(All scripture is in King James version) 

 

Israel has just attacked and bombed Iran. This could be a major war in the middle east and around the world and we should be ready. We should be ready, steady and strong in faith because every time there is a new escalation somewhere in the world and especially in the middle east, we hear folks says the end times are near. We get all nervous and fearful and then turn into a scare tactic to bring people to Christ.

 

Now I do think we need to be aware but not fearful. We do need to share the gospel but not out of fear which is self-protection but out of love. We do need to stay faithful and steady even in dark days, but it is nowhere near the end.

 

Jesus was sharing the verses above to a nation. The nation that will be a Kingdom but not to us gentiles. He was sharing this insight so Israel would know but first the Body of Christ must be taken out of this world. THEN and only then will those troubled, hard, and sad end times come.

 

Don't be fearful, walk faithfully and be STRONG IN CHRIST JESUS! 

As I read, write and post on different media platforms I see the Catholic Cult continuing to drive their perverted gospel. This gospel and doctrine hurt the saved as well as the unsaved in a lot of ways. For one, salvation is not by works nor by actions but by faith alone, but also after one is saved, we can still see the harm of this works, sight mentality. 

 

You see once we are saved by faith alone, we can easily be entangled again with the yoke of bondage! What is that yoke of bondage you may ask... Law, ordinances and traditions! 

 

 

Paul makes this point over and over throughout his books. We are free from the law and therefore from the enticing sin! Read this verse from 1Corinthians and really think about it.

 

The Body of Christ is free from sin, death and law!!! LIVE FREE SAINTS! 

 

Be careful who you hang out with for if they are staunch Catholics or walk by sight and law then they can easily pull you away from the freedom You have in Christ!!!  

Robin and I like to watch real "who done it" shows like Dateline. After someone is killed the detectives often work backwards to eliminate people.......This what we can do too with bible doctrine.

 

We can say "if Mid Acts doctrine is Not true than we have a problem. We have confusion and controversy. Mid Acts is described as the time when the movement from Israel to the gentile began. When Jesus saved Paul and gave Paul new doctrine to the gentile. Not under Israel's law program but offering the gentile salvation by faith alone. 

 

How can we say we have been forgiven completely by 

 

IF Jesus says this in Matthew

 

Jesus tells Israel they must forgive before they will be forgiven. Oh and that thing about Israel! Jesus tells the lady in Matthew

 

SO, if He only came to Israel and IF no gentiles were saved at that time that tells us that there is a difference, right! It tells us something different happen when Paul came along. It tells us that in the middle of Acts approximately, that after Jesus earthly ministry to Israel and their rejection of Him God decided to go to the gentile world.

 

By the way there was NO cross, NO blood, NO dispersion of the Holy Spirit moving at the time of Jesus earthly ministry. There was NO death or Resurrection! There was Law and works but now under the mid Acts doctrine we see grace shown to gentiles and salvation offered by faith alone! 

 

Follow Paul and Mid Acts doctrine and you will see the "difference". Mid Acts doctrine is found in Paul's books to the gentile, Romans through Philemon.

Some may say "you take things to far"! The liberal left thinks the conservative right goes too far with things and unbelievers think religious people should just let people live their own life. They have a "live and let live" attitude. 

 

Even among Christians some look at others and think they take things too far.  Certainly, we can look at some Christians church sects like the Amish and see they seem to take things too far. They live under law as all those who want to see external works and conformity.

 

But there are also those who say "you take grace to far" or "you take Pauline doctrine to far"! Well, I have never ever seen grace go too far, but I have seen grace taken advantage of. That's not grace by the way that's called sin and manipulation. The grace of God can never go "TOO" far because it is HIS GRACE not ours. It is HIS way of saving not ours.

 

Now how can you tell if someone takes things too far? When they think they must "DO" ordinances under law!!!! The ordinances were to show Christ, but they were NOT CHRIST! They were only shadows of Christ but not the real Christ! We have CHRIST IN US, and we are in Him, how much closer can you get!!!!

 

 

I heard a story once were someone wanted to buy a tree from a guy for firewood. The guy told him he would sell it to him for $1000.00 and the man said that's a little high, so the man said OK I sell you the "shadow" for $100.00! 

 

WHAT good is the shadow, ZERO, NOTHING! What matters is the wood, and what matters is CHRIST!!!! 

