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The Bible, Its History, Infallibility and Authority… Eternal Truth!

The following article is attributed to Chuck Missler (Koinonia House Ministry)

There are 66 books in the Bible; 39 books in the Old Testament; the majority of which are the five books of Moses aka the Torah: 27 books in the New Testament. The Old Testament theme is an account of a nation; it’s origin, destiny, ups and downs and its history Yet to unfold (IE Israel, Second Coming of Christ ) The New Testament is the account of a man, the creature of the universe whose appearance is the central event of All history. The below is a semi outline of each book.

THE OLD TESTAMENT~

1) Genesis~ The Book of Beginnings ( The word Genesis means ‘The Beginnings’)

2) Exodus~ The Birth of a Nation

3) Leviticus~ The Laws of that Nation

4) Numbers~ Describes the forty years before the New Nation was able to enter the land that God had set aside for His people; aka the wandering years in the wilderness.

5) Deuteronomy~ A Review of the Laws; Jesus bases most of His quotes from this book.

The next 12 books are Historical Books which are divided into major events in Israel’s history.

6) Joshua~ Succeeded Moses; conquered Canaan

7) Judges ~ a three hundred year period known as the Judges

8) Ruth~ During the above three hundred year period the book of Ruth was written; the book of Ruth is one of the most important books of the Old Testament. In order to understand the book of Revelation it’s important to understand the book of Ruth.

After the Judges are the records of the Kingdom itself~

9) 1 Samuel~ The Birth of the Kingdom

10) 2 Samuel ~ The reign of King David

11) 1 Kings~ The Kingdom is divided after King David dies; the death of Solomon and the civil war that follows which divides the Kingdom permanently

12) 2 Kings~ The history of the divided Kingdom

13) 1 Chronicles~ The Reign of King David

14) 2 Chronicles~ The history of the southern Kingdom

The Post Exile History Books~

15) Ezra~ The return from Babylonian captivity

16) Nehemiah~ The rebuilding of the City of Jerusalem

17) Esther~ The escape from extermination under the Persian Empire

The Five Books of Poetry~

18) Job~ ‘Peeking behind the curtain’

19) The Book of Psalms ( Actually this book is compiled of five books) the hymnbook of the Nation. The Book of Psalms includes someextraordinary prophesies .

20) Proverbs~ The Wisdom of Solomon

21) Ecclesiastes~Solomon speaks about the vanity of life

22) Song of Songs ~ a mystical book about love and other topics

The Five Major Prophets~ ( Many prophecies unfolding now! )

23) Isaiah~ The Messianic Prophet

24) Jeremiah~ mainly about the desolation of Jerusalem

25) Lamentations~ Jeremiah’s dirge over the loss of Jerusalem ( Hence the title Lamentations) These three books are mainly pre-exile, through Lamentations splits the pre-exile and post-exile Major Prophets.

26) Ezekiel~ is in captivity and while held captive he talks about the rebuilding of the Temple and the restoration of Israel when they ( the Jews) return to the land. Ezekiel also talks about what appears to be a nuclear war~ when Israel is invaded by the north.

27) Daniel~ The times of the Gentiles. Daniel is unique in portraying an overview of all Gentile history-from Babylon until the day God sets up His own Kingdom on earth

The Major Prophets are followed by twelve minor Prophets ~

28) Hosea~ Focuses on the apostasy of the Northern Kingdom ( many situations are similar to current day America)

29) Joel~ Joel speaks of ‘The day of the Lord” a climax which is also in the future

30) Amos~ Amos speaks of the ultimate rule of the dynasty of David on the planet earth ( Most people think when Christ comes, he will rule here on earth; wrong, it’s David. Christ will reign over the whole world)

31) Obadiah~ focuses on the destruction of Edom

32) Jonah~ is a warning to Nineveh;the capital of the pagan world empire at the time

33) Micah~ is best known for prophesying that Bethlehem would be the birth place of the Messiah

34) Nahum~ describes the destruction of Nineveh

35) Habakkuk~ “the just shall live by faith” ~ thus becomes the cornerstone of the three New Testament Epistles

