Enduring Sound Doctrine [podcast]
Enduring Sound Doctrine
Enduring “sound doctrine” Reveals that You are following Jesus, you are abiding in Christ, enduring to the end, and therefore you are not falling away… as God’s Word prophetically foretold that many would (Matthew 24:8-13; 1 Timothy 4:1-2, etc.). “Sound doctrine” reveals Christ, the perfect, permanent portrait of God!
Does rejecting, neglecting to learn and know God’s Word bring blessings or cursings on our individual lives?
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law (Word) of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Hosea 4:6
Regrettably, most men know more about sports, about the things of this fleeting world, than they do the Bible. Lack of knowledge of God’s Word, of His precious Precepts, is individually, intentionally induced ignorance. Many who falsely claim to love God and be saved also refuse to endure, hold themselves accountable to sound doctrine – across the board, as in the whole counsel of Holy Scripture (2 Timothy 2:15; 3:15-17; 4:2-5). God isn’t important enough to them to embark on a life long diligent daily study of His bless-ed precepts (Psalms 119). In other words, they have rejected Christ, are serving the god of self, and are hell bound (John 5:39-40; 8:47; Colossians 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Peter 2:2).
All who are not “valiant for the truth” prove they are God-less antichrists (Jeremiah 9:3).
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 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 4:2-4
Did you catch verse 2 above? First off, those who are enduring sound doctrine do not sit under, do not patronize nor support, do not bid Godspeed to men who aren’t authoritatively preaching the Word, the whole of it, including the hard truths of the LORD such as repentance, the crucified life (the cross), judgment, hell, losing one’s life in this world, living as a giver instead of greedy and covetous, the lake of fire, the essential of personal holiness, etc.
Biblical Fact: You will never be happy till you stop, drop down on your knees and face, in true surrender, and become a servant 24/7/365 (Luke 9:23-24; 14:33; 19:27; Philippians 2:3-5). Anyone promising happiness, fulfillment, or God’s blessings outside of the biblical cross prescription, a crucified life, is an absolute fraud. How long shall you follow lies and liars? Isn’t it time for you to repent for real, and get right with God – before He casts your wicked counterfeit soul into eternal fire?
The cross message of Christ and His holy apostles is not a novel concept, idea, or mere suggestion but rather it is a non-negotiable essential component of the original Gospel.
The reason so many don’t take sin seriously and sit under sin-justifying wolves in sheep’s clothing, is because they do not fear nor take God seriously. Then they attack the true messengers of Christ who are declaring that God is holy and He requires non-negotiably that anyone who will know and be with Him eternally cut off occasion for all sin as Jesus commanded in Mark 9:43-49 KJB…… They talk about grace but only in the respect that their sins were initially forgiven, yet never in respect to divine grace being the divine influence and enablement in their daily lives to overcome all that displeases Him – as they worshipfully with great gratitude deny self, take up the cross, follow, and abide in Jesus (Titus 2:11-14; Luke 9:23-24; John 15:1-6, etc.).
The counterfeit forsakes sound doctrine and turns to “fables.” In other words, moral cowards refuse to face the truth head on and so they turn to story-telling wolves in sheep’s clothing (Matthew 7:15).
You must make the decision that you are going to “endure sound doctrine.” In other words you are going to face the truth of God like a real man – in true repentance, ridding your life of all-every trace-of that which defiles you in the eyes of a holy God before whom you shall soon stand to give full account of your life, of every thought, motive, word, and deed (Mark 9:43-49).
Do you turn TO or FROM sound doctrine – the doctrines of the original Gospel given us by Christ and His holy apostles and on record for all in the Bible? Including that you must lay down your life in crucifixion, to deny the self-life, take up the cross daily, and follow Jesus (Matthew 10:38-39; Luke 9:23-24; Romans 6; Galatians 2:20; 6:14, etc.).
When one evades the message of the cross, He is entertaining the spirit of antichrist and migrates to the “MANY false prophets” Jesus and His apostles foretold would come in this last hour and “deceive MANY” (Matthew 24:11; 1 John 4:1-3).
