These are not my words, "Let not your hearts be troubled". Jesus spoke these words to His disciples when they had inquired about the signs of the end times. Mathew Chapter 23. Do we understand that worrying is a sin. "That which is not of faith is sin." Romans 14:23. Faith is trusting Jesus, trusting in Him and what he said. I titled this post, "Be Free". Even though the, "Let not your hearts be troubled", referred to the end of days, it also is also meant for all believers today in their lives.
Do we understand that , "He who the Son sets free, is free indeed". John 8:36. Or how about, "You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free." John 8:32. To understand this, you have to understand what you have been freed from. We have been freed from the bondage of sin, although we still sin, we have power over the sin. We have been freed from death and given life, the Life that is in Christ Jesus. We have been freed from darkness. "For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son". Colossians 1:13. Jesus spoke, "I am the Light of the world, he who follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the Light of Life." John 8:12. We have been freed by Truth, from the lies of the devil. Jesus spoke this to the Pharisees, "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks it is a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies." John 8:44.
The purpose of this post is to help keep you walking in your freeness. I have been hearing things and am concerned that Satan is upping his efforts to discourage the saints and putting stumbling blocks in the way of those who are yet to come to Jesus, by confusing the Truth with his lies. Theses are also known as doctrines of demons. The Apostle Paul warned in 1st Timothy Chapter 4:1-6
"But the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will fall away from
the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrine of demons, by
means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a
branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods,
which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who know and
believe the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be
rejected, if it is received in gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word
of God and prayer. In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a
good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith
and of the sound doctrine which you have been following."
So to be a good servant and faithful to Jesus, it is with a happy heart that I help keep us Free and walking in the Joy that Jesus has called us to walk in, no matter.
To do this we must believe the truth that the devil is real and that he is a liar and that he is an adversary whose desire is only to steal, and kill , and destroy. A kingdom divided against itself can not stand, so Satan works to divide. He labors to do this by twisting the Truth that sets us free. Satan doing this for two thousand years has been successful at causing confusion within the saints so that the simple message of Salvation is made hard to comprehend. This makes it very successful in closing up the Kingdom of God to many who might have believed if the truth was presented in all the simplicity it was meant to be. This is what we are really up against and how to combat it, as written by Paul in Ephesians Chapter 6, verses 10-18. This is vital for all believers (Saints) to understand so that they can live free and help others to live free.
"Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the
full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of
the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against
the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up
the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and
having done everything, to stand firm...........
I have to interject here that none of this is anything to fear. Demons are subject to us when we invoke the name Jesus. Luke 10:17 We overcome the devil by the blood of Jesus and because of the word of our testimony. Revelation 12:11. If we resist the devil, then he will flee. James 4:7 We resist him by standing on what is true when he comes with lies.
........Stand firm therefore, having girding your loins with (truth), and having
put on the breastplate of (righteousness), and having shod your feet with the
preparation of the gospel of (peace); in addition to all, taking up the
shield of (faith) with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming
missiles of the evil one. And take the helmet of (salvation), and the (sword)
of the Spirit, which is the (word) of God. With all prayer and petition pray at
all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all
perseverance and petition for all the saints."
If you look at everything that I put in parenthesis, they all have one thing in common, and that would be Jesus.
(Truth) Jesus is the Truth. John 14:6
(Righteousness) Jesus became our Righteousness. 1st Corinthians 1:30
(Peace) Jesus is the Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
(Faith) Trusting Jesus
(Salvation) Jesus name (Yeshua) means, The Lord our Salvation. He will save His people from their sin. Mathew 1:21
(Sword) which is the(Word)of God. Jesus is the Word of God. John 1:1
Why is this important to point out? The word tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.. Hebrews 12:2 Actually putting on the full armor of God means to clothe ourselves in Jesus and all who he is. It's not about us, it is about Jesus and what we allow Him to do in us when we call on Him to be our protector. "The name of the Lord (Jesus) is a strong tower, The righteous runs into it and is safe. Proverbs 18:10
I have written before that Jesus has nothing to do with religion. Religion is mans attempt to define Jesus. All religions worship some form of God. Many different cultures have incorporated their type of worship for this god they know exist just by instinct or looking at nature. Until God came here, in the person of Jesus, there really wasn't any way for them to know God's real purpose for creating the earth and man. Now they can know the God they worshiped by coming to know Jesus. They can come to understand the purpose and the eternal life He came to give. The problem is that this knowledge has become confusing because of the many different factions among the churches that attempt to represent Jesus. Satan has attempted to infiltrate these different factions. Since Jesus died on the cross and rose again, Satan has been working hard to distort the simplicity of what God did and what Jesus was all about. The more that Satan can confuse the message of the Truth (Gospel), the more people he will keep away from receiving the free gift of Eternal Life.
My reason for writing this post is because I have seen a revival taking place today and Satan is now putting a lot of effort forward to squash it. He is using the different factions to confuse the truth. The biggest harm of this will come to new believers as they are seeking to find a "church" to identify with. That is the problem, we don't identify with a "church, they need to be instructed to identify with Jesus. Problem, most "churches" have left their first love, Jesus. They all have their own quirk to be different for different reasons. Jesus is not about religion. There has never been religion in Heaven and there never will be. None of the denominations will be represent in Heaven. Religion conforms God to their truth instead of them conforming themselves to God's truth. All Jesus asked, is that you receive the sacrifice He made on the cross to make available, the free gift to any person, the promise of eternal life. The early believers referred to themselves as "the Way". Their message was true and simple and it resulted in many people coming to Jesus. Satan wasn't having it. At least not without a fight.
In my next post I am going to delve into what my concerns are and what I can do to help current believers and future believers to............BE FREE.
Ask Jesus to come into your soul and He will come in and dwell. He is what the soul is for.You won't need my words.
May Jesus Peace be with you and guard you mind and souls.
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