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July6
How In The World?
1 | Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner — not even to eat with such a person. NKJV As a young professional I remember doing a project for a multinational company. This company would talk about ‘integrity’ all the time while the managers were sleeping with each other, the employees were fighting, and all sorts of cheating was going on in the background. To them, integrity meant doing the right thing, talked about it, but, they did just the opposite. That’s the world. What about the church? Well, we find a similar thing in churches were they talk about doing the right thing but they end up doing exactly what they spoke against. If you love Jesus, you are not supposed to do what the unbelievers are doing. You are to be different. That’s right. The Word says in 2 Corinthians 6:17 "Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you." NKJV We are to come out of the world and be different. We are the ones that are supposed to be ‘coming out’ to share the joy and life in King Jesus! We are not to go into the world and be the same. As a matter of fact if there are people in the fellowship of believers around you who say they love Jesus but are in sin, and the Word makes it VERY clear that we are not to hang around them (1 Corinthians 5:11). Get away from people who say they are believers but are in sexual sin, cheating others, lying, or any other sin that will separate you from the presence of God. I will never forget a young professional who came to our church, who wanted to minister so bad to the people but he had no anointing. He was in sin. We were a bit slow in those days, but we perceived something amiss we just weren’t sure for about 4 weeks. After hearing about how we loved homosexuals but needed to help them to get out of this sexual sin, he wrote a lengthy email to the church. In that email, he tried to explain away 4 or 5 of the many scriptures that show how this lifestyle is sin and how sexual sin brings judgment. He was clearly not open and chose his sin over King Jesus. When I asked the Holy Spirit about it, He showed me 1 Corinthians 5:11 that showed me we must put out people who profess to be believers but are in the various sins, with no repentance, that are listed there. That company talked about “integrity” but was not able to do much in that area. Now the world preaches “tolerance”. They tell us we have to accept everyone as they are. They try not to say anything to ‘offend’ others, they are afraid to tell the truth. They want us to accept their lifestyles and say nothing. A big saying for believers in the US in the 2000s was “What would Jesus do?” (WWJD). So what does King Jesus have to say about the same sex trying to ‘marry’? About movies that promote fornication and violence? About songs filled with vulgar words and spreading hate? We are to cut relationships with people who profess to be believers but are not obeying the Word. Why is that? If a fellowship of spirit-filled believers associates with a sinner that professes to be one of us, the unbelievers around them will think we are like them. Their sin becomes your sin. Who you associate with is a reflection on you. We are supposed to be a light to the unbelievers in the world, not like them. We are not to accept these false believers, but we are to show Jesus to the people that don’t know Him. So, what would Jesus do? How did Jesus deal with sinners that He met? John 8:10-11 gives a great example of what King Jesus thought. A woman was caught in adultery (Where was the man that was with her??). The religious people brought her to Jesus because they wanted him to judge her. They were going to kill her with stones. He told the one without sin to throw the first stone. He stooped down and began writing in the dirt with his finger. They all left one by one. |
10 | When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?" |
11 | She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." NKJV King Jesus was without sin. He was the only one there that had any right to throw a stone. He didn’t. He didn’t condemn her, but he told her that she needed to quit sinning. We don’t have to tolerate people’s sin. If we live in a free country, we have every obligation to tell people what is sin that will kill them and stand for the right. We are the light in the darkness. Our first witness is our lives, secondly we’ve got to use our mouths and tell people about Jesus. You can talk all you want about cleaning fish, but it is pretty difficult to clean a fish you haven’t caught. Focus on sharing the love of Jesus today and getting people into the kingdom, the Holy Spirit will clean them up. Believers are not afraid to call wrong, wrong and right, right. Our Messiah didn’t tolerate sin, but He acted in love. We should do likewise. |
July7
Check Mate!
July8
You’re Included!
