letting others do whatever they want is not love, it is permissiveness
God is the God of Love, not permissiveness...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
suffer for righteousness sake
suffer for the sake of righteousness 1 Peter 3:8-15
righteousness includes standing for righteousness even when none other stands with you
it is not laying down letting others walk all over you
Friday, July 26, 2013
silent prayer
relationships with anyone, be it your spouse, children, family and/or friends, is best built on communication that has lots of variety, sincerity, and humility (preferring the other in love).
praying silently to the Lord is great, and personally i spend probably 99% of my prayer life praying silently and/or quietly privately between myself and the Lord throughout each day.
however, some folks make it a religious practice of silent prayer being the ONLY way to pray, and they look down their noses at anyone that thinks otherwise.
the truth is, praying silently can be abused as a religious practice as much as praying out loud can be abused as a religious practice.
the key is moderation in all things, and while we have a lot of liberty in how we pray and worship, whatever we do must be done decently and in order, within the boundaries described by God in scripture. (1Cor 14:40)
i can find nothing in the Bible that would suggest that we should ONLY pray out loud, and nothing in the Bible that we should ONLY pray silently. instead, there are lots of examples in the old and new testament of both silent and out loud prayer.
there are numerous examples of both corporate and individual prayer being done out loud. Jesus Himself prayed out loud and prayed out loud when making the meal time blessing (Matt 14:19-21; Matt 15:34-36; Matt 26:26; Luke 24:30; John 17; Acts 1:14; 1:24; 8:15; 16:25; 20:36; 27:35; 1Cor 10:30)
if there wasn't spoken prayer, then how could the other members of the body be in agreement? Matt 18:19-20
the Bible clearly teaches that having someone pray out loud in a way that others could understand during a gathering of believers was good for the edification, teaching, and agreement of others (1Cor 14:15-19)
at the same time, there are clearly wrong ways of praying out loud. prayer becomes a religious exercise when it is just vain repetition that loses meaning and/or when the motivation for praying is done to draw attention to the "piety" of the one praying (Luke 18:10-14; Luke 20:46-47; Matt 6:5)
the key to keep in mind is not the religious practice, but the relationship...
the question to ask is: how can i best go about building my relationship with God?
relationships with anyone, be it your spouse, children, family and/or friends, is best built on communication that has lots of variety, sincerity, and humility (preferring the other in love).
so the answer is to pray both silently and out loud, and whatever you do, be sure it is sincerely motivated by a desire for a stronger relationship with God.
praying silently to the Lord is great, and personally i spend probably 99% of my prayer life praying silently and/or quietly privately between myself and the Lord throughout each day.
however, some folks make it a religious practice of silent prayer being the ONLY way to pray, and they look down their noses at anyone that thinks otherwise.
the truth is, praying silently can be abused as a religious practice as much as praying out loud can be abused as a religious practice.
the key is moderation in all things, and while we have a lot of liberty in how we pray and worship, whatever we do must be done decently and in order, within the boundaries described by God in scripture. (1Cor 14:40)
i can find nothing in the Bible that would suggest that we should ONLY pray out loud, and nothing in the Bible that we should ONLY pray silently. instead, there are lots of examples in the old and new testament of both silent and out loud prayer.
there are numerous examples of both corporate and individual prayer being done out loud. Jesus Himself prayed out loud and prayed out loud when making the meal time blessing (Matt 14:19-21; Matt 15:34-36; Matt 26:26; Luke 24:30; John 17; Acts 1:14; 1:24; 8:15; 16:25; 20:36; 27:35; 1Cor 10:30)
if there wasn't spoken prayer, then how could the other members of the body be in agreement? Matt 18:19-20
the Bible clearly teaches that having someone pray out loud in a way that others could understand during a gathering of believers was good for the edification, teaching, and agreement of others (1Cor 14:15-19)
the key to keep in mind is not the religious practice, but the relationship...
the question to ask is: how can i best go about building my relationship with God?
relationships with anyone, be it your spouse, children, family and/or friends, is best built on communication that has lots of variety, sincerity, and humility (preferring the other in love).
so the answer is to pray both silently and out loud, and whatever you do, be sure it is sincerely motivated by a desire for a stronger relationship with God.
bless your bread and your water
You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. Exodus 23:25
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
training
i had an opportunity to observe a mother and her child the other day...
she told the child several times to do something, but did not enforce it...
then she got upset with the child when the child ignored her...
i don't know why she was upset with the child, the kid was only doing what she had trained him to do...
she told the child several times to do something, but did not enforce it...
then she got upset with the child when the child ignored her...
i don't know why she was upset with the child, the kid was only doing what she had trained him to do...
