Testify

Yesterday I spent time talking to all three of my brothers about God and these things. Dale and I went to Maranatha Christian School, and Adam and Ryan went to Nampa Christian. As we were talking there were so many heresies and erroneous beliefs exposed in their words that were taught to them through their experience at Nampa Christian and church growing up.

All three of them are living in the world right now and have denied God, and it is in part because of the lies they were taught growing up. I know that because it was those fallacies that they were bringing up in their attempt to validate their position.

Listen... Here is truth. Jesus came to save those whose names were written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, the beloved. Jesus' sheep, the elect (the beloved), hear His voice, and they follow Him. There is NO AMOUNT OF PERSUASION or CREATIVE PRESENTATION that can turn one to God. ONLY the Word of God saves, because it is mixed with faith that God gives a person.

Because of the heresy that is taught people worry about how "the thing" for which God sends His Word is going to respond, which is the fear of man, instead speaking the Truth in love as we are commanded. (Isaiah 55:11)

My own cousin professes Christ with her mouth, yet her she likes and supports a hater of God as he spews forth his hate and rebellion. NOBODY CAN BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD AND A FRIEND OF GOD. Either we are hated by all for Jesus, or we make ourselves an enemy of God.

I do not force anything down anyone's throat, but because I KNOW that it is the Word ALONE that saves I speak the Word constantly into the lives of those I love. If they are of the elect, they WILL respond to the Word. If they are not, that is not my concern, for what is the chaff to the wheat, and I must keep looking for my brethren. Speak the Word over your family my friend.

All the Promises of God.

If you are in Christ, filled with the Holy Spirit, ALL the promises of God are yours. Amen!

2 Corinthians 1:20-22 NKJV

For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Deuteronomy 28:2-8 NKJV

And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God: Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be  in the country. Blessed shall  be  the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. Blessed shall  be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. The Lord  will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Do You Resist Reformed Theology?

You do realize that the very mission you are on to refute reformed theology is to steal God's glory in His sovereignty and to give it to man don't you? Again... Your intent is very discomforting sir.

1 Corinthians 1:29 NKJV

that no flesh should glory in His presence.

Jeremiah 13:15-17 NKJV

Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, For the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness. But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the Lord ’s flock has been taken captive.

How Are We Righteous?

Want to know how to be righteous? Believe God. Period.

James 2:23 NKJV

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.

Genesis 15:6 NKJV

And he believed in the Lord , and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

Romans 4:3 NKJV

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Galatians 3:5-7 NKJV

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does  He  do  it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Therefore know that only  those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

Homosexualality and AIDS

Rick Warren is the "pastor" of Saddleback Church, one of the largest churches in the U.S. He said that he would work with practicing homosexuals, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BELIEFS, to help find a cure for AIDS.

That may not seem bad on the surface, but it is an absolutely erroneous stance for someone who claims to be a man of God. A man of God should know the Word, and believe it.

The Bible says that homosexualality is God’s judgment being poured out on those who hate Him in their heart, and that AIDS is the just reward for their rebellion against God. That being said, it is absolute foolishness to say that it is even possible to help them "regardless of their beliefs" since their beliefs is the root of the problem.

Romans 1:18-27 NKJV

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

Missing Parts of the Gospel

There are two very important parts of the Gospel of the Kingdom preached by Jesus Christ that that are so often entirely neglected.

1. God's Wrath
- Very rarely talked about, but what does it look like?

Joel 2:1-11 KJV

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.  A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.  The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.  Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.  Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.  They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:  Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.  They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.  The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:  And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

2. Repentance
- Occasionally it is spoken of, but what does it look like?

Joel 2:12-14 KJV

Therefore also now, saith the Lord , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:  And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.  Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?