36) Zephaniah~ Prophesies among others, one main being that Israel will be restored and Hebrew will be spoken again (There was a period of time when Hebrew was not the spoken language but rather Aramaic, however in May 1948 Israel was given back to the Jews and the Hebrew language was restored)

37) Haggai~ Predicts the rebuilding of the Temple ( Happening now)

38) Zachariah~ Numerous prophecies about the second coming of Christ ( Happening now)

39) Malachi~ Final message to the disobedient people ; Also sets the stage for John the Baptist who comes in the spirit and power of Elijah

( **** Of the 1800 plus prophecies in the both the Old and New Testament ALL have been fulfilled with 100% accuracy with the exception of a handful; between 7-10 of which, most are currently unfolding)

In the New Testament there are 27 books. The first 5 are historical books~ the four Gospels and the book of Acts. Twenty one interpretive letters called ‘The Epistles’ follows ending with the book of Revelation. Now each of the four Gospels presents a different and particular perspective. They over lap in many ways yet they each have distinctive vocabularies, emphases and genealogical perspectives.

THE NEW TESTAMENT

1) Matthew~ Presents Jesus Christ as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah

2) Mark~ Presents Jesus Christ as the suffering servant

3) Luke~ Presents Jesus Christ as the Son of man

4) John~ Presents Jesus Christ as the Son of God

5) Acts~ Describes the first thirty years of the formation of the Church

( The Pauline Epistles are interpretive. They explain the revelence of what has previously happened~ including both the Old and New Testament. Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and 1&2 Thessalonians are one group; each book was written to the Church’s with the intention the letters would be circulated. Paul also wrote four letters to Pastors called the Pastoral Epistles ~ 1&2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon.)

6) Romans~ Is the definitive statement of the Christian Doctrine in the New Testament and the most intense book in the NT

7) 1st Corinthians ~ Letters Paul wrote to establish the Church

8) 2nd Corinthians~ Letters Paul wrote to establish the Church

9) Galatians~ considered the key book in reformation, distinguishing between law and grace ( we are saved by grace not by keep Gods laws)

10) Ephesians~ The Heavens; Spiritual Warfare

11) Philippians~ Suffering; joy through suffering ( The faithful will have long suffering here on earth but in Gods kingdom will reap many rewards) ( *The more you study the Bible, you’ll learn there are different rewards after this life. some receive crowns, jewels

12) Colossians ~ Teaches Christ is pre-eminent above all things

13) 1st Thessalonians ~ the Rapture; the mystery of. (Because the English word Rapture is not in the Bible, many people don’t believe in the rapture yet the word rapture came from either the Hebrew or Greek translation)

14) 2nd Thessalonians ~ Clarifies the confusion about the rapture. Both Letters focus on the aspects of the Second Coming; they are ‘End Times’ epistles

15) 1st Timothy~ Pastoral Advice

16) 2nd Timothy~ Pastoral Advice

17) Titus~ Pastoral Advice

18) Philemon~ several lessons but mainly is a model of intersession on the behalf of a runaway slave

Now the Eight Jewish Epistles, Hebrews, James; two by Peter, three by John; one by Jude

19) Hebrews ~ Amplifies the New Covenant ( The authorship of Hebrews remains in question; some think Paul wrote it, others believe it was written anonymously on purpose)

20) James ~ talks about faith demonstrated

21) 1st Peter~ talks about the persecuted Church

22) 2nd Peter~ talks about the coming apostasy; abandonment/renunciation of faith and the ‘End Times’

23) 1st John~ Letter of love

24) 2nd John~ warns of false teachers, prophets

25) 3 John ~ speaks on the preparation of helpers

26) Jude~ same as 2nd Peter but with OT roots

27) Revelation~ consummation of all things~ Everything in Genesis finds its end in revelation.

