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Post by tlsitd on Apr 19, 2018 9:08:05 GMT -5
The Golden Calf (Exodus 32 retold for today.) Note: This video does not have sound.
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See Also: 31 Signs You Might Be Apostate
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Post by tlsitd on Apr 19, 2018 10:23:27 GMT -5
God wants what He gave us, as He gave it to us, which is perfect and complete as it is: Nothing added; nothing taken away; nothing altered. (Is that the Christianity you're keeping? Or do you presume to change or set aside what God gave you?)
Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For REBELLION is as the sin of divination, and PRESUMPTION is as iniquity and idolatry. (1 Samuel 15:22,23)
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Post by John on Apr 19, 2018 14:23:11 GMT -5
You are very creative in the way you minister, and you make a lot of good points in your video. The church today is so far removed from what God meant for it to be. There is a spirit of rebellion at work, which is the spirit of anti-Christ. We have abandoned God's order to follow according to our own ways, and it is no wonder since we have hireling teachers, having itching ears, that will lie to us to keep us fat and happy for the security of a paycheck and a parsonage.
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Post by tlsitd on Jul 28, 2018 5:55:33 GMT -5
See that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns from heaven. (HEBREWS 12:25)
"This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.'
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us. Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt, saying to Aaron, 'Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. But God turned away..." (ACTS 7:35-42)
Am I being too harsh in this video? If you think so, I suggest re-reading the Bible (both the Old and New Testament) to see what God is like and how He has worked in the past, and also what He has said, because His word is what we should be looking to and relying on for our understanding of Him and His will, and not our feelings or people's opinions, or the teachings of people who don't take God's word seriously and pick and choose from it what they want.
Other Christians---past or present---are not our standard, and they are not our Judge, nor are the standards of the society we live in or the people of this world. The New Testament is our standard as Christians, and Jesus Christ is our example and our Judge. It doesn't matter what we ourselves or other people think is pleasing to God or displeasing to God, true of Him or not true of Him; what matters is what His word says, or shows us in example if it doesn't spell a thing out. (A Christian with a pure and sincere heart will gain insight from reading God's word to discern these things, but a Christian whose heart is set on him or herself will see nothing but what he or she desires to see.)
If you don't know the God of the Bible---as He is in His entirety, not just parts of Him---you really don't know your God. And that's a very dangerous thing, as this video illustrates.
As God once said of His own people through the prophet Jeremiah (God's final prophet to the apostate kingdom of Judah before He finally brought His judgment on them for their disobedience):
"...My people are foolish; they know Me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'---in doing evil! But how to do good they know not." (JEREMIAH 4:22)
This is very true of many Christians today, unfortunately, because they do not rely on or obey the word of God as they ought, but do what they feel, believe what they want to believe, and do not put up with sound doctrine. Therefore, they do not really know their God, even though they are united with Him in spirit, and they also do not please Him, even though they think they do.
The Old Testament has many relevant examples for us today, from which we ourselves can and should derive insight and take warning; and the God of the Old Testament is the very same as the God of the New: His love and mercy are found in the Old Testament, and His wrath and His judgment are found in the New Testament (not just against His enemies, but against His own people who rebel against Him and reject Him and thereby make themselves His enemies).
All Scripture is God-breathed, given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and profitable for, among other things, instruction in righteousness. The Old Testament contains many examples of what NOT to do and how NOT to be, besides prophecies yet to be fulfilled or which have more than one fulfillment (a past fulfillment and a future fulfillment). It's a good idea to revisit the OT, and to get better acquainted with your God.
Please don't make the grave mistake of thinking that God has changed. The covenant of God with man has changed, but God Himself has not. He still hates rebellion and presumption, and He still commands obedience. He is still holy and He still desires and commands His people to be holy. And the sin of rebellious Christians is far worse than the sin of the people of Israel under the law of Moses, because we have grace to obey God, and to live according to the higher standard of the law of the new and better covenant, which they did not.
