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Don’t Compromise Your Salvation in Worldly Participation

Do you remember when you use to dance, party, listen to the music, and maybe even went to the club? Well to those that participated in such actives, they should know that there is residue of those lifestyles that are still in some of us today, waiting to rear their heads and present themselves when its sees an association of situation or participation. Sin doesn’t have any love, nor does it have any forgiveness and neither does it honor you. The way that you walk will let others know if you are a Child of Yah’shua (Jesus). Sometimes we think that being at a certain place because every body else was going there so you don’t see any harm in being their at the time. For example, going to a bachelor or bachelorette party is ok, but when you look at the meaning of a bachelor or bachelorette party it is only given to celebrate your last time for being free as a single man or women. So family or friends tend to go over board, for instance for male or female bachelor or bachelorette parties, their friends or family usually try to bring infidelity into the marriage, under the concept that this is going to be the last day and chance of your freedom to get some free sex with someone other than your fiancé. They would invite or pay female or male dancers so that they would entice the soon to be married man or woman to commit an adulterous act. The very act of committing adultery is the very thing that is committed in the party.

6) Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.


Proverbs 23:6-7

The ways of the world have been so ingrained in us in so many ways that it has come to a point where we believe that because we’re not to be allowed do the ways of the world, its not fair and to be denied us the same opportunity to do as the world. To some, it would fill that their right has been taken away. I want to be able to do that or do that, to drink, to go out and carouse, because they’re having so much fun. Why did the Lord say we can’t? Why can’t we go out and enjoy ourselves? Why should I deny the opportunity to be fulfilled. It feels like I have the right taken away from me. I would say, “that their right to commit the sins of the world.” Think about all the events that take place in your life. Should you be there, just because a friend or relative said you should? No one can give account of you accept you. If you’re a Child of God, then do what your daddy tells you to do. The Bible says have no dealings with the world. But you say you have to work. Well just because the office is going to the bar after work, doesn’t mean you have to go. I’m just going to help them out. Are Christians designated drivers for when someone is drinking? No, you’re not to validate their drunkenness. If they committed a murder or robbed a bank, would you drive the car for them. Its the same as driving a person from drinking so they can get home. That person needs to understand what the consequences are when drinking. Why do you go to a place where there is alcohol? Because Jimmy will be there? Well Jimmy may slip you a Micky Finn in your drink. The Bible says we’re not suppose to be of that lifestyle. They talk like they’re your friend, but their heart is to make you fall. Sometimes the things in your mind, the curiosities of knowing go beyond the step that it should, and next thing you know, you’re participating in something you shouldn’t.

Another example, is when you become a new dad after having baby, in the world there is the tradition of handing out cigars. This was done for more than 70+ years. In the dictionary it states that its from the American Indian because the only tobacco that was sent back to England was traded by the Indians of the north at that time. A wood carver in England who’d never seen an American Indian before would be contracted by tobacco stores to carve an Indian from America to be placed in front of their store to direct people to where tobacco and cigars were sold. The carver would base his carving of an America Indian from the description he got from sailors back from America. This was seen as an early sign of a smoking advertisement. This in essence was saying that its ok to smoke after having your child. Today we fully know the causes and cost of smoking. Let’s go deeper. When you look at it, it sends a strong message and that massage is the old dying out upon new birth. There is another example of something we have to watch out for in our participation, and that is living together instead of getting married, the later of which is honorable and the bed is undefined.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans Chapter 12

As you can see that no matter how alone you may feel in your walk you got to know that Jesus will never leave nor forsake you, so stand for what is right when its popular or not even if you are standing alone around others.

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.


Proverbs 14:15-16

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.


1 John 2:1-17

We have to be very protective of our walk, not compromising it with worldly participation. You can’t say its alright, its only that one time. How would you feel if the Lord came back on that one time and you were lost? But you only did it one time. How many have ever done something, and the Lord told you not to do it and you felt guilty for that whole day? We’ll do things, and ask Him to forgive us later on. You have to be more understanding and have more vision about what is going on in your walk, not be deterred by things in this life. Love not the world. Count it all joy when you are tested because the test you endure builds up in you true faith and love and also peace and patience in you. And it is so in Jesus.

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Are You Caught in the Whirlwind of this World?

How many know that this world has not stopped for you? If you get caught up in it, it will destroy you. Those who were bred in the whirlwind will live by the whirlwind. Those who weren’t bread in the whirlwind, it becomes a death trap.

Do you remember when you were growing up? The things going on around you? Let me tell you a situation that went on in my life. I remember when I was young and lived on a farm. It was a hard life, being the only son. The many chores around the farm like raking the hay, filling the corn crib with corn. All animals love corn, chickens, pigs, even humans love corn.
Corn is a nutritious vegetable even bugs love to eat. Chickens were the greediest of all the animals, eating several kernels of corn or more, storing them in their crop, and quickly looking up for more food! Corn is a staple crop for the world. Now the chores of the farm were these: My dad made sure I got up on time to get the corn and put it in the crib. Our crib was all wire, 12 feet high and 15-20 wide. At the time we had 100 Muscovy Ducks. 50 Geese, small pecking ducks, 95 head of hog, 2-3 heads of chickens, Guinea, and so many different animals. My dad was old fashioned from down south and he had an old corn shucking machine. When the corn cob went in the machine, the corn kernel was removed, and the cob was left. I had to use that over and over again, and I’ll never forget how you had to crank it, and I would try to go fast. The corn had to be shelled in order to feed the animals. But what I observed while using the machine is that it would rotate and whirl, the cob going down the little hole, knocking off the kernels. To my understanding, due to the whirling motion in combination with the knots on the rotating disc, this was drawing the corn cob down. The cob was good for nothing, but the corn was the attribute of the cob. You don’t see people go into a restaurant and say they want 4 cobs, but rather, they ask for corn on the cob.