(**** In Proverbs 25:2; it reads~ “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. ” As you study Gods word, you will find The Bible contains messages based on both basic and advance crypto logical methods; thus you’ll learn The Bible is an amazing integrated message system! You’ll also learn “The New Testament is in the Old Testament ‘Concealed’ and the Old Testament is in the New Testament ‘Revealed’.” )

God Truly Hears Those Who Seek Him & Cry Out For His Help

An Account by Pastor Nate

At 12:17 A.M. on the morning of December 1^st, 2015 I heard in my head, aka my spirit—NOT my physical hearing, “Do not interfere with _______, unless he instigates it and then I will _________” (The underscore lines ___ indicates that I did not retain the exact wording of what was said in those particular areas, but I am 99.9% sure of the words quoted in bold…In fact, I will never forget them!)

I then heard a short pause and very clearly I heard the words, “Or you will have the God of Righteous Indignation upon you!” It wasn’t extremely loud, nor was it particularly angry or aggressive, but anyone with a pound of common sense knew the words were from the living God and it was not a threat….IT WAS A PROMISE! As evidence of this fact, almost immediately I might add, I heard a very angry verbal reaction from the voice on the receiving end saying, “He just had to throw that in there!” (He was referencing the promise the Lord made about bringing righteous indignation upon him if he persisted in interfering) I then heard a crashing sound like metal on metal sound. I cannot even begin to speculate what this might have been, but it was unmistakable that the voice on the receiving end was angry as heck and throwing a child-like tantrum.

(THE 2^nd BEST PART) About 5 minutes goes by, which seemed a like an eternity at this point as I was just lying there motionless in my bed and then I hear a very firm, but clear voice say, “DO YOU UNDERSTAND?” I cannot remember if I was crying at this point or not, but as I start to feel God’s love envelope my entire body, I know beyond any doubt that this firm, but yet loving voice, belongs to the creator of the universe and that he alone is worthy of all Power, all Glory, all Honor and all Praise! As these thoughts were racing through my mind at thousands per second I hear this very faint and sub-servient voice say, “Yes”. Whatever the entity was it knew beyond any doubt who was addressing and it had no intentions of arguing or resisting. It simply affirmed YES and then fell silent.

(THE BEST PART) It is the following morning…. and I am very proud to report…. that I have no headache, no sluggishness and I do not have a deep seated tiredness within me as I did yesterday. I am energetic again and I am on fire to serve my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ!! Praise his great and mighty name!!

Three Important Observations:

First, I don’t know if the voice on the receiving end was Satan’s or a high ranking principality, such as a fallen angel for instance. Whichever the case, this entity clearly had the power to put false words into my head as well as cause me pain on the right side of my head, sluggishness in my legs and a deep seated tiredness in my body. This went on for about a 10-12 hour period the day before, which was Monday November 30, 2015. For the record I have also experienced this previously, but I was not made privy to how Father removed it or stopped it. Clearly this time I was and I stand in absolute awe of his confident power and his non-wavering commitment to protecting those who seek him. I PRAISE YOU FATHER GOD! In the name of Jesus I do this openly and proudly!

Secondly, given what Father said to the entity, it is quite apparent the entity did NOT have the legal authority to do what it had done to me. This shows the willingness for Satan and his cohorts of eternal fire to do everything they can, both with legal authority and without legal authority, to hurt what God loves. In my mind they will take great risk in trying to hurt anyone who follows God. After all, can you imagine having to be threatened by God himself with, “Righteous Indignation” being brought down upon you? I could hardly stand the aforementioned attacks, let alone if God himself was coming against me! Can you imagine!?!

Thirdly, I absolutely believe I was allowed to hear this exchange for the primary purpose of learning from it and bringing this huge learning opportunity to you. This is front lines stuff folks and you cannot put a value on the benefit of understanding how things work in the unseen world.