First, let us recognize that most claiming to be representatives of Christ today never mention the cross and when they do, it’s partial at best and brief. Yet, there’s no other way to follow Jesus than the way He plainly prescribed – “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it” (Luke 9:23-24).
“Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be.” AW Tozer
Beware of the “don’t put God in a box” deceivers. It’s a bunch of witchcraft. Anyone who uses the “put God in a box” deception, is simply looking to define Him anyway THEY wish, outside of what His Word clearly states. They are moral cowards who do not fear the LORD and are full of self while they use His holy name in vain by putting His name on things that violate the final divine authority of His Word.
If something pretends or is said to be of God and yet isn’t aligned with God’s Word, it’s to be rejected. While God’s Word reveals that He speaks to His people at times by way of dreams, visions, prophecy, etc., the written Word is the primary way He leads His sheep and New Testament church. The written Word is “the MORE sure word of prophecy.” He said it’s more sure, more divinely authenticated than the literal audible voice of God speaking (2 Peter 1:12-21).
ANY person who looks to people like Dr FILL, any of the NAR devils, any Word of Faith fraud, or any other mere mortal, for life advice, needs to repent and get saved. When you do, God’s WORD will be the final divine authority of your life (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
The LORD defines Himself in His Word, period. Anyone teaching outside of His Word or contrary to it, is making a god in their own corrupt sinful image.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
Are you in God’s Word daily, or have you backslidden?
Anyone not seeking God daily has Him as a mere hobby, has rejected Christ (Luke 9:23-24; Revelation 2:4-5; 3:15-16).
“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” Galatians 4:16
The last thing we need is just another wolf spewing out more watered down, fake “bible” ear-tickling speculations and musings all in the name but not in the truth of Jesus Christ.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1
False prophets ….. isn’t that nearly all we have in the modern church world?
The LORD has and is calling out a remnant people who refuse to cower or compromise His holy truth. They have prayed for His holy fear to fill their bowels and their consciences are captive to and heart constitutions made out of His pure Word.
The day we cease preaching the full and whole counsel of God – Genesis to Revelation – will be the day you, beloved of God, should depart from us. If we or even an angel from Heaven (not hell) preach anything different from or lacking the contents of the original Gospel, recorded in Holy Writ, “let him be accursed.”
Any person not endeavoring to preach the whole counsel of the original Gospel of Christ is perpetrating “another gospel” which is a false gospel and is “accursed.”
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:6-10
The true disciple of Jesus is “valiant for the truth” (Jeremiah 9:3). He’s an ardent, a diligent, prayerfully meticulous student of Holy Scripture, clinging unflinchingly to the truth of God, declaring with the apostle Paul “Let God be true and every man a liar” (Romans 3:4).
God’s Word is largely made up of hard sayings and yet, most ministry today simply extracts, siphons out His promises intentionally leaving out the divine conditions in order to tickle the ears of their prey and build their own ministry name, earthly kingdom.
EXAMPLE OF MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“Don’t you think that your topics are too harsh?”
REPLY:
The important, the correct question is “Are these topics, is the content of this site BIBLICAL?”
As I look at this mix…. It simply communicates how this outreach is unique…. Not ear tickling.
At the time of receiving this latest email of this type, here is a screen shot of the latest posts. Take a look, then we’ll talk about it.
“Preach the Word”
“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 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 4:1-4
If those “not valiant for the truth” are not offended, we are not preaching the truth (Jeremiah 9:3). Truth is only hate speech to those who hate truth. Men-pleasers tickle ears for their own self-serving agenda. True disciples speak the naked, raw Bible truth relentlessly – “in season, out of season.”
The goal here is never to see how many we can please or draw in…. no. God is reaching for His REMNANT which is a “LITTLE flock” (Luke 12:32).
Most who claim to be Christians are not of the cross-bearing remnant (Is. 37:31).
