Be Doers of The Word

 

As Disciples of Jesus Christ we should not allow the turmoil of world events to direct our emotions or dull our hope. 

 

Governments will change, trouble will come, but our mission remains the same: Seek first the Kingdom of God and HIS righteousness. ~Matthew 6:33
 
"The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our God, YHWH is one. And you shall love YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." ~ Mark 12:29-31

BE DOERS

If the Bible is true (and we believe it is), then the most loving and eternally significant thing you can do for someone is to share the Gospel with them. Jesus said, make disciples, not church members. The Kingdom of God is not confined within the walls of organized religion. No Church organization has a monopoly on the Truth or a franchise on God. The Church Jesus built is a Body of Believers following HIM, not following a denomination or celebrity pastor.
 
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." ~ Matthew 28:19-20

 

Three Ways Churchianity is Ruining People's Life

1. A paid clergy with top down Church government ~ Mark 10:41-43

2. Prohibiting women from participating as full members of the Body of Christ ~ Romans 12:4-8

3. Preaching a gospel of earthly riches instead of the Gospel of the Kingdom ~ Matthew 6:19-20

There are many other ways Churchianity is doing great harm. These three are to get you to think about what you believe and why you believe it.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:16

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Depression

 

It is only natural to get discouraged, even depressed, by your struggle with difficult circumstances.

Consider this: The fact you have a struggle is evidence that the Holy Spirit is motivating you to resist. God says: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. ~ Jeremiah 29:11

God has recorded all of human activity and knows the outcome. When hard times come into your life, don't dwell on the circumstance. As it is written: Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ ~ Isaiah 46:10. God knows the outcome; stick around and see how things turn out.

The devil does not want you to struggle. He encourages you to indulge in self-pity, anger, resentment, and hopelessness.

God allows you to struggle to make you stronger in faith, hope, and love. ~ 1 Corinthians 13

 

The faith that pleases God is born in a place of deadness... the deadness of all human possibilities. It is a place where man-made plans flourish at first then die. It is a place where human hopes bring temporary relief but soon crash, adding to a sense of helplessness.

Have you been at this place of deadness? Has it seemed like you have no options left? The heavens are like brass when you pray?

 

God declares to you that HE is at work. His Spirit is working to get you to stop considering the impossibilities. Stop looking to human ways and means, trying to think your way out of your situation. The Holy Spirit is urging you, “Quit hunting for help from some human source. Quit focusing on how hopeless you think your situation is. Those are hindrances to your faith.”

 

Strive to obtain the fruit of the Spirit. On a deeper level, the Fruit of the Spirit expresses itself as love, joy, peace, long-suffering (patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. When our Faith is low and we experience no inner “blooming,” we feel the lack of something – no joy or peace of mind. ~ Galatians 5:22-23

 

Jesus has the answers. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”  (and with His help, you can overcome too!) ~ John 16:33

 

Jesus said:" I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one." ~ John 17:15

What does it mean to be in the world, but not of the world? 

 

God left us a prefect example when He created whales. These magnificent creatures are mammals and should be on the land, yet they spend their entire life in the ocean. They have no gills to breathe underwater so they must come to the surface to take a breath of fresh air and get some sunlight. They are in the sea, but not of the sea.

God's children are in the world, but not of the world. We are in the sea of humanity and must breathe air to live. Many people choose to take a quick breathe and dive back down into the darkness of depression and self-pity ignoring the benefits of acquiring the fruit of the spirit.

Those who are wise seek the source of life often just as whales seek air to live. "No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace."

 

His Eye is on The Sparrow

 

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Plain As Dirt

 

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. ~ Psalm 19:1

 

Q. If God is real why doesn't He come down from heaven as show us?

A. He did! God sent His Son. We killed Him.

Jesus Revealed The Father

“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” ~ John 14:7

 

God, and the Book about God, is as plain as dirt if a person is willing to take God at His word. Organized religion has made the Bible difficult to understand by mistranslating many of the original Hebrew and Greek words into meanings that are inaccurate and deceiving.

If a person understands how a seed germinates and grows into a plant that produces fruit, then they can understand how God makes everything a process. 

 

Two of Churchianity's Favorite Doctrines

 

The way Churchianity teaches salvation is you give your heart to the Lord and your money to the Church. What does the Bible teach about salvation? Born Again Revisited

Churchianity loves to preach a fire and brimstone hell. What is God's Great Plan?

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true (Jewish fables and traditions of organization religion); the other is to refuse to believe what is true (the Word of God). ~ Titus 1:13-15

 

To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.

 

No Church has a franchise on God or a monopoly on the truth. The Church Jesus built is not an earthly organization, it's a body of Believers who seek first the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Bible really is as plain as dirt. You just have to dig deep and trust the original languages as God inspired the prophets and apostles to record. As it is written: All Scripture given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17

 

The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.