Post by Les Brewer on Feb 27, 2012 12:53:04 GMT
Blessed be the name of the Lord,bless His Holy name.Good morning and God bless you all.I pray that you are in good health and that the devil is afraid of you today.I hope and pray that we can all give the devil fits today,in the name of Jesus,Amen.
Holiness,holiness,is what I long for.Holiness,is what I need.As this great praise and worship song says,"holiness is what we need."
You don't hear much about holiness being preached anymore from today's modern pulpits or from Sunday school rooms.Mainly because people no longer believe holiness of soul and spirit is for today."We don't need it",they say,"we have all these beautiful praise and worship songs to sing,that will bring us into the presence of the Lord"
In the context of II Cor.6:11-18;7:1,we are commanded to come out of the world and it's vain and deceptive philosophies of life and it's meaning for our lives.I'm certain that what I'm about to say is not going to be received very well from alot of God's people,however,I do believe it must be said.I'll start by making a confession of guilt on my part for doing the same things,until God convicted me of it and I had to repent of it and stop.
Ask yourselves this question and be totally and completely honest with yourselves and the Lord,for He knows you altogether,and nothing is hidden from His sight.
Do I listen to things on the radio or CD's and watch Television shows that appeal more to the sin nature or to the Divine nature that resides within our hearts?Are the things that I listen to from unbelievers such as talkshow hosts who have gone on record as being anti-christ and anti-christian in their beliefs,something that God would be pleased with?Let me explain.I've watched a particular T.V.show on the FX channel ever since it first aired called "Justified."Since it's beginning 3-4 years ago,they have made no attempt to cover up it's blasphemous,sexually immoral and criminal content,yet I found myself waiting anxiously for the next episode,so I could find out what was going to happen next.The very last episode that I watched which was last week's episode,they used some expletives and blasphemed the name of God no less than three times in the forty-five minutes that the show was on.
As I sat there watching this show,the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and asked me this question: "Do you think I am pleased with you watching this show,when they blaspheme the name by which you are called?" and "Do you think that your grand-daughter Jada will be unscathed by involving yourself in this type of behavior?" Honestly,one cannot argue with the Holy Spirit when you know He's right.How can I expect others to consider the walk of holiness of life and spirit,if I'm not doing it myself.The convicting power of God became very real to me at this time and I repented and asked God not only for forgiveness,but for deliverence also from this ungodly show.
Now,I realize that I can not expect others to jump on the bandwagon with me,just because I was convicted about something that I was doing that was wrong.But I can ask you this!:Do the things that we watch on T.V. and listen to on the radio promote the walk of faith with holiness as the intended and desired end to this walk,or does it rasie up carnal desires from within our sin nature that promote ungodliness?We all must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling,and we must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,perfecting holiness in the fear of God (II Cor.7:1;Phill.2:12).
As we get closer and closer to the time of Christ's return,the spirit of anti-christ will get stronger.Those who live for the Lord will become more and more the target of Satan's assault on all those who call on God from a pure heart.Those who find nothing at all wrong with listening to and watching the things that I spoke of will give an account to God one day.I pray that God's response to these people will be favorable.I do not wish to lay a guilt trip on anyone but the fact of the matter is this:Christ is not coming back for a weak,emmaciated,sick,sinful church.He's coming back for a holy,spotless,pure and powerful church,that has learned to live in victory over the world,the flesh and the devil.The only way that I know of from the word of God to do this, is through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the cross.The church of God,not the denomination,but the blood bought church,has for some time, been borrowing from the world in an attempt to attract people to church,with the fatal belief that it will bring people into the kingdom.I will go on record now as having said that the church must not in any way,shape or form borrow from the world anything.The world is corrupt and dying and full of the spirit of anti-christ,what does it have that God can use,that is better than the blood of His Only begotten Son to bring souls in?NOTHING!
We as true,Bible believing christians must realize that there will come a time very soon when we will have to make a decision to stand on the side of God and righteousness or fall by the wayside of doubt,unbelief and compromise.I choose,by God's help and grace,to stand on His side,and to do all I can to point the way to the only One who can save,Jesus Christ.I will not be a part of any ungodly church growth programs that promote the vain philosophies of men of corrupt minds,who have long ago rejected the guidence of the Holy Spirit,in favor of worldly business tactics built upon false ideas of what God wants.If the Holy Spirit could and still does add to the church daily such as should be saved,why would we want to use any other plan?If it worked all through the ages,who has given us permission to change it?Why would we who want to be lead by the Holy Spirit,want to change to the guidence of men of corrupt minds?
It's time for all christians to "man up" and come out of the closet of compromise and once again stand tall for Jesus Christ and His Gospel.It still sets men free.The world still keeps men in bondage to sin and Satan.