In closing , I would like to point out that Poppa also allowed me to witness this exchange because he wants us to know how much he loves us and that he will ALWAYS….BAR NONE…stand by his word! In this particular case I used the last part of Matthew 28 verse 20 when crying out to him for relief, “and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen! The part you don’t know is that I got down on my knees yesterday, crying out to the Lord for help, and I used this verse and humbly asked my Jesus for his help and not to leave me to fight this battle alone. It is important to note this was after using every spiritual warfare tool at my disposal. I rarely, if ever, go to Father and just expect him to remove something unless I have first exhausted what he told us to do in the Bible. Anyway, needless to say folks, our savior showed up in spades and per the usual the lying deceiver fled. The good news for us, and what I want you to remember here, is the enemy will NEVER EVER be able to stand up to the power of Jesus and what he did for us on the cross. If you are at your wits end and you are truly seeking redemption through Jesus Christ then call his name and see the King of Glory do miracles in your life. Amen and Praise his name!

Yours in Christ Forever and Always,

Pastor Nate

www.deliverancerevolution.org

“How to Anoint Your Home, Business, Vehicle, Electronics or Personal Property”

To Help Keep Demons, Curses, Witchcraft, Voodoo, Evil Eye, Substance Abuse, Murder, Pestilence, Violence, Crimes, Sexual Immorality, Etc., Away From Your Home, Property, Business, Electronics, Neighborhood, Children, Husband, Wife and Yourself; follow the simple instructions below.

Instructions – Applying Holy Water or Oil to Your Home:
Purchase Holy Water or Holy Oil from your local Christian Book Store. It should be consecrated in the name of Jesus Christ already, but if not, or you don’t have a place to purchase Holy Water or Holy Oil, then you can use regular olive oil. Separate some oil (DO NOT USE IT FOR COOKING), pray over it and dedicate to freedom, healing, and deliverance. This oil is to be used for God’s will.

Step 1 – Once the Water or Oil is consecrated….aka Anointed….then by using your index finger, put a cross on any place in your home, person or thing you want to be free of demonic infestation or influence. For instance, I have a room in my office where I pray, change clothes and sometimes lay down and sleep. I have a cross of oil above the air mattress, (where I lay down and sleep sometimes) the window, the interior door and all 4 walls. So dab some oil or water on your index finger and simply make a cross in areas like the above. As always these are suggestive so don’t over complicate this. If you have a lap top or desk top computer in this room then be sure and anoint it with the oil or water. By now you should have already figured out that the enemy can very easily operate your cell phone (especially I-Phone type phones as the buttons respond to energy via your touch and spirits are pure energy so it’s very easy for them to manipulate your phone)

Step 2- Then say these words: “Father, in the name of mighty Jesus I come to you with (say which one) “Holy Water” or “Anointed Oil” and I use it to designate the following areas, objects, people, places or things (again, say which one it is) for the kingdom of Heaven through what Jesus did on the cross for me. According to Ephesians 1: 21 Jesus name is the name above all names and 2 Samuel 7:29 says, Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: For thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.”

Step 3 – Then Command out the Enemy: “All demonic and evil forces of darkness I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to get out of “__________” (state what it is…a person, place or thing). This is now Kingdom property and under the power and control of Jesus Christ. All access by you has been removed by Jesus Christ and unless you have the express permission of Jesus Christ, or legal authority to access these areas, then I hereby remove you, and forbid you from ever coming back, through the power of Jesus Christ’s Blood! I command you now, “Get Out! Go Now! In the name of Jesus Christ and DO NOT COME BACK….EVER!”

(Take a minute here and begin thanking God, in the name of Jesus, for the freedom and protection He affords you. Thanks and Praise is right up there in the top 3 things you need to be doing in your prayer and worship life)

Be aware, if you see no change or difference in your home or area you are trying to sanctify then this means there is a legal authority or strong-hold. Simply put, call Pastor Nate or some other Deliverance/Exorcist minister of your choosing. You will most likely need assistance in petitioning Jesus to lose you from the grip of the enemy.

