Acts 16:16-18
As was the case in the passage above, those who flatter us are laying down a net to snare our souls and the LORD warned us to not let be taken “advantage” of in this manner. These people are antichrists which simply means they have replaced Christ with self (1 John 2:18; 4:1-3). Jesus told us that this is what swine do – the lay traps and seek to “rend you.” (Matthew 7:6) Make no mistake: These people are in our midst and through their brazen rejection of the daily cross of Christ, they have enlisted themselves in the army of evil with their father the devil (Philippians 3:18-19).
“(For MANY walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction (hell awaits), whose God is their belly (carnal appetites), and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)” Philippians 3:18-19
These enemies of Christ and the daily cross He commanded to be taken up, are Savior-rejecting, self-serving fraudsters.
You see, malicious wolves – male and female – only come into your life in order to find out things about you, to find your weaknesses, to discover sins you may have committed in the past, etc. They are on mission from Satan himself and prey upon the undiscerning and unsuspecting. “They lie in wait to deceive” and we are not to be (Ephesians 4: 14). The great apostle, who suffered much at the wicked hands of “FALSE brethren,” warns us: “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” (2 Corinthians 2:11) Paul warns us that these “grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.” (Acts 20:29) And, what is their mission and goal? – “Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.” (Acts 20:30) They enter into a group or into the life of an individual believer for the very purpose of finding things out about you as they feast with you, and then at some point, “turn again and rend you” using whatever they can and have found out about your life (Matthew 7:6). They take a few facts and stretch them and paint them with a black brush, seeking to mischaracterize you and your life. Our LORD warned and instructed us not to give our time, energy, and attention to these swine who are of an evil disposition while posing as Christ’s:
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend (tear) you.” Matthew 7:6
Watch how Jude describes these evil workers of Satan:
“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water (no genuine fruit of the Spirit), carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth (apostate), without fruit, TWICE dead (they were saved then fell away), plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. Jude 1:12-13
Note the insightful warning Jude gives us in the passage above: “They feast with you” or fellowship with you for the specific reason of turning again and rending you.
Every genuine seeks the face of Jesus relentlessly, crying out to Him to grant them the fruit of divine love and all of its attributes. Jesus says that “Ye shall know (discern) them by their fruits.” (Matthew 7:16) So, it’s time to obey Christ by examining the true fruit of those around you (those in your life).
First Century Wolves
Part of the persecutions all authentic saints receive is the mischievously railings of evil wolves like the first century wolf Diotrephes who railed against the apostle John. John writes:
“I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating (mischievously railing) against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.” 3 John 1:9-11 (KJV)
As I am warning you here in this message to beware of these vile wolves who seek to prey upon and exploit your life, so the apostle Paul warned those of his day to beware of one such wolf he was attacked by.
“Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.” 2 Timothy 4:14-15
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Abuse comes from sin which is man’s core problem and why Christ came – and that includes ALL – men and women. Women are sinners in need of Christ’s regeneration like anyone else. We must speak according to God’s Word only and refuse the reasonings, philosophies, and whims of mere sinful men. Paul wrote: “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” (Colossians 2:8)
Has God’s Power Diminished?
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.’ Isaiah 59:1-2
Did you catch that? The LORD is speaking of His very people, saying that His power is in no way diminished one iota nor ever can be, but that their own sins have limited and stifled His power working in their lives. He had already stated through His prophet Isaiah that He is “Holy, holy, holy” and therefore cannot possibly fellowship and commune with sin (Isaiah 6:3).
The divine power of our LORD Jesus Christ is always – without fail – more than enough to grant His children the overcoming victory. The big question is – who am I loving and yielding myself to this hour? If a born again believer is being overcome by a sin instead of being blessed to overcome that sin, it can only be for one reason – they are not truly yielding themselves over to the LORD, worshiping and loving Him with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22:27-40).
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16
Read prayerfully Romans 6 until it permeates your heart, mind, thinking, meditations, and daily actions.
