Fellowship with Christ

The Apostle Paul wrote to Thessalonica, “And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – 2 Thessalonians 211-12 The reality of that scripture being fulfilled is having to live in a world full of delusional people. Are we there yet? I think so, but their number has not maxed out. Consider that the world system in certain nations has completely cast off all moral restraints. They have gone beyond simply rejecting God to aggressively despising the concept of Him. Christianity, the religion, for the most part has fallen deeply into heresy or apathetic complacency. Many professing Christians have no taste for truth. The majority are not listening or responding to God. Their ears, heart, mind, strength, and hunger crave the offerings of the world system. They are becoming delusional because their sins are reducing love for truth. “So will I choos...

Three of our enemy’s primary tactics against us are temptation , accusation, and distraction. To defeat temptation, we must be fully surrendered to God and keep our bodies under subjection. (1 Corinthians 9:27) Defeating accusation is accomplished by trusting that the glory of the Lord is your rear guard. (Isaiah 52:12 & 58:8) Distractions are defeated by making certain that our words and actions measure up to our calling. (Ephesians 4:1) All of that equals confidence, but not in the flesh. I have experienced that all temptations begin with some variation of, “Has God indeed said…” followed by a lie. All temptations should be countered with praise for all that God has provided. Satan and the world system has nothing to offer greater than what God provides. I have learned that I cannot waste time defending myself against accusations. Besides, some of them are not false, but they are well in the past and under the blood. All of them are aimed at your heart through your back. My ...

Well, I have a cat.  I didn’t ask for the cat.  It proactively sought attachment to my residence.  I am uncertain whether the cat even respects the fact that I have tolerated “it”.  I say “it” because I don’t know if “it” is male or female.  “It” had no name when “it” arrived that I was aware of.  My granddaughter named “it” Milky Way.  Two-word cat names are undesirable.  Name them Bo, or Spot.  It doesn’t matter as long as you say it when the chow is dropped in the bowl.  They’ll remember it and respond.  However, two-name cats may think you are calling them and someone else.  That leads to unwanted and unwarranted cat friction.  That is unsettling, especially when no other cat is present.  (The cat’s brain is wired to be unpredictable.)  I would have called “it” It.  It is a good name for a cat. Now you may wonder why I didn’t check the gender of that cat.  It because it is the most raggedy looking...

A lot of professing Christians are upset by the Supreme Court ruling.  I wonder how long that will last.  Usually, the initial outrage, such as it is, lasts only a few days.  Then everyone goes back to the same routine as if nothing is wrong.  The people who want to change this nation into a godless nation where hedonism is the norm are well aware of that paradigm.  Thus, there are no consequences for their actions.  They will simply endure a few days of bluster and then move on to the next step in the degradation. Let me tell you what’s going to happen—not because I’m a prophet, but because I’ve seen it before repeatedly.  There will be a number of leading Christians, denominational leaders, pastors, and of course the ever ready “talking heads” from the Christian psychological community, who will come out openly in favor of gay marriage.  “The ship has already left the harbor,” they will glibly proclaim.  Then they will set plans in mot...

Every cloudy day holds the promise of sunshine.  But the sun does not always break through.  Mild depression occurs when we go for several days without sunshine.  If the sun is hidden for too long, SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) occurs.  Don’t you just love those psychological terms?  In a spiritual sense, some people are sad, not SAD, because they have not experienced love, friendship, acceptance, and other social “sunshine,” in a long period, and sometimes never.   Why am I bringing this up?  Last night, while researching I came across a website titled, “The Faces of Suicide" (the pics for this blog did not come from that site).  I stopped researching to look at each face.  The pain in their eyes, in spite of some smiling faces, was evident.  I could see the disparate longing for love and acceptance in some of them.  Additionally, some of the faces seemed to be etched with the resignation that they were too ugly, to...

A few years ago, the EPA decided that lead-based paint was a terrible hazard (never scientifically proven).  Therefore, disturbing paint, (e.g. replacing windows) inside a house built before 1978 required the contractor to follow a number of bizarre rules.  One had to attend class, become certified, and apply for a license to work such a job.  Records of had to be kept and faxed to the EPA monthly.  Several agencies, including the EPA and OSHA snooped about trying to catch offenders.   The fine for infracting the rules was $37,000 per day per incident.  That’s not all, but enough to reveal how insanely obsessed with protecting citizens the government has become. Consider all the regulations imposing penalties for infractions.  We’re fined $25 dollars for not wearing a seatbelt.  Spill coffee on our leg and a host of regulations are initiated to insure we are not burned the next time (Never mind that everyone hates tepid coffee). ...