“We’re Doing it For Ourself Not God!” Victoria Osteen
THE “ME” GOSPEL …. It’s the “It’s all about me” false gospel. See 2 Timothy 3:1-7 and you will see that this is clearly a fulfillment of prophecy.
Victoria Osteen Attempts to Rob God of the Glory Due Only to Him and Joel Does Nothing to Stop Her
THIS WAS PURE evil, satanic blasphemy in a diabolical attempt to steal, to rob God of the glory due only to His holy name 1 Cor 1:29-31; Isaiah 42:8 … If you were surprised by this and didn’t already know this is a completely self-serving, flesh-flattering false ministry … we pray in Jesus’ holy name that God will open your heart and quicken you to true repentance and that He will fill you with His holy fear and move you to get into His Word …. any 2nd grader who has read a page or 2 in the Gospels knows that the Osteens preach anything except the original Gospel (and are therefore “accursed” Galatians 1:6-9)….. it’s only those who who are serving the false, puny god of self who want to defend this poster couple of the self life …..
SO, IN THEIR DEMENTED FALSE GOSPEL, THE OSTEEN’S ARE COMING OUT IN THE OPEN NOW WITH THE IDEA THAT GOD EXIST TO SERVE MANKIND AND NOT VICE VERSA.
“NOW THE SPIRIT SPEAKETH EXPRESSLY, THAT IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS, AND DOCTRINES OF DEVILS; 2 SPEAKING LIES IN HYPOCRISY; HAVING THEIR CONSCIENCE SEARED WITH A HOT IRON.” 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
IN THIS LATE HOUR, SATAN HIMSELF IS USING “SEDUCING SPIRITS, AND DOCTRINES OF DEVIL” THROUGH SMILING, POSITIVE THINKING CULT SILVER TONGUE DEVILS LIKE JOEL AND VICTORIA OSTEEN TO TEMPT MANY TO FORSAKE CHRIST BY LOVING THE FLEETING RICHES OF THIS SINFUL WORLD (1 JOHN 2:15-17). DO YOU RECALL HOW SATAN TEMPTED JESUS? WATCH THIS:
“AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, AND THE GLORY OF THEM; 9 AND SAITH UNTO HIM, ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE, IF THOU WILT FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP ME. 10 THEN SAITH JESUS UNTO HIM, GET THEE HENCE, SATAN: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD, AND HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.” MATTHEW 4:8-10
Before millions of biblically illiterate, lost souls, Victoria Osteen, smiling as usual, said: “I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God–I mean, that’s one way to look at it–we’re doing it for ourselves, because God takes pleasure when we are happy. . . . That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy. . . .”
She continued: “So, I want you to know this morning — Just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy. . . . When you come to church, when you worship him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?”
As usual, the self-worshiping crowd erupted with an “amen.”
“America deserves the Osteens. The consumer culture, the cult of the therapeutic, the marketing impulse, and the sheer superficiality of American cultural Christianity probably made the Osteens inevitable. The Osteens are phenomenally successful because they are the exaggerated fulfillment of the self-help movement and the cult of celebrity rolled into one massive mega-church media empire. And, to cap it all off, they give Americans what Americans crave — reassurance delivered with a smile. … According to Osteen, God wants to pour out his “immeasurable favor” on his human creatures, and this requires a fundamental re-ordering of our thinking. “To experience this immeasurable favor,” Osteen writes, “you must rid yourself of that small-minded thinking and start expecting God’s blessings, start anticipating promotion and supernatural increase. You must conceive it in your heart before you can receive it. In other words, you must make increase in your own thinking, then God will bring those things to pass.’” Albert Mohler
Notice that in their whole theological scheme, serving “God” is all about getting something from Him instead of humbly bowing before Him in worship for who He is. Note also that in this diabolically twisted theology, it’s not due to Christ’s perfect sacrifice that God blesses us but rather what the “little god” of SELF can think, believe, and conjure up in his own deceived mind that determines whether or not one receives God’s blessings. That is pagan, New Age witchcraft. This is the PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) cult barely repackaged.
Mohler continues:
“There is nothing really new in this message. Anyone familiar with the New Thought movement and later books such as Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich will see a persistent theme. The important issue is this — Prosperity Theology is a false Gospel. The problem with Prosperity Theology is not that it promises too much, but that it aims for so little. What God promises us in Christ is far above anything that can be measured in earthly wealth — and believers are not promised earthly wealth nor the gift of health.
But to talk of the promises of God to believers is actually to jump outside the Osteen audience. The Osteen message does not differentiate between believers and unbelievers — certainly not in terms of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In their sermons, writings, and media appearances, the Osteens insist that God is well-disposed to all people and wills that all flourish, but there is virtually no mention of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. No reference to sin as the fundamental issue. No explanation of atonement and resurrection as God’s saving acts; no clarity of any sort on the need for faith in Christ and repentance of sin.