Dear Fellow Worshipper & Lover of Jesus Christ,

Please read this blog post and then watch the below video on the Kenyan Orphans & Widows that the Deliverance Revolution Ministry has been trying to support for many months now. This is a need that God brought to the Deliverance Revolution Ministry several months ago and we have been attempting to provide financial help to them for food, blankets, clothing, medicine, etc, etc… and the list goes on and on. These living-breathing precious souls are in Bungoma County Kenya and through no fault of their own need your help. The video link below and the two past articles from the blog will shed some back ground on the past progress we have made and the obstacles the Lord has led us through. It seems to me that God brought them to us and us to them!  Praise the Lord and I shall do all I can to provide for the needs of these 400+ individuals. I learned today that I am there only financial support they have in the United States. I believe part of my mission, besides contributing a good size percentage of my ministry’s income, is to garner attention/support for them in the United States. From a worldly view point this is an “Emergency” and needs our attention. Naturally, since I attend FreeChapel.org here in the states I am attempting to get financial support from them as well, but so far the support has only been the support received through the Deliverance Revolution Ministry. I could go on forever about the issues I face in supporting them, but please just accept this as my formal request for help.

Additionally, the County continues to have record rain fall and subsequent flooding in Bungoma County. This has caused us to have to re-locate 4 of the widows. The hut they lived in, which the ministry rented for them, was just wiped out. We relocated them to other living quarters but they lost everything they had. I sent an additional $250.00 today (11/27/15) to purchase blankets, basic needs, etc…. for the 4 widows.

Here is the Link for the Flooding:

https://www.google.com/search?q=news+of+floods+in+Bungoma+County+Kenya&espv=2&biw=1360&bih=683&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqoeLYh7HJAhWKth4KHZhcA-IQ_AUIBygB&dpr=1

Previous Blog Post About the Orphans & Widows – Posted on Deliverance Revolution Blog:

Article 1 – https://deliverancerevolution.org/true-men-of-god-read-this-to-see-true-christians/

Article 2 – https://deliverancerevolution.org/kenyan-orphans-need-help/

Who is Pastor Moses? Pastor Moses is a pastor/ overseer of 40 local churches and also has a church that he pastor’s 2 Sundays every month. In between he visits and leads the sister churches and manages and over sees all operations pertaining to the Widows and Orphans located at each of the 40 Churches.

Pastor Moses Contact Info:

 Pastor Moses Nyongesa Wafula * Injesus Global Mission / End Time Church * P.0 Box 1686 Bungoma 5020 Kenya * + 254705520557 * email nyongesamoses@yahoo.com

In closing, we need to provide $2,000 a month to feed all 400+ widows and orphans. This is the primary goal of this communication.

Thanks in advance for your generous contribution and your obedience to the living God,

Pastor Nate Thompson

PS- Please share this video and blog post with anyone and everyone who may be interested in planting some 100 fold seed harvest for the future!

Christians Who Open the 7 Chakras Are Demonized!

The following information is provided by Pam Sheppard and Addresses the extreme dangers of opening the 7 Chakras.

Those who have practiced meditation, yoga and who have submitted themselves to various chakra initiations within Eastern belief systems have unknowingly opened themselves to scores of demons. If you are a practicing Christian and you are experiencing various energy pulls, shifts, sensations of heaviness, heat and cold, if you find yourself frequently out of control of various body parts, bodily functions and/or other manifestations, you are experiencing the outward signs that suggest that you need to be delivered “inside” your spiritual body. Here is why. You have made an invitation to Hindu gods, aka, evil spirits aka demons and fallen angels. Here is a summary of “what has happened.”

The 7 demonic gateways or doorways

There are seven psychic gates in the human body that occultists call chakras: The crown of the head, the forehead between the eyes called the 3rd eye, the throat, the heart, the navel, the sex organs and the anus. In his testimony, former grandmaster occultist, “Eric” revealed that these 7 openings are sealed by God and opened by man through sin. When they are opened, spirits are able to pass through these gates or doorways, several at a time.

