Election 2012

Obama won and you are surprised? 1. He was up against darkness. Darkness doesn't cast out darkness. 2. You don't change America by a vote you change America by a soul. 3. The northeast remains heathenistic and ungodly and churches are dying by the year. 4. Our schools have been teaching the democratic man and humanist philosophies for 100 years. 5. Christians have abandoned the political World because we believe that God has no place on politics. 6. We as parents have sacrificed our children to the asheroth of public schools. 7. Career mom outvoted stay at home and homeschool your own kids mom. 8. Kids with no father and wives with no husband voted for an energetic father figure who allows what they want with little discipline. 9. Professing Christians have picked and chosen what commands and precepts they desire to follow and have made their reasoning to be Lord in their life rather than Christ. 10. We have not even begun to reap our punishment for our abandonment of God's laws and direction,policies, values, or testimony. We will continue this into the 2nd 3rd and 4th generation. Israel had 490 years. Brace yourself, America. 

I will also add that we have failed in getting the gospel out. Break up the mega church and trim the size down to 150 and start more effective churches. Send missionaries around the country to start churches! Also, look at the high blue population. Start a church there! There is much to be done. I will blog more on this as I pretend that people read what I have to say.

Legalism, Lasciviousness, or Christian Liberty

Romans 14, Titus 2:11-15

Legalism: the preferences, principles, passions and pressures of men to adapt others to their pattern of pseudo-holiness (Tapered hair, pantyhose, open toed shoes, restaurants, colleges, etc.).

Lasciviousness: reckless abandonment of God’s law and direction for our lives under the banner of grace without correction. (Romans 5:1- NO CONDEMNATION!!)

Christian Liberty: the unclear, uncondemned, and unspecified things which are not decreed, suggested, or spoken against within the clear teachings of scripture.

7 things to consider when identifying _____ as legalism, lasciviousness or Christian liberty:

1.       Does the Word of God teach in support or opposition of/to this thing? 2 Tim 2:15

a.       Most people are too lazy to study it out. Answers.com is not studying something out.

2.       Does this action bring glory to God? Scripture declares what honors God. I Cor 10:31

3.       Does this thing promote holiness and separation from the world? I Peter 1:15-16, 2 Cor 6:17, I Cor 6

4.       Does this have a positive affect on others to draw them to Christ if lost and to Christ if saved without compromise on my end? Matt 5:11-16

5.       Does my flesh react when it is preached or spoken against? James 4:1-3

6.       Does this thing have a stronghold in my life and I struggle to surrender it? Romans 6:6,16, Matt 6:24-33

7.       Does this thing bring me closer to God? I Thess 5:24, 2 Tim 2:19, Rom 8:28-29

When it is not mentioned specifically in the Bible then it is bound in principle