2018 is a profound reminder I believe.
Believing is a scriptural foundation principle secured in God having the scriptural elements of 1 Thessalonians 5:12-25 "And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.
Believing is a scriptural foundation principle secured in God having the scriptural elements of 1 Thessalonians 5:12-25 "And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.” Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 1:13
As a Christian, I believe in the word of God, I believe in Jesus Christ, I believe in the power of the cross and I believe in scripture. I do not believe in religiosity. It is my opinion, religiosity somehow self-created itself as a non-plausible anti-scriptural truth. "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” 1 Timothy 4:1
In 2018 let the cross be your foundational reminder as to why you are a Christian. "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24
The first step is to know our salvation journey calls for you and I to be an active participant to daily "come after (Jesus), let him (or her) deny himself, and take up his (or her) cross and follow me.” It must be noted in this scripture it did not instruct anyone to follow a pastor, a coworker, a spouse or a specific ministries, spirituality or family traditions which is not scriptural. We must follow Jesus Christ's expectations in partnership with scripture and confirm scripture with everything that is preached from the pulpit to see if everything you hear is rooted and grounded in scripture to confirm scripture back to your spirit. Believe it or not some pastors do misquote the bible. It is so important to walk with a note pad to see if scriptural rigging or scriptural manipulation is present or not.
In 2018 you need to stop depending on everything except the word of God. You must actively tell yourself the Philippians 2:12 scriptural directive which states: “wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” You are responsible to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” which is ongoing scriptural work.
When Christians forget the word, forget the commandments or selectively delete some parts of the commandment to self-apply what they think Exodus 20:1-17 is saying, what you are in essence doing is playing Russian roulette with the word of God which will checkmate you out of God’s scriptural promises because you are in a state of contempt of scripture.
To believe in the commandment and not practice it 100% you are a scriptural liar of scripture. Scripture tells me "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Proverbs 30:5-9
In other words you become a liar of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the scriptural word of God. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:17-20
"And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Mark 12:29
Jesus Christ Himself stated in Matthew 15:9 "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
In 2018 I pray Christians will not comply with the "commandments" of men.” All Christians need to ask themselves right now are we anti-scripturally following "commandments" of men
If it is not scriptural it is anti-scriptural and we need to cast down "commandments of men.” according to 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."
In 2018 God is commanding and God is demanding all worldwide Christians must actively cast down any "commandments" of men to unconditionally submit and embrace the commandment of God.
"Submit yourselves therefore to God (not people, places and things)." (Non submission to God means one cannot) resist the devil, and he will flee from you." Non-submission to God outline in Romans 13 means submission to other gods such as god of abuse, the god anger and the god of manipulation will taking you away and keep you away from the living God of this earth outline in Psalm 24:1 "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." Non-submission to God will yoke you to a a stronghold call the god of ignorance upon your life cutting away at the God of light. "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." My question to ALL WORLDWIDE CHRISTIANS do you know which god, God or gods you are ignorantly serving right now? Can you list your god you have ignorantly give your devotion to? "For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To The Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Ignorance disallows one to submit "yourselves one to another in the fear of God." Christians, Christian wives or Christian husbands who submit themselves to the god of self cannot worship or serve God in spirit and in scriptural truth. If a Christian, Christians husband or a if a Christian wife is in a state of non-submission to God that wife or that husband cannot submit themselves to God, to your husband or to your wife. Did you know God is the power of attorney over all Christian marriages based on your marriage vow? 1 Corinthians 7:4 can be view as a scripture of scriptural equality in the context of marriage that is not limited to sex but all aspect of marital life that is free from marital bullying, disrespectful attitudes, selfish actions, conditional inactions, abuse, negativity, emotional neglect, financial abuse, spousal abuse from a wife or a husband, anything that is anti-God, anti-Christ and anti-scripture as a Christian. Acts 17:23, 1 Peter 5:5, Romans 10:3, Ephesians 5:21
The New Testament and the Old Testament are mirrors of each other, confirming each other not disproving each other: "And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep commandments and my laws? He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." Exodus 16:28, John 14:21
What are the commandments and who is God and are you illegally applying things that are not scriptural in 2018?
Question: Are you purposely deleting the commandments or scripture from your life as a Christian directly and indirectly, aware and unaware, knowing and un-knowingly? My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast. So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul. And even as they did not
like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not convenient. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart even if the desires of your heart are reprobate and self-directed by you. Hosea 4:6, Matthew 20:16, Matthew16:26, Romans 1:28, Psalm 37:4
We cannot anti-scriptrually go along to scripturally get along, which will always cause a scriptural conflict. "For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. James 1:7-8 James 4:7-8
Sometimes you have to stand and sometimes you have to stand alone. If you do not study the word how would you recognized or not recognized the word in one's action or inaction?
When you forget who is God or selectively forget God is the power of attorney over your life based on your Numbers 30:2 vow to our Lord the day you made the decision to commit yourself to God verbally or through water baptism; when you deny scripture to authentically operate in your life you indirectly will self-create an anti-scriptural agenda.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Romans 5:19
You will start a systemic spiritual warfare with yourself first as you touch and agree with things that are not scriptural. This self-designed anti-scriptural agenda will always push a self-agenda ideology directly or indirectly to transition the unaware to develop or support an anti-God, anti-scripture and Antichrist doctrine. "For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. Proverbs 4:2
In 2018 we must ask ourselves what is the law? It is my opinion, the law is our scriptural legislation, our scriptural statute, our scriptural commandments and the application of the word.
Christianity is not a perfect religion but we serve a perfect God in the midst of imperfection, failures and disappointments. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23
2018's highlight reflection for me was touching a total of over 10 million lives on Google+ social media through my writings, posting words of encouragement or provoking one to think regardless if one is religious or irreligious.
One of my favourite posts was divorcing the spirit of adultery which is about taking your deliverance by force and you have to confront your “issues of life”. In 2018 may the God who is depicted in Romans13:1-7, 1 Chronicles 29:11 and Psalm 24:1 be unmovable in your life to move the unmovable out of your life.
May you be purpose driven by scripture versus people, places or things. I pray you will unconditionally embrace who you are in the word of God, not scripturally go along to anti-scripturally get along. May you scriptural transition into God's will for your life that is unique to you by protecting and defending scripture always.
May you not be satisfied with where you are at right now but have an internal desire to want more out of life will outshine the evil that is planned against your life directly or indirectly.
May you find the courage to cast down all named and unnamed Antichrist spirits, anti-scriptural spirits, and anti-god spirits in partnership with scripture that would want to oppose the business of God in your life and the will of God for your life.
May you always have the courage to act within the best interest of God and scripture to never outsource God's scripture or Jesus Christ from your life.
Whatever situation you are currently going through, I pray it will never become a "god" directly or indirectly in your life. Today is a new day and God is saying give Him all your unresolved situation today. What are your god(s)? Is it breaking the commandment directly or indirectly?
Do not play church and do not play with God’s words in 2018.
Do not play church and do not play with God’s words in 2018.
This is not the year to be playing with your salvation or to think you are above God to become a self-god in action and inaction. "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.”
To believe in scripture and not live it, it is scripturally dishonest.
Wishing you and your family love, peace and happiness in 2018. "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
All you have to do is to come "just as I am" and to rediscover who you are in scripture in 2018.
All you have to do is to come "just as I am" and to rediscover who you are in scripture in 2018.