There’s nothing in this world, on this earth, that will be glamorous in following Jesus. Christ’s disciples are not celebrities but rather His servants. Yet the glam of God is coming to all, to every born again disciple who follows Jesus on His stated terms – to the end (Matthew 10; 24; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Revelation 21). Are you the devil’s dupe that is forfeiting the divine dividends coming to His true saints, His “little flock”? See Luke 12:32.
Enduring sound doctrine is a choice.
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” Luke 6:26
God is calling His remnant to sharp, fiery, deeper content, not the typical shallow, surface level, ear-tickling allurements being falsely presented as being Christian.
“For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.” 2 Peter 2:18
Paul was concerned that the believers at Colosse would be seduced, enticed into falsehoods which are usually perpetrated by ear-tickling wolves.
“And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. … 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 2:4,8
Wolves entertain goats.
True disciples of Jesus feed His sheep.
We know who the true sheep are by their enduring of sound doctrine. To “endure” means to “hold oneself personally accountable to” (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
The height of delusionment….
To those who ignore the truths of the Gospel their fake pastor intentionally ignores and refuses to preach… Yet they still think they’re going to be with the One who spoke those truths, those conditions…. Hell awaits. Repent now.
The Remnant of Christ’s Elect are Gluttons for the Truth
Here’s the latest messages sent to the ministry by those who frequent this ministry site….. this is a sampling of the voice of the remnant:
“Love the book ‘I die daily‘ and podcasts. It’s very powerful praise God! It’s very thorny meaning it cuts, pierces, and punches but that’s the only way to grow. Jesus took my strength, my $, my work, my pride, and showed me not only am I nothing without Him, but that those things were above Him in my life. They were gods in my life above Jesus, Brother. And I didn’t even know it! Pain equals change I’m finding. God is good. I’m fed, my bills are being paid, and I’m out of work. God is good. Don’t get me wrong, I’m broke with little margin of error but I’m super blessed! Jesus has stressed upon me that we are running out of time, to get this right. So it’s now or never and to not just myself only but to help love and feed others for what’s about to come. Judgment Brother! Keep going ! Our King He is COMING !” Derek
“I praise God for your life brother Todd. Really appreciate your podcasts. It has help me on my Bible studies. Thank you brother. May God continue to bless you abundantly!” Marcus
“Hello Brother Todd. I’m daily reading the book you gave me ‘I die daily’ and listen to a daily podcast. It’s helping me and a huge challenge I need daily. I am thankful for Jesus and you and your family and team! God put me on the sidelines with this freak injury for a few reasons and its very humbling but I’m learning with all this free time now. When I send my offering to ”safe guard your soul ministry” I send a gospel tract so you can read it and give it too someone. I thank God for this ministry and its very important that it continues. It is making a huge impact especially where we are at in history. With what little time that is left as we know it here on earth! Don’t ever quit, Keep going! Praise God. ” Derek
“That’s why I call on you Todd. You know right where scriptures are. I remember listening to your radio program years ago. I never heard anyone give so many scriptures like you. Thank you for being here. Back then, I had to work then and get up at 4AM. I needed to go to bed earlier, but the program was so good.” Sharon
“You are a spiritual father I never had. My gratitude to you cannot be worded. Your ministry has to keep going, and if I can help, I will. After reading ‘Authentic: Disciple of Jesus‘, which is a superb book, I knew I had to get more of your work. People praying for me? I can’t believe it.” Jay
“Amen! The Cross life changes everything! Praise Jesus our only hope.” Derek
“I want to start on living as a Christ Crucified and Sanctified life. Any help or lessons would be greatly appreciated Brother Todd. I already have a copy of Jimmy Swaggart’s King James Expositor’s Study Bible.” Brother Charles. and Chastity Pray
“I just received the books last night and wanted to share the joy of confirmation that arose in my heart when I opened to the introduction of ‘Raised Up‘ and found the very scripture that I prayed throughout 2020 and became my eulogy. Ps.86:10-13 And yes, as you told whomever it was that wrote you about the title ‘I Die Daily,’ the ‘healing’ is the resurrection. Christ instruction to me: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. Prov. 9:4-6 Thank you brother for being obedient to the Lord of our salvation, I expect to find much treasure to help in my cross-walk in reading your books. May God continue to bless you and anoint you to die daily with Christ.” Jon
