Monday, February 25, 2013

Raising Our Children HOW?

We have a ~beautiful baby~, now what do we do with him or her? Our first ambition is to give them ~The Very Best~ that this world has to offer… The most modern clothes, best of the ~New~ toys on the market, video games galore… BUT, are we starting them out on the *Right* foot with this? And we are absolutely not going to raise our child like everyone else, there will be no raising our voices in protest at them, no paddling’s, they are going to be allowed to make their ~OWN~ decisions about what they like, what they want to do, we are just gonna sit back and support their decision’s…. Sound like modern day new parents?
BUT Then the ~Kicker~ clicks in… Some folks dress their precious little ones in leather, ball suits, bikini’s, shirts with awful sling sayings on them, ect… and the older the child grows the worse it gets…. We teach our little precious girls that the only acceptable way for a female IS to dress provocatively, lather make-up on, bat false pasted on lashes at the world, and shake their hips and hinnies all over the place, and that IS ~Beauty~… I get sick to my stomach watching the way the mom’s coach little girls on “Tiny Tot’s & Tiara’s, “Honey Boo Boo’s” uncouth actions.
We teach our precious boys to be macho, hit everything that moves, break stuff, shoot every thing in their path, wear the leather of the world, maybe seek a career in acting… playing like, pretending in a make believe world which leads to hallucinating drugs to enhance their ability to play like… for both our boys and girls…
A result of either misguided teaching’s in the world, OR no teaching at all…
(Proverbs 22:6 KJV)… “Train up a child in the way he ~Should~ go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
This is clearly written in God’s Book of ~ALL~ Instruction for the people who call themselves after HIS Son, Jesus Christ, “Christians”, to follow… YET many who call themselves by this name are all up in the middle of these worldly ways and using the excuse of putting God in it, Jesus died for our sins so we are free to do the things we ~Want~ to do, and this allows us to live in the world as a part of the world, not live as hermits in a corner… BUT Read on. AS IT IS WRITTEN, AS God Instructed…
(Psalm 34:14 KJV)… Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it…
(Proverbs 13:19).. The ~desire~ accomplished is sweet to the soul: BUT it is abomination to fools to depart from evil….
We get so wrapped up in the ways of the world that they actually seem right, and certainly these things can’t be ~evil~, for they are good and they do fulfill a desire of sweet accomplishment to our souls, so that the ruler of this world has blinded our eyes to what IS Really Good, and made us to look upon and count God’s Way as foolishness, and the worldly ways as something to be desired… Remember that statement? (Genesis 3: 6).. And when the woman saw that the ~tree was GOOD~ for food, and that IT was ~Pleasant~ to the eyes, and a ~Tree to be *DESIRED*~ to make one ~wise~ she took the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto here husband whit her; and he did eat….
Something like the ways of the dying world of the serpent, Satan, today isn’t it… We look, desire, see it to be what we want it to be, and dive into it… rebelliously.. Not desiring to look back, take heed to: AS IT IS Written, as God hath said, that would dampen the desire of our disobedience… So *IF* we ignore the Written Word, we don’t read IT to search out God’s Instruction To us, we are ~eternally excused~ we *Think*… AND we drag our precious little ones, that our Heavenly Father ~allowed~ us to have and care for in this world, into the mire of the serpent’s lair with us…
This simple act of taking a bite of ~the forbidden fruit~ was in itself an *Evil Act* of rebellion towards our Maker, THE Master Potter, our LORD God… Just the same as taking part and following the ways of a lost and dying world is a rebellious act of ~evil~ today, as it was then… What did Paul warn of the early Christians of ? AND *IF* we are Christians today, this rule still applies, it has not been made null and void by, “Modern Times”.. Nothing can change God’s Word, OR Replace *IT*….
(II Corinthians 16b - 18).. “For ye are the ~temple ~ of “THE Living God”; As God hath said, I Will Dwell in them, and walk in them; and will be their God and they shall be MY people… Wherefore come ~OUT~ from among them, and be ye separate,” saith THE LORD, “and touch ~NOT~ the unclean thing, and I will receive you, and be a Father unto you, and ye shall be MY sons, and daughters,” Saith THE LORD Almighty…
Notice it is not written that God said I will be with you even though you are in fellowship with the worldly way, BUT , God has instructed us to ~Come Out~ from among them… AND!
Jesus never said, go take part in the world and its ways among the nations, but, rather, “Go forth and teach ~ALL~ the nations, teaching them to observe ~ALL Things~ whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even until the end of the world…” (Matthew 28: 19-20)
Many folks fall back on this scripture to testify that Jesus is with them and this frees them to take part in all these things, that the world enjoys, but ~Think Logically~ for one instant.. How on earth can we teach the nations to observe the things that Jesus Taught, IF we are running right along with the things that the world is doing? We are no different then them and we are spitting in the wind to tell someone that you can’t do these things and be a part of God’s Kingdom, while we are doing the same things that the world is doing… We are missing our mark seriously… failing to fulfill our purpose… Learn TO Seek The Proper Knowledge of God’s Written Word before taking part in anything… Submit yourself to humble obedient ~Prayer~ for direction from THE Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ HIS Son, BY The Holy Spirit, and then be alert, ~Listen~, ~Look~, carefully, earnestly for the directed instruction…