 

 

 

As we get older and have been married awhile, we sometimes forget the things we did when we were younger. The things we did when dating and trying to win our spouse over. Men most often forget things that are so simple to say or do but really shows wife your heart. Here are some suggestions to help you and your spouse connect, feel secure and grow together. 

1. Husbands read the Word together daily! Pray with and for her, both of these things show what is most important to you and wives want a Godly husband.

2. Open the door for her when you get in the car or store....

3. Compliment her on how she looks.

4. Tell her Thank you for fixing you dinner or anything else.

5. Always honor her. Never put her down she is your Queen.

6. Ask her about her feelings and day.

7.Tell her you love her everyday 

 

1. Pray for him to be the leader and Godly man.

2. Ask him about his day and what he is thinking about.

3. Always respect him.

4. Don't belittle him.

5. Be affectionate 

6. Tell him you love him daily.

 

These are just a few things you can do to help bring unity and love one another as you get older. 

Grace often has different meanings by different people. The Calvinist pervert the word grace and the liberal uses the word grace for selfish desires.

The Word grace means to accept and have favor upon. It means to have the approval of God. Israel had that favor but rejected their Messiah! So, God moved on from Israel and would accept the gentile without the nation of Israel or its laws! He would save and show favor, approval and acceptance to the gentile who would believe in Jesus's cross work and resurrection by faith. 

Eph 2:5 "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)"
NOT BY LAW BUT BY GRACE... 

 

NOT BY WORKS... 

It means no more works of the law. We are saved by grace alone by faith alone.  

 

SUFFICIENT... 

Paul says that His Grace is sufficient, which means His Life and His acceptance is above death or our struggles! 

 

SHOW THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE... 

So that He may show the world His acceptance and His favor through Jesus Christ.

All of us know or at least have seen some charismatic church or person in our lives. The kind that speaks in tongues and dances around in church meetings like a crazy person. The kind that says they heard God's voice audibly say something to them. They are charismatic Catholics and Protestants who claim so many strange doctrines and works of the flesh. They base everything on their "Experiences". They are the kind that say I "saw" this, or I "heard" that! Someone was healed or brought back to life and most of the time it is always to up the experience, in order to prove and to get others excited. 

They want to "SEE" and "HEAR" but we are called to walk by FAITH!!!

 

We are told to believe and walk by sound doctrine not our experiences. We are told to "hold fast" to sound doctrine.

This means to put on like a glove and wear strongly without ever taking off.    

To grasp and never let go!

And we are to speak and edify with words that come from the WORD and not experiences. 

 

Don't get caught up in other's experiences but rather read the Word, know sound doctrine and be content in Christ alone! 

 

 

Do you ever struggle with life? I find myself struggling with health issues at times. It's not the actual disease itself that is so bad but the desire to be back to normalcy. The diet, the meds and the different therapies that one must go through. The desire to exercise or go places and not plan around things. I just wish at times it was over, and I could get back to doing the things I enjoy. Do you ever feel this way.

 

 

Paul was in prison when he wrote those words. I wonder if Paul dealt with wanting to get back to normal life. While he was in prison and although he used it to minister to the guards or whomever I wonder if he wanted to be able to leave and do what he wanted to do. To see the church and to laugh with them. To eat with them and have normal food and not be treated like a prisoner. I bet he suffered in the same way.

 

But he tells Timothy in 2Ti 4:5 "But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand."

To endure afflictions and do the work of the ministry. Paul knew he was near his time to depart from this world and be with the Lord.

 

We too need to focus on doing the work even in our afflictions! Even when suffering through tests and needles poking us, we still need to share Christ and edify the body. (And just a little selfish tid-bit, I also believe not only is it the right thing to do but it takes our mind off ourselves and puts it on Christ and others!)  

 

Paul continues 

 

Keep up the FAITH and FINISH your course no matter what and you too will have an everlasting crown waiting for you! 

 

Alexa was a high school track athlete who had to compete against a transgender athlete. After she had beat the boy, she wouldn't stand on the podium with him and several other girls wouldn't either. This is happening all over our colleges and High schools and even into JR. High grades. I am so proud and thankful for all the Alexa's and others who will stand against this sinful behavior!  

 

It is sad that we now live in a society that has accepted and made legal homosexuality and transgender behavior.  It sickens me and remember this door was open by the liberal left Democrats as well as Hollywood.

Paul says this in 

 

This verse is so perfect for today. They and by "they" I don't just mean the transgender but the ones who allowed it to be accepted and legal "Professed to be wise"! This was not wise but stupid and it harms society as a whole. It is unrighteous and ungodly! They changed the TRUTH OF GOD into a LIE!!! They worship themselves, the creature, instead of the CREATOR!