“Thank you brother … it was humbling and makes me want to get closer to God. I cherish this ministry and believe the hand of God is on it. Jesus is wonderful and I am blessed even in affliction He is so good to me. He spanks those He loves I got to remember that. Keep going brother!” Derek
“Brother Todd. I had a phone call the 28th of this month. The message said I need to talk to you please call me back. I called and the man answered and said I am calling about your program. He was saying that he cried all the way through it. I have a ladies ministry and that’s where he heard it. He told me he was a bad person in his life and wanted to learn how to be a Christian. I shared the Gospel with him from the back of the I Die Daily book and he has prayed with me to receive Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. He asked me what to do with his drugs and I said get rid of them. He flushed them down the toilet with me on the phone. He is overjoyed! I am so humbled and blessed the Lord led him to call me. Thank you for being so obedient to the Lord and sharing the true gospel so I could learn how to share it with him. He has called me for the past 2 days and he is excited about the Lord. I cannot say how thankful I am to have helped this man find our Lord! I bought him a Bible and a Bible cover, some pens, pencils highlighters and a prayer journal. Proverbs 11:30.” Dana
“I read Matthew 10 this morning. Powerful gospel truth! I can definitely relate to this one I’m rejoicing at the rejection as Jesus said you will be hated by all nations for my name sake . We call him Savior for a reason. Thank you Todd for all you do for the Kingdom of Heaven your definitely a blessing to our family. We love you Brother.” Cassandra
“Again, WOW, little by little things become more clear. I am now realizing that it seems everything we experience here on this earth is explained in that Holy book. I am so blessed that God put me in contact with you Brother, I thank you for your faith and guidance as I come closer to Jesus daily. I am already looking forward to speaking with you this coming week. Love you Brother,” Jeremy
“Praise God for this ministry. Keep going, you are in the will of God and we need this fear of God daily!” Derek
Remaining in “the Doctrine of Christ”
Enduring to the end, and continuing in sound doctrine!
“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” 2 John 7-11
Christ taught that these sins He named defile a man…. which plainly means they are not in right standing with God and hell bound unless they repent before it’s too late.
Not believing God’s Word means one is not a Christian (Matthew 7:16, 20; 2 Timothy 3:10, etc.). No such thing as a Christian who does not agree with God’s Word (John 8:47). Every person who dies as a fornicator, liar, adulterer, idolator, covetous, greedy, worldly, murderer, etc., is going to hell irrevocably (Mark 7:20-23; Galatians 5:19-21; Revelation 21:8, 27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 2:15, etc.).
Any person who rebels against the teachings of the LORD, does not know the Author of the Bible and is a rebel in need of repentance before it’s too late. Read John 8:47 closely. What did Jesus say? What did the Son of God separate between?
PRAYER: Holy Father, I come to You now in Jesus’ Name. Please circumcise my heart. Cut away all the evil, the fat, the compromise, and please make me to be Thy humble, honest, sincere, authentic servant. Unite my heart to fear Thy name, O LORD, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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Abiding
The Benefits of Knowing and Delighting in the LORD [podcast]
Delighting ourselves in Him
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
Loving God with a Whole Heart, our Whole Being
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40
Abiding in Christ, Asking
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7
Jesus Must Be Our “First love”
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” Revelation 2:4-5
“That Your Joy May be Full”
“And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” John 16:23-24
“That is the only place I want to be at the feet of Jesus drinking in His word. Soaking up all He has to say to me! I do not ever want to be arrogant enough to believe I can make it without Jesus. Everyday I tell Him how much I need Him. I am nothing without Jesus!! Oh how I long to be with Him! Yearning for the day when I shall see Him in the clouds. Coming to take us home! Hallelujah!” Karen Cochran
Truly Delighting in the LORD
“Many take this verse out of context (Psalm 37:4). For many years all I would hear Christians say was, ‘He will give you the desires of your heart.’ This then becomes all about you. They would leave out the first part, which says you must delight yourself in the Lord. I came to realize that when you delight in Him, He changes your heart, and you begin to desire what He desires. He aligns your heart with His heart!” Karen Cochran
The subject matter of your prayers reveals if you are about you, or about Jesus.