Monday, February 18, 2013

Into Matthew Thirteen

Jesus commanded, just before the day of His crucifixion that we go forth and share, “The Gospel” with ~ALL~ the Nations… Baptizing them in The Name of The Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost.. Teaching them ~WHAT~? “To *Observe* ~ALL~ things whatsoever I (Jesus) have Commanded you:.. (Matthew 28:19-20).. BUT do we obey? Do we carefully plant the seeds of ~truth and honesty~ when we go out sowing, *IF* we go out at all?
I find new meaning every time I read the, “Scriptures”, and it blesses my heart to read them over and over again.. And *IF* we read them over again we learn to keep God’s True Commandments instead of being weak in our “OWN” learning’s to the point of thinking we are doing right because J.Q. Teacher said this is right… So this bit I share with you.
(Matthew 13):… Jesus spake to the multitude in ~parables~ but with such deep meaning… Read: verse; (3 - ) “Behold, a ~sower~ went forth to sow; AND when he sowed, some of the seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up..” WHY? (v. 19).. “When anyone heareth the ~word~ of the kingdom, and understand *IT* not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart…..
So why would ~Good~ seed fall beside the way? Of Course, First and Foremost IS God’s Will for each individual, and in this we must be humbly willing to follow and obey… OR, were they handled carelessly? When a farmer plants he don’t cast his seed all over the place, playing jovially with them, but he carefully keeps them in the trenches or mounds that he has earnestly prepared for them.
Could it be that the one who went out to sow gave a good message carelessly mixed it with the ways of this modern day world, strewing it among the pagan practices of men’s traditions, thus weakening the content of God’s True Gospel, making the hearer, weak from the start and exposing him to the wiles of the evil ones treachery? OR, was the hearer already so well caught up in the ways of the world that his ears were dulled from understanding the Truth of Gods Word?
*IF* we go out preaching and teaching, “The True Gospel”, and yet make allowances for the ways of the world in the lives of the people which we speak *IT* to, somehow we turn the Gospel into a lie in their ears because we, in actuality, are teaching them that what they are doing is okay, even though the Bible teaches otherwise… Example:… (Leviticus 19:28) specifically reads: Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, NOR print any marks upon you: I am The LORD… And.. Jesus warned in several places in Revelation of the ~Mark of the beast~… AND what can be more beastly than a “tattoo” marked into the flesh of a person, plain out nasty, and repulsive looking?… Folks have snakes, dragons, skeletons, and some crosses or flowers, printed all over their bodies, but *IT* IS Still a cutting printed in their flesh and a mark of rebellion toward Christ, so IT must be viewed as worshiping the devil… antichrist, as IT IS Written,
(Revelation 19:20)… And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, which deceived them that had received the ~mark of the beast~, and them that worship his image… These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone….
If you notice, a person, which embellishes a tattoo, is walking ~Their~ OWN Way, not following Christ even if they call themselves “Christian”… They are reluctant to speak about or discuss Bible Scriptures with anyone.. They just don’t like it, reckon Why? They have no interest in lending a helping hand to others but are quick to help themselves to what others may have… They have a stout “ALL About ME Jezebel Attitude”…. They are offended IF someone rebukes their choice to paint their bodies, and are quick to use the scripture which reads “Judge not that ye be not judged.” (Matt. 7:1) But fail to read The whole story… (Matt. 7: 16) “ye shall know them by their fruits.” Does a good tree bring for corrupt fruit? In other words does a true Christian look like a street walking tramp or side show attraction? & (I Corinthians 11:31) For *IF* we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged… AND How can We Judge ourselves, honestly, by What rule? There IS Only *ONE* Book that provides a Guide for us to follow, and *IF* All the tattooed folks would read of Jezebel, they might scrape their hide raw to cleanse themselves from this appearance… SOOooo…. Are we judging them in this, not we, but God’s Written Word, points to right or wrong, good and bad, humbly obedient or ignorantly rebellious…. Think about the *SEED* that you are planting, pray about *IT*, don’t cast The Good Seed into the trenches, where the evil one lurks, but spread them on the fertile soils of Truth And Honesty AS IT IS Written… then if the evil one scoops them up, you have done All That Jesus Has Commanded, In the end IT IS God who sends the understanding, but it is our commitment to faithfully walk the righteous path… not diddle and dawdle in the broad ways of the world…

A Lie, The Constitution Of "IT".

