I've decided (since me and my now ex-fiance) have decided to split and follow Christ much more closely than before, that if and when I ever date again, there will be some new rules I will follow.
1. The only time we will ever touch, kiss, hold hands (except for prayer), or any other thing close to those, will be wedding day and afterward.
Reason - 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 : Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Laugh if you want, but I will follow this. I don't want the slightest chance of slipping into temptation to ever be present.
2. She must understand that Jesus is #1 in my life.
Reason - He is the very reason I exist. He is the one who saved my soul from the pits of hell. He bore my sins upon a cross after being beaten worse than any other man (Isaiah 52:14). It should be obvious why this is important to me.
3. KJV only.
Reason - I don't accept any other version as the true and pure word of God for the English-speaking people. Call me stubborn, but this (along with the others on here) is a must.
4. I am a preacher, it won't always be easy.
Reason - God called me to preach His word, and because of this, I will not always be popular. I don't mind this one bit. At the same time, those who would not try to tear me down will almost always come after her. I will be there to defend against such slander though.
Just a few things that have came to mind. I know there are more than these but this is what I have on my mind right now.
All honor and glory to the Lord.
Amen
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The misunderstood Holy Spirit
Nowadays, with churches slipping farther and farther into apostasy in this Laodicean age that we are in now, there has been a movement now to emphasize "spirit worship" or "spirit teaching" or whatever they call it. This same movement is the one that is putting out the "healing" ministries, the "motivational speaking" movement, and the "ecumenical" movement as well. It's basically a turn from fundamental Bible teaching. It's where people, claiming to be moved by the Holy Spirit of God, are supposedly performing "miracles" in the name of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Not everyone that gets up and claims to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God always is. Just because they can babble an insane conglomerate of "words" does not mean that they're full of the Holy Ghost. Just because someone saw them "heal" someone by smacking them in the forehead and they fall to the ground and act like they're having a seizure and get up and proclaim health means it actually happened.
There seems to be an over-importance in these "miracles" at these gatherings and such nowadays. From that verse I placed up there, you can see that Satan has power as well. To make it look "just right" and appealing enough to get someone sucked into this stuff. He has power, a lot of it. It was the devil that gave the Egyptian magicians power to duplicate what Moses and Aaron did (Exodus 7-9) all the way up to creation (for God is the only creator [John 1:3]).
Another reason people should stay away from these false teachers (if they teach that Christ is not fully God, and all the basic doctrines of the Bible as they are, or don't even open a Bible, claim to have heard a different gospel from an angel [Galatians 1:8-9], or anything that goes against the Bible) is because "miracle working" that is mentioned in Revelation 13:11-15 is what deceived many into worshiping the image because of the miracle that was performed. And because of the miracle, you see their downfall (Revelation 13:16-18).
(See also 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
See why I'm concerned? See why I do not agree with any teaching that goes against scripture? There is a way to tell whether or not you are to trust a minister that stands and preaches or teaches. It's one of the reasons God gave you an Authorized King James Bible :
1 John 4:1-3 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Take your Bible and compare it to what they say/preach/teach. If they do not line up with the Bible, they are not to be trusted.
Colossians 2:9 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
All honor and glory to the Lord
Amen
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Not everyone that gets up and claims to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God always is. Just because they can babble an insane conglomerate of "words" does not mean that they're full of the Holy Ghost. Just because someone saw them "heal" someone by smacking them in the forehead and they fall to the ground and act like they're having a seizure and get up and proclaim health means it actually happened.
There seems to be an over-importance in these "miracles" at these gatherings and such nowadays. From that verse I placed up there, you can see that Satan has power as well. To make it look "just right" and appealing enough to get someone sucked into this stuff. He has power, a lot of it. It was the devil that gave the Egyptian magicians power to duplicate what Moses and Aaron did (Exodus 7-9) all the way up to creation (for God is the only creator [John 1:3]).
Another reason people should stay away from these false teachers (if they teach that Christ is not fully God, and all the basic doctrines of the Bible as they are, or don't even open a Bible, claim to have heard a different gospel from an angel [Galatians 1:8-9], or anything that goes against the Bible) is because "miracle working" that is mentioned in Revelation 13:11-15 is what deceived many into worshiping the image because of the miracle that was performed. And because of the miracle, you see their downfall (Revelation 13:16-18).
(See also 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
See why I'm concerned? See why I do not agree with any teaching that goes against scripture? There is a way to tell whether or not you are to trust a minister that stands and preaches or teaches. It's one of the reasons God gave you an Authorized King James Bible :
1 John 4:1-3 - Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Take your Bible and compare it to what they say/preach/teach. If they do not line up with the Bible, they are not to be trusted.
Colossians 2:9 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
All honor and glory to the Lord
Amen
Sunday, August 7, 2011
It's not BK, It's the Word of God. You can't just pick and choose.
It seems nowadays that you can have whatever view on the Bible that you want and still say you're fine. Lots of churches are turning liberal and moving away from true Christianity because they have started "downsizing" the importance of the Word of God. It is quite important (Psalm 138:2). As a test, see what you think about these 2 verses :
Leviticus 18:22 - Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:23 - Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down therero: it is confusion.
If the Bible is your final authority, both of these are abominable sins. The text does not say that one is an abomination and the other is decent and acceptable. From seeing what's going on in America today, it seems that we've went ahead and made it OK to go against verse 22, and that verse 23 is still bad. All of it is still sin according to God who authored the book.
From the Bible point of view, the 2 homosexuals having sex with each other is just as much a sin as someone having sex with an animal. It's what the Bible says, plain and clear. But, like I said in the previous paragraph, it seems everyone now wants to throw the Bible out because of verse 22 and still say verse 23 is bad. They're both sin and that will not change. This type of thinking is an abomination unto God (Proverbs 11:1). It is a false balance to take one verse and say it does not matter out of the entire Bible. It's all or nothing.
Leviticus 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
All honor and glory to the Lord
Amen
Leviticus 18:22 - Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:23 - Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down therero: it is confusion.
If the Bible is your final authority, both of these are abominable sins. The text does not say that one is an abomination and the other is decent and acceptable. From seeing what's going on in America today, it seems that we've went ahead and made it OK to go against verse 22, and that verse 23 is still bad. All of it is still sin according to God who authored the book.
From the Bible point of view, the 2 homosexuals having sex with each other is just as much a sin as someone having sex with an animal. It's what the Bible says, plain and clear. But, like I said in the previous paragraph, it seems everyone now wants to throw the Bible out because of verse 22 and still say verse 23 is bad. They're both sin and that will not change. This type of thinking is an abomination unto God (Proverbs 11:1). It is a false balance to take one verse and say it does not matter out of the entire Bible. It's all or nothing.
Leviticus 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
All honor and glory to the Lord
Amen
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