About 5 years ago, I counseled a very religious man, an Asian who had been dedicated as a child to Hindu gods, converted as an adult to Christianity, studying to be a minister in seminary and a member of a 7th day Adventist church. He came to me because he was hearing condemning, accusatory voices throughout each day. In counseling we discovered that “James” was not saved. James has been a long time practitioner of yoga, a spiritual discipline whose goals are to “open the 7 gateways.” James’s gateways were wide open. The Lord gave James a dream, showing him that over each chakra, sat a Hindu deity, aka a demon–as follows:

The Anus—Brahma
The sex organs Vishnu and Rakini
the Navel—Vahni
The Heart—Isha
the Throat—Savashiva
The Third Eye—Hakini
The crown—Shiva

During the telephone deliverance session, James discerned that scores of demons were running in and out of each of his gates. So to stop this, I had to close the gates by casting out each of the 7 deities. Calling them by their Hindu names, one by one, they came out roaring, cursing, screaming and speaking in tongues. By the way, James had never spoken in tongues, other than in the session.

This was a unique deliverance. I had never heard of any such thing before or since. However, after reading what Eric had to say, I will certainly perform this ritual with others. James was not only delivered of the torment, but all of his religiosity completely disappeared.

Eric reports in his book that he has projected himself into the bodies of weak pastors through the first gateway, the anus. When “inside”, he would evaluate the pastor’s spiritual power through his aura, a feat that Eric accomplished in two minutes. If the aura is a certain color, then Eric knows the person is weak in faith. In most cases, the power of the pastor was weak because of fornication. In his own words, “There are many men, women, boys and girls who are ravening wolves or agents of different demons, operating in different churches all over the world. Women and girls are more in this connection then men. The presence of such agents in Christian churches will always guide astral spirits on how to advance their manipulations against Christians.”

According to Eric, the sins that open the 7 gates are:

sexual intercourse with a demon in a dream or sex with a prostitute
drugs
visiting a fortune-teller
receiving healing through occult powers
reading occult books.
Anger. (By anger, demons transmit certain diseases or sicknesses. Demons will manipulate people to seek solutions from witches and occultist—a psychic healer–who himself is an agent of demons in disguise.

This is no surprise to me. Our Deliverance Assessment Form gleans this kind of information from clients. What Eric confirms is that human spirits, witches and warlocks, and people skilled in astral travel can enter into one or more of the 7 gates with their own spirits, and function as if they were a demon spirit. Now I understand why the Holy Spirit has often led me to call the spirit by name—a mother, father, relative, rapist, any human being who has put my client into bondage. In my deliverance counseling practice, I have had success with not only casting out demons but also casting out human spirits from a captive to a demonic soul tie.

If you have opened any of these 7 gateways, you need to have demons expelled from each chakra and then each chakra must be shut down and closed tightly, the way God intends for them to be.

Morale to the story is DO NOT MESS WITH NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY AS IT IS NOTHING BUT OCCULT AND SATANISM IN DISGUISE!

True Men of God- Read This to See True Christians

Update- The following is an update from our Kenyan Ministry partner that Deliverance Revolution tries it’s best to support. Pastor Moses and his team are REAL Christians living out, day by day, faith in God through the work of Jesus Christ. Praise the Name of Jesus!

Shalom Pastor Nate,

Please receive greetings from the saints in Bungoma church…Today we had anointed service in the house of God..……my team and l are so humbled by your previous message on Skype in regard to orphans who have jiggers….The Lord provided miraculously some cash to pay for my rent, the situation for orphans is not good….after prayer my family and l felt to give the cash to treat this wonderful children…..they suffering severely man of God.. Today we treated 20 and one widower who lost his wife 13 years ago….he has a very bad wound we are remaining with 20 orphans who urgently need medication Pastor… kindly continue keeping them in your prayers …. Please have a look of the picture of this dears……

May the Almighty God bless you and your for your support. May He keep you and your family healthy. May His spirit walk with you everywhere you go. May He continuously fill your cups of joy and treasures……….

God bless you.

In Jesus love,

Brother Moses

Praise you mighty God and I humbly apologize for the lack of giving by this ministry. I am embarrassed and ashamed for the 100's who have received help through ministry, but do not give. — Praise you mighty God and I humbly apologize for the lack of giving by this ministry. I am embarrassed and ashamed for the 100’s who have received help through ministry, but do not give.