Looking at just a few Scriptures, that THE LORD had penned down in the Bible which HE HAS Preserved for us unto this last day, can we ~~Justify~~ our life style as a follower of HIS Dear Son Jesus Christ? Call ourselves after His Name? Raise our children as ~IT IS Written~ that we should? Do we live our life BY THE BOOK OR after the ways of Satan? Read Carefully with an eye of judgment toward yourselves, consider the scriptures, and act appropriately… Let’s start this walk in the beginning steps.. AND OF Course, I ask that you read these scriptures for yourself, consider them as they are written in the King James Version of the Bible as the modern ~times~ of this world has led man to rewrite, omit, add to, just as God warned against, and Jesus said these days would come.. And researching ~~ALL~~ the newly printed Bibles will prove them to be changed by mans ~Vast Knowledge IN Vain Self~.. Not in obedience to Gods Command…
IF you have a new Bible, PLEASE, by all means compare IT TO the KJV, and the best place to START IS With: (I John 5:7)… BECAUSE, Satan knows that IF he can take either ONE OF THE THREE THAT ARE ONE out of your knowledge, your thinking, you consideration, then he has you… And The new Bibles have done that… placing doubt upon the minds of the readers so that folks will blindly read the other scriptures.. Subtly he is trying to remove the hinges that provide the stableness in, AS IT IS Written, of: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost, as Jesus spoke of in: (Matthew 28: 19-20)…
Thus there is developed: Jesus only believers, (observe the MANY Scriptures that warn of this very thing throughout JUST THE Book of John ~1: 18; 5:30; 6:65; !0:38; 17:21) .. which eliminate the Father and The Holy Ghost. Then there are movements that believe in the Father and the Son, but remove the Holy Ghost.. BUT The Bible tells us that there INDEED ARE THREE, THAT Operate as A UNIT, (Which a unit IS more than ONE Being, that operates as one ‘ie‘ as in an army unit… does not consist of one person but several or many.. But all as ~one unit~ unified in ONE Cause)… SO With this necessary background let us proceed….
(Deuteronomy 4:8)… What ~~Nation~~ IS There SO Great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as this ~~LAW~~, which *I* (THE LORD) ~SET~ before thee this day?
(Deuteronomy 30:19)… *I* (THE LORD) Call Heaven and earth TO Record this day ~Against~ you, that I have set before you: “Life” & “Death” .. “Blessing” & “Cursing”: Therefore ~~CHOOSE~~ “Life”, that thou and thy seed (your children for generations) may live…
(Matthew 7: 13-14).. “Broad *IS* The way, that leadeth to destruction, and ~~Many~~ there be which go in thereat: BECAUSE ..Strait *IS* THE Gate, AND Narrow *IS* The Way, which ~~Leadeth unto Life~~, and FEW there be that find *IT*…”
(I Corinthians 11: 28 -31)… Let a man ~~Examine~~ himself, .. FOR *IF* we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged…
(Revelation 3: 15-16) .. *I* (THE LORD) ~KNOW~ thy ~Works~, that thou art neither Cold nor Hot: … So then because thou art ~LUKEWARM~, and neither hot nor cold I Will Spue thee out of MY Mouth:::
This brings us to a ~Decision~… and to help us make IT, I would suggest that you make for yourself a hot and cold list…LIST, Honestly IF you can under each column the things that are in your life that fit the category…. OR as Jesus warned the way in which to walk:
*HOT* == Being the Life, the Blessing, THE Strait Gate & Narrow Path That God ~HAS SET~ and IT IS Recorded That IT IS Done before ~ALL~ men.. &
*COLD* == Being the Death, the Cursing, The ~Broad way~` That God ~HAS SET~ AND IT IS Recorded THAT IT IS Done before ~ALL~ men… TO Choose the path in which they will walk through this earthly life proving themselves to themselves, before God whether they desire eternal life or eternal death.. THEN!
*LUKE WARM* IS: sorta sitting astraddle of the fence, which IS Where the biggest population wants to sit… They want the ways of the world, but they claim to be saved followers of Christ, but they embrace the ways of a lost and dying world, to the point of lying to themselves about lying to their children and then lying atop that to prop up the first lie with the excuse that God understands and will look over these little ~~White Lies~~… They are neither hot nor cold… FOR IT IS WRITTEN!
(Deuteronomy 20:16).. Thou shalt ~NOT~ bear false witness And IT IS Reiterated BY Jesus in: (Matthew 19: 18) and by Paul in: (Romans 13:9) … AND SO! *IT* Must be important that we observe this: Commandment to the letter… for IT IS NOT Written, partially follow, or there are allowances *IF* this interferes with your pleasures, fun, or joy.. BUT IT Puts an ~~EXACT~~ obligation upon a ~~Parent~~ TO set an example and to raise their children in this fleshly life, according TO God’s Command.. NOT mankind’s excuse…