Thursday, July 18, 2013
In spite of
Christians are violent in spite of what the Bible says...
Muslims are peaceful in spite of what the Koran says
Important
Husbands...
You say you love your wife
Yet why do you sell her for $15 an hour to her boss?
Thursday, July 11, 2013
extrabiblical
doctrinal beliefs should be based only on what can be found in scripture without adding to or taking away from it.
in cases where extra-biblical material confirms scripture, great
in cases where extra-biblical sources add additional background details to something established in scripture, good to know, but should be considered as commentary and/or historical background.
anything not directly substantiated in scripture should be relegated to educated speculation.
throw out anything that contradicts scripture
in cases where extra-biblical material confirms scripture, great
in cases where extra-biblical sources add additional background details to something established in scripture, good to know, but should be considered as commentary and/or historical background.
anything not directly substantiated in scripture should be relegated to educated speculation.
throw out anything that contradicts scripture
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
the awakening
Is this the awakening of the Nephilim and the return of the days of Noah? The ascendance of Apollyon out of the pit? The return of Nimrod as the Antichrist?
seed of satan: Nimrod the first false messiah
Judges 2:13: And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth
Nimrod, mighty hunter, ruler of Babel aka: Marduk, Mithra, Gilgamesh, Osiris, Apollo/Apollyon, Dionysis, Ninurta, Baal
Semiramus - mother and wife of Nimrod; aka: Ishtar, Asherah, Anaita, Andromeda, Queen of Heaven with the ancient Phoenicians, was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin Mary (Ester, Easter, Ashteroth, Shekhina, Aphrodite, Venus)
Jeremiah 7,18: The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Tammuz - son of Nimrod and Semiramus, supposed reincarnation of Nimrod; aka: Horus,
Ezekiel 8:14: Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for *Tammuz (babylonian idol).
Why so many names for same legendary figure?
All were gathered together in Babel under rule of Nimrod, all followed the religion of mystery Babylon.
Then came confusion of the languages, so they all had the common experience, but around 70 different words for it - a different word in each language for the same thing...
They all worshiped the same figure, but then had 70 different names for him. As time went on the different language groups separated geographically and socially and though the religion/mythos had the same root, they diverged over time from generation to generation.
Semiramus - mother and wife of Nimrod; aka: Ishtar, Asherah, Anaita, Andromeda, Queen of Heaven with the ancient Phoenicians, was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin Mary (Ester, Easter, Ashteroth, Shekhina, Aphrodite, Venus)
Jeremiah 7,18: The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Tammuz - son of Nimrod and Semiramus, supposed reincarnation of Nimrod; aka: Horus,
Ezekiel 8:14: Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for *Tammuz (babylonian idol).
Why so many names for same legendary figure?
All were gathered together in Babel under rule of Nimrod, all followed the religion of mystery Babylon.
Then came confusion of the languages, so they all had the common experience, but around 70 different words for it - a different word in each language for the same thing...
They all worshiped the same figure, but then had 70 different names for him. As time went on the different language groups separated geographically and socially and though the religion/mythos had the same root, they diverged over time from generation to generation.
Monday, July 08, 2013
why liberty?
Why do we need liberty?
Why should we expect something that is a contradictory to 6000 years of recorded history.
When you look back through history, you see the rise and fall of one slave empire after another. Individual liberty has consistently been a short-lived aberration to the norm.
We get the government we deserve
Proverbs 28:2a For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof
Mankind has a fallen nature and is unable to rule himself.
Left to themselves, the general public sinks lower and lower into depravity and requires a stronger and stronger central authority to maintain order.
The result is a corrupt government, due to any government of men by men will become as corrupt as the men that run it.
It is not only that power corrupts, but also that power attracts corrupt men. The greater the power, the more corrupt those who covet it.