To illustrate our relationship with Christ, one write of old noted:
“The life of self is death.
The death of self is life.”
There cannot and will not be a resurrection until there is a death. Death and burial must precede raising up. Read Romans 6 each morning this week and ask God to help you life a doornail dead life!
Am I delighting in the LORD? If not, how can He possibly grant the desires of my heart?
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
When we delight in the LORD, our lives are crucified with Christ, we are one with Him and He is filling our hearts with His desires – to worship, love, and obey Him. What we ask Him for in prayer will change. Instead of “LORD, please give me this or that fleeting trinket,” it will be “LORD, please let this life be crucified with Thee. Help me to love You more. Use me to edify Your people and minister Your bless-ed Gospel to the lost souls You died and raise against to save.”
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29
Run from any wolf who is not squaring you up regularly to inform you that the LORD mandates your death so that He can fill and raise your life upward, Heavenward, for His eternal glory.
YOUR PRAYER: Holy Father, thank You so very much for sending Your only begotten Son to find, rescue, forgive, and save me into Your glorious eternal kingdom. Please help me to know and love You more. Sanctify my life and conform me to the image of Christ. Please wash me afresh with Your precious blood LORD Jesus. Use me to help others know You dear LORD. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Abiding
Cons and Crooks who Do Not Preach the Cross [podcast]
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18
Those who do not preach the cross prove that they believe the cross is “foolishness.”
The know that many will leave if they were to preach the crucified life. And they are in it for the money, the acceptance of mere men, not Christ. Make no mistake, the Holy Ghost through Paul warned us specifically about this generation of counterfeits, these “evil men and seducers” who “wax worse and worse.” (2 Timothy 3:13) They’ve raised up a generation of self-love counterfeits who have a mere “form of godliness” and are “denying the power (authority of Jesus) thereof: from such turn away.” (2 Timothy 3:1-13)
The con men who commandeer today’s apostate church world want you “in church” so they get paid and yet where did the apostle Paul or any of the apostles instruct anyone to go find a good church or “attend church every Sunday”? Chapters and verses please
Why is lack of attending a local fellowship listed as a sin in the New Testament canon?
What qualifies a man to be an elder? certainly not seminary which are wolf factories invaded by the jesuits in 50’s and 60’s. All seminarians are vatican indoctrinated. The first they the jesuits did was replace the real Bible, the KJB with fake vatican corrupted new version “bibles.”
In His Great Commission command, did Jesus ever command “Go ye into all the world and find a church and be a fruitless, lukewarm, good church member?” OR …. Go teach and preach my Word? (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15)
In the early days of the Gospel, when persecution hit Jerusalem, God’s Word records this: “Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.” (Acts 8:4) This clearly reveals that they were equipped by the apostles “for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:” (Ephesians 4:11-12) Jesus and apostles never trained anyone to become good church members or attenders.
IF YOU ARE ARGUING TO PUSH THE IDEA THAT ALL DISCIPLES OF JESUS MUST GO TO A SUPPOSED “OFFICIAL” CHURCH BUILDING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AND YET YOUR OWN PASTOR ISN’T CONSTANTLY PREACHING THE CRUCIFIED LIFE AS AN ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL GOSPEL ESSENTIAL….. THIS IS CLEAR PROOF YOU ARE SITTING UNDER WOLVES AND NOW DEFENDING THEM AND WILL BE JUDGED WITH THEM (2 John 9-11).
