For The Time Is Here.

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; (4) And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3 – 4

God promised that the time would come when people no longer “endure sound doctrine”, that time is now. We live in the time when sound doctrine is no longer desired, in fact it is hated. People, even some calling themselves “Christians” no longer desire sound doctrine. If they are taught the Sovereign Grace of God then it angers them and turns their hearts from God to anger. However, if you read the bible correctly God is absolutely Sovereign in everyway and in everything. People can deny it, they can reject it, they can even be angry when they hear it, but God never changes He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8 Some folks may be surprised to know that before anything, anything at all was created, only God existed. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 God, this He did by Himself, He actually created everything in existence by Himself. God needs no help, He uses angels, people, and everything else as He chooses, even if we are not willing He makes us willing. God does not need us, nor anyone or anything else, for anything. God did not create something He cannot control; therefore, we must understand that God controls everything in creation. He controls the weather, the sun, moon, stars, and everything else in creation. He controls the Angels, and people as He chooses. When Paul said “…by the grace of God I am what I am...” 1 Corinthians 15:10 he meant everything he was, it was God that made him a saved man, a preacher, and an apostle. God created tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes all by Himself and for Himself. God made Satan and evil for Himself, and He gets glory from it all. “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11 So as you can see God controls all things, but if you tell many people this truth it will make them angry. Salvation is another hated subject by the I will “not enduring sound doctrine” folks, they hate God salvation and love their own. Bible doctrine says that God saves sinners and sinners cannot save themselves. Ephesians 2:8 – 10 Jesus Christ died for them, His blood cleanses them from their sins, He was buried and rose again on the third day. God said He uses the gospel to save sinners but the I will “endure sound doctrine” crowd rejects this truth for a self-made salvation. The church history is another teaching that the I don’t “endure sound doctrine” crowd like. The bible plainly teaches that Jesus Christ Himself started the church during His earthly ministry, but these people say it was started by the Catholics, but the Catholics did not even exist until 311A.D. By the very definition, the church was called out by Jesus Christ Himself in Matt. Chapters 4-5 assembled together on the mountaintop for their first service which was preached by Jesus Himself. The first church settled in Jerusalem until God allowed it to be scattered and others where started.

These are just a few examples of the untruths being taught a believed by the I will “not endure sound doctrine” people who teach doctrine that serve-self rather than God. Romans 1:25 God calls them blind and says they are leading the blind, and they all will wind-up in a ditch together. Matthew 15:14 “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” God also said they “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth” because they do not know truth, they do not understand the bible, they have no desire for truth. They can build buildings, congregation sizes, and bank accounts, but true doctrine they do not know, understand, or teach.

The Lord’s Steadfast Love Endures Forever!

“This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes…This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it…Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity…Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Psalms 118:23 – 26

I have said many times and I say it again, people who fail to see and believe the Sovereignty of God miss the entire substance of the bible. God said people will change the truth into a lie, but for what purpose, to worship the creature instead of the creator (Romans 1:25). People do this and when they do they eliminate God from most everything, but why? Why do people (people that call themselves Christians) want to weaken the truth about God, belittle the thinking on Him? It is because they believe Satan’s lie.