Our lack of moral character and lack of willingness to govern ourselves has resulted in the loss of freedom in exchange for 'security'.
Squandered
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - John Adams
We have been given a unique opportunity in that we can freely and openly practice and express our faith, and raise up the next generation to be stronger in faith than any previous.
Instead, we have squandered the opportunity. Each generation becomes more morally depraved than the one before it.
Why should we expect something that is a contradictory to 6000 years of recorded history.
When you look back through history, you see the rise and fall of one slave empire after another. Individual liberty has consistently been a short-lived aberration to the norm.
We get the government we deserve
Proverbs 28:2a For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof
Mankind has a fallen nature and is unable to rule himself.
Left to themselves, the general public sinks lower and lower into depravity and requires a stronger and stronger central authority to maintain order.
The result is a corrupt government, due to any government of men by men will become as corrupt as the men that run it.
It is not only that power corrupts, but also that power attracts corrupt men. The greater the power, the more corrupt those who covet it.
Our lack of moral character and lack of willingness to govern ourselves has resulted in the loss of freedom in exchange for 'security'.
Squandered
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - John Adams
We have been given a unique opportunity in that we can freely and openly practice and express our faith, and raise up the next generation to be stronger in faith than any previous.
Instead, we have squandered the opportunity. Each generation becomes more morally depraved than the one before it.
open my understanding
And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures
Luke 24:45
Luke 24:45
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
two witnesses
Zech 4:2-14
And he said to me, "What do you see?"
So I said, "I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left."
Then I answered and said to him, "What are these two olive trees; at the right of the lampstand and at its left?"
And I further answered and said to him, "What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?"
Then he answered me and said, "Do you not know what these are?"
And I said, "No, my lord."
So he said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth."
Rev 11:3-12 (after 6th Trumpet, before 7th)
And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit (Rev 9, 5th Trumpet) will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
And he said to me, "What do you see?"
So I said, "I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left."
Then I answered and said to him, "What are these two olive trees; at the right of the lampstand and at its left?"
And I further answered and said to him, "What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?"
Then he answered me and said, "Do you not know what these are?"
And I said, "No, my lord."
So he said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth."
Rev 11:3-12 (after 6th Trumpet, before 7th)
And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit (Rev 9, 5th Trumpet) will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
familiar spirits
familiar spirits are demons
also known as...
imaginary friend/playmate
spirit guides
spirit animal
ascended masters
telepathic communications
aliens/extraterrestrials
the voice within
angels
reiki master
ancestors
the dead / ghosts
channeled entities
Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:27 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Isaiah 8:19 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
2 Chronicles 33:6 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kings 23:24 - Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 21:6 - And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.
Deuteronomy 18:10 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Galatians 5:20 - Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
also known as...
imaginary friend/playmate
spirit guides
spirit animal
ascended masters
telepathic communications
aliens/extraterrestrials
the voice within
angels
reiki master
ancestors
the dead / ghosts
channeled entities
Leviticus 19:31 - Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:27 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.
Leviticus 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Isaiah 8:19 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
2 Chronicles 33:6 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kings 23:24 - Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 21:6 - And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.
Deuteronomy 18:10 - There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Galatians 5:20 - Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Og of Bashan
Only King Og of Bashan remained from the remnants of the Rephaim. In fact, his bed was made of iron. It's in Rabbah of the Ammonites, isn't it? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide."
Deut 3:11
Deut 3:11
ramparts of Gog
in some ancient Arabic documents, the Great Wall of China is called the Ramparts of Gog and Magog
sharing
sharing presupposes respect for one another's property
without respect for one another's property, it is not sharing, it is "every one for themselves..."
Monday, July 01, 2013
motives
we need to be careful when trying to assign motives as to the "why" God / Jesus / The Holy Spirit does something.
while it might be fine and fun to ponder what various persons in the Bible might have been thinking in various circumstances, we must not do that when it comes to God.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. Isaiah 55:8
so, unless God tells us in scripture the "why" He has done or is doing something, we should refrain from speculation
while it might be fine and fun to ponder what various persons in the Bible might have been thinking in various circumstances, we must not do that when it comes to God.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. Isaiah 55:8
so, unless God tells us in scripture the "why" He has done or is doing something, we should refrain from speculation
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