Isn’t it interesting that those who push the “go to church” agenda are the ones who stand to profit from such? Are you being made merchandise of? (2 Peter 2:1-3)
Christ’s true disciples do what HE did – direct you to the cross, the crucified life – and not some apostate modern church run by a fake pastor, using a fake “bible”, and preaching a fake “Jesus.” WHAT did Jesus teach was necessary to follow Him – going to church or taking up the cross, living the crucified life, daily?
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” Luke 9:23-24
“Many try to crucify their flesh in their own strength. This is impossible. It takes a complete and total surrender to Jesus first. Then the Holy Spirit will show you all the ways you are not like God. Then it is not a struggle. You let Jesus have control. Your job is to obey and take your flesh to the cross to be nailed there. Dead and buried. This is how the fruits of the Spirit are born in us! If we are saved by the blood of Jesus, we will not let sin reign in our mortal bodies. We now have the power of Christ to resist sin. It should never have dominion over us. We are now servants of righteousness and holiness. We are to walk in the newness of life that we have in Christ. Do not serve sin! Serve Jesus!” Karen Cochran
Is the cross, the crucified daily life essential to following Jesus? Yes or no?
“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27
Memorize Galatians 2:20 today. Meditate upon and live it daily.
“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” Luke 19:27
“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
Fellowship with other saints is vital and yet we have to navigate these times of apostasy.
MESSAGE RECEIVED:
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” is a Biblical command (Hebrews 10:24-25). It was also demonstrated and practiced in the early church (Acts 4:31, Acts 11:26, Acts 15:25, Acts 20:7, Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, 1 Corinthians 14:23-26, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2) . Missionaries may not always be able to attend the local church that sent them out but their heart is there and a big part of the mission should be establishing new local churches, like Paul did. All believers should desire to meet with fellow like minded Scriptural believers for fellowship, labor, and worship together unto God. Those without a body mentality are self centered.”
REPLY:
As Jesus commanded, the earliest followers of Jesus cross-walked with Jesus “daily” and fellowshipped “daily.” (Luke 9:23-24; Acts 2:46; 5:42). Today we have people who are impressed with themselves for meeting weekly in a setting that is called “church” that is not even biblical. Churchianity vs Christianity.
Acts 2:42 – “And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” This is the true model of simple, Christ-centered fellowship. Regrettably the bureaucracy mob of wolves infiltrated long ago. Most local “churches” are commandeered by seminarian wolves (Ezekiel 22:25-27). In the first decades after Christ was raised from the dead, the apostle Paul wept bitterly over the hoards of wolves who would come and make a busine$$ out of the church, who would devour the sheep of Christ, for whom He came and died (Acts 20:20-32). Jesus had already cleansed the temple in divine fury over this very thing (Matthew 21; John 2). They the apostle Peter warned us of those who would “make merchandise of you.” (2 Peter 2:1-3)
“Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse.” 2 Timothy 3:13
Missionaries and others who are truly born again and find Biblical fellowship even daily, instead of weekly, are no less assembling than those who meet in a designated building once weekly.
We still do not see Jesus or the apostles operating rigidly or perhaps much at all with a regimented Sunday morning meeting, nor their insistence that all Christians the world over do such. It was more of a lifestyle, not a Sunday morning visit to a country club as is mostly what we see today. Telling new Christians to go “find a church” in their area is a dangerous proposition especially in this late hour where Jesus promised, foretold that “MANY false prophets shall arise and shall deceive MANY.” (Matthew 24:11) Most “church” organizations are 501(C)(3) which alone means they sold out to the state, rejecting the rulership of the Savior…. and now the state dictates what, when, and where they can preach. The covid scamdemic exposed this – how over 90% of these state owned “churches” are utterly false. Those wolves took orders from the State, not the Savior who commands us to fellowship and if they have true fellowship, why didn’t they continue? They are compromised.
WHAT fruit has the modern church produced? Can we count on more than 1 hand the amount of people we know who are ardent church members (unbiblical) who are also in the Word daily, deny self and taking up the cross daily, and who are evangelizing. There are very few. Jesus says His people are a “little flock.” (Luke 12:32) The modern church wolves who pretend to represent Christ have produced a generation of counterfeits.