When Christians see the happenings of their day, they need to understand that no matter what the happenings are it is God’s doing. People want to believe that God has nothing to do with it, God has everything to do with it just as He did with Job’s trials. Let us remember, God destroyed the earth with a flood killing all of creation except those on the ark, condemning the entire human race to eternal hell with Adams sin except the elect, and He will also destroy every soul on the earth and then destroy the earth with fire. Folks, we serve a loving God Whose love will never change but let’s face the truth, God hates sin and sinners alike. God is the single being that sets-up your day and sees to it that all things are accomplished, and God does not need you to make excuses for His doing. We must accept our day as God’s plan and work without question. Our loving God wants us to lean on Him for help through the day, and to trust His plan. This is the “This is the day which the LORD hath made…” not just making the sun to rise and set in the evening, but everything in between. People who fail to see the power, ordained will, and the carrying thru of that will, fail to see God and His Sovereignty. Denying the ordained will and the power of God is a missed blessing. I wake-up every day trusting that God has it, He has my day, He has the power over everything in my day. The Psalmist said “… the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes…” but only if we see the hand of God in every part of our day. The way God executes our day is a certain blessing to them that see what God is doing, which is impossible if you miss the Sovereignty of God. The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:19 “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,” The glorious power of God in every inch of our day and in all our life. Our day, good or bad as we may see it is in God’s power and always with love in the Believers life. The Psalmist wrote “…I beseech thee, send now prosperity.” The word “prosperity” means - to push forward – that is for the Lord, not ourselves to bring a prosperous day for us. Not money wise but spiritual goodness to us. God never speaks of Christians prospering in money because the love of money is the root of all evil. But there are many other ways to prosper in life than money. While there are some wealthy believers, there are not many because most wealthy people are money hunger, everything anti-scripture. Prosperity to a believer is a successful day of honoring God no matter what happens. This prosperity is shown in Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” That is because God loves you and controls your day, and you love Him because He first loved you. Therefore, you trust the Lord with your day. Somedays are horrible and some are great, but all are by God and we know that even the bad is good because God controls them. We do not know the plan and work of God, but whatever it is God will walk thru it with us. As believers in Christ Jesus we are never alone, EVER!  Psalms 46:1 – 3 “To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (2) Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (3) Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”  

All Are On Equal Ground.

“What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;” Romans 3:9

This is a great question because it equates all of mankind. People must understand who they are, and God does an outstanding job at describing all mankind as He lumps them into one single bracket of deplorables. It matters not who you are or where you come from, you are a sinner and you deserve the greatest of God’s wrath. People are people and we all come from Adam and Eve, the two people who sinned against the very God that created them. If you do not understand the fall of these two sinners, then just think of it as a betrayal to God. Mankind has betrayed the Lord ever since, and unworthy of anything God has to offer except eternal damnation. If you read Romans chapter 3 you will find out just what God thinks about people. We do not see ourselves or others as God see’s us, because we are sinners looking at sinners. We judge by morality and God judges by sin (the breaking of His law). God said in 1 John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” It matters not which law you break, because if you ever broke one you are guilty of all. James 2:10 “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” The law of God was created to condemn us not to justify us and condemns us it does. Romans 3:20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” It is therefore concluded, people who believe the keeping of the law (or works of any sort) will save them, they are only condemning themselves in an attempt in something that is impossible to accomplish. If we observe Romans chapter 3 in its proper context we will find not one single soul is righteous nor can be. We are sinners, not because we have sinned, but we are born sinners. God said we come from our mother’s womb speaking lies. Psalms 58:3 “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.” Oh, be not tricked by the word “wicked” it means the condemned which is ever living soul ever born of a woman with a human father. God said of us all in Romans 3 things like: There is none righteous, there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God, they are together become unprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no, not one, their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, destruction and misery are in their ways, the way of peace have they not known. And the Lord concluded with verse 20 “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” This is who people are, it matters not if you are Jew or Gentile this is who you are. You cannot change who you are no more than a leopard can change its spots, or a person can change their skin color. Whatever you were born, you will die as regardless what you do to change yourself. You cannot change your sinner status, because you really do not want too. You cannot “turn over a new leaf, make a choice to change, make a decision,” or any other unbiblical religious created way of salvation. You can only change if the Holy Spirit convicts you and causes you to believe in Jesus Christ as you Saviour. If God never touches your heart, then you will die lost and spend eternity in the un-quenchable fires of hell. If you never care enough to listen to God’s word and believe on His Beloved Son Jesus Christ, then you will never be saved. All of us must understand who we are, those lost and going to hell, and those who are saved and going to heaven. We, even us that are saved need to remember who we are to God and not who we are to each other, we are either sinners or sinners saved by grace. God said in Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” That is, remember who you are, I am what God’s grace hath made me, I am no better than anyone else, not even the lost. 1 Corinthians 15:10 “But by the grace of God I am what I am…” The Apostle Paul spoke this of himself. Humility is the greatest asset a saved person has, understanding that only God has blessed me, and I am the least of them all. “…and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” If this was Paul’s humility, then shouldn’t it also be ours. Let us always remember, no matter who we are, we are on equal ground and still sinners.      