God Does Not Leave His Saints Under the Tyranny and Bondage of Sin

There is no man on earth who does not sin. But if the Holy Spirit dwells in you, He will cause you to grieve and repent and judge yourself over your sin and will discipline you (as a loving Father would his child) unto repentance to the conformity of your identity in Jesus Christ (1 Cor 11:31-32) … but, because of the grace you have in Christ, you will not abide in sin nor continue in it. He loves you too much to leave you under the tyranny and bondage of of sin.

IN YOUR BODY

So if you profess to be a Christian and are living with your girlfriend/boyfriend or having sex outside of the covenant of marriage, then either repent and ask Christ for the strength to live in godliness (which He will give to the regenerate) … or please do not dishonor the name of Christ by continuing to profess to be a Christian. Abiding in sin and being a regenerate Christian is wholly incompatible. “No one BORN OF GOD makes a practice of sinning, for God’s SEED abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been BORN OF GOD.” (1 John 3:9) …”and his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been BORN OF GOD overcomes the world.” (1 John 5:3-4)

IN YOUR SPEECH

If you profess to be a Christian do not be like the world and lie to further your cause. The other day I was reading an article citing some activist who said he only opposed polygamy for political expediency but now that the new marriage law has gone through, to let polygamy be legalized as well. The world does not care about truth … only perception and results. Do not advance your cause in this way. Remember, the kingdom of God does not advance with political victories or decline with political defeats so, while you should vote your conscience, be truthful in your speech and leave the results in the hands of God. Trust in the Lord even if it costs you everything. Do not fret. He will be vindicated in truth in His own time.

If you profess to be a Christian do not declare lies about your neighbor. There’s a commandment in the Hebrew Decalogue: ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’ Listening carefully to a neighbor’s ideas is a good way to prevent ‘bearing false witness’ against him/her. Online and Offline discussions involve both listening and talking – in that order. Careful empathetic listening also helps us to turn away from the wickedness of stereotyping and prejudice. Remember you are talking to someone made in the image of God. Do not dehumanize them. You will not likely ever be used of God to win over anyone if you misrepresent them. Explain their views back to them to show you have understood them and THEN show how their view logically leads to a false or inconsistent conclusions. If you do not show you have understood them first it is easy for them to think you are misrepresenting them, something I have been guilty of from time to time.

If you profess to be a Christian do not slander others. The tongue is perhaps one of the easiest ways we can sin against people. so if you cannot speak to other people with gentleness and respect, it would be better not to speak at all. Get off Internet discussion boards if you cannot help using ad hominem arguments (that is, responding to arguments by attacking a person’s character). Consider the following when people attack your character: Is it not very offensive when people call you a homophobe or a bigot in response to your peaceful and loving appeals – These words are used as a blanket condemnation of other people and intended to be pejorative and it is cruel and mean-spirited. It is an ad hominem intended to belittle a person and to insult their views. It is not an argument but a tactic. But do not return the favor ..instead kindly respond to them. If someone determines their acceptance of me based on me agreeing with them concerning any and all matters, then so be it. However, as a Christian I have, and with the help of God, I will, express love toward all people – even if their views differ from mine. I highly value freedom of conscience because beliefs and convictions cannot be forced. People must be won over with the gospel and with persuasion and, more importantly, by the grace of God. They will not be won by shaming them into submission with pejoratives.