WHO did God tell us are His?
“And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Galatians 5:24
When’s the last time you heard, outside of a “church” building. a faithful church goer laud and celebrate Jesus Christ, testifying of His precious blood and glorious resurrection? Churchianity isn’t Christianity. So many counterfeit modern church goers brag about and are proud of their church and pastor and yet few if any of those same people testify from their own mouths and lives the glories of the bless-ed nail scarred risen Savior. They are not upholding Christ, the Head (Colossians 2:18-19).
Many modern church assemblies do not equal true Bible fellowship, assembling which will always exalt Jesus Christ, not the elders, the organization, or the church.
YOUR PRAYER: Holy Father I come to You now in the name of Jesus, knowing what you said my life should be and yet not knowing how this is to come about. Please increase my faith. I love You LORD. Here and now I turn to You in repentance, asking You to forgive my many sins of not being thankful to You, of selfishness, self-idolatry, rebellion, and unbelief. Please wash me clean, afresh, in the precious blood of my LORD Jesus. Change me dear LORD. Conform me to the image of Christ. Please fill me with Your Holy Ghost and use me to win the lost and help Your people as we eagerly anticipate Your soon return. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Each of us is blessed with good ministries we are surrounded by. They feed us and they are winning souls (street preachers, God called Bible teachers, etc). Please pray for and support them saints (Galatians 6:6; Philippians 1:19, etc.). This way we are all, each member of Christ’s body, participating in the Great Commission mandate He gave us – and is coming back to take account of the stewardship of our lives – time, talent, treasure, etc. (Ephesians 4:11-16, etc.). Let’s roll saints. Jesus is coming.
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“A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey” [podcast]
DADDY’S IN THE HOUSE!
There will not be even one rebel in glory …. The LORD loves and calls you to Himself today….. to settle down humbly in true repentance …. asking God to forgive your sinful stubbornness, rebellion, and self-idolatry, self-adultery. Ask Him to give you a heart of flesh and to take away every trace of a stony heart in you (Ezekiel 36:24-26).
If you had a real dad growing up, you know HE was large and in charge in his house…. and so is God!
He’s Large and in Charge!
He’s Daddy, “Abba Father”! (Romans 8:15).
He’s Your Father – yet only if you endure His chastening! (Hebrews 12:5-12)
“A land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8) is a biblical phrase that describes a place of great abundance and prosperity, symbolizing the fulfillment of God’s promises and the richness of the Promised Land. It emphasizes a land that is fertile, nourishing, and provides an abundance of sustenance, with milk and honey serving as symbolic representations of this richness.”
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba (Daddy), Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Romans 8:15-17
Growing up in daddy’s house, you did things his way, right? Not your way but his way…. he was the man of the house, not you. You abode under his provision and his care and love for you, as your daddy, right? Well, that’s how it is with God. He loves you beyond measure and yet you must simply humble yourself and do things His way. When you do, the blessings will flow, will overwhelm you, will consume you, will flood your life! BAM. Memorize Matthew 6:33 today.
Let’s get something straight …
NO DOUBT: There’s no doubt that God wants to bless your life! Yet, you must do it His way beloved. He wants to bless you and yet, you must ask yourself if you really want Him. Are you truly hungering and thirsting for more of Jesus, more of His righteousness?
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
The Old Testament summed up: In dealing with His people, His transactions, our LORD’s business concerned their salvation and restoration – promised land blessings! Read Numbers 13-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. And, we are now “the Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16). All these things were written and are on record for us – for our learning, comfort, peace, and blessings (Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11).
As was the case with Old Testament Israel, God brought you out of a life of sin in this fallen world (Egypt) in order to bring you IN – into His land of abundant blessings, walking victoriously in a cross-abiding relationship with Christ (John 15).
“And he brought us OUT from thence, that he might bring us IN, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.” Deuteronomy 6:23
There’s a promised land of blessedness, of abundant fruit, the likes of which we have not even begun to taste. Yet, appropriating, walking into this treasure house, this field, this gold mine of blessedness, requires that we closely, diligently trust and obey the Giver of “every good gift … every perfect gift” (James 1:17).