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TO CARRY AND CAST OR TO DROP? … the stone of unrighteous judgment/condemnation must be dropped to continue with Christ… it’s non-negotiable…. Here’s our incentive – “For he shall have JUDGMENT WITHOUT MERCY, that hath shewed no mercy.” (James 2:13) – “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” (John 8:7) Please ask the LORD today to grant you a merciful heart towards others as He has so graciously showed us through Christ. Memorize Ephesians 4:32 today (KJV).
What did Jesus say concerning forgiveness in Mark 11:25-26?
“A pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.” – A.W. Tozer
Beware of the Flake Infested “Prophetic” Movement
Most Christians have friends who are part of this so-called “prophetic” and “apostolic” movement and yet, most don’t realize where their dominionistic, sometimes bazaar actions and teachings are coming from.
The deluded dupes of the false prophetic and apostolic movements are very vain (Philippians 2:3-5). They believe that because they “decree” or command something to happen that it’s going to happen. They take personal credit for things that would have happened whether they said it or not. Beware of this delusional mythology saints. There are being taught that everything is in their power while the Majestic Sovereign who created and owns all is ignored. After they “decree” a thing and that thing happens to happen, they then pat themselves on the back and vainly imagine they are in control. Boastingly, they then will say “I’m prophetic” and proudly announce their association with this un-Scriptural movement for the self-serving.
The following revelations will show you why these people are so self-centered and flaky. They are being taught by power-hungry wolves who have “cast away the law of the LORD” and consequently been turned over to a “strong delusion” and will be “damned.” (Isaiah 5:24; Jeremiah 6:19; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12). To learn more, please go here: New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) Deception
Greedy, Covetous, and Beguiled!
The souls of millions who think they are saved are going to be damned due to not helping others. Their covetousness – “I want this” or “I just bought that” – is telling on their wicked hearts (Luke 12; 1 Timothy 6). They are sinning away their day of grace as they live unto self and are rich toward self and not Jesus. They are “not rich toward God” to use Christ’s own words (Luke 12:21). Jesus promised these would be damned for their turning a dead ear and blind eye to the needs of others – “Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”(Matthew 25:45) The light bills and rent/mortgages of some in-need Christians go unpaid. The pantries of some remain empty. True, New Testament ministries go unfunded …. and Why? – Because of the waste of millions who call themselves by the name of the One who came and gave ALL. They do not resemble Him which clearly shows that they are not following Him and merely rendering lip service to Him in order to deceive their own darkened hearts into the vain imagination that they are going to be with Him eternally.
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.” 1 John 3:16-19
What you refuse to do (omission) when you see another in need, is indicative of who you are serving – self instead of the Savior. The Son of God says: “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:19-21)
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” Titus 1:16
The fruit of the Spirit and good works are the clear indication that one is truly saved (Galatians 5:19-24; Titus 3:8; James 1:22-27). If you are not literally a giver, the LORD is calling you to repent and obey God’s Word by giving up first your whole life and will to Him. Then, all you have in your possession will go to His glory in loving your neighbor. If all you have isn’t Christ’s, it’s time to repent and get saved friend (Luke 14:33).
Prayerfully read Luke 12 and 1 Timothy 6 every day for the next week.
“Anchor of the Soul”
“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.” Hebrews 6:19-20 (KJV)
The Bible tells us in Hebrews 6 that “hope” is “an anchor of the soul.” The hope of our souls is anchored in the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ our nailed-scarred risen LORD and Savior. God’s love poured out and deliberately demonstrated for us in the life, cross, and resurrection of our LORD Jesus is the very anchor (stability) of our soul! Without it there can be no joy or peace.
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins … And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: Colossians 1:12-14, 20-22
Nothing so vividly proves His love for mankind as Christ’s selfless sacrifice on that cruel cross to redeem His creation back from sin and certain eternal damnation. Beloved, listen intently to the beauty of the following words from Romans 5:
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” Romans 5:6-9
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Can God Use You?
“Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossiper, Martha was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sara was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, Abraham was old,… and Lazarus was dead…. Now, what’s YOUR excuse? Can God use you or not? God doesn’t CALL the QUALIFIED, He QUALIFIES the CALLED.”
IT SHOULD BE VERY EASY to forgive others when we simply take a split second to honestly reflect upon how very merciful God has been to us and how much He has forgiven US of – before and AFTER He saved us! ….. Is it time to get off the high horse?
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
THE CONDITIONAL nature of the blessings of God – and that includes salvation: “And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.” (2 Chronicles 26:5) King Uzziah was blessed and prospered only as he diligently sought the LORD.
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“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” 1 Peter 4:7-9
“When it comes to mission work, the answer is always ‘Yes’ unless the LORD specifically tells you not to go.” Bill Wegener
Does Someone Who Commits Suicide (murders self), go to Heaven or Hell?
IT’S REAL SIMPLE:
1. WHO is the Judge? God!
2. Has the Judge spoken? Do we have a Bible? Is the Bible God’s very Word? YES! – and so we have His very Word which He has lifted even above His own Holy name! (Psalms 138:2)
Some crassly set aside God’s very Word, as if He is silent on this matter. That’s ridiculous at best.
Playing dumb seems to be the mode of many, but the LORD is “not the author of confusion.” (1 Corinthians 14:33)
At the funerals of those who kill/murder themselves, false preachers intimate and blatantly say that that person is now “in a better place” and by doing so embolden the audience to kill themselves also, all the while not realizing they are in for the most excruciating pain unknown to man on earth. Oh, and it will never end (Mark 9:42-49). See Hell’s Menu here.
How impugning to the LORD it must be when those claiming to be saved ignore, and brazenly disregard Him by denying His Word and what He plainly stated. What did Jesus say about these are ashamed of Him and His Word? See Mark 8:38 and John 8:47.
There’s a deeper root in the lives of those who can’t simply read God’s very words and take Him at His Word. Damnable unbelief is the root (Revelation 21:8). Repentance is necessary.
THE JUDGE HAS SPOKEN AND HERE’S WHAT HE SAID:
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and MURDERERS, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 (KJV)
“NO MURDERER HATH ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING (REMAINING) IN HIM.” 1 John 3:14-15
What could possibly be plainer?
The truth is self-evident. The Bible is self-interpreting. The problem is with the corruption of calvinism in the minds of many who make their evil traditions more important the God Himself (Mark 7:6-9).
It should deeply anger us to see ourselves or others who deny the LORD by denying His very Word. Instead, they philosophy, reason, and justify. This is what God calls “an EVIL heart of unbelief.” (Hebrews 3:12)
Angels
Angels of God depicted as babies or women is unbiblical. The only angels revealed in the Bible revelation are male. For example, Michael, Gabriel, and Lucifer who is now Satan. So, all that artwork that depicts angels as women or babies is false, misleading, and a waste.
The fact that the pagan roman catholic church depicts angels as babies and females should alone tell us from what evil spirit this is from.
Of angels, Randy Hartinger notes:
“Lucifer is a ‘cherub’ which is not the same as an angel. Angels don’t have wings and are always male and always appear as men, and cherubim are males as well but they DO have wings. However, Lucifer does ‘transform’ (change form) himself into an ‘angel’ of light. Jesus spoke of ‘the devil and his angels.’ So, he has angels under him. Gabriel means “man of God” and Michael means “who is like God.” Since God is God the FATHER (male) then no wonder the two named angels are MASCULINE. Cherubim are different though. Cherubim had the face of an ox, eagle, lion, and man and 4 wings and eyes throughout (See Ezek.1 and 10) and calves feet (this means that Lucifer stood on his tip toes like a woman wearing high-heels; rut row). Seraphim have SIX wings (Isa.6). The only female winged beings (devilish manifestations) in the Bible are in Zech. 5 and they are associated with the plains of Shinar (Babylon; and thus the Catholic Church; Babylonian deities were female winged deities…) and God said the following about these women with stork wings: “THIS IS WICKEDNESS.’ (which might be a NEON clue). What folks call ‘Cherub’ today are nothing but dimpled, naked, flying little CUPIDS (which is the god of lust and offspring of Venus and the root word for evil conCUPIscence).That show ‘Touched by an Angel” that used to come on with ‘female’ pseudo-angels – we never watched it, but I called it “Touched by a Roman Catholic Pseudo-Angel Devil.’”
