God's Word is Good and Refreshing to His Own!

Titus 3:2
"They must not speak evil of anyone, and they must avoid quarreling. Instead, they should be gentle and show true humility to everyone."

God's "Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path". He reveals the fruit of a professing Christian by the light of God’s Words. It is my prayer that I learn to obey the Truth of His Words in the true and faithful balance that the Holy Spirit gives to us.

2 Tim 2:15
"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

There IS a true and faithful balance and we can know this as is promised to believers in 1 John 2:20
"But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things."

God in Heaven bears witness to this true and faithful balance to His willing and obedient children to whom He has imparted His Grace in Truth.

Rom 8:16
"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God..."

1 John 5:6 and 9
"...And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth." and
"If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son."

As a Christian we have no need for a teacher in the sense of someone trying to put one over on us as to application and interpretation of His Words. God protects us from this if we are submissive to Him and willing to repent of error as He makes us aware of it.

1 John 2:26-27
"These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."

All of His Words are understood by the rest of His Words and He is not schizophrenic.
I believe some will use and abuse God’s Words in any way possible to try to deceive others into believing nothing but that they are the spiritually elite. I do not believe many are fooled by this. Certainly not those who Love God. To those Christians who are reading this now I say, as you read this you have a witness in you. God will give you the discernment if you are keeping your life clean before Him and seeking the Truth in prayer as God says in 2 Tim 2:15. Just because others can talk scriptures and condemn others doesn’t mean they have the Spirit of God. In other words they are "mere talkers and deceivers". There is no real Holy Spirit Life in them. There is a place in God's Word for true and honest rebuke. Some only wish to promote contention and protect their own pride from damage.
Acts 16:16-21
Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, "These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city; "and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe."

I will be very frank with everyone. I don’t know about you but I have been greatly annoyed, as Paul declared from those who pervert God's precious Words and use them for their ego only. There are those who say they proclaim the way of truth for all to discern but by their fruit and continued disregard of the Words of God in Titus "to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men." they are progressively proving what they are really about. As some of you know it is important that we remain in prayer and let God’s Love lead us in all we say and do.

1 Thes 5:14-15 "Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all."

As we "comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all" as God heals the "anonymous" who have been abused by others. We will also pray for these unruly people. I am now looking at Titus 3:10-11
" If anyone is causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with that person. For people like that have turned away from the truth. They are sinning, and they condemn themselves."

I believe now that I may have failed God in the "having nothing to do with that person" part. I am late in obeying this. I am sorry for this. Prior to this post, my wife has made some supportive comments on their blogs. She agrees, this will be no more unless there is complete repentance of their errors. We will now let them expose and condemn themselves as more time goes and I may, God willing, continue to let God’s Word expose them as well. Most likely, they will continue this practice as they have for some time now. But we pray for a change of heart by God's Grace.

To those who love the Truth please continue to pray as we see our God prevail over the evil doers disguised as those doing good.

2 Pet 3:15-18
And remember, the Lord is waiting so that people have time to be saved. This is just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters around to mean something quite different from what he meant, just as they do the other parts of Scripture—and the result is disaster for them.
Peter’s Final Words
I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends, so that you can watch out and not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people. I don’t want you to lose your own secure footing. But grow in the special favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To him be all glory and honor, both now and forevermore. Amen."

Thank you very much for your prayers. I am praying for you. Though we don’t see each other face to face yet we share the common bond of His Love and Holy Spirit in our hearts for the Truth. And let us remember Paul's Words:
Ep 4:1-6
" I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
AND
Col 3:12-17
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."


In Christ,
Denny

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