Instead, they focus on happiness and God’s “immeasurable favor” to be poured out on all people, if they will only correct their thinking.
… How can any sinner be saved, without a clear presentation of sin, redemption, the cross, the empty tomb, and the call to faith and repentance? Prosperity Theology fails every test, and fails every test miserably. It is a false gospel, and one that must be repudiated, not merely reformatted.” Albert Mohler
THESE ARE THE SAME APOSTATE SOULS WHO DARE TO DEFEND THIS TYPE OF BLASPHEMY THAT ROBS THE ALMIGHTY OF THE GLORY AND PRAISE DUE TO HIS HOLY NAME ALONE. BUT JUST WHO WOULD WANT SATAN’S EMISSARIES TO CONTINUE TO MISLEAD PEOPLE? …. OTHER THAN THOSE WHO ARE ALSO SATAN’S PROPERTY DUE TO THEIR UNREPENTANT HEARTS.
Those have the audacity to defend such falsity are full of the love of self and therefore love those who feed that iniquitous self worship.
NO TRUE CHRISTIAN would ever defend any remote statement that blatantly says that worship is about us – sinful us – and not the LORD because such is a blasphemous, wholesale denial of the LORD Jesus Christ. …. my head is still spinning that anyone claiming to be a born again disciple of Jesus could be so dark and deceived as to seek to rob the glory from the nail-scarred risen Savior who bled to redeem us from our sin….. This is the fulfillment of what Jesus foretold … “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:11
To those who would lamely seek to make excuse for the wolves who lie to them: The Osteen’s are willingly deceived ….. anyone who is deceived is deliberately deceived because we all have a Bible. This is especially true and especially dangerous with those who lead or in this case mis-lead. See 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12.
False prophets are simply those who lead you away from the worship of Jesus Christ, the only One worthy of our worship, who said “Thou shalt have NO other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3-4) Any questions?
WHO made you? For WHO’S PLEASURE was all creation made? Fallen the LORD’s or mankind’s? Just who is “WORTHY … to receive glory and honour and power“? … “THOU art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for THY pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)
—– WHO are we made by? WHO are we to worship? – “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him ONLY shalt thou serve.” (Matthew 4:8-10)
This false gospel is espoused by many who have never truly repented and therefore are not saved (Luke 13:3, 5). Yet, they’ve been deceived into thinking that because they mouthed a little prayer, that that magic prayer saved them. Nonsense. Jesus says “Ye must be born again” and “Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.” (John 3:3, 7; Luke 13:3, 5, etc.)
THIS FAIRY TALE MESSAGE CONVEY BY THE OSTEEN’S HAS NO RECONCILIATION TO THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL GIVEN TO US IN THE PAGES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES. THEIR NEW AGE MESSAGE IS A SELF-WORSHIPING FALSE GOSPEL AND IS ESPOUSED BY UNREPENTANT, GOD-LESS PEOPLE WHO VAINLY BELIEVE THEY ARE SAVED AND YET HAVE ONLY A MERE “FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENY THE POWER” OF CHRIST TO REIGN IN AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES UPON TRULY REPENTING (2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7). THE OSTEEN’S ARE THE POSTER CHILDREN FOR THE SELF-SERVING DEVILS WHO VAINLY BELIEVE THEY KNOW JESUS WHILE REFUSING TO OBEY JESUS BY LAYING DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THIS FLEETING, SINFUL WORLD (LUKE 14:33; 17:33). CONCERNING WORSHIP, VICTORIA OSTEEN SAYS: “WE’RE DOING IT FOR OURSELF NOT GOD!” AS JESUS TOLD US WOULD BE THE CASE, VICTORIA OSTEEN SPOKE OUT OF HER MOUTH WHAT IS IN HER HEART SO THAT ALL COULD THE TRUTH (MATTHEW 12:34). WHY? – BECAUSE GOD IS MERCIFUL AND DESIRES TO DELIVER ANY PERSON WHO THINKS THEY ARE HIS AND STILL FOLLOWS THIS LINE OF HERETICAL, BLASPHEMOUS TEACHING. …. SOME PEOPLE ARE SO TURNED OVER BY GOD TO “STRONG DELUSION” THAT THE OSTEEN’S MIGHT AS WELL JUST COME OUT AND SAY “WE’RE NOW REVEALING THAT SATAN HIMSELF IS OUR GOD,” AND THESE IDOLATROUS, GULLIBLE DUPES WOULD LAP IT UP AND APPLAUD – BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVING SELF, NOT THE LORD AND SAVIOR WHO SAID THAT TO FOLLOW HIM ONE MUST DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW (MATTHEW 16:24-25; LUKE 9:23-24, ETC.).