We must get ALL of our perspective of God and His kingdom FROM HIS WORD ONLY and not from art crafted by wicked mere men (2 Peter 1:3-4, 19-21).
Of the great need for repentance in those claiming to know Christ in this nation, Nathan Noyes writes:
“Praise the Lord for his mercy! My prayer is that America will wake up! 85% of Americans claim to be Christian, yet only 10% of professing Christians have even read the Bible from cover to cover! That means 90% of Christians have never completely read the Bible! A country with 85% Christians have allowed prayer to be taken out of the schools along with the Ten Commandments and have allowed the murder of 50 million unborn babies! We get excited when a mother is believed to be let off the hook for killing her child (Casey Anthony) but 50 million abortions doesn’t get us up in arms. I personally believe most professing Christians to be hypocrites! They have said a prayer and are trusting in that instead of JESUS, they live in sin continually and claim to be following Christ! And they will hear these words!: ‘I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.’ UNLESS THEY REPENT! Oh that American’s would wake up and see that if you profess Christ with your mouth and deny him with your works, your lost! Tit 1:16 ‘They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.’”
The Scourge of Beguilers
Conquering or controlling by deceit people has long been the work of deceivers and “There is no new thing under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9) No, in fact in this last hour, the Bible tells us that “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse” and “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” (2 Timothy 3:13; Revelation 12:12)
Jesus told us that He hates the “doctrine” and “deeds of the Nicolaitans.” (Revelation 2:6, 15) When we simply break down this word Jesus uses here – “Nicolaitans” – we gain insight into its meaning and what our LORD says He hates. Nico means “to conquer” while laitans means “the laity.” So, “Nicolaitans” simply means, “to conquer the laity.” This is the doctrine of control that the Master addresses here. In fact, this doctrine and the deeds that accompany it, so infuriate the LORD that it is the only thing that Christ ever went on record to say that He “hates”! Selah!
The fear and nightmare of nicolaitan wolves is that they will be seen for who they really are. Their nemesis is informed and discerning believers who quickly identify them and mark and expose them as the Bible says to do (Romans 16:17-18).
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“Who will Rise Up”?
“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” Psalms 94:16
The vast majority of those who fill books and pulpits in this apostate age are “evildoers.” They are hirelings which means they are not in the ministry for the Great Shepherd of the sheep but rather their own self-serving gain (Philippians 3:18-19; Hebrews 13:20)
“For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” Acts 20:27-28
Here this great apostle of Christ speaks of how that he dispensed to the Ephesian believers “all the counsel of God.” He then instructs the elders in Ephesus “to feed the church of God.”
God-fearing men of Christ-like valor have never been so rare and so desperately needed as they are needed today – men who are “valiant for the truth” and willing to brave the elements of strife, railing, and persecution “for the word’s sake.” (Mark 4:17; Jeremiah 9:3)
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11
Never has there been a day in which there is a greater need for Christ’s disciples to rise up and to preach and teach the great doctrines of Holy Scripture. The great failure to teach and dispense the doctrine of Holy Writ have left a shattered, parched, and biblical illiterate people who vainly call themselves the church of Jesus. The greatest downfall of the last few decades has been the failure of leadership to preach the Word instantly, in season and out of season (2 Timothy 4:2). No, instead they have become the prophesied last day wolves who entertain goats instead of feeding the flock of God (Matthew 7:15; 24:5, 11, 24; 2 Timothy 4:2-4).
It can only be concluded that the men who now man the pulpits and media in America are themselves biblically illiterate. They themselves do not know the great teachings of the Bible and the stories of the men and women who truly served the LORD throughout history.
