Realizing that through all the garbage of this life I don’t need the wisdom of this world and its educated, nor the methods or rituals of the pagan, nor the riches of the prestigious, nor the …, what I really need is to get closer to the ‘Mountain’ (God) of my life that will over shadow every care and trial this world can throw at me. We don’t have fear or anxiety issues, we have a God issue. We need to learn to walk in His ways, obey His will, seek after His heart, walk in the paths of righteousness, love what is good, hate evil, renew our minds by the cleansing of the Word, be led by the Spirit, flee from even the appearance of evil and be empowered by Biblical grace that brings salvation, deliverance and healing. Yet, most mock these attributes because they haven’t lived a life that has experienced what God has promised to those who follow Him. And because they haven’t experienced it, it must not be for everyone, or not for today. Hogwash! I have watched thousands of people get their lives transformed through salvation, healing and deliverance. But, the miracle is the easy part. keeping our lives clean from the consequences of the world’s ‘germs’ (sin) is the hard part. God is willing to ‘wash’ us everyday. Don’t expect Him to do it if you are seeking out cesspools of activity that we think are spiritually ‘sterile’. But what they produce is a sterilization of the Gospel so it isn’t reproduced in our lives.
Our digestive system is a good example. We have ‘good bacteria that assists us in the digestion of our ‘food’. But when they are destroyed, bad bacteria replace them. Diarrhea entails. ‘Bad bacteria’ in our life is no different. They produce diarrhea lifestyles and the consequences mentioned before. Many take probiotics to build up the ‘good’ bacteria. God’s Word is a probiotic to our souls and spirits. So is righteousness, holiness, praying, etc. If we eat infested foods, even ones that only have a few germs, they will find a way to reproduce in our lives. The best looking and best smelling food can produce deadly consequences. Our choices of what we feed on and act upon in our lives are no different. A greater problem is that we want to eat garbage get ‘sick’, than repeat it over and over again and wonder why we aren’t blest. Maybe even blame God, or rewrite His word to fit the ‘truth’ of our lifestyle of demonic consequences. Repentance is realizing the lies we’ve believed and the ‘about-face’ that is needed in response to the all-encompassing and all-empowering Grace of Jesus Christ.
The world and its followers are on a straight path that leading to hell. Problem is that too many in the Church are ‘houses divided’. They say they love Jesus, but then practice pagan rituals and follow doctrines of demons. They are tossed back in forth by all these winds of doctrines being thrown at them. And being divided in their substance are falling and failing. Rather than being just tempted, they are falling for it. Than wonder why they are being destroyed for a the lack of Godly vision in their lives.
I feel bad that despair, suicide, depression, anxiety, fear, anger, insecurity, shame, guilt, condemnation, dysphoria, paranoia, etc. are controlling their lives. We can expect the world to encounter these demonic attacks. but, we mock God’s promises when we walk in these same paths of the sinners. Sad part is the Church doesn’t realize what it means to be set free by Jesus Christ. These words are foreign and almost irritating to many, maybe most in the Church. As followers of Christ we will be attacked by the enemy in these areas, but thru the blood of Jesus Christ we are more than conquerors! We have overcome the enemy! These things may knock us down, but we quickly get back up.
It has been a blessing watching and participating in ministry to people who have overcome these demonic attacks. These people turned to pagan rituals, worldly incantations, new age (really old) methods and soooo much more, only to continue on this ‘roller coaster’ of symptoms mentioned above. Watching the darkness over someone be removed by the power and light of Jesus Christ is an awesome experience. But, a person must be will to submit to the ways of God and reject the wisdom of the world. This is where people fall short. They want to dip their feet in the cesspool of worldly methods and than complain when their lives begin to stink. You don’t have to pet a skunk to begin smelling like one. God says flee from the appearance of evil (flee from the skunky ways of the world). In America, we are great at mixing pagan rituals with our Christian lifestyles. God will not be mocked. He is a jealous God. He abhors lukewarm Christianity and vomits those who allow a mix of Godliness and evilness out of His body violently.
In these last days, it appears He is separating the sheep from the goats. Goats do whatever feels good to them. They probably even justify that it feels good. But, what profits a man to gain the whole world but lose His soul. If you seek out any way except God’s way to find peace, healing, prosperity, etc. there will be a cost in the end. The devil sneaks in by being a ‘angel of light’ (truth) and then his price is very steep, and the results are very temporary. God’s methods and miracles are powerful and lasting. But, they are also very specific in the requirements. Jesus set the example, empowered us to walk in the same example and than told us to go into all the world and share that example through word and deed so others can do the same.
Yet, the Church has compromised the holiness and righteousness of God. We have not only added to the Word, but maybe even more devastating, we have taken away from the Word. Taken away its Truth, its power and its transformation substance. We have removed the substance of sin, repentance, submission, humility, and so much more that most “salvations” come from a mutated version of just an addition of Jesus to your life is all you need. where as true salvation comes from understanding I deserve hell. I must count everything as garbage when compared to what Jesus did for me. I must confess my sin, turn from my wicked ways, submit to His ways and seek after Him. Transformation will begin. My heart will be changed. My mind will be renewed. My life will resemble the life of Jesus Christ. And as I mature, I will seek His ways, His heart and release His kingdom wherever I go. Holiness and goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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