This blog is designed to make you "think". Also to encourage,exhort,edify and "Warn" the saints of God as we see the day of The Lord on the horrizon.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Many Voices, And For Every Man A Doctrine!!!

I thank the Good Lord that He said, "If "it were possible even the very elect would be deceived…There are so many voices in the world today, and so many men with their own doctrine and their own agenda, to fit their giant sized egos. Yet there is but one doctrine, one truth and that doctrine is contained within the pages of God’s Word. The disciples warned that if they or an angel from heaven preach any other doctrine to the sheep of the Most High, let that person or persons be accursed.

Galatians 1:6-9
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Beware of strange doctrine, it is like the strange fire that was offered by Arron’s sons and is worthy of death. Tread carefully ye who would teach, preach and propagate strange doctrines, doctrines of men bring death to all who embrace them.

Leviticus 10:1-2
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Anyone who seeks to distort, detract, add to, twist to fit their agenda, or ignore the written word of God is a liar, and a wolf, and on very dangerous ground, for God wont suffer those who pervert His gospel, His Word, or those who seek to lead His sheep astray, in order to fulfill their lust for power and their own over inflated egos.

It doesn’t take to long before one see’s the true nature of a person, just present a truth that they don’t like and out come the hidden claws…out come the personal insults, out come defamatory comments as to the spiritual condition of the one presenting the truth…they go on a personal attack against you…..try the spirits the word says … to see of what sort they are…a very wise admonition from the Lord…"Not everyone who says unto me Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven."

Any person who desires to have control over others, doesn’t want people to know the truth, not without applying their spin to it. They sometimes go so far as to cut people off from all outside sources, no T.V. news, no radio news, no communication with others outside of their group, sometimes no contact with family…all in the name of being pleasing to God, so they say.

I once heard the most arrogant account of the book of Job, by someone who called themselves a Christian, basically what they said was, Job had all his problems because he just didn’t get “It” he lacked faith, in other words all his problems were his fault…Now folks when that person stands face to face with God and face to face with Job one of these days, who’s face do you think is going to turn red first?

A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit … by their fruits ye shall know them… by the love they have one for another, and by the love they have for the truth. Is a person willing to lay down their own ego, their own need to be found right at all times, even when what they present is not in line with the written Word of God.

As I spoke of in my blog, “There is nothing loving about the enemy of your soul” Feb. 3rd 2008…I recognize the enemy. He is mean, he is insulting, he is abusive, he is arrogant, he has a need to be in control, and he has an ego the size of Mt. Rushmore. The enemy can dish out insults with the best of them, but when it comes to receiving the same, he fails miserably; he cannot take any bruising to his precious ego. Those who have fallen captive to their own ego, generally speaking, play the persecuted martyr when confronted with their own brand of medicine.

We have seen many so called religious leaders in past years, those who cater to the vulnerable souls, the searching souls, many who are sincerely seeking to please God. Unfortunately they sometimes fall into the hands of those wolves in sheep’s clothing. Wolves are some times hard to spot because they surround themselves with those who pepper their egos. They display an element of truth in all they profess, but folks underneath it all they are ravening wolves. The Lord taught me early that Satan is more subtle than any beast, he is crafty conniving, and deceptive,and he comes to kill, to steal and to destroy.

Any time a person thinks that they are the only ones that know the truth, that only their interpretation is fit for consumption…..folks run, run as fast as you can, because that person is a giant deceiver. These wolves like to keep men in subjection to themselves, not to God.

These wolves like to let people think that they are the only ones who get “It” so they can keep their superior position, from where they look down on the rest of God’s creation. From such I say again…flee…because such persons are lost in their own ego and arrogance, they are lost in their own self deception, and have run themselves through with many an arrow.

There is only one Truth and it is open to every believer, to every child of God. It is opened by the Holy Spirit to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness. It is so clear to comprehend that even a child can have understanding. It is man that makes the gospel complicated and seemingly hard for man to attain to, not God. What He has for us is for every hungry soul, available for the asking…Amen. As Jesus spoke to the Pharisees:

Matthew 23:13-15
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Psalms 19:7-8
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
That no flesh should glory in his presence.

There will be no self absorbed, know it all’s in Heaven, only the meek will enter in. Some are very careless with the liberty they have been given in Christ, and they forget where God has brought them from, and they forget that the same measure that they use to judge another will be used to judge them. May we all stay humble and repentant before The Most High, that we may be found pleasing in His sight.

2 Peter 1:5-11
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Galatians 5:13-16
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.


"But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another."

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh

Romans 12:3-9
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Let love be without dissimulation.

Romans 2:1-16
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
For there is no respect of persons with God.
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

May we all learn to Love the brethren, love those who have a heart of after God, exhort and encourage one another and even the more so as we see the day approaching. For as the Word says if you cannot love your brother who you can see, how can you say you love God whom you cannot see. Let us do unto others as we would have them do unto us…Amen…lest God give us a heaping great truck load of our own medicine…Amen

This is a day and a time in which it is of the utmost importance that we each have our own relationship with our Savior Jesus Christ, that we have an intimate relationship with Him and His Word, that we seek His Holy Spirit, that we desire the Truth, what ever the personal cost to us. We must take time alone with God and seek to stay in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit and not in our flesh… that we may hear and know his voice, and be able to recognize fellow sheep, and recognize the wolves when we come across them …Amen



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

All I can see clearly is this. We need to be living in the here and now trying to obey God because we love Him. I am not concerned to much about what is coming on us soon.(It is going to be worse than any one can immagine!) I am concerned for the innocent, the week, little children. I hope that if I have to suffer(and I probably will) I wont let the Lord down. No one knows what they will be like untel they are in the war. Some that think they will be heros will be cowards and some that we think will be cowards will be true wariors. I have never seen God's Word fail. It is a long hard road but step by step we can trust God's Word. So we just have to cling to God and He will carry us through. All vanitys will be brned up and only what God has done will remain.No doubt His justace has to fall upon al of our wickedness soon.
Shabbat Shalom,
Peter.

