09/30/25 KNOWING, BUT NOT DOING... IS SIN

09/30/25 KNOWING, BUT NOT DOING
IS SIN
(dlg note... obviously referring to obeying God's leading)

James 4:17
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Our world is in a mess.
Our country is in a mess.
Our communities are in a mess.
Our churches are in a mess.
Our families are in a mess.

We are in a mess, personally and collectively.
It is always the fault of the individual. But sometimes there are contributing factors.

Some of the main factors that have contributed to this mess that has flooded our world is the failure of families and pastors.

This is not to say that all families and all pastors have failed to cry out against sin or that all of them have failed to warn the people of the coming judgment of God (though many of them have failed).

The failure has been to direct their children or their congregations in how to spend our lives as instruments of God in resisting and repelling the darkness.

While confession and repentance are essential to personal salvation, it takes commitment, intentional living and serving God to raise up an army of deliverance. Too many parents have sat on the sidelines, letting the few do what God intended for the many to do. Too many pastors cried out against the darkness but failed to lead their people in a full out, frontal assault against the gates of hell. It is not enough to recognize the evil, or even abstain personally from the evil, God expects His pastors to lead their people in the self-sacrificing attack against the powers of darkness, in both the natural and the spiritual realm. It is not enough to recognize the poisoning and abusing of children by a Socialistic, Materialistic, Humanistic, Statist educational system. Pastors should have led the way in combating sacrificing of the children to Molech. There should have been millions of Christian (Church Schools) and home schools raised up over the past several decades, to save the children from the anti-Bible, anti-Christ, anti-family, anti-family, anti-American, anti-morality brain washing and soul polluting Public Education System. But pastors and parents not only allowed devilish doctrines and perverted behavior to pollute the children; they promoted it, encouraged it, clung to it, and chose to sacrifice their children to Molech and an eternity in torment.

There are other areas of life, in which pastors and parents abandoned or threw away their children. Again, it was not because all pastors and parents were unaware of the dangers, but rather that they did not seek God and follow His leading in a rescue mission to save the children.

It would be nice to say that pastors and parents finally acknowledge the need to be proactive in saving the children, but the sad fact is that things have not changed. The burning of the children in the arms of Molech is part of Americanized Christianity.

There are so many issues associated with this concern, but I don't have the time to address (re-address) them at this time. It is too late for millions. It is not too late for some. It will be too late for many more, because they will continue to mourn the tragedy, but they still won't take action to save the children.

09/30/25 FROM LIGHT TO LIGHT

09/30/25 FROM LIGHT TO LIGHT

I have known Christians who have been deceived by Satan, and therefore believed lies, which are contrary to vital truths in the word of God. But if the deceived believer walks in Divine light (truth), God will lead that person out of their error.

Do not be married to your beliefs in this life. Just like evil behavior and wicked communications, so too should Christians turn from deception of the mind and beliefs.

When a believer realizes the will of God, which leads away from evil behavior and conversation, but chooses to continue in the aberrant behavior and the unholy conversation, then that believer is no longer a believer. He (or she) has a form of godliness but denies the power of God. God's salvific grace not only makes us aware of sin (thoughts, words and deeds), but it also enables us to follow God's leading, and the end result is that our lives and our character is conformity to the image of Jesus.

We should not hold to anything that is contrary to the nature of God, the revelation of God, the will of God. When we see something in our life in opposition to Biblical truth, Divine nature, Christ likeness, then we are enabled and required to denounce and renounce it, whether we received it from family, community, "church training," culture, racial heritage, religion, society, politics, government, academia.

More especially are Christians responsible to come out from systems and movements and parties and groups, which are opposed to the revealed will and word of God.

The Scriptures tell us that many will be deceived in the last days. A great number of the deceived will hold to the teaching of popular preachers, highly esteemed church leaders and revered family members.

Remember, our light is always growing. We will not be right with God if we do not walk in the light that He leads us into. Likewise, we must not settle for the light that God gave to our forefathers or our spiritual mentors. This does not mean we will turn from Biblical truth, but rather that we will receive more truth from God's word as we grow and move forward with Him.

We are required to walk in the light God gives to us, and that light grows brighter with every dawning day. We must be dedicated to grow in grace and knowledge. Walking in light means leaving darkness behind. He that knows to do good and does not do the good, is sinning. Sinning religion does not worry about obedience to God's light. However, those who intend to make heaven their home must continue in the faith, continue in the grace of God and must continue in the Lord. These are not simply pious platitudes; these are Divine mandates we must follow.

