Category: God in three Persons- Trinity

What is the Trinity and what makes Christianity different from all other religions

True Wisdom

True wisdom is revealed by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit reveals the deep things of God. Man cannot know the things of God without them being revealed by the Spirit. The Spirit says, “man’s wisdom is foolishness to God”. Jesus said learn from me and you will know the Truth and the truth will set you free. To pursue His wisdom and to learn from Him is to open God’s Word and study it. Wisdom is revealed in scripture and is manifest through our obedience to what it says. One Bible verse says, “If anyone lacks wisdom, ask God and he will give it to you generously”. So ask God for wisdom in your thoughts and prayer. Wisdom is not magic, it comes through prayer and faith mixed with action. Faith involves believing that God is the source that will give us what we ask.  Choose the time and the right moment to pray. Amazingly the simple step of praying is not as easy as most might think. Since prayer is a pathway to the supernatural, Satan and the spirit of the world will do all that they can to stop you, including distractions, doubts, and wrong thoughts.  Trusting in prayer, acting by faith, and learning from the process is the biggest part of wisdom.

A clear path towards wisdom is to combine the Word with prayer by praying the Word of God into personal application. Just open the Bible and pick any verse. “There is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus”. Think of how you can apply the verse to your life, your job, your relationships, your success or failure. Then talk to God. “God, help me to incorporate this truth in my thoughts and not to ever condemn myself for my failure to…….” Let the verse become real to you and to your goals and decision making. Plant the Word in fertile soil and it will grow into wisdom. “Seek Him with all your heart and you will find him”, is a verse that applies not only to salvation but also to growth in your spiritual life. Continue in your Bible study and you will see that life’s lessons will spring forth as the Spirit of God gives you deeper insight and vision.

What the Old Testament brings forth in the lives of great men and women pursuing God, the New Testament completes with the cosmic answer  to everything humankind needs for lasting fulfillment.  The Word teaches that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law and Prophecies and through Him we are set free from both sin and death.   This supernatural fulfillment is both physical and spiritual applying to both the present and the eternal.  Jesus Christ will set you free and you will have freedom not to sin.  The Spirit of God through the Word of God will reveal to you that rituals and religious works cannot save you and that man made idols and rules will not save you.  The Spirit reveals that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.  It is the Word that teaches you to listen.  Listening with belief is the greatest source of wisdom.   Wisdom comes in knowing that only Jesus Christ can and will rescue you; that salvation is a Gift from God; and that it is by Grace through faith that you have been saved.  The Word of God tells us that “All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Christ Jesus”.  This is one very good reason why we should share the Gospel.

Common wisdom should tell you that if you receive a precious gift that you should keep it a secret.  Divine Wisdom will tell you that you should share the Gift and do everything in your power to learn how to be most effective in sharing it.  The sad thing is that many  “Gift receivers” have shut themselves off to this Truth and either do not care to share the Gift or do not know how to share it. God commanded us to make disciples of all nations and the way to do this is to be a light to your neighbors, a city of God on a hill, or a nation that seeks the wisdom and will of God.  When you share the wisdom of God you will be blessed with more wisdom just as a flowing stream will not grow stagnant.  Jesus said, “whoever drinks of the water that I give him never thirst.  But the water that I sahll give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life”.  Jn. 4:14

Wisdom tells us to board the Ark if a worldwide flood occurs.  The church is the modern day Ark and the only “ship” that will save the lost.  So why do we not try everything possible to bring people into our Ark?  Is it a lack of love or a lack of knowledge?  Is it because the “gift receivers” have spent so much time enjoying the world that they have turned away from the “Gift” and are embarrassed to share it?  Probably all of the above.  Are you embarrassed to invite people into your home to tell them about Jesus or share a “Christian” DVD?  Are you more comfortable just watching sports together or laughing at a dirty joke?  We will be held accountable for our lack of love & wisdom!  In order to fulfill His command and save the lost we must study the Word and allow His Spirit to guide us in sharing the Gospel to the world.  The Fear of God is the Beginning of Wisdom!

Divine Plan or Just Chance?