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Post by tlsitd on Jul 28, 2018 13:33:31 GMT -5
The house of the Lord. Do you remember it, brothers and sisters? That beautiful house that Solomon built for the Lord---that temple that was renowned among the nations, that temple which God desired to be so glorious, because it represented Him, as He also desired His people to be a people for His praise among the nations---holy, wise and understanding, because of their God and who He is, and His law which He had given them?
If that temple---which was a symbol of the temple of God to come, built by another son of David---our Lord Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone of the temple of living stones that is the church---was so beautifully built, so awe-inspiring---a temple fit for a King and the God of heaven and earth, how utterly horrible is it that the church of Christ is like THIS!
THIS is what God is? THIS is what He deserves? Does this look glorious to you? Is it beautiful? Does it reflect Him? Do the nations marvel at it? Does it glorify God? Is it worthy of His name? (May God help you if you say, 'Yes'!)
The same God who dwelt in Solomon's temple dwells among us, but is His church in any way close to the glory of that house? How much MORE glorious should the temple of God built with living stones be than the house built with hands, having by the Spirit of Christ all grace to reflect the holy and righteous God who chose us and who lives in us with our every facet---to be for His praise in the earth?
Solomon's temple couldn't hold a candle to the beauty of the church of Jesus Christ, if that church was as God intended for it to be. As it is, when I read about Solomon's temple, it's far more glorious to me than the church is. And that's a pathetic shame. We might even desire to build a house like that today, just so that we could have something to show the world the greatness of the God we serve---because we don't have much of anything else to show it!
But God's ultimate desire was never a house built by hands; it was always, always His people! The hearts and lives of men is what God wants---not buildings. But He'll get everything else from them but what He wants.
I hope you'll consider this, beloved of God---what the temple of God has become, as it had become in the time of Ezekiel and Jeremiah---full of abominations. Is this temple in any way as God desired it to be? Is it worthy of His name? Is this defiled ruin of a house what the God of glory deserves? It's wretched. The spiritually unregenerate mock it (or love it; either way it's a shame). It doesn't reflect Jesus Christ; it reflects folly, and the sinful nature of man, and it blends in with the darkness of this world in which it is supposed to be a shining, golden beacon of truth and righteousness. It proclaims to all the world: "This is what God is, and this is the power of His grace!"
And God's name is blasphemed because of it.
From the religious apostates to the secularized ones---it's all corrupted. Defiled. It is not a temple worthy of God. It's an insult to everything He is.
(If it makes Jesus Christ want to vomit, it should make those who love Him want to vomit. If God is outraged, those who love God should also be outraged.)
Remember the temple of Solomon and its glory; go back and read about its building and its dedication. Now look at the church of Christ, in the light of those Scriptures about the temple. Both were built for the same God.
"...The house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands." (1 Chronicles 22:5)
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Post by tlsitd on Jul 29, 2018 7:54:47 GMT -5
...Let us worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28,29)
"...Those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed." (1 Samuel 2:30)
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (James 1:27)
Thus says the LORD: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.' I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not pay attention.' Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them. Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices, because they have not paid attention to My words; and as for My law, they have rejected it. What use to Me is frankincense that comes from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to Me." (Jeremiah 6:16-20)
"Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry." (1 Samuel 15:22,23)
"I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of My God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent." (Revelation 3:1-3)
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Post by frienduff on Jul 29, 2018 9:26:18 GMT -5
Oh sister you were not even close to being mean spirited . In fact it could have been added this ........ and even after the dire warnings the people continued to mock and said ALAS let us build us an even bigger golden calf with diverse jewels of beauty . Let us make us a God So big that he is now in all religions , that all are now gods children , that the time to warn men to repent of even other relgions is behind us . And the true lambs saw this and knew and understood that this was the end time delusion that would now lead all who gather under its shade to perdition and destruction . The true lambs had seen that GOD had been very longsuffering , but that not only had the mass of churches and nations not repented but had got far worse . The doors unto salvation had become so large it welcomed all concepts in , even the queens of drag were being honored and that all sin was now celebrated . NO sister , you were not mean or hard at all. IF we cant see the dire situation and clearly understand what has occurred and that for all this , the weapon will come , we better feast big time on the bible again and again . For what most folks who have clearly sat under another created image of GOD no longer sees nor understands IS THAT for all this the wrath OF GOD DOES COME . And they have forgotten the old earth was destroyed by flood , and now the heavens and that earth are reseved to be burned by fire in time to come . Many have forgotten , That these days were actually foretold . Many no longer understand how great sin had got in the earth in noahs days , many have forgotten how bad it was in lotts days . IN fact many now honor the very sin that final act of Sodom which got Sodom destroyed and they HONOR that sin they celebrate it . both old and young gather in the streets and call , Come out that we may know men says the men , And if one corrects their error it is heard , You come into OUR STREETS , you wont bake cakes for us , you wont honor our marriage , We will now do worse with you . FOLKS THESE THE LAST DAYS . I TRULY don't know what else to say , but this , THESE THE LAST DAYS and JUDGEMENT OF delusion has began and the weapon will come . THESE the last days .