God's light is comforting. God's light is delivering. God's light is enriching. God's light is essential. When we walk in God's light we are given peace, given joy, given hope, given love, given power, given grace, given encouragement, given life.

09/28/25 THIS YOU CAN KNOW

09/28/25 THIS YOU CAN KNOW

You can always know it is NOT a Christian who commits an act of violence. Read the New Testament.

It may be someone who claims to be a Christian, but it will never be an actual follower of Christ.

Saved people do not commit acts of violence.

09/27/25 AT LEAST CONSIDER THIS...

09/27/25 AT LEAST CONSIDER THIS...

I know my constant insistence that God saves us from sin, and not simply the penalty of sin, causes some folks a little (or maybe considerable) concern.

I know some folks have been taught that sin is inherent to the human nature and cannot be escaped as long as we are in the flesh (which they misunderstand to mean the physical body).

Some have been taught that Christians must observe Old Testament Ceremonial, Sacrificial and Dietary Laws.

Others have been taught that we cannot keep the moral law of God, even though we are saved and filled with the Holy Spirit, in spite of the many passages which clearly tell us we must, we should, we can obey God, keep His commandments, and do that which is pleasing in His sight.

There are people who deny that we can walk in victory, and be more than conquerors, and that we can always triumph in Christ and we can overcome the world, the flesh and the devil, and we can be cleansed of all sin and pure, even as Christ is pure, and we can walk in the light, even as Christ is in the light.

I know my constantly declaring these great Biblical truths wear some people out.

But at least think about these things.

Does the Bible (the New Testament in particular) tell us that God does not want us to live a life of loving submission to His will, to His word, to His commands, or does it tell us the opposite?
Which side of this issue do you proclaim?

Does the Bible (the New Testament in particular) tell us that God cannot save us from all sin in this present life, or does the Bible tell us the opposite?

What to you tell people, with great conviction and joy?

If you could, would you live your life daily in joyful submission to the will of God or would you struggle and fail to walk in His steps?

If you sit down with the Bible, without any outside sources, would you find more verses that direct us to living faithfully or more verses which excuse us for being unfaithful to God?

Would you find more verses that promise God's deliverance from sin and sinning or more verses that says God will not deliver us from sin and sinning?

Would you find more verses that say we will be judged by our deeds, words and thoughts or that we won't be judged and rewarded according to our deeds?

Do you see the death of Christ on the cross as the Father's loving sacrifice to take away our sins and guilt and punishment, or do you see the death of Christ as an angry act of a wrath driven God, punishing His Son as a pervert who is hated by the Father?

09/27/25 THE PRICE WAS SACRIFICE, NOT PUNISHMENT

09/27/25 THE PRICE WAS SACRIFICE, NOT PUNISHMENT

Jesus did pay the price (i.e. death as the sacrifice for our sin), to save us from the guilt and penalty (punishment) of our sin.

He did not die as the payment to a wrathful god or to suffer as the penalty (punishment) for our sin.

Jesus became the Father's loving and benevolent sin sacrifice for sinners (as the verse should say). He did not become sin, rebellion, corruption, pollution, perversion, wickedness, evil, abomination as the object of an angry and vengeful god.

As the holy Sacrifice of God, Jesus atoned, propitiated, satisfied the justice of a holy and merciful God.

If we don't trust in His salvation, we will be objects of His scorn, wrath and His just judgement.

Jesus became, and was our worthy Sacrifice, and He did it without ever having or becoming sin.

09/25/25 IT IS SIN, SIN MAKES YOU CRAZY

09/25/25 IT IS SIN, SIN MAKES YOU CRAZY

It is past time to quit referring to evil people as being mentally ill, deranged, crazy, unbalanced, insane, etc. and quit blaming their wicked behavior on something other than their own violent, perverted, arrogant, twisted views.

There are people who have brain damage and people who have physical conditions which cause them to be "disturbed" to the point of not being morally responsible. But that does not explain the evil, violent, perversion, which is running rampant in a godless, immoral, amoral world. What we are seeing is systemic, it is not individual or biological. It is sin. It is man without God. It is man without accountability. It is man in opposition to Biblical authority and moral boundaries. It is the spirit of the age, which will continue to get worse as people move away from the Lordship of Christ and Biblical revelation.