I pray that you will consider with your heart,mind and spirit the things that I've spoken of and make the right choice.God bless you all in Christ.....JW
Holiness,holiness,is what I long for.Holiness,is what I need.As this great praise and worship song says,"holiness is what we need."
You don't hear much about holiness being preached anymore from today's modern pulpits or from Sunday school rooms.Mainly because people no longer believe holiness of soul and spirit is for today."We don't need it",they say,"we have all these beautiful praise and worship songs to sing,that will bring us into the presence of the Lord"
In the context of II Cor.6:11-18;7:1,we are commanded to come out of the world and it's vain and deceptive philosophies of life and it's meaning for our lives.I'm certain that what I'm about to say is not going to be received very well from alot of God's people,however,I do believe it must be said.I'll start by making a confession of guilt on my part for doing the same things,until God convicted me of it and I had to repent of it and stop.
Ask yourselves this question and be totally and completely honest with yourselves and the Lord,for He knows you altogether,and nothing is hidden from His sight.
Do I listen to things on the radio or CD's and watch Television shows that appeal more to the sin nature or to the Divine nature that resides within our hearts?Are the things that I listen to from unbelievers such as talkshow hosts who have gone on record as being anti-christ and anti-christian in their beliefs,something that God would be pleased with?Let me explain.I've watched a particular T.V.show on the FX channel ever since it first aired called "Justified."Since it's beginning 3-4 years ago,they have made no attempt to cover up it's blasphemous,sexually immoral and criminal content,yet I found myself waiting anxiously for the next episode,so I could find out what was going to happen next.The very last episode that I watched which was last week's episode,they used some expletives and blasphemed the name of God no less than three times in the forty-five minutes that the show was on.
As I sat there watching this show,the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and asked me this question: "Do you think I am pleased with you watching this show,when they blaspheme the name by which you are called?" and "Do you think that your grand-daughter Jada will be unscathed by involving yourself in this type of behavior?" Honestly,one cannot argue with the Holy Spirit when you know He's right.How can I expect others to consider the walk of holiness of life and spirit,if I'm not doing it myself.The convicting power of God became very real to me at this time and I repented and asked God not only for forgiveness,but for deliverence also from this ungodly show.
Now,I realize that I can not expect others to jump on the bandwagon with me,just because I was convicted about something that I was doing that was wrong.But I can ask you this!:Do the things that we watch on T.V. and listen to on the radio promote the walk of faith with holiness as the intended and desired end to this walk,or does it rasie up carnal desires from within our sin nature that promote ungodliness?We all must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling,and we must cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,perfecting holiness in the fear of God (II Cor.7:1;Phill.2:12).
As we get closer and closer to the time of Christ's return,the spirit of anti-christ will get stronger.Those who live for the Lord will become more and more the target of Satan's assault on all those who call on God from a pure heart.Those who find nothing at all wrong with listening to and watching the things that I spoke of will give an account to God one day.I pray that God's response to these people will be favorable.I do not wish to lay a guilt trip on anyone but the fact of the matter is this:Christ is not coming back for a weak,emmaciated,sick,sinful church.He's coming back for a holy,spotless,pure and powerful church,that has learned to live in victory over the world,the flesh and the devil.The only way that I know of from the word of God to do this, is through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the cross.The church of God,not the denomination,but the blood bought church,has for some time, been borrowing from the world in an attempt to attract people to church,with the fatal belief that it will bring people into the kingdom.I will go on record now as having said that the church must not in any way,shape or form borrow from the world anything.The world is corrupt and dying and full of the spirit of anti-christ,what does it have that God can use,that is better than the blood of His Only begotten Son to bring souls in?NOTHING!
We as true,Bible believing christians must realize that there will come a time very soon when we will have to make a decision to stand on the side of God and righteousness or fall by the wayside of doubt,unbelief and compromise.I choose,by God's help and grace,to stand on His side,and to do all I can to point the way to the only One who can save,Jesus Christ.I will not be a part of any ungodly church growth programs that promote the vain philosophies of men of corrupt minds,who have long ago rejected the guidence of the Holy Spirit,in favor of worldly business tactics built upon false ideas of what God wants.If the Holy Spirit could and still does add to the church daily such as should be saved,why would we want to use any other plan?If it worked all through the ages,who has given us permission to change it?Why would we who want to be lead by the Holy Spirit,want to change to the guidence of men of corrupt minds?
It's time for all christians to "man up" and come out of the closet of compromise and once again stand tall for Jesus Christ and His Gospel.It still sets men free.The world still keeps men in bondage to sin and Satan.
I pray that you will consider with your heart,mind and spirit the things that I've spoken of and make the right choice.God bless you all in Christ.....JW