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Post by tlsitd on Jul 29, 2018 10:16:35 GMT -5
Oh sister you were not even close to being mean spirited . In fact it could have been added this ........ and even after the dire warnings the people continued to mock and said ALAS let us build us an even bigger golden calf with diverse jewels of beauty . Let us make us a God So big that he is now in all religions , that all are now gods children , that the time to warn men to repent of even other relgions is behind us . And the true lambs saw this and knew and understood that this was the end time delusion that would now lead all who gather under its shade to perdition and destruction . The true lambs had seen that GOD had been very longsuffering , but that not only had the mass of churches and nations not repented but had got far worse . The doors unto salvation had become so large it welcomed all concepts in , even the queens of drag were being honored and that all sin was now celebrated . NO sister , you were not mean or hard at all. IF we cant see the dire situation and clearly understand what has occurred and that for all this , the weapon will come , we better feast big time on the bible again and again . For what most folks who have clearly sat under another created image of GOD no longer sees nor understands IS THAT for all this the wrath OF GOD DOES COME . And they have forgotten the old earth was destroyed by flood , and now the heavens and that earth are reseved to be burned by fire in time to come . Many have forgotten , That these days were actually foretold . Many no longer understand how great sin had got in the earth in noahs days , many have forgotten how bad it was in lotts days . IN fact many now honor the very sin that final act of Sodom which got Sodom destroyed and they HONOR that sin they celebrate it . both old and young gather in the streets and call , Come out that we may know men says the men , And if one corrects their error it is heard , You come into OUR STREETS , you wont bake cakes for us , you wont honor our marriage , We will now do worse with you . FOLKS THESE THE LAST DAYS . I TRULY don't know what else to say , but this , THESE THE LAST DAYS and JUDGEMENT OF delusion has began and the weapon will come . THESE the last days . But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions." It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.(Jude 17-23)
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Post by Cletus on Jul 29, 2018 13:54:12 GMT -5
You are very creative in the way you minister, and you make a lot of good points in your video. The church today is so far removed from what God meant for it to be. There is a spirit of rebellion at work, which is the spirit of anti-Christ. We have abandoned God's order to follow according to our own ways, and it is no wonder since we have hireling teachers, having itching ears, that will lie to us to keep us fat and happy for the security of a paycheck and a parsonage. Paris reidhead... 10 sheckles and a shirt... that sermon came to mind when i read your post
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Post by frienduff on Jul 29, 2018 14:21:28 GMT -5
Do we crave the praise that comes from all inclusive men of the world today , OR DO WE SEEK the honor which comes FROM GOD ONLY . Exactly . NOW ONWARD INTO THE TRENCHES one and all. and on a personal note , I truly do not care what the pope or all inclusive unity peace ones say about us . I LOVES YOU ALL . NOW FORWARD MARCH my friends , FOWARD IN THE LORD .
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