God Confirms Revelation

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Petros

God seems to always confirm His revelation from several sources. He speaks through Scripture. He speaks through archaeological artifacts. He speaks through His Creation. He speaks the same thing through brothers and sisters who are speaking by the Spirit. There’s a confirmation and God never contradicts Himself or causes confusion. It also seems that Scripture is the final word of confirmation. We must not add to His words, though.

Listening to ungodly counsel or thinking, speaking or acting in disobedience to the Holy Spirit would result in a loss of discernment. The conscience becomes seared instead of the spiritual senses being exercised and enhanced. Then, it’s harder to discern between the leading of God and the leading of the fleshly mind or even the leading of demons. It becomes more difficult to know the difference between godly counsel and ungodly counsel.

Morality

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Petros

Without Divine revelation, morality is just an opinion. In fact, without Divine revelation, everything is just an opinion. It’s amazing that some people don’t understand this.

Ungodly Counsel

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Petros

A lot of what is called “news” should be called “ungodly counsel.”

They Know

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Petros

Dogmatic skeptics will do anything to sear their consciences against God. Yet, they know He exists, so they’re without excuse. Since they have no way to reason without fallacies, we shouldn’t be surprised when they commit fallacies. (Münchausen trilemma)

Ungodly Counsel

Posted on May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by Petros

When Christians take to heart ungodly counsel, they begin to have more trouble discerning the leading of God. Then, human interpretations of Scripture creep in, and a downward spiral begins. Unfortunately, there is a lot of ungodly counsel from the “news,” from schools, from movies, from TV shows, from music, from museums, from parks, and from other false prophets.

When something is taken to heart, it’s added to the inner worldview of the person. Sometimes, conflicts arise in worldviews. This is neurotic. It’s known as internal inconsistency, and internal inconsistencies often persist for a lifetime. When God speaks, faith comes. Faith is certain, and is always based on what God is saying. At the same time, the inner worldview is giving a vision. Then decisions have to be made. Will you lean on your own understanding or acknowledge the utterance of God? Whichever you decide to follow becomes your master.

Judges 21:10-24

Posted on May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 by Petros

Judges 21:10-24 is a favorite of Atheists and skeptics–also Christians who want to do what they want to do. It tells about human thinking, not God’s commands.

Avoid This Logic

Posted on May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 by Petros

Avoid this kind of logic. We should follow the entire Bible. I have found some verses that I don’t understand. Therefore following the entire Bible means disregarding any part of the Bible I don’t agree with.

When You Read Scripture

Posted on May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 by Petros

When you read Scripture, stand in God’s presence and ask Him to reveal to you what’s wrong in your life and what He wants from you. Don’t try to find Scriptures that you can twist to support your poor decisions.

Darkness for Light

Posted on May 23, 2015May 23, 2015 by Petros

Here are the rules. The people who love evil can do evil. If you call that evil “evil” in a general statement, then those who love evil will search for something that is wrong with you personally. When they find something, they will become very judgmental and moralistic. Message control is everything to them. That’s because they love darkness and hate light. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20

Judgment

Posted on May 22, 2015May 22, 2015 by Petros

God has one way that He allows humans to judge themselves and others. By the Holy Spirit, each of us is able to discern good and evil, choosing the good. We can and do know. The Holy Spirit is able to bring us to repentance (a new mind). The battle is for the mind. This is how anyone can be born again. This is the process by which each born-again person can overcome the sinful nature–by the Holy Spirit. When dealing with others, the Holy Spirit may lead us to deliver each other from sin through comfort, building up in Christ, teaching, admonition, or encouragement (exhortation). This form of judgement, whether concerning self or others, is for deliverance from the sinful human nature.

The fallen human nature loves to judge others. It even likes to condemn itself sometimes. This is because the self is sold into sin. (Romans 7:14) Satan is the king of the fleshly nature. He is the accuser. The fleshly nature loves to accuse. It loves to compare and cause divisions. (2 Corinthians 10:12)

However, we have been bought with the price of the blood of Jesus Christ. If we will receive it, we are not only pardoned, but Christ is imparted to us. (Romans 8:10, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, Galatians 1:15-16, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 4:19, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 1:27, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 John 4:2-3, 2 John 1:7) We all have a fallen human nature. There is no one who isn’t tempted, drawn away by his or her own fleshly desires. (James 1:14) The fallen human nature can’t be reformed. It can’t do any righteousness at all. Any self-generated righteousness is as filthy rags. The Christ in us cannot do any sin. He is holy and incapable of sin. (1 John 3:9)

When we judge each other or our own selves in a fleshly way, we are judging Christ in us. We are failing to discern the Body of Christ. In the process of walking with Christ, He is being formed in us. This is a process of building up. King James Version calls it “edification.” From here forward, we are to know ourselves and each other after the spirit and not after the fleshly nature. (2 Corinthians 5:16)