Who is it that will dig in and rise up – to dig in by eating, devouring, memorizing, meditating upon upon, and preaching the words of God?
“Strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:14-15
There is no light to bright and foreboding as the Word of eternal truth and to not teach it is to deprive this whole generation of souls who will left to sulk, to sit and to sink further into darkness. In former days, brave men who feared God rose up and obeyed the LORD in feeding His flock, a command to godly men of every generation.
“The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” Psalms 68:11
The need is for men who will daily search, memorize, and meditate upon the great truths of the Counsel of the LORD and to begin to teach that one, that two, and that multitude the Precepts of the Most High.
The servant Ezekiel was commanded to eat and then speak. One must eat before he can speak.
“And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to EAT, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I EAT IT; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and SPEAK WITH MY WORDS unto them.” Ezekiel 3:3-4
Only those who know the Word of God can preach the Word of God. How long shall we remain so embarrassingly shallow about the most essential relationship and subject in the Universe?
Is the LORD calling you to come closer and to go deeper? If you will answer His call, surely He would have you to obtain a King James Bible (if you don’t already have one) and to obey Him as David did – “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” (Psalms 27:8)
As we plunge headlong into this darkest hour of history, who is it that will take upon himself the reading, studying, and diligent dispensing of the saving words of our great God?
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:21-25
Becoming enmeshed in God’s Word will require coming apart from the world and from worldly people. This will require being set apart to the LORD in a deeply consecrated way, setting aside the affairs of this fleeting life to seek the face of the LORD.
“Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.” Proverbs 18:1
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“The Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ”
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Do we even begin to realize the profound and immeasurable potential that lies in the power link of prayer? Jesus Christ is forever at His Father’s right hand making intercession for all of His beloved people (Heb. 7:24-25; 10:19-22).
Okay are you ready for a truth that is going to change your life forever? Read the following Bible verse slowly and for all it’s worth, drinking it in:
“For I know that this shall turn to my salvation (blessings, deliverance, and provision) through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:19
In speaking to Christian people he was in fellowship with, this disciple of Jesus – no different than you and I – said that it was “through your prayer” that “the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” was given to him in his life! Did you catch that?!
How does the LORD bless His people when we pray for them? Is it not by giving them a greater portion and measure of “the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ”?
Did you realize that the person or people you pray for are given “the Spirit of Jesus Christ”? According to this insightful truth out of the pen of the apostle Paul, the Father in Heaven blesses those we lift in prayer with the blessed Person and work of the Holy Spirit. “The spirit of Jesus Christ” is dispensed and poured out into the hearts and lives of those we pray for! This is what Paul told us was happening to him as the saints prayed for him.
PRAYER: Father in Heaven, please forgive me for taking prayer communion and prayer requests for granted. Forgive me also for prayerlessness and for not lifting others in prayer more. Thank You LORD the unspeakable, incredible blessing of prayer. Bless Your people to be faithful to request those things You have revealed in Your Word for each other! Thank You Father for pouring out Your Holy Spirit upon Your people afresh this hour and also every time we lift each other to You in prayer! Amen.
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Message Rec’d:
Deliverance should be a part of ANY and ALL Pastor’s walks with God… Jesus cast out demons, and so did the Apostles. Why are there so few Pastors and other Ministers of the Gospel that don’t even approach the subject?
Response:
Great question you pose here Roy. The reason so many who want to tout themselves as the man of the hour and brandish the high minded, self-promoting titles and yet do not want to engage in true New Testament ministry, is simply because they are not praying and fasting. They are full of self. Paul says their “god is their belly” and that they are “the enemies of the cross of Christ.” (Phil. 3:18-19) Jesus says “Howbeit this kind (of devil and unbelief) goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:21 … the new versions are corrupted ….. they remove this verse completely or cast doubt on its divine authenticity.
Jesus cast out devils by the SPIRIT of God and sent Him to empower His people and yet, if we deny His Word of the baptism with the Spirit, we have no hope to cast out devils. Jesus says: “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (KJV)
Those who truly believe the original Gospel and all that it encompasses, believe in and engage in casting out devils – “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;” (Mark 16:17) Again, this extremely important portion of Scripture is removed or cast doubt upon as satan would have it (Mk. 16:15-20).