3 | For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." NKJV Then check out Romans 4:17 |
17 | (as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed — God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; NKJV So what made Abraham Jewish? Wasn’t he just like everyone else in what is now present day Iraq (Ur)? Yes, he was. However the difference was Abraham believed God and he acted on that faith by going when Yahweh said go. That is what set him apart from the people around him. God made Abraham a whole new nation because he believed God. Can you imagine that? From one husband and wife, a whole new nation of people came forth. It doesn’t matter what your background is. If you believe God and act on His Word, He will do amazing things through you. You are included in God’s plan when you believe and act, and act and believe. |
July9
Put Him In Remembrance
July10
The Gems & The Wife
July11
These Things Shall Pass- Sorrow To Joy
July12
Considering The Fallen
1 | Tim 6:5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. NKJV In High School in Washington, I was doing a lot of different things along with my studies. I was in the orchestra, jazz band, and marching band. However, I was also into sports and active in football, wrestling, and judo. I wasn’t too good in football but it was a certainly a good experience. The guys there tended to be rough talkers. I developed good friendships with some of the guys there and avoided some of the others due to their filthy talk. As I was involved in music as well, I got a really good feel for the various groups within the student body in the form of athletes (jocks), musicians, the smart, the creatives, and the rest. I remember sitting in the cafeteria with my football buddies after lunch and putting banana peels under the legs of my chair... Boy those peels slide! I noticed that whoever the students and teachers associated you with was how they judged you. My advanced placement (AP) History Teacher had an image of me as a copious student so after attending a Friday night football game he said the following Monday morning to me, “I didn’t realize you were on the football team”. You see, people associate you with whom you are around. The people you spent time with. The people you spend time with shape and form the way you think. This is especially true as you are growing up. In the movies, the actors are sometimes given the line introducing their friend, “This is my associate, Robb” as a more formal way of saying this is a friend who is with me now. But our associations really form us. This is why the Word clearly tells us to get away from sinners who call themselves believers. That is people who are fallen away. How do you describe these believers who have fallen away? For lack of a better term, we describe these deceived people as ‘the fallen’. If you spend time with the fallen, you will be associated with those folks. Paul tells Timothy to “withdraw yourself”. Get away from these people who are a bad influence on who you are. They will pull you down. Associations with evil, put you in the same class. Check out 2 John 10-11 which says, |
10 | If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. NKJV “But pastor, that sounds so hard. Aren’t we supposed to love as believers?” you may say. Of course! But when it comes to evil you are supposed to hate evil. Especially evil that masquerades itself as good. That is what God hates and why King Jesus spoke song strong to the fallen religious people. Of course, judging a whole group as evil is not how it works. Every person, within every group has a choice to make between good and evil. Although Nicodemus was a Pharisee (Jewish religious leader), we see in John 3 that he went to the Messiah Jesus as he realized that even he as one of the most educated people in his nation, didn’t really understand it all. If you don’t get away from this fallen evil, you are supporting whatever wrong is done and according to 2 John, you share in it, you become a sponsor as you “share in his (or her) evil deeds”. We see in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-7, |
6 | But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. NKJV Know a person who goes to church but has a drinking problem, pornography problem, or a mouth that spews evil words or talks about people in your church or even your pastors? Get away from them. If you want to help the fallen, consult your pastor and go with other strong believers to encourage them. Don’t go by yourself. If they are not open or repentant, the Word is clear- withdraw from them. If you don’t it could hurt you, your testimony, and possibly even separate you from God. This is a hard subject for outgoing believers like us, but we must focus on those who are open. Oh, that I wish that I could chose Jesus for every living human in this world! Our hearts goes out for them. Prayer For Today- Father, I pray that you give me wisdom and direction. Help me to see the condition of the people’s souls around me. Holy Spirit, please give me the words that will cut right to the heart of the problems of these people who are so far from You but think they know You, these fallen. I thank you that greater are You Who are in me than the enemy who is trying to control them. I thank You for Victory and intercede from this person. Draw them by Your Holy Spirit and help me to know if they are open or just acting. I want to focus on bringing thousands of people into Your Kingdom and learning to walk in Your ways. I thank you for the divine appointments to do just that. In Jesus’ Name, AMEN! |
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