ALL IT TAKES TO DECEIVE MOST PEOPLE IS TO PILE ON THE MAKEUP, THROW ON A SMILE, AND TELL LIES. ARE WE SURPRISED? THAT’S JUST HOW SHALLOW THEIR “LOVE” FOR THE NAIL-SCARRED RISEN SAVIOR IS – THAT PEOPLE PROFESSING TO KNOW THE LORD JESUS BRAZENLY FORSAKE HIM FOR ANY OLE SMILING WOLF THAT COMES ALONG WITH A SILVER TONGUE. HERE WE HAVE A TANDEM OF WOLVES, WORKING TOGETHER AS A MARRIED COUPLE TO OVERTHROW THE FAITH OF MAN AND TO LEAD ASTRAY MILLIONS.
AFTER ALL, HE HAS A TV SHOW THAT HE MUST BE TELLING THE TRUTH, RIGHT……. THE OSTEEN’S: HERE WE HAVE A TANDEM OF WOLVES, WORKING TOGETHER AS A MARRIED COUPLE TO OVERTHROW THE FAITH OF MANY AND TO LEAD ASTRAY MILLIONS. AS LONG AS THERE ARE GULLIBLE DUPES, BIBLICALLY ILLITERATE PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO STUDY GOD’S WORD FOR THEMSELVES, BEGUILERS LIKE THIS WILL PROSPER …. UNTIL JESUS RETURNS AND THEN THE LAKE OF FIRE WILL BE THE ETERNAL ABODE OF ALL WOLVES AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THEM (NUMBERS 16:30; 2 PETER 2:1-3; 2 JOHN 7-11, ETC.).
“Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.” 2 Peter 3:17
Isn’t it crazy how naive people are … as sheep having no shepherd and therefore willing to be led about by anyone who smiles and tells them ear tickling stories (“fables” – 2 Timothy 4:2-4).
Many “will not endure sound doctrine” which means they will not remain in it and will not hold themselves accountable to it.
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3-4
It’s the “Tell ME what IIIIII want to hear” crowd that migrates to wolves like the Osteen’s. No true disciple of Jesus would give their completely false message a minute of time other than to expose it for what it is – heretical.
Can you believe the apostasy (departure from what is truth and what is right). Why are we surprised? After all, many have made excuses for the glaringly obvious false, corrupt Bible versions, the lie of “once saved always saved,” and many other myths.
Listen below (video) to Victoria Osteen spout the anthem of Satan himself and all antichrists. She says “Do good because God wants you to be happy.
At the end of this clip, notice how she quickly moves on into a prayer “Father …..” What does this indicate? It indicates that she knows that she is lying, using the name of the LORD in vain, and misleading the millions of searching, biblically illiterate souls in her audience. Also, don’t hold your breath for her spineless husband to correct this blasphemous lie with Scripture. He’s not a man of the Word whatsoever.
Many are so ridiculously blinded by their own choice not to truly repent and be saved and that’s why they listen to the Osteen’s in the first place. People are so blinded that these two smiling wolves could come on stage and openly state that they are serving Satan and this audience would applaud and empty their pockets. Their anthem is “Just tell me I am okay just like I am and that “God” only exists to make ME happy!”
“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” Isaiah 30:9-11
Victoria Osteen says “God Just Wants You to be Happy.” Is that why Jesus came to the earth? Where does the Bible say such? What saith the Holy Scriptures? – “(Jesus) Who gave himself for us, THAT he might redeem us from ALL iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” (Titus 2:14) Did you catch the Biblically stated reason for which Christ came to the earth?
Victoria Osteen says in the brief video clip below that “God Just Wants You to be Happy”? But the Bible clearly teaches us that God commands us to “Be ye holy; for I am holy.”(1 Peter 1:15-16) Victoria Osteen could just as easily have told her audience that “God wants you to be holy.” If she’s not a false teacher, there’s no such thing. This is unthinkable heresy.
When a person refuses to love divine truth and refuses to turn their hearts to the LORD, God keeps them blinded – He does not lift the veil that blinds their understanding (2 Corinthians 3:14-16; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12). Such a person will receive the due reward of “eternal damnation” for their rejection of Jesus Christ. To reject His teachings is to reject Him (Mark 8:38; John 8:47, etc.).
Let me say from the onset here: SO just WHAT part of what Victoria Osteen says in the video clip below do you dare defend? This is unthinkable apostasy saints …. The Osteen’s are saying (with no repentance) that worship is NOT about God but about YOU – this clearly proves they are not serving Christ but the false god of SELF and leading others in the same! Paul wrote: “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, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)” (Philippians 3:18-19)
THESE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER TRULY REPENTED (SURRENDERED) … THEY HAVE BEEN LIED TO BY THESE VERY WOLVES THAT CHRIST’S BODY IS EXPOSING. CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IS ABOUT DEATH TO SELF AND THE MAGNIFICATION AND EXALTATION AND WORSHIP OF THE ONE, NAIL-SCARRED, RESURRECTION LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST – BEFORE WHOM EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND CONFESS THAT HE ALONE IS LORD (PHILIPPIANS 2).