Oh, I Know and understand human weakness, because I’ve walked in those shoes and made then same lethal judgments ~for myself~ by myself and NOT BY God’s Book OF Guidance, for my precious children… Because I wanted to experience and have my children to experience the fun in this life just like everyone else was doing, wanted to keep up with the Jonesessss, so to speak, and have my children go with the flow rather than to ~Feel Left Out~~… NOT Recognizing that, what I was really leaving out of our life was SOOOoooo… Much MORE Important than keeping up with the ways of the world…. The mistakes I’ve made that tear at my heart now…. Can’t be recalled and undone… BUT I can warn young folks now, that *IF* you will only take heed, before God sees fit to give you a precious child to raise and care for, IF Jesus tarries His Return, then you can change this way of destructive teaching and step out on the right path yourself and set the right example for that precious bundle of sunshine that God IS sending into your life here on this earth to brighten it…
AND *IF* you already have children, IT IS SO Important to be totally honest with them, else you can’t expect them to be honest with you, right? Start the process of setting things strait today, no matter what stage in this life you are walking…. AND THE First step IS AT THE DOOR… Bowing down before THE Father in humble repentant prayer in Jesus Name, by The Holy Spirit.. Pick up the Written Word and with humble obedient mind and heart read, study, and learn, of the THREE THAT ARE ONE, and go from there….. IT may not come with one reading, IT may take a long time, BUT The Spirit Will guide you *IF* you are sincere in learning… God disciplines us to turn us around but will not ~~MAKE~~ us learn *IF* our hearts are far away…. (Isaiah 29:13) .. (Matthew 15:8) .. (Hebrews 12:6 -7)
ONE Very Good Basic Rule TO Understand IS: IF you don’t learn IT, Teach IT, or DO IT, then IT Doesn’t have to be unlearned, untaught, or undone… AND IT IS Easier to walk through this life in the latter state, even IF IT Means being different from the rest of the world, than to undo a training that is seated in our minds and ways… AND!
When we teach our children and allow leaders to teach our children ~~A Little White Lie~~ IT IS Dishonesty ALL The Same… AND tells our children that we nor the leaders cannot be trusted, when they get old enough to realize the ~~Truth for themselves~~ and we have set the stage for them to follow atheism rather than Christ… A reprobate life of crime rather than the path of righteousness, and then we can’t IN ALL Honesty sit back and wonder WHY? What made our children go Wrong? WE DID! When we led then in the ways of the world!
A line from an old song often rings in my thoughts, “*IF* I’d a know then, what I know now I wouldn’t be so blue”… well, IT was there before me, and the fault IS on my shoulders, because I did not ~~SEEK~~ the Written Word, for myself, BUT listened to a leader, another human of the fleshly world, and NOT The Guiding Spirit… I, like so many others, got ALL Caught up in the ways of the world, and my eyes became blind TO: Truth, & Honesty.
I have heard so many times preachers speak before the congregations to justify the fun times of the world of pagan customs and cultures that have been added into the Blessed TRUE Accounts of Jesus, AND His Gospel, That ~~A Little White Lie IS Sometimes Necessary~~ In order to bring that smile to the face of a child on Christmas morning, and let them believe that A jolly old mythical figure in a red suit floated down the chimney and brought them wonderful gifts..~~ That A big long eared funny bunny came in the night and hid brightly colored eggs all over the place for them to find… What can *IT* hurt to being your children this joyous fun time in a world so bleak, filled with war and rage, hard economic times? To lift the spirits of the little ones with a tale of fantasy even IF IT Ain’t total “truth and honesty” ?
(Matthew 7:15)… AS Jesus Said: “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves…”
Well , we would never consider ourselves ravening wolves against out children would we? BUT *IF* we would ~Truthfully Examine~ ourselves as Paul said, what would we find?
What IS acceptable as ~good or righteous~ to mortal man, may not be acceptable to God, and that IS why we must seek HIS Guidance in ~ALL~ that we do… For instance: “Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a sweet little poem, interesting, desirable to teach our children… IS IT Approved By GOD? What does IT Point TO: Truth or myth? Think about *IT*!
IF you, as I did, have already set out on the ~Wrong~ path in your life style, it ~~WILL~~ be harder to change things… BUT *IF* you will change things before you have children and start them out on their true life’s path, *IT* Will be easier for them, less confusing, and will show them the TRUE LOVE That only comes for our Loving Heavenly Father, Through Jesus Christ HIS Son, AND By The Holy Ghost…