 

Paul continues... 

 ... 28 "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; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,...  " 

 

They are filled with ALL unrighteousness, and so God gave them over to their own sin and destruction! Take a STAND against this evil! STAND with me against all who would make such sin normal! Don't accept or approve of this wickedness but be BOLD and STRONG IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! 

 

 

FEAR! 

 

We are all born in bondage to fear it says in Romans 8.

 

And while it is easy to fall back into fear, we do not have the spirit of fear now! We have the spirit of Victory through Christ! We are reconciled to God through Christ and do not need to fear rejection from God or man. We have the spirit of adoption through Christ. We no longer, long to belong, but now belong to God through Christ. When we walk by our flesh, we may fear our spouse or our children's future and perhaps the government or our financial future.... all of that means nothing when we know WHO we are and WHERE we are going.

 

It is God love that drives out fear.

 

So don't walk in fear, put on God's Love, and be confident, bold and free in Christ!!!! 

  

I have counseled a lot of folks who walk in shame.  It seems the ones that suffer the most are those who have been involved in some sort of sexual sin. Whether they have been molested or raped or gave their bodies away for pleasure or money. I have heard some awful stories, and I could see why they lived in shame. 

 

We all have shame to some degree. It may be a onetime sin that we did yesterday or in years past. It may be something that was done to us over and over from years past. Shame always comes from something in the past. It is being self-focused on our performance instead of Christ. We may have sinned, or someone has sinned against us, and we focus on how it looks or how others think of us. We can't go back and change what happen, but we can deal with it righteously and not "live" in shame. 

 

AND THAT MEANS 

we are made a NEW CREATURE in CHRIST!
2Co 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

 

We are no longer who we were but ALIVE and FREE! We no longer need the approval of others and therefore no longer need to walk in shame. Now while this truth is true it may take a while to sink into our minds. This is why I recommend renewing your mind over and over of this truth and 2 getting someone to help you grow in this. You may need to talk with someone who can help you see yourself as Christ sees you.

 

Be Real, Be Honest and Stop walking in Shame. 

 

 

 

This is what Pilate said to Jesus. He didn't know what was true either. We see so many pedaling truth in so many different ways, but the question is "do you know what is truth"?

 

Every argument with someone is over who is right. Which one is true and right. Am I telling you the truth or is the next guy. Is this church teaching truth or is this pastor deceiving me. How can we tell if someone is feeding us with bad, untruthful doctrine. 

 

Well as I have said over and over the way to know if a church teaches bad doctrine is if they teach Law!  Now law is anything that makes us "perform" or "do" something in order to attain salvation, approval or right standing with God. Law can be a tradition or so-called cleansing of oneself. Law can be our own or a denominational teaching. Law is anything out of the grace of God as given to us in scripture.

 

Tithing, Water baptism, speaking in tongues, any type of Temple worship or confessing to priest, burning of incense.... and so on can all be marks of law and performance. There are so many, many, many different ways law can be expressed.

 

Now the way to see truth it in scripture is through understanding the Word of God through rightly dividing the word of truth notice I said, "the word of truth".  ALL the bible is true, but we are told to "divide it". So where in the bible is there a division and a significant change of doctrine of law to doctrine of grace??????

 

 

Well, it comes to light when Paul was saved in Acts 9, and the gentile church called the body of Christ was formed. It is in Paul's books that we find the doctrine of grace alone and that truth for us is known. It is in these books alone that we know TRUTH for today! Study these books over and over and walk in the freedom and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ! 

 

In politics we often hear of the different administrations. The Trump administration or cabinet is different than the Biden for instance. The President's administration is different from other offices or businesses in the U.S. that goes on. Even though some group or business may have shared the same idea as the President it is without power and authority until he makes into law. The same goes for the word grace.  

 

While God has shown grace to Israel over the years it was not a law or administration until Paul comes along. Israel was God's cabinet and administration exercising the law, but when they were unfaithful and did not accept Jesus and then killed their Messiah God extended salvation to the gentile world by grace. That administration is called the dispensation of grace. The gentile world could now be saved by faith without Israel, law or works. Grace is the administration for today and it is not to be mixed with law, works or other ordinances.  It is not to be a ritual, mystical or traditional church practices.

 

Let us not be confused by adding more than what God has ordained, for salvation is by grace through faith alone!