Who can disprove this after listening to her words???!!! And, God forbid that we simply bring this evil into the light …. on our own website …..
‘Do Good for Your Own Self’: Osteen Says Obedience, Worship ‘Not for God’ but Rather for the god of self.
https://youtu.be/YDV8bRwzBEU
The prophesied great falling away is upon us – in our very midst in “Christian” pulpits, books, websites, and church programs. As promised by our LORD and His apostles, a conspiracy of “evil men and seducers” are waxing “worse and worse” in this late hour before our Savior’s return (2 Tim. 3:13). Posing as ministers of righteousness, ravenous wolves have crept into the church world and are sowing doctrinal poisons into the hearts of the people. These viperous beguilers are tickling the ears of their hearers with “doctrines of devils” and soul-damning heresies (1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Peter 2:1-3). Millions of souls are becoming eternal casualties in the war these wolves are waging against the God of truth, as they feverishly prey upon the unlearned and unstable while feigning to represent Christ. These are the very wolves Christ warned us about when He said “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” and, “many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 7:15; 24:11) | Predators in Our Pulpits
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—- Shannon Cook writes:
“ROMANS 1:16
FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST: FOR IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERY ONE THAT BELIEVETH; TO THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.NOW PAUL DEFINITELY WASN’T ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, NAY, IN FACT HE WENT ON TO WRITE ALMOST THE ENTIRE NEW TESTAMENT. HE SURE DIDN’T WRITE ABOUT HIS “BEST LIFE NOW,”IN FACT HE STATES THAT WE’VE BEEN “GIVEN IN BEHALF OF CHRIST TO SUFFER” FOR HIS SAKE!
PHILIPPIANS 1:29
FOR UNTO YOU IT IS GIVEN IN THE BEHALF OF CHRIST, NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE ON HIM, BUT ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE;NOW IF THE OSTEEN WOLF PACK (AND THE LIKE, NOT TO SINGLE THEM OUT) WERE NOT “ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL” THEY’D BE PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND NOT A DOCTRINE OF DEVILS FROM A HOUSE OF DEVILS.”
CLUELESS QUESTION:
“Where is your proof that the Osteen’s are teaching falsely?”
REPLY:
Where is your proof that they are teaching the original Gospel present in the New Testament Scriptures? The burden of proof is on you and you cannot demonstrate from Holy Scripture that the Osteen’s are preaching the Word of God. These are the most obvious false teachers in America. Why do you love them instead of the LORD? Do you have His Word, a King James Bible?
ATTENTION WOLF DEFENDERS/DEVIL SYMPATHIZERS:
Christ calls us to mark such false teachers who are leading many of His sheep astray – you know -the ones He bled for …. do they matter? or is this wolf ministry more important than the millions they are leading to hell? “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark (Gr. take aim at, scope out and sound the alarm) them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Rom 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.” Rom. 16:17-18
Angie, Joel is teaching his falsehoods publicly and so they must be exposed publicly…. he is a false teacher …. any second grader who has read a page or two in the Gospels knows that Joel is not teaching anything close to the original Gospel.
It’s very dangerous to be defending the very enemies of God that He commanded His people to expose by the light of His holy Word….
You know, no one here is condemning anyone, including the Osteen’s so much for a moral failure (although that it certainly is), but a concern for teaching false doctrine. We are to side with no one except God in doctrine and anyone bidding God speed (condoning or approving) false teachers is going to be a partaker in their eternal judgment (2 John 7-11).
Attention wolf defender, why do we not have the slightest concern for the millions they are leading to hell? … Jesus warned: ” Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 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 7:13-21
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Galatians 4:16
Jesus commanded us to “Judge righteous judgment.” John 7:24
When counterfeits us their favorite verse “Judge not,” they are really saying “Don’t convict me of sin, I don’t want the truth. I want to remain separated from God!”
Shannon Cook says:
“Question:
When Paul corrected Peter
(Galatians 2:11-21)
Was Peter’s response, ”Stop judging me.”
Not in my Bible it wasn’t.”
The Nonbeliever’s Favorite Verse”
Don’t Judge?
Do you know what the nonbeliever’s favorite verse is?
It is Matthew 7:1: “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.” This verse is usually quoted after we say something like, “Well you know what? I don’t think that is right.”
This verse, however, is not telling us that we should not make judgments, because in other passages we read that as believers, we are indeed to make evaluations, to be discerning, and yes – to even make judgments.
In fact, the Bible asks, “Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?”
(1 Corinthians 6:2). We are also told in Scripture that “judgment must begin with God’s household”
(1 Peter 4:17).