One can’t help but think that this is the same way Satan does the saints of God. You know how Satan will draw you into a thing? As he does, he would slowly pull you down into the thing, just as the wheel on the corn machine slowly pulls down the cob. As you are walking in your Christian walk, there are things that Satan doesn’t like about you. He doesn’t like that you are in love with God, that you have peace; he wants to knock all these attributes off of you, taking you into a whirlwind, turning you around, taking you through one test after another, after another, not giving you a chance to rest. He’ll draw you into one situation after another, just like the corn cob being pulled down. He uses things he knows you love, causing you to be pulled further and further down the corn shucking machine. A whirlwind moves unbelievably fast, but it doesn’t always have to be fast. If you’ve ever seen the whirlwind in a bottle of liquid spinning around, when you stop it what happens? It gets to the center, and spirals down until it gets to the bottom. This is the way Satan operates. He uses something you like, and pulls you in. Say for instance you have strong love and faith. You think he’ll come after you with anything but what attacks that love and faith? As you are being knocked about on the disc turning, it represent the trials and tests which knock away the things in your Christian identity.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 2Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.


Galatians 5:22-23

Satan goes after those attributes in your life that you are good at. He knows how to grab it and turn it against you in your walk. Its a crazy thing to think that you can get away with things without Satan trying you at it. He will set scenarios in your life concerning your faith; if its food, finances, maybe faith, he will try to knock it out of your life to weaken your walk. When the corn cob goes down in the machine, it can’t come back up. Its the same way with Satan, he takes you down, and he hits you with accusations, just like the little nobs on the machine hit the corn to loosen it from the cob. You are being challenged, making you aware of things you’ve never seen before. Sometimes when the corn goes through the machine, there are still kernels left on it. So you have to pick it back up and put it through the machine again. Satan says, “Oh you still got a little love left in you, huh?” He takes you back through and when you come out, you’ll be loveless. Every cob that came out was barren, and we would burn it up, because it was good for nothing. This is what Satan wants to do to you. He wants to take every iota of Galatians 5:22-23 from you, so you have no patience, no love, no goodness, and no faith. What are you good for at that point? Nothing. That is why he doesn’t give you rest in between times; no reprieve at all. He wants to continue to whip your be-hind. He wants you to be weak. Then when you go and cry and plead in self pity, the Lord waits for you to come out of it. He will put His Holy Ghost in you to walk in faith. He’s trying to get us to know one thing: that we are the head and not someones tail. What comes out the tail? There is a smell coming from the tail. Do you want to smell in God’s nostrils because you can’t do what He called you to do? When you do the thing that you’ve done that caused you to get in the whirlwind, Satan comes and whispers in your ear “didn’t you just do the thing that God told you not to do, again?” Then you go into self pity.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.


Luke 22:31

Satan is not doing anything that he doesn’t normally do to those he hates. What you do have to worry about is if he isn’t doing anything to you, because then you may be doing something Satan loves. When you are caught in that whirlwind it won’t let you recover from the last attack before it hits you with some other challenge on your Christian identity because Satan’s purpose and attack on you is to overwhelm and to shock and awe you so that you won’t be able to make the right decision in your Christian walk. In other words, to keep you confused and away from the clarity in your life to keep you off balance. The more he keeps you off balance the more he will delay you with your relationship with Christ to the point you’re tired and wore out so that you would give up and turn back.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.


James 1:2-8

Don’t be concerned that you will go through trials, but concern yourself on how you will go through. How you go through is the key point. Patience can’t operate in you if you’re constantly moving. Patience from the very definition means to be still. Be still and know that He is God. So, we make a mess of things when we get involved. Let him ask in faith and waver not. The Lord gives you choices that won’t disturb or hurt you, because if you had the choice yourself, you’d choose something outrageous.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.


Luke 21:34-36

Have you been drawn away with things of this world you shouldn’t be dealing with? Then you’re involved with the cares of this life too much. You have to realize Satan will throw every weakness that you are weak with in your face. Because Satan loves you. He loves to defeat you, delay you, and keep you from the truth, making sure you stay in bewilderment, making sure you find out nothing about who you are in the Kingdom. You need to have a good understanding concerning your walk while you’re down here. You need to be very conscientious not to be caught up with heartaches, headaches, and drunkenness. What do people with heartaches do in the world? Get drunk. When the hangover has gone, guess what? Its still there. While you are caught up with these things, it doesn’t stop the coming of the Lord Jesus. While you were getting caught up in yourself, a soul that you should have talked to goes by.

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That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:


Ephesians 4:14-15

There is a program going around to deceive the Children of God. We are targets for Satan when we operate in the Will of God. We can’t let man trick us and give us a false sense of salvation. The Word is very clear. Men are