IN WITHHOLDING LOVE

If you profess to be a Christian do not distort the gospel to win the culture’s favor. It does not surprise me too much when I see the world fight, defend and love being captive to sin. I can identify because, prior to the grace of God, I have myself been captivated many of the same things — things that I could not change about myself. But it troubles me greatly to see professing Christians, especially teachers in the church, making exceptions for repentance because of the difficulty for people to change. This can come in a variety of forms but a recent example would be same-sex marriage. Any church which promotes same-sex marriage are actually telling one select group of people that they need not, by the grace of God, repent of their sin. Instead the teachers withhold love from them by telling them it is okay by God to continue in their sin … because, they reason, that it is not really sin since they were born this way so if God made them like this, it must be what God wants. Human reasoning based on the philosophy of this world and not Christ in whom all the treasures of wisdom are found. Even if it were a fact that people are born this way, since when did our innate evil dispositions stop God from commanding us to do otherwise. We live in a fallen world, post-Eden where all men are “not able not to sin” We are all born this way … captive to sin and none of us has the power to change and obey apart from a supernatural work of grace. That is precisely why we need the gospel. We are not saved because we change our behavior … we change our behavior because we are saved. We are no longer our own but were bought with the price of Christ’s blood. If you are going to call yourself a Christian, you have been called to self-denial. Our former self was crucified and we are called now to follow Jesus and do what He wants. Our identity is no longer in our sexuality or other things but in Christ, whose beauty far exceeds anything we know of here on earth.

Professing Christians who teach that persons with same-sex attraction have no need of repentance and actually even promote and blesses gay marriage in their church are guilty of a sin far more serious than many realize —-> the murder of souls. Captivity to sin is the actually deadliest form of slavery – one with eternal consequences.

It is a heinous sin to advocate that a select group of people are exempt from repenting. Anyone doing so is specifically derelict in their Christian duty of love to set the captives free from the oppression of slavery to sin and so leave them to a Christless eternity. Whether such churches do so consciously or not, they are actually advocating that men remain slaves to sin, so they are doing precisely the opposite of what the gospel intended. Turning it upside down he is leading men INTO captivity. You might even call this an anti-gospel.

No doubt many persons with same-sex inclinations were not able to change when they came to church because they still loved their sin more than God. I know likewise many people who have come to church with other sins who loved them too much to change. In both cases that is usually a sign that they were never regenerate. But in my own church as in many theologically conservative churches across the world, those saints who struggle with same-sex attraction worship along side other saints who God has delivered from other kinds of bondage. Thank God for His mercy, what is impossible for man (faith and repentance) is possible with God. Sadly those like Matthew Vines do not appear to believe in regenerating grace, at least not as the Bible teaches it (1 John 3:9; 5:1-4).

To counsel sinners that, in Christ, they can be forgiven from the guilt of sin but remain under the power of sin is to declare that God’s grace is insufficient and to overthrow the gospel itself whose purpose is to liberate the captives.

Ezek 3:18 would seem to apply to such teachers: where God says,

“If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at YOUR hand.” (emphasis mine)

IN DISPARAGING WOMEN

Although our culture loves to pronounce how well it treats women, but if you look under the surface, the fact is that women are continually being judged by their looks and are constantly being objectified. In our hyper-sexualized culture pornography has played a big role in promoting this. It is joked about on late night TV and is spoken as if this were not only common but socially acceptable, even though readily available for young teenage boys. Sadly, even some famous female actors are actively promoting it. On a related topic, human trafficking is a big problem in the United States of America. This is modern slavery is fueled by the culture’s addiction to easy sex. and I am thankful for the Christian organizations I know of that are fighting against human trafficking and helping homeless teens get off the street. But if you profess to be a Christian, all forms of sexual immorality need to be a thing of the past. Turn to Christ and behold His beauty and the things of earth will seem unfulfilling. But if you don’t grieve over your sin in this area but continue in it, then please do not dishonor Jesus Christ but pretending to be a Christian. Christian men need to respect all women and view them as those also made in the image of God. If you want to have sex that is great.. God created it but do it in the marriage covenant. If you love someone you will show it by your commitment to marry them.

Now the Scripture teaches us that none of these can be done by sheer will-power or by signing some kind of pledge that you will live this way. That is a recipe for disaster.. No, God can do it in us because the Spirit of God dwells in us, and for that reason alone. Look to Christ and it will not be burdensome. Christians are here not to tell people how to modify their behavior so they can be moral. Rather, we are here to declare freedom for the captives… to liberate our fellow human beings from the shackles of sin that have enslaved them. And we point to God as the only one with the power to do that for us.

Pastor Paul