Bolstered by the sad decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized homosexual “marriage”, secular progressives are pressing their temporary advantage, doing all they can to suppress and silence the voices of Christian churches and ministries. They’ve found an ally in the court system and an opponent (Christians) who seem apathetic as a whole.
Are we reaching a crucial tipping point where our freedom to share the gospel and proclaim Jesus Christ are being threatened? Dave Fiorazo and I will be sharing the news of the day as secularists continue their campaign to silence the Church.
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Also, there is a growth in what are called “Discernment Ministries” popping up online these days. But can we go too far and get out of balance when we claim to “discern” the actions of other professing believers? How do we contend for the faith without becoming mean spirited and slandering other believers we disagree with?
Join us this morning at 9am Central as we share the news of the day and tackle the tough question of discernment.
God bless you FC.
Yes, I saw too. It is the fate of us all, who choose to follow the Lord and His Word loyally and faithfully. It's all coming down the pipe pretty soon. I think of those like Bonhoeffer and Niemoller during the holocaust who were imprisoned for standing for righteousness. Folks, the holocaust is coming, scratch that… it's here.
"Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When other pastors asked Martin Niemoller why he was in jail during the holocaust, his reply was;
"The question is not why am I in prison, but why are you not in prison?"
I pray that all those who profess to be Christians will have the same level of determination of remaining loyal to the Lord and His Word as these and as now the recent Kim Davis have, rather than the false security of cheap discipleship that enables them to compromise for self preservation and shrug following the Lord when it is not convenient.
Amen! Remember those within your own family who are not saved will turn on you. I know on my wife's side two will definitely turn on us. So be it.
Amen Manny!
God bless you brother! I have loved reading your comments. I am probably moving on into more areas now. After googling the Kim Davis thing, I decided to do a "Yellow Cross" movement (echoing the Jewish yellow star during the holocaust) that solidifies our stand with our Christian faith, our God given right to follow it, obey God over man, be honored to be considered worthy to suffer for Him and righteousness, and to stand with those who are where I will be honored to be one day. I just took yellow fabric, cut out a cross, sewed it onto a levi jacket, it's supposed to look ragged, and it worked! See you on the other side!
FC, according to you, no one can know whether they are saved; therefore, where is my motivation to obey and how can I if I don't know whether the Holy Spirit indwells me as promised?
Lastly, why would Christ need to go to the cross anyways if God is just going to admit us to heaven or not according to our merited favor with Him?
Are you not blaspheming Christ's work on the Cross?
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How long before its all called hate or hate speech. I'm seeing the beginning before the storm, fuel being added to the fire.
Court clerk in Kentucky going to jail for her religious beliefs…….others to follow.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/09/03/kentuck…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/03/more-n…
I have been following this…she should have quit since she had the option. While in jail, you cannot work or support a family or anything (I of course know you can witness to people, but if you are breaking the law to get into jail because you are called to witness to people, that is a "means justifies the ends" argument and is fallacious).
If someone tries to tell me that Daniel did the same thing…no sir, he did not. With the diet, he walked around it by asking to try something else to reach the end the King's servants were seeking; with worship, he was in a his private residence and there was no choice.
This lady had a choice to quit, but she didn't….simply ignorant and frankly self-serving.
Interesting take, perhaps she feels convicted enough to do what she did, there were times when laws were broken when it went against scripture…….. Yes she has the option to quit, but she too is an elected official, she was put in office by the people, she can be suspended, and eventually fired, but the judge went too far, to jail someone so fast off the cuff………baloney. And self serving? Why?
People resign from public office all the time…she's no different, unless the law says she cannot resign for religious reasons, which I would argue is then a violation of her 1st Amendment rights.
I do not believe she is following God by refusing and getting thrown into jail because of it because she had a choice. If she were a home-schooling mom and the gov't had come to her house and sought to force her to teach sodomitic marriage and rights to her children and she refused, then that is different because there is no other choice because the command to rear and teach your children in the Lord supersedes the gov't's mandate in this case.
If one wants to try and make the argument that Paul could have quit preaching the Gospel vs getting thrown in jail, that is not a valid analogy because he wasn't employed by someone telling him to commit sin and lines up with Daniel's refusal to stop praying to Yahweh.
Amen…… At the end of the day, fear He who can kill then send your soul to hell…… Man? he can kill you, but he can't touch you! Then he'll be judged for killing you! As long as the core doctrines are intact we can be brethren while disagreeing on certain points such as rapture timing and such things that don't contradict the teachings of Scripture.
True Christians can never be silenced. Killed? Yes. But silenced, no. The days will grow darker. Stand firm and buckle up. As for calling out heresy, it is simple also. Expose the heresy. Expose the heretic. It's sort of hard to do one without the other. I would focus on essentials as there are enough of those out there. Warning the brethren of danger IS loving. Not to is mean. Obviously we can be tactful as well. However, calling someone evil names or that they are hell bound simply because they are not Calvinists or don't believe in eternal security, disagree on the gifts or rapture timing, yes, that is bad. Also, the bible says Jesus died for the sins of the world, making the Calvinist stand unbiblical, but I would not go around shooting arrows at them over it. If they do so to others for not being Calvinists, that they will answer to the Lord for.
Eternal security that we are saved through faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only element of Christianity that separates it from all other religions and systems of faith. If there is any meritorious element of your life that you are trusting for assurance you are saved, then you cannot have eternal security.
Unfortunately, reformed theologians and its adherents cannot preach eternal security because they do not base it on the promises of God alone.
"Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain." 1 Corinthians 15; 2
No such thing as eternal security anyway. Just remain loyal to God and worry about this later.
"But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved." Matthew 24; 13
My duty is not to convince others of eternal security or the lack thereof, but to convince them to obey God until the end. God bless.
So your theology is "do the best you can by God and hope He accepts you." This is no different than every other religion because this theological position is works based and not based on the completed work of Christ.
Anyone can take verses out of context. I would implore you to re-examine the verses you have quoted above and see if they really say that in terms of justification salvation.
I would hope you don't try and witness to anyone else until you get this sorted out.
See Hebrews 6:4-8, Romans 11:17-22, Matt 24:13, and Revelation letters to churches… among many other verses…
This is NOT "do the best you can and hope God accepts you" as you have said –
BUT instead, "REMAIN and ABIDE in Jesus – until the end – as God has said, in order to receive the Prize of Eternal Life with Him! If you drop out before the finish line you cannot get the crown of victory!
"He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and (then) I will not erase his name from the book of Life, and (then) I will confess his name before My Father and before His Angels. He who has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches!" Rev 3:5
"Behold the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, IF YOU CONTINUE in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off." Rom 11:22