The Bible and Our Culture

Rooting out the insecurity you still have since you came to Jesus. Deep and heavy material everybody needs to hear. Michael W. Smith "You're Alright" from The Big Picture. Jesus is still seeking you.   There is such a joy when something or someone lost is found.

Seeking and saving the lost doesn't mean to agree with their lies. Restore to me the joy of Your Salvation.  (Ps 51:12a) We are "co-laborers with Christ" "to seek and to save that which is lost." Though we seek to save the lost, we have to disagree with their worldview.

All humanity was lost and Jesus searches for each soul. Luke 19:10  for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. Jesus came to accomplish the first item on His to-do list: Save the lost. Christ’s First Item on His “To-do” List.

Part 2 from yesterday with Joshua and Caleb. The difference between secular PMA and speaking the Word of God in faith is the foundation and the direction.   Jesus commanded us to hear his words and do them.  This will cause you to believe His Word in faith or mourn for sin.   Your mouth sets the course of your life. The difference between secular Positive Mental Attitude and faith.

Taking a stand against fellow believers. It happened for Joshua and Caleb. In this dramatic story, Joshua and Caleb had to take a stand, not against the Gentiles but against their fellow worships of the true God.  How about you? Joshua and Caleb built their lives on the Rock!  

"Not Under Law, But Under Grace" so what do we do with it? Romans 6 seems to good to be true, what do we do. God's law shows how glorious God's grace really is! Grace never lowers God's standard or gives an excuse to sin. We don't need to commit sin to know sin is exceedingly sinful, we need God's law.  

We appreciate grace more when we truly know sin is an outrageously big deal that prohibits us from fellowship with God. The deceitfulness of the sinful human heart, makes sinner excuse their sin rather than repent from it. Despite what the world might claim, sin is a big deal.

The New Covenant gives us power! Grace allows you to love God's Law passionately and genuinely.   God's Law and God's grace are not in conflict with each other, but team up against sin.

Loving God’s Law does make you at risk of being a Pharisee but vice versa. Live in God’s Glorious Grace with victory over sin. Understand God’s Grace and its relationship to His Law. God has a Marvelous Purpose for His Law.

Many who do "Christian" ministry don't truly and absolutely know God! We can "ginosko" God and flow in gifts of power, but just because you flow in power doesn't mean you "ginosko" God.  God's law partners with God's grace against sin.   God's law is something we love. If your lawless, you don't really know God.

Beware of false prophets.  What is a false prophet and how can you spot them? Some have God's anointing but don't know Him.  They don't get to heaven.   Some with God's anointing don't get to heaven.  Why? Matthew 7:15f Wolves might do God's will in God's power but not know Him. How?

Abortion is unthinkable and should be illegal.  How do we show society this truth? Abortion is violence against the innocent.  Life is sacred! How to make an effective case the abortion is equal to murder.

Wolves might do God's will in God's power but not know Him. How? Beware of false prophets.  What is a false prophet and how can you spot them? Some have God's anointing but don't know Him.  They don't get to heaven.   Saul versus David. Phonies might do God's will in God's power but not know Him. Matthew 7:15f

Progressivism has sought to remove fathers' influence if they can't remove the father completely.  Society no longer respects the role of a father.

Progressivism has sought to remove fathers' influence if they can't remove the father completely.  Society no longer respects the role of a father. God calls Himself "Father" and we probably call Him "Father" more than any other term.  

Out of order?  Take the narrow path only a few find. A Biblical Church speaks out against injustice. Jesus loves to separate. He looks to divide the holy from the common.

The Golden Rule (Mt. 7:12) affects every area including economics. The Golden Rule: God's blessing for economics and much more. Capitalism: A key pillar in Biblical Economics Every group is bettered by practicing the Golden Rule.  Jesus' warnings about wolves in sheep's clothing is serious and relevant for today.  Mt. 7:12-20

Choose the 1 path, the 1 gate, that leads to life.  It will put you with a different crowd than if you go with the wide path, the wide gate that leads to destruction.   The behavior of the "narrow path" crowd is the "Golden Rule".  That is, the Golden Rule can be seen in their hearts and the way they live their lives.   Don't go along with the crowd.  It's not easy to go against the flow in a crow...

Motives are important, but don't wait to ask. Obey Christ's command to ask. Sitting on Santa's lap a helpful analogy for how we should ask God? Learn to ask, but also learn to ask for treasure, not trash.  

Do you correct mockers?   Bible verses have different applications when you look at passages from different perspectives.  That is, it all lines up beautifully; but we can see different truths when we look at passages from a bird's eye view, versus viewing from a microscope. Wise people welcome correction. Getting into arguments on social media?  Do's and Don'ts.

When should we take a stand or shut up? How does hide and seek fit with dogs and pigs? Take a Strong Stand, but Wisely Correcting fools? When and why. There is a time to avoid giving correction, but there is a time to be willing to do so.  

1Corinthians is consistent that we must echo God's judgments as we "judge" righteously. We must aspire to be good at Judging. The world loves to tell Christians they are judgmental, but don't see how judgmental they are about how judgmental they think Christians are.   Many "Christians" are terrified about being labeled judgmental by the world; consequently, they water down judgments God has alrea...

The gospel of John is consistent that Jesus didn't judge but simply re-stated the Father's judgments. "Judge Not"....in context.

"Lose your soul," "take up your cross" "surrender all" versus typical American sales and marketing. Why are we ashamed of our biblical morals? The lies the world and "Christianity" tells about following Jesus.

Why does God call His people the "New Jerusalem", the "Heavenly Jerusalem", and the "Jerusalem from above"? If He calls His Church the New Jerusalem then He must love and have plans for the natural Jerusalem as well.  Who is the New Jerusalem?