Remaining in Christ to the End is Essential
Eternal life is never earned, merited, or kept by one’s own goodness or works and yet, Christ said there are some who “believe for awhile and in time of temptation FALL AWAY.” (Lk. 8:13). Only those who are born again and abide or continue in and with Christ – enduring to the end, will be with Him eternally (Jn. 15:1-6; Col. 1:23; Heb. 3:6, 12-14; 10:26-39, Rev. 2-3, etc.).
1 John 2:6, 28 speak of abiding or remaining in Christ which means there is the danger of not remaining in Him as Jesus taught in John 15.
Eternal life is the life of Christ in the believer and yet the possession of eternal life is contingent upon abiding in Christ. Although most Christian circles seem to stop right here – at the obtaining of initial salvation through faith, the Bible certainly doesn’t stop there. According to the faith once delivered to the saints, the same faith that initially appropriated God’s grace must be continued in to the end of one’s life, or eternal life will be forfeited. Though eternal life is eternal, the possession of it is not – necessarily.
“By faith are we saved, and by faith we stay saved.” E.M. Bounds
Righteousness can only come from Jesus Christ…imputed as we repent and place our full faith in Him alone for salvation that He alone earned for us (Rom. 3:21-4:5). God requires faith, not only to initially receive His imputed righteousness, but also ongoing to the end of one’s life or all is lost. This is a doctrine the reformist OSAS adherent completely deny and yet it is all over Scripture (Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Col. 1:23; Heb. 3:6, 12-14; 10:26-39; 2 Pet. 2:20-22; Rev. 2-3, etc.). The appropriation of His saving righteousness is only to those who truly believe into Jesus Christ and continue in that faith to the end. Many “fall away” (Lk. 8:13) or simply do not realize that their “faith” is not authentic, one that if it is real, which will always produce a life of good fruit, denying ungodliness and worldly lust and looking daily for the soon return of Jesus for those who are being washed by His Word, without spot and blemish (Titus 2:11-12; Eph. 5:25-27; 1 John 3:3).
The Son of God taught:
“He that endureth TO THE END shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22; 24:13
Salvation will begin with someone repenting and placing their faith in Christ alone, but that’s the beginning, not “the end” of one’s salvation. Peter speaks of “receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” (1 Peter 1:9) Jesus says the born again believe must “endure to the end” to be saved ultimately into Heaven’s glory or New Jerusalem (Matthew 10:22; 24:13).
Salvation never comes with the promise of eternal life guaranteed to those who do not abide/remain in Christ after being saved. John 15:1-6. God’s power sure is “able to keep” us but He will not if we do not endure to the end (1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24). The LORD is under no obligation to keep anyone who does not continue to follow Christ and will take no one into His holy Heaven who is defiled by sin.
“Follow peace with all men and holiness WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD.” Hebrews 12:14
“IF we deny him, he also WILL DENY US.” 2 Timothy 2:12
The LORD Himself always abides faithful but men don’t and if they don’t, He is under no obligation to keep them and saved them into His holy Heaven.
God does not force any man to continue to follow Him. Saving grace is forfeited when one departs from the faith, does not endure to the end, refuses to continue abiding in Christ, etc. (Matt. 10:22; 24:14; Heb. 3:6, 12-15; 10:26-39; Rev. 2-3. etc.). Nothing in Scripture could be clearer than this truth. Upon repenting and placing faith in Jesus, one is saved and is also required by the Savior Himself to abide or remain in fellowship (love and obedience) with Him or that person will be thrown into the fires of hell and burned (John 15:5).
To deny that a saved person can “FALL away” is to deny Christ who invented this term and thereby taught that falling away/becoming apostate/departing from the LORD is possible!
