a friend of the world is the enemy of God

am 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

I find this a very interesting subject; specially on forums. You cannot be friends with the world and pleasing to God, it's impossible. That would be like saying, "light is dark" or "dark is light". Impossible.

I heard an old, old story

Victory in Jesus
Eugene Monroe Bartlett 1939

I heard an old, old story, How a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning, Of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins; And won the victory. Chorus: O victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever. He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory, Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about His healing, Of His cleansing power revealing. How He made the lame to walk again And caused the blind to see; And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, Come and heal my broken spirit," And somehow Jesus came and brought To me the victory. Chorus: I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory. And I heard about the streets of gold Beyond the crystal sea; About the angels singing, And the old redemption story, And some sweet day I'll sing up there The song of victory. Chorus:

God help us to get our fear into a Christian perspective

The reason I'm concerned about my brothers and sisters not only feeling so much fear but publishing it and encouraging this fear in others is that I see these hard times leading up to the day we are told we can't buy sell or trade without the mark. Families will take the mark out of fear, they will take the mark to feed their kids. This seals their fate, this is denouncing Christ. If we are so afraid today, how much more will our fear grip us the day we're offered the mark?

It has to start somewhere to get to that point of the mark of the beast;... and what do Christians do instead of uniting in truth and love, we have become divided in a political (worldly) atrocity!
We should be proclaiming the truth, the gospel of Christ and encouraging one another in truth instead of slandering our leaders! Discussing truths is one thing, slander-speaking evil, we are warned of yet.....
Titus 3:1-2
“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men” .


God have mercy! Help us to get our fear into a Christian perspective (we either believe or we don't) and not to react as the world reacts. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Rev 13:17
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

2Co 4:8-9 "We are troubled on every side"

2Co 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
(9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

2Co 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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Praise the Lord!!! These scriptures comfort me in these hard times. We are Christians, saved by grace!!! We over come!


God help us to be a beacon of light in the dark murky sea of a lost and dieing world.

Jesus did not stroke egos! He rebuked them!

Jesus was harsh to those who displayed a rebellious spirit and those who were after the things of man. He rebuked Peter (Matt 16:23) for such as that and lost his temper in the church, (John 2:13-17) toppling tables in anger.
(Mark 3:5) tells us "Jesus was angry with the hardness of their hearts".

We are not here to be so nice to wolves in sheep's clothing-evil communication (1Co 15:33) corrupting good manners. We are not here to stroke the ego of those who do not love the truth. Jesus didn't and I won't either!
(Speaking for myself here. Others may feel different.)

We are here to share the truth according to the gospel which we believe to be the only truth, everything else is heresy!
If you are offended by biblical standards, the truth is not in you, period.

There are those who accept (embrace) their sinful nature as a personal attribute and will argue and reason away as to why they are the way they are till the cows come home and will be offended by those who are bold in truth and think of us as being harsh.

They are also deceived and preach to others that we should be ever so kind to one another at all times... accepting (embracing) the sinful nature, we should be kind to them cuz Jesus was kind.
This attitude displays the truth of lacking biblical knowledge of truth. This is political correctness-deception.
Jesus was kind and merciful with great compassion, but he also was thought of as harsh to those who rejected him and his teachings! To say you love Jesus but reject his teachings is deceiving yourself.
To believe truth to be harsh and rude- is accepting (embracing) your sins as an attribute of your own character.
If we know Jesus as our personal savior then we are lead by the Holy Spirit in truth with boldness. We accept his teachings, we live by his teachings, we defend his teachings and this is thought of as harsh to those who reject his teachings!
Jesus did not stroke egos! He rebuked them!

God help us to embrace our Savior and His teachings... and reject the deception of our sinful nature. In Jesus precious Holy name. Amen.

Integrity is being who we say we are

My Christian integrity is very valuable to me. Being mindful and prayerful of what I say online is detrimental to that integrity. What I say and do reflects my relationship with Christ.
Psalm 25:21
" Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee."

Is what I say to the glory of God, a building up of the Kingdom? I pray so.

A lost and dying world judges us by our integrity.
We (Christians) judge the spirits.

Joh 7:24 "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

Phi 2:2 "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."