Bonny said...

No two Christians are going to agree one hundred percent on every single issue, interpretation or revelation. Even Peter and Paul had a public disagreement. It is whether there is a spirit of love between the brethren, and a kindness in listening to others without pride and arrogance.
As long as we are not compromising on the truth of Christ and Him crucified, then, as the scriptures say, if on anything two don't agree, they should pray and ask the Lord to show them. It doesn't say that they should argue their point in an attitude of pride and perceived seniority......
I believe it is important that we remain open to being taught and corrected by others, and hope that we stay that way...at the same time, we should be earnestly searching the scriptures and praying that the Lord would show us His truth. The witness in our spirits should be one of peace. Gentleness and humility - that would be the heart of any true teacher or pastor.
"May we all learn to Love the brethren, love those who have a heart of after God, exhort and encourage one another and even the more so as we see the day approaching."
We would do well to follow these things. Thank you for this reminder, Helen.

A Seed Sower said...

Amen guys...this is the word for today:To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
For our God is a consuming fire....Amen, God is Faithful Amen, may we all be found faithful to Him and to His Word..Amen..Love you all...may we all continue to grow and learn of Him..Amen

A Seed Sower said...

OH and Peter your words of concern for the unborn, the most innocent are commendable,most don't even think of them...Oh and this scripture just happened to proceed the lower so thought I would post it also:
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Af thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Amen the innocent are important to God...God Bless you Peter...thanks for the reminder!

Anonymous said...

JRPeacher - mtzion@hughes.net

Exhorting each other in the spirit of love, grace and peace is of utmost importance during these troubled times. Messiah said that we would be known by the love that we show. The Apostles often proclaimed and opened their letters exhorting the Spirit of Grace; may He be upon you and exhibited in all that you do.

In that context, some personal thoughts if I may, (and these are personal observations of my 53 years):
Each of us were raised in different environments. we each have different backgrounds and parents. We all attended various houses of worship. We read the Bible according to our backgrounds and it is up to the Spirit, the Word that was in the very beginning from the creation of this planet to enlighten our hearts and minds.

My background was in an evangelical denomination, the Assemblies of God, my father was a pastor there for many years. But, I have attended many other houses of worship and they are very different from my upbringing. All worshiping the Father in the way they understand; according to their background.

Churches in Africa worship the Father playing the instruments of their culture. Their understanding of God is in direct relation to their upbringing. Churches in Latin American nations worship with an upbeat, latino beat and instruments. Churches in Asia use the instruments of their cultures. All arise up into the Heaven of Heavens where God is and if done in truth and through the Spirit, have to be a sweet aroma to Him.

God established the boundries of the nations; if I remember correctly according to Scripture there are 70. Each, although different, are humans created in the image of God. Body, soul and eternal spirit.

There is one culture that is arising to the forefront, Hebrew Messianic Believers who are drawn once again, and soon in mass to the God who has called them out from the nations. In my reading of this issue, they are going through what the Church has gone through over the centuries. It has taken the Church 2,000 years to arrive to its present position; the Messianic Believer Congregations are having to go through the same thing in a few short years what has taken the Church 2,000 years to achieve. Quite an accomplishment and the turmoil, the misunderstandings, the doctrines are being put through the grinder in a time warp that is unimaginable to the human mind.

In this process of God bringing the Bride of His Son into maturity, and the unbelievable pressures He is putting us under, we must remain full of His grace, His love, His understanding and His patience. It is not humanly possible but through our obedience in allowing the Spirit of Grace to work in and through us anything is possible to those who believe!

When disagreements arise, as they will, while reading this morning I came across PROVERBS 30:33 which says:

"Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter; and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife."

In his writings to the churches and other believers, he quite often admonishes, "May grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." He opens up his letters with this salutation to the Corinthians,the Galatians, the Ephesians, the Colossians the Thessalonians and the Philippians.

How much more should we as Believers do the same in our conversation, although electronic in 2008 be of the same spirit, which Paul says come from God; the spirit of grace?

In the context of different upbringings, households, and cultures, I am comforted when I read PSALM 46:4 -

"There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High."

This river that makes great gladness has many streams. We are all connected and flow into that great river He has created. Let us joy in our different cultures and how we apply our beliefs as our individual circumstances require. Messiah is LORD of the earth; we are His creation. Our basic believe is in Him. He is the cornerstone, He is the head, we are His body. Great and marvellous are His works in us as individuals, just and true are His ways. He sits as a Refiner of silver and gold. And as the end approaches for human kind as we know it, He will produce gems and precious stones as only He knows how. We will be those stones He has set for His signet ring in the Heaven of Heavens.

So, fear not, do not be dismayed, He who has started a good work in us will complete it in His way, in His time, and for His purpose!

Praise His glorious Name!