We are to judge, but we are not to condemn. In fact, a better translation of Matthew 7:1 would be: “Do not condemn others, and you will not be condemned.” I am in no position to condemn a person. But I am in a position to make judgments about things, situations, viewpoints, and even about people to some degree.
“Don’t judge!” is said by people who don’t like it when we dare to have a Christian worldview. In fact, I have found that the most narrow-minded people are those who claim to be the most broad-minded.
Those who claim to be the most accepting are often the least accepting. Because when a Christian has an opinion, a nonbeliever will say, “How dare you say that! Who are you to judge?”
There is a living God, and He has revealed himself in the pages of Scripture.
Therefore, as believers, we accept the fact that we have absolute truth from God. And we develop our worldview from what the Bible teaches.
“Joel and Victoria Osteen have had their bluff (lies) called out on countless occasions. Even publicly. Has that changed anything? No it hasn’t.
The “love of money” is the ROOT of ALL evil. Truly they have received their reward. It’s sad, but it’s the truth.” Shannon Cook
As Shannon points out, the Osteen’s have been confronted numerous times and refuse to repent …. they are unrepentant. Some believe as I do that they have never truly repented which means they have never been saved.
When we ourselves have never truly repented, we want to listen to people who just tell us nice little flowery things that never confront us in our sinful state and in order to avoid having to stop, surrender, and change … truly repent, surrender…..
The “fruit” of the Osteen is rotten and clearly identifies the root of their lives …“the love of money is the ROOT of all evil.” (1 Timothy 6)
“But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1Ti 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
1Ti 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1Ti 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” 1 Timothy 6
WHO is it that primarily misleads the masses? “For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.” Isaiah 9:16 Who? “The leaders of this people … “ Isn’t this exactly what Jesus indicates and warns us to “beware of”? “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15
Many cling to mere sinful men like the Osteen’s who cannot save … this indicates that they are idolaters and therefore lost …. “Thou shalt have NO other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3
“Whenever a soul is in error, and the bride of Jesus is here to defend His gospel, it’s a fact that devils are also here trying to deny, and keep blind those whom know not the truth.” Shannon Cook
“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
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The Curse of a Divided Heart and Blessing of a Whole Heart! [podcast]
Israel’s heart was divided. The solution.
“Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images … 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” Hosea 10:2, 12
King Asa: Tragic end of an otherwise obedient, fruitful, God-glorifying life….
Are you blessed or cursed?
“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” Jeremiah 17:5
King Asa trusted the physicians and not the LORD and he paid dearly.
“And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.” 2 Chronicles 16:12
Feet speak of foundation. Without feet, physically we cannot stand. Without a sound foundation of truth, of God’s Word in our lives, we shall not stand. Read Matthew 7:19-29.
One writes notes the following about the meaning of feet in God’s Word:
“Why Are Feet Important in the Bible? Just as men and women stand upon their feet as the foundation of upright posture, Bible verses also use feet as a euphemism to represent a strong foundation in various circumstances. Feet are not referenced as we see them today, but they are used as symbols to represent greater metaphorical concepts, such as guidance or direction.
The feet represented something that was common to all people but used differently. For example, one of the most noted scripture texts involving feet is Psalm 119:105, ‘Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.’ This emphasizes how the feet are used to travel and traverse. Yet, without the word, the traveler is left walking in the dark without a known path.
Essentially, the feet are referenced as a critical part of life as walking was commonplace. We naturally travel where our feet lead us and the Bible verses use feet to represent a means of traveling through life itself. If we walk down a dark path, we are likely to stumble. If we walk down a holy path, we are sure to please God. All of this is facilitated symbolically by the feet.”
The foundation truth we learn in God’s Word and obedience to it determines the direction of our lives.
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7
Becoming Rooted and Grounded in Christ
Like Asa, many today trust the counsel of mere men, such as doctors and not God. This doesn’t mean going to a doctor is a sin and yet, the true disciple will primarily trust and obey and be led of the LORD, not men.
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6
Read Hebrews 3-4 prayerfully for the eternal danger of having “an evil heart of unbelief” AFTER being saved. Repentance required.
“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.” Psalms 12:2
Got depression? Are you seeking the LORD in true repentance whereby He will grant you great joy? (Psalms 51; 2 Timothy 1:7) Or, are you seeking out and trusting the mere human, the finite pundits of this fleeting world?
“But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.” Job 13:4
Those who trust human physicians and not the Great Physician, are cursed, not blessed. Their faith in mere men reveals their utter rebellion.