Does anyone remember the movie “The Ten Commandments”, or the details of the Exodus account.   What happened when the people erected a golden calf to their self created god?   They probably tried to give the true God some token credit as they celebrated their “freedom” and “success” in escaping the Pharaoh with many of the treasures of Egypt.  Does this sound a little like religion in America?  While Moses was on top of Mt.Sinai conversing with God and receiving the 10 Commandments the people decided to worship their own way-with their own idol and a lot of fun and evil desires.   Just as America has removed the 10 Commandments from the pubic Arena….., these people did not need nor want God’s Law, nor the curse of knowing their own sin.   They wanted freedom to do what they wanted without interference.   This is the same rationale of those who want abortions and the whole abortion industry.  This is the same rationale of those behind atheism and Evolution and the New Religions of self made gods….they do not want God interfering with their desires, habits, dreams, and psyche.   This is the  rationale of all those in leadership that want to control the masses through deceit, lies, and carefully designed illusions.
The whole world is turning against the Truth and the God of the Universe who is behind the Truth.  The penalty will be great.  Remember how the earth opened up and consumed the rebellious Israelites.  Well in reality that only happened later.  If you read Exodus you will see that God commanded Moses and Aaron to arm the Levites with swords so that they could execute all those who rebelled.  In a later rebellion God opened the earth to swallow a large rebellious family.   This illustrates that God will judge us not only by a nation’s action, but also according to  family and individual decisions and behavior. We will all be held accountable for our sin – the only difference will be whether one chooses to Trust in the Sacrifice that Jesus Christ made on the Cross for your sin.  When you believe in Him you are in essence exchanging your sin for a new Life in Him, which means you are making Him Lord of your Life.
Now back to the main point.   The Golden Calf represents our own god that we wish to follow and celebrate.  Because of our sin nature we are separated from God.  However, when one erects a “standard” to this prideful rejection, it becomes a virtual “slap” in God’s face.   This happened when Israel and Judah erected “Ashtoreth poles” and other idols in and around Jerusalem during the reign of the “evil” kings.  In order to redeem His people God had to judge them by leading them into captivity.  Can and will this happen to America?  We are raising flags in jubilant gay  “Pride” parades, mosques to the moon god,  Hindu temples and other temples to “millions” of other gods, and now we are about to erect multiple replicas of the hellish Gate to Baal (Baal worship demanded the sacrifice of babies to appease the gods).  Ironically ISIS destroyed the Baal temple in Palmyra and has promised severe punishment to anyone who breaks its version of Shariah law.  They seem to understand the danger of erecting idols to other pagan gods.  America needs to wake up.
We have dumbed down our spiritual accountability and Biblical perspective to the point that worshiping skin, sports and “Shallowood” are the norm and the priority.  How many of you have heard of the “Festival to Moloch”?  Read up on it for it represents the deepest of evils in a land that God commanded to be destroyed.  No man, woman, or child was to be left alive because of the evil of the Canaanites.  They celebrated this Spring festival with the sacrifice of babies in their mountain top fire altars.  The two most holy days to the Satanist coincide with this Spring festival and the Fall festival of Halloween.  The retailers predict that we will spend up to 20% more this Halloween!
The media and now the general population seems to relish the shaming of Christians, Christianity, and anything related to Jesus Christ and the Cross. Warning signs are all around us:  extreme weather conditions, a Zika virus that has the potential of being a massive pandemic (since there is no attempt to quarantine), crazy election wars, an economic slowdown generated out of corruption and fear, and the crisis of war and terrorism throughout the world mixed in with a toxic blend of civilian crime, looting, aberrant behavior, drugs, and the perverted system of rewards for doing nothing.  Are these signs of His coming? When Jesus returns, he will return as the Judge to judge the nations and each and every individual.   Are you ready?
Do not forget that the Bible has eternal power like a supernatural double edged sword which can divide lies and deceit from Truth and Spirit …after all it is the “Living Word”.  Jesus called himself the Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” So lets see what the Word says: Gal 6:7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
So is it coincidence that these mockers were treated to a judgement instead of a reward, a sign to all those who mock God?  John Lennon mocked God what he suggested that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ? He died with six bullets shot at close range. Tancredo Neves when running for President in Brazil bragged that if he got 500,000 votes not even God could remove him from office. He won, then died one day before taking office. Cazuza, a notorious Brazilian bi-sexual, mocked God by blowing a puff of smoke to a crowd saying “this is for you God”. He died of lung cancer at the age of 32. The man who built the Titanic said, “not even God can sink this ship”. The ex-vocalist of AD/DC sang, “Don’t stop me I am going down all the way down the highway to Hell” In 1980 he was found dead choked in his own vomit.
What we see day in and day out is the universal principle of “cause and effect”. Many think of it just in scientific terms, but since God created everything including science we see the “divine effect” transferred from the supernatural world into our daily world of trial and error, success and failure.   We cannot escape it because we were made in His image and for a very special reason. We were made to harvest the earth, tending to His creation, and having fellowship with Him.  However, instead of choosing Him, man naturally chose sin and self. What we reap is death, chaos, futility, and fear.    The Cross changed it all.   The Cross  restored our connection to God and opened the Door to Redemption and Fellowship with Him.  This truth will set you free!  Do not mock God!