Today, we will hear a lot of religious preachers, teachers, pastors, and evagelists say this, "Let's change the world." What they're trying to say is they can do something good for the corrupt, dying world or that they can change its destiny for something better. This reminds me of Michael Jackson........ singing..... "Heal the world... Make it a better place..." hahaha... Well, does it sound good? It might, but perhaps they are not reading their bibles. If we will examine the scriptures, we will see that during the last days, things will turn from worse to worst.
Matt 24:7-8
"7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains." NIV
Matt 24:10-12
"10 ...many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.." NIV
2 Tim 3:1-5
"1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God- 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power..." NIV
These leaders are giving the people false hope. This is somewhat tantamount to ignoring, opposing, and declaring as untrue what God has foretold to happen in the later days.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Don't Judge The Book By Its Cover
"Don't judge the book by its cover" is an old saying that has been around ever since we can remember. How true is this? Just how useful is it in seeing and "judging" things rightly? Are you one of those who use this as a philosophy in life? Well, even I, believed it once.... But the bible actually teaches the contradiction of this saying.
Jesus said:
Matthew 7:16-20
"16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them." NIV
Matthew 12:34
"34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." NIV
Jesus said that you will actually know what kind a person is, if he's good or bad, if he's a true Christian or not(note that there's nothing in between), by the external manifestations (i.e. speech, actions, virtue, character) that you see in his life. Does this mean that all true Christians are incapable of sinning? No, even real Christians can still fall into sins at times but when you look at the over-all "fruits" in their lives, you will see good fruits. In the same way, for the unsaved people who try to act like Christians, you might be able to see some good deeds but generally, their fruits are bad.
Many people today say in defense, "Don't judge me, you don't know what's in my heart." This is like saying, "You can't judge me even if I live like the devil because you don't see what's inside my heart." But Jesus said that I don't need to look into your heart to see its condition. Because out of it will come your actions that will be a perfect measuring stick to determine who you really are. I don't need to look into your heart, I just need to watch you.
NOTE: You also have to check your self
Matthew 7:4-5
"4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." NIV
God Bless You!!!
Jesus said:
Matthew 7:16-20
"16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them." NIV
Matthew 12:34
"34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." NIV
Jesus said that you will actually know what kind a person is, if he's good or bad, if he's a true Christian or not(note that there's nothing in between), by the external manifestations (i.e. speech, actions, virtue, character) that you see in his life. Does this mean that all true Christians are incapable of sinning? No, even real Christians can still fall into sins at times but when you look at the over-all "fruits" in their lives, you will see good fruits. In the same way, for the unsaved people who try to act like Christians, you might be able to see some good deeds but generally, their fruits are bad.
Many people today say in defense, "Don't judge me, you don't know what's in my heart." This is like saying, "You can't judge me even if I live like the devil because you don't see what's inside my heart." But Jesus said that I don't need to look into your heart to see its condition. Because out of it will come your actions that will be a perfect measuring stick to determine who you really are. I don't need to look into your heart, I just need to watch you.
NOTE: You also have to check your self
Matthew 7:4-5
"4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." NIV
God Bless You!!!
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