According to the New Testament record, authentic saving faith is NOT un-forfeitable, but rather can be:
- · “Cast off” – 1 Timothy 5:11-12
- · “Put away” and “Made shipwreck” of – 1 Timothy 1:19
- · “Denied” – Revelation 2:13
- · “Denied” – 1 Timothy 5:8
- · Departed from – 1 Timothy 4:1
- · Failed – Luke 22:32
- · Overthrown – 2 Timothy 2:18
- · “Erred from” – 1 Timothy 6:10
- “Erred” from – 1 Timothy 6:21
- · Fallen Away from: One can “fall away” from his believing/saving faith – Luke 8:13
Paul said the Galatian believers had “FALLEN from grace” outside of which no one can be saved (Gal. 3:3; 5:4). The finished work of Christ is not at question by the rest of God’s Word. Salvation is eternal and yet according to the Scriptures, the possession of it is not unconditional or unforfeitable. Jesus taught men could believe and then “FALL away.” (Luke 8:13)
The Bible speaks of “the sins that are PAST” being forgiven, not future automatically being forgiven (Romans 3:25). With not one Scripture to prove it, the OSAS proponents tout the unfounded myth that the truly saved person is somehow mysteriously exonerated from all liability, penalty and responsibility of all sins, past, present and FUTURE. Is this supposition biblically accurate? Where is this found in the Bible? To the contrary, the Scripture states something much different:
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are PAST, through the forbearance of God.” Romans 3:25
Here the Lord had the perfect opportunity to tell us that all sins, even future sins, were automatically forgiven regardless of whether or not the transgressors heart was repentant or not. The “sins that are past” are forgiven, thank God, but all future sins will be forgiven when and “if” repentance is rendered toward the Lord by the enabling power of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:13; 1 Jn. 1:7, 9). Actually the LORD had 27 books in the New Testament canon alone to tell His people they are unconditionally forgiven of all future sins no matter what they choose to do, and He simply didn’t. The absence of even the hint of such should make it abundantly clear that the forgiveness of the future sins of the individual believer is contingent upon his choice to continue to walk with Christ’s light (1 Jn. 1:7).
What the OSAS proponent doesn’t acknowledge or understand is that all sins, past, present, and future, have been paid for, yet the forgiveness of them is only appropriated by and granted to the individual when and as confession and repentance is rendered (1 Jn. 1:7, 9). We have the Word of God on this truth! As His Word clearly reveals, God set this system up and any person who disagrees can argue with Him if they wish to. Any person who doesn’t acknowledge this plain Bible truth has fashioned in his heart the image of a false god made in his own sinful image and likeness. When we honestly observe His Counsel, we witness that the LORD simply never indiscriminately washes away sins from anyone. There must be confession and repentance and faith.
“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.” (Heb. 10:12) Salvation was paid for by Jesus “once” on the cross 2,000 years ago (Jn. 19:30; 1 Pet. 3:18). God dealt with all sins once and for all on the cross in the sense of satisfying the claims of His perfect justice (Rom. 3:24-25; 2 Cor. 5:19). The way that applies to the individual’s life is different. The same God who dealt with sin on the cross also equally gave condition for men to receive forgiveness – initially and on an ongoing basis. The LORD draws. No person can come to Him except drawn by Him – yet He leaves the final decision up to the individual (Jos. 24:15; Jn. 6:44). His desire is to save and not destroy, to rescue and not condemn (Lk. 9:56; Jn. 3:17). The one who will be in right standing with the Almighty must get in and remain in the relational will of God by repentance and faith in Christ alone (Acts 3:19; 20:21). Peter was rescued again or re-converted after sinning (Lk. 22:31-32). James 5:19-20 speaks of restoring or rescuing a perishing brother who errs into sin and spiritual death (James 5:19-20). Spiritual death is separation from God through sin and must be restored to re-establish the relationship (1 Jn. 1:6-10).
If we are truly abiding in Him, which is essential to salvation (Jn. 15:1-5), we will be delivered from sinning perpetually and if we do sin, we repent and forsake that which God says displeases Him.
“He that covereth (tries to hide) his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13
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