Sin comes in all colors, shapes, religions, nationalities, political persuasions, academic levels, social strata, and both genders. However, when any movement adopts anti-Biblical views or anti-Christian standards, then it is time to renounce and denounce that movement.

American slavery was wrong, but not every southerner was in favor of slavery and not every northerner was without racial bigotry. In other words, when a system is vile then a Christian needs to cut the cord, whether it is political, social, cultural, racial or related to religious beliefs.

At the present time the so-called Progressives, Liberals, the Democrat Party, stands on a totally godless, Christless platform. There is no reason or excuse for a Chrisitan to align with a party that is promoting Socialism, killing babies, mutilating children, gender bending, sexual transitioning, opposition to the family, faith and freedom.

I have known Christians who have been deceived concerning some of these issues, but no one can continue in the faith if they continue in the darkness of these abominations. It is one thing for a believer to be snared by the enemy; it is another when the individual sides with the Christless agenda.

God calls people out of darkness, but He does not allow those people to remain deceived. There is enough spiritual light today that no one should ever vote for the lies and oppression of the BurroCrats.

Sometimes people move from simply being deceived by the enemy to becoming an active proponent of Sinsanity.

Seek Jesus. He will save you from the Prince of Darkness. He will deliver you from the world, the flesh and the devil. He will lead you into truth. He will enable you to stand against the enemies of the cross.

09/25/25 I MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH

09/25/25 I MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH

(this ain't about 4 1/2 miles a day)

I have a goal to walk 10,000 steps a day, for my health. I know that is not an impressive goal, but it is a challenge for me for various reasons (time, energy, knees). I had been walking 12,000 to 20,000 steps a day at the beginning of the year, but ailments and injuries caused me to set a lower goal. Even with the lower goal l had to go slowly because of knee pain.

I have been reaching my goal of 10,000 steps for the majority of the last 7 months and I have been hitting my target since June 27th until yesterday. That is only 4 days short of 13 weeks (3 full months, 1/4 of a year). I missed my goal by only 58 steps (approximately 1/2 of 1%). What makes it more disheartening is I didn't miss my goal because of injury or lack of time or lack of energy. I missed my goal because I was distracted. By the time I realized that I had only a few steps to reach my goal, it was 3 minutes past midnight.

Okay, it is not a big deal, but it was for me. I don't like missing goals. I don't like coming short. I don't like failing. As far as my health is concerned, it doesn't really matter. My body doesn't realize I missed my goal by 58 steps. After all, that is less than 6/10ths of a 1%. But it was a miss, and it messed up my success record. And I missed it by only 4 minutes. AND IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS DISTRACTED. It was not injury, time, or obligation, IT WAS DISTRACTION.

Well, if this post is not about my physical goal of walking, what is it about?

We can miss the really important goals of life by a finite measurement because of distractions. We cannot help that various factors sometimes keep us from reaching our goals in life, but a distraction, a minor distraction, a minor distraction for a finite moment of time can ruin our record, can rob us of victory, can change our direction.

As I said earlier, I am goal oriented, I hate to lose, fail, come short, therefore something as insignificant as 1/2 of 1% bothers me, even in the non-essentials of life.

However, losing, failing or coming short in the important things of life can be devastating. It can ruin our life, it can ruin a relationship, it can ruin our walk with God. While there is forgiveness for repented sin, there may still be immeasurable losses. And let's face it, a momentary lapse often leads to a long-term practice. And even if we make things right with God through repentance, the harm caused by some missteps cannot be corrected.

We will make mistakes, but we must make sure we don't allow sin, even momentary, "insignificant" sin, into our lives. And distractions can result in sin.

We can keep our eyes upon Jesus, we can walk in the light as He is in the light, we can be faithful unto death, we can obey Him and do that which is pleasing in His sight. But it requires our deliberate trust, submission, watchfulness.

The faithful life is not a weight around our neck. If we love God as we should, then faithfulness is a lifejacket that keeps us safe; it is a prize that rewards our victory.

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Do not veer to the left or to the right but walk in the strait (and the straight) and narrow way. Don't get distracted and therefore get off course. There is a cost to getting off course and sometimes the cost is catastrophic. But God calls us to victory, He calls us to be more than conquerors, He calls us to continually walk in triumph, and He enables us to do be overcomers.