“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.” Jeremiah 1:10
2 Chronicles 15:17 – Upon becoming king in Judah, Asa, having inherited an idolatrous, lukewarm people, system… he began to command that…
- The people do that which is right in God’s eyes (2 Chronicles 14:2)
- That all idolatrous altars we torn down (2 Chronicles 14:3)
- That God’s people seek His face (2 Chronicles 14:4)
- That idol altars in the cities of Judah be removed – “and the kingdom was quiet before him” (2 Chronicles 14:5) ….. Proverbs 1:33
- Fenced cities be built …. so the land could be at rest, at peace, and not fear the enemy (2 Chronicles 14:6)
- The people be involved in building fenced, walled, protected cities – “Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.” (2 Chronicles 14:7) …… 1 Chron 16:11
- Great military be built (2 Chronicles 14:8)
“The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and IFFFF ye seek him, he will be found of you; but IF ye forsake him, he will forsake you.” 2 Chronicles 15:2
“But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.” 2 Chronicles 15:17
“Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” Hebrews 11:20-22
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Psalms 9:17
“Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.” Psalms 50:22
“Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” 2 Chronicles 20:20
God blesses those who trust Him and curses, removes His blessings from those who once trusted Him and yet now have forgotten Him. When we willingly offer ourselves as living sacrifices to the LORD our God, He avenges us of all our enemies (Judges 5:2) …. “But IF thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.” (Exodus 23:22)
“WHEN” does God avenge us of our enemies? “WHEN” does God judge our enemies?
“Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, WHEN the people willingly offered themselves.” Judges 5:2
When we offer our lives a living sacrifice unto the LORD – that is, we simply surrender this life to Him – the subduing of our enemies begins.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:1-2
Asa reigned as king in Judah for 39 years (2 Chronicles 14-16).
In his final days, after obeying God and bringing much needed reform to the people of God, Asa forgot the LORD, and had grown cold in his faith and was therefore cursed with a divided heart.
All those who trust mere men, just because they have a white coat on and are called “doctor”, are going to die as did king Asa who trusted in earthly physicians, instead of the Great Physician! Repent now sinner.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” Proverbs 3:5-7
Are you a pessimistic pansy or an optimistic overcomer? Are you like the 10 spies or the 2 who entered the promised land while the 10 sad sack whiners were shut out? “The righteous are bold as a lion.” (Proverbs 28:1) Jesus asks “WHERE is your faith?” (Luke 8:25) Repenting for real and putting all your trust in the LORD is essential – and no one will be in the promise land of Heaven without sound, solid faith in God. “Without faith it is impossible to please him.” (Hebrews 11:6). “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” (Jeremiah 17:5)
Read Revelation 2-3.
Remember the woman Jesus, the Great Divine Physician made whole of her issue who had previously spent all she had on human physicians?
“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him (accessed by faith in Him), turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith (in God not men) hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.” Mark 5:25-34
You claim to be trusting God but you take a mood drug? I don’t think so. MOOD DRUGS ARE FOR THE WICKED UNBELIEVERS. PERIOD. REPENT.
When a person resorts to using a drug to uplift their mood, they are loving and believing the world more than God, forfeiting the blessing of God for a cheap substitute, and manifesting their contempt for the LORD, their unbelief. A born again, presently abiding 
disciple of Jesus has all the fruit of the Holy Spirit which include, “Love, joy, peace…” (Galatians 5:22-23) God gives His people “power… love, and a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7) God’s Word has the answer to “ALL things that pertain unto life and godliness” and that specifically includes a “sound mind.” (2 Peter 1:3-4) Holy Scripture specifically uses the terms “sound mind” and “sound heart” which come only from learning and adhering to “sound doctrine.”
We live in a fallen world and were born in sin. Via the things that have happened to us and that we ourselves have perpetrated on others, fragmentation of our hearts has occurred. Only One can make us whole.
“And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:17-19
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” Psalms 147:3
Counting it all Joy
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1:2-8
Through the trials we face in this life, we must learn to “count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations”, trust God not men, ask for and rely on His wisdom and not waver, but rather finished our course trusting and walking with Christ to the end of our lives.
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” 2 Timothy 4:7
“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:10-12
The Whole Heart
“And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.” 2 Chronicles 15:15
The result of seeking the LORD with a whole heart is that He gives us “rest round about.”
“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” Proverbs 1:33
9 Times in the book of Psalms the words “Whole Heart” appear. Here’s the first 3 of that collection:
“I will praise thee, O LORD, with my WHOLE HEART; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.” Psalms 9:1
“Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my WHOLE HEART, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.” Psalms 111:1
“Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the WHOLE HEART.” Psalms 119:2
PRAYER: Dear heavenly Father, I have sinned against You by not wholly trusting You. I have not sought You with my whole heart. Here and now I confess this for the evil sin of unbelief and rebellion that it is and ask You to please forgive me now in the name of Jesus. Please wash me afresh from all my sins with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Also please make my heart whole and increase and fill me with Your faith Father, and cause me to trust You with all of my heart, no matter what. I love You my dear LORD. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Abiding
“NEVER take a Vacation from God” [podcast]
God’s Word teaches us to be diligent in knowing and following Christ – even when the word diligent is not used.
“Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.” 1 Chronicles 16:11
Make the deliberate decision to “set…
“Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.” 1 Chronicles 22:19
“Don’t you EVER take a vacation from God!” said my first pastor.
This beloved brother knew exactly what happens when the disciple relaxes in his seeking of the LORD. Think foolish virgins. The result can be deadly, irrevocably.
He was dead on in this warning. Give the flesh an inch and it will take a mile, right?
Have you ever slipped backward? If so, you know it started with just not reading God’s Word one day. That one day turned into two, three…. Right?
Never must this happen. The war is won in the now. You must “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7
God requires that we “give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall” (2 Peter 1:10).
It’s only those who remain built up in Christ like the wise virgins of Jesus’ parable, who “keep” themselves “in the love of God” who are not going to fall away.
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. … Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” Jude 20-25
Jesus warns:
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41
How did this kind of wisdom get lost from us beloved of God?
The disciple must get out ahead of the flesh. He must be one step ahead – knowing by testimony of the Word and by personal experience that there is “NO good thing” in us other than Jesus (Romans 7:18). This is exactly why Paul also said things like:
“I die daily.” 1 Corinthians 15:31
“But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” 1 Corinthians 9:27
Exhorting the sheep of Christ, one pastor said:
“Have fun this summer. Enjoy the outdoors. Travel to see friends and family. Explore the world. Just don’t take a vacation from God. He loves you more than you can imagine and wants to keep refilling your sack with his awesome gifts so that you can keep sharing them with others in your life!”
“The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.” Proverbs 13:19
Various Quotes on the Importance of Diligence
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.”―Calvin Coolidge
“But I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence…”―Charles Dickens
“Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.”―Plato
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”―
“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
“If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.”―Nikola Tesla
“Laziness looks at excuses as something to treasure while diligence always focuses on excuses as an inconvenience to be overcome.”―
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”―Thomas Alva Edison
“That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in, and the best of me is diligence.”―William Shakespeare
“Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline.”―Edward Gibbon
“Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.”―Benjamin Franklin
“The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.” Proverbs 26:13
“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.” Proverbs 14:23
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;” 1 Peter 1:13
“Wherefore – Having such encouragement. Gird up the loins of your mind – As persons in the eastern countries were wont, in travelling or running, to gird up their long garments, so gather ye up all your thoughts and affections, and keep your mind always disencumbered and prepared to run the race which is set before you. Be watchful – As servants that wait for their Lord. And hope to the end – Maintain a full expectation of all the grace – The blessings flowing from the free favour of God. Which shall be brought to you at the final revelation of Jesus Christ – And which are now brought to you by the revelation of Christ in you.“―John Wesley
“Slothfulness (laziness, lack of diligence) casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.” Proverbs 19:15
Power Words Power our Lives!
Remember those power words your parents instilled in your growing up? Remember things like “readers are leaders”? How about “The early bird gets the worm”?
What are some of the good words your beloved parents instilled in you as a child that live on in your mind and heart daily?
My beloved father taught us five to “always be consistent.” Oh and these weren’t just words. Oh no. My brother and I are only 13 months apart and so when we started playing football at about 6 years old, my parents set us down and looked us in the eyes and said “If you start this football season, you WILL finish. We require it of you, so count the cost.”
Nothing replaces consistency. Say it out loud with me right now beloved of God – CONSISTENCY.
While we’re on this topic, I hope you won’t mind me saying that it is befuddling to see how people start doing something that works and then quit – from a work out program to a lifestyle change in eating and most devastatingly, serving God then quitting.
Wait a minute, you were doing _______ and it was working, was blessing you, and then you quit?
Hebrews 10:32-39
“But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
Hebrews 6:9-12
“But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
62 times the words “diligent,” “diligence,” and “diligently” appear in Holy Scripture.
Each time we read these words, they pertain specifically to serving God “diligently” with “diligence.”
“Diligent”
“He becometh poor (spiritually) that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich (spiritually).” Proverbs 10:4
“Diligence”
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
“Diligently”
appears 37 times in God’s Word
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that DILIGENTLY seek him.” Hebrews 11:6
“Looking DILIGENTLY lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;” Hebrews 12:15
“Keep your dukes up!”
Growing up boxing, from home training to being on a golden gloves team in high school, the command of the coaches was always and repeatedly “Keep your dukes up!”
Those who drop their dukes, their hands from covering their face, get hit, get knocked out.
Another sign on the wall of that boxing facility was: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” unknown
We are going to go through what Jesus foretold:
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:21-22
YOUR PRAYER: Holy Father, in the name of Jesus I come to You now. Please forgive my sins of self-idolatry, slothfulness, and spiritual adultery.
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Apostasy
“Simple Concerning Evil” [podcast]
Holy Scripture uses the phrase “simple concerning evil.”