False Images Of God.

“For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God…When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:” Deuteronomy 4:24 – 25

God is “a consuming fire” means - God is a fire that consumes or devours something – however, here God is consuming people. If you listen to people i.e. some “Christians, Pastors, and church membership” you hear a lot about how God is supposed to be a lover of all mankind and there is no hate or anger in Him. But, I want to draw your attention to God’s anger and His anger with people. God is a lover of some people but not all, those whom have been saved by His love and grace cannot experience a greater love, ever. God chose before the foundation of the world to send His beloved Son Jesus Christ to this world to save a people whom He chose. “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?” Romans 9:21 God elected to hate Esau, God had no reason to hate Esau except that he was a sinner from birth and God hates sinners. Esau was a sinner created by God to be a “vessel unto dishonor”. “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” Romans 9:13 God also hates the ways of sinners, and what God seems to hate the most is “false graven images” and God said people would “shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image”. So, let us understand what a false graven image is. A false graven images is something to worship other than the True God, or His True Son. I defined it this way to make it pinpoint what God is talking about, He is talking about Himself. This is why, God inserted “a jealous God” because He is jealous when He is disrespected. All honor and glory belong to God. But people have an unction to worship things instead of God. Some people worship nature, dolls, statues, photos, crosses, or etc. etc. etc... God has no holy images on this earth, we are to worship Jehovah God and His blessed Son Jesus Christ and them only. God is a Spirit and He must be worshiped spiritually, or in you heart. “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 God is not worshiped with photos and crosses, those are only false graven images. Crosses are cursed because everyone who is crucified has been cursed. “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” Galatians 3:13 Jesus Christ was cursed with death because of our sins, to what glory is the cross? It is an object that is falsely worshiped by those who have them, they are not to be worshiped. A Christian nor a church building has any reason to worship a cross or even have one, we should be worshipping the man that died on the cross and not the cursed tool used to kill Him. Let us look at the words “false Image” what exactly was the cross Jesus was crucified on? The word “cross” is defined as a stake or post (as set upright), that is, (specifically) a pole. Is a “pole” what you are worshipping, no it is not, you are worshipping an image we consider a cross. No one knows what the pole looked like that Jesus was actually hung on. Besides, where did God instruct believers to worship objects, and if you say you do not worship it then why do you have a cross? The easiest “false graven image” that people worship is images or photos of Jesus Christ. This is a complete false worship of a person in a photo whom you have no idea who it is. Please understand, THERE ARE NO IMAGES OF Jesus Christ! No not one single image, every image of Jesus Christ if a false graven image, period. It matters not what the image is a photo or a statue or anything else it is not of Jesus Christ, and there are no images of God or the Holy Spirit, remember God is a Spirit not a man. God said we are not to “make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing” What does anything mean – it means anything related to God, Jesus, heaven, angels, or anything that has anything to falsely worship, period. Whether you realize it or not it is these things God said would destroy true worship of God and cause God to anger. You “shall corrupt yourselves… and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger” If you need an image to remind you of God then you have a serious spiritual issue. If you need a tool outside of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to witness for Christ, then you have a serious witnessing issue. God said all we need is the gospel, God never told us to use crossed or photos to witness this is the corruption of them. Neither one is of God or of Jesus, they are both false images. Besides of the fact that Jesus died on a cross or that some fool painted an image of a person, what significance are they? God said they cause corruption, and I would rather trust God than man. Angels are false images, and are not to be worshiped, at all, ever! “And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things…Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.” Revelation 22:8 - 9 How dare a Christian ever worship anything but God and Jesus Christ, and if you do, remember you are provoking God to anger. And last, if you say you are not worshiping them, then why do you have them?