HE BROUGHT YOU OUT OF SOMETHING FOR GOOD REASON – TO BRING YOU INTO SOMETHING MUCH GREATER – WHICH HE PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD ON THAT CROSS!
Many who read these words are seeking to get and to live out what God alone can provide – as you abide in a real relationship with Him, loving Him with all you are, wholeheartedly.
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
Delighting in the LORD assures that we will be possessed with His desires and they will be granted!
Truly Trusting and OBEYING God
Are you forgetting any of His “benefits” – the ones Jesus died to give? Are you neglecting to appropriate them by a real walk with Him? “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalms 103:2).
Jesus was the perfect example of delighting in God. In the days of His flesh, Jesus toiling as He faced going to that cross for us, cried “not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). Have we cried out to the LORD today with a “Not my will but thine be done”?
“First” means First, not Second. Putting God where He Belongs in Your Life – “First”
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33
If you are out of Bible order, you are out of Bible blessings!
If your life is not in Bible order where Jesus is literally FIRST, you will not walk in the blessings of God – the blessings Jesus died to give you!
“IF”
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.” Isaiah 19-20
GOD DESIRES TO BLESS YOU – to bring you into “A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey.”
The phrase “milk and honey” appears 20 times in God’s Word and in every case, refers to God’s desire and declaration to bring His people into His land of rich blessings, flowing with the bounty of His goodness!
“And I am come down to deliver them (salvation) out of the hand of the Egyptians (the world), and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites” (Exodus 3:8).
In other words, “I’m going to bring you into a land flowing with milk and honey right in the middle of your enemies!”
The LORD brings us OUT of sin, “OUT of darkness INTO his marvellous light”!
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar (special) people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you OUT of darkness INTO his marvellous light:” 1 Peter 2:9
“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.” Exodus 33:3
The LORD brings, saves us out of the world and into His kingdom family and blessings!
“And I have said, I will bring you up OUT of the affliction of Egypt (sin; the lost world) unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey (salvation).” Exodus 3:17
The “Milk and Honey” of Christ’s Salvation!
God brought His beloved people OUT of Egypt (represents the world) to bring them INTO the promised land He ordained for them! In the same way, God has brought you and me out of sin, out of the kingdom of the world, in order to bring us IN to His promised land of blessing in Christ! Read Ephesians 1 afresh beloved of God.
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (fit) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us FROM (out of) 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:” Colossians 1:12-14
God never brings you OUT of something not to bring you INTO something much better! safeguardyoursoul.com
He made us to bless us and yet – will only do so as we walk with Him on His stated terms.
“That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.” Jeremiah 11:5
“And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.” Deuteronomy 11:9
God Sent His Son to Bless Us – His People
“Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.” Acts 3:26
Repentance Always Leads to Refreshing from Heaven!
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” Acts 3:19-21
God Requires Repentance and Faith in All Who will be His and Receive His Ultimate Blessings
¨I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.¨ Deuteronomy 30:19-20
¨Numbers 14:8 says if He delights in us, then He will give us a land flowing with milk and honey. This means in order to receive a land flowing with milk and honey He must delight in us. This notes a condition of obedience and faith. We have to embrace and conform with His ways (the cross) to receive the spiritual blessings and to receive eternal life.¨ Karen Cochran
¨And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, 18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.¨ Numbers 14:17-19
PRAYER: Heavenly Father thank You for being so unimaginably loving and benevolent to Your creation, to all those You made in Your very image. I love You LORD Jesus and here and now give You praise and thanksgiving for coming to die for my sins and then buried and raised again for my justification. Now dear LORD, please make me whole, from the inside out. Please pour out Your Holy Ghost on my life now and use this vessel to bring eternal glory to You. Bless Your people to abide in You Jesus, to have vital union with You and thereby the abundance of fruit, more fruit, and much fruit. In Jesus´ name. Amen.
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