“For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple (innocent) concerning evil.” Romans 16:19
“But I would have you – Not only obedient, but discreet also. Wise with regard to that which is good – As knowing in this as possible. And simple with regard to that which is evil – As ignorant of this as possible.” John Wesley
Concerning Romans 16:19 Donald Stamps writes:
“God wants believers to be innocent (Gk. akeraios) in what is evil; this word means ‘unmixed’ or ‘pure,’ i.e., innocent like a child whose mind has not yet been exposed to evil or mixed with the values of the world (cf.1 Cor. 14:20). (1) This biblical principle is in direct opposition to the idea advocated by some that children of Christians should be exposed to sin, immorality, ungodliness, and the things of Satan in order to learn to confront temptation. Some suggest that children need not be guarded from ungodliness. However, according to biblical revelation, the philosophy is not only against God’s will for the believer, but also represents Satan’s own desire that everyone be exposed to the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 3:5). (2) Knowledge of evil, along with continual exposure to Satan’s ways, will lead many from the path of faith and obedience. Lot found this out to his deep sorrow, losing his entire family for this reason (Gen. 13:12-13; 19:1-38). Scripture warns that ‘evil communications’ (i.e., company) corrupt good manners (1 Cor. 15:33), and that ‘Jesus Christ … gave himself … that he might deliver us from this present evil world’ (Gal. 1:3-4). Those who advocate exposing innocent children to an ungodly environment and/or influence are in danger of violating Jesus’ warning in Matthew 18:6. (3) Believers should do all within their means and power to guard their children from being exposed to the deceitfulness and sin and the perverseness of this generation. To refuse to protect our children in this respect disregards the Holy Spirit’s desire that they be innocent and babes regarding what is evil.” Donald Stamps, Life in the Spirit Study Bible, p. 1959
Spoil the innocence of a child or others and God will spoil, bring ruin to you.
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” Matthew 18:6
“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.” 1 Corinthians 14:20
Concerning the fact and principle of offering children to Satan on the altar of Moloch, one source notes the following:
“Based on historical and biblical accounts, child sacrifice to Moloch was a Canaanite and Phoenician ritual, often described as offering children to a deity in a “tophet” (place of burning). Scholars interpret this act as a desperate attempt to appease a god associated with the underworld or to ensure divine favor in exchange for the ultimate sacrifice.
Why Children Were Offered to Moloch:
Appeasement of a Deity: Moloch (or Mlk) is identified by some scholars as an underworld deity or a Phoenician god linked to the underworld, requiring the ultimate sacrifice to ensure favor or safety.”
“Lot … Pitched His Tent Toward Sodom”
“Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.” Genesis 13:12-13
Of the act of Lot pitching his tent toward Sodom, the late Donald Stamps wrote:
“PITCHED HIS TENT TOWARD SODOM. Lot’s great failure was that he loved personal gain more than he hated the wickedness of Sodom (v10-13). (1) If he had loved righteousness sufficiently (see Heb. 1:9), it would have caused him to remain separate from the wicked ways of sinful people. Instead he tolerated evil and chose to live in wicked Sodom (v13). Perhaps he reasoned that the material advantages, culture, and pleasures of Sodom outweighed the dangers, and that he was strong enough to remain faithful to God. Thus, he exposed himself and his family to the immorality, and ungodliness of Sodom, only to learn the bitter lesson that his family was not strong enough to resist its evil influences (Gen. 19:24-26; 30-38). (2) Parents must be careful not to place themselves or their children in a “Sodom,” lest they come to spiritual ruin as did the family of Lot.” Donald Stamps, Life in the Spirit Study Bible, p. 27
“Although Lot was distressed by the filthy deeds he saw and heard (2 Pet. 2:7-8), he still was willing to tolerate the wickeness of Sodom for social and material advantages (13:12 note). This compromise brought tragedy to his family (v24). Likewise, believers today who expose their families to ungodly environments and evil influences for social or material gain are setting themselves up for family tragedies.” Donald Stamps, Life in the Spirit Study Bible, p. 34
Gentlemen, if we lust for the things of this world, it will cause us to sacrifice God’s truth on the altar of our greed and cause needless destruction in our families.
Ephesians 5:1-17
“1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
“And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.” Mark 4:17-19
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8
Key to a pure, innocent heart…. is that the LORD Almighty is truly first in our lives, that we are truly one with Him—just as Jesus prayed in John 17. The futile god of self must be denounced, as well as the sin of spiritual adultery and idolatry.
“Keep thyself pure.” 1 Timothy 5:22
PRAYER: “LORD, right this moment, I release everything and everyone that I might be holding onto tighter than You….I will have no other god before You dear LORD…You Jesus Alone Are My LORD And Savior. In Jesus’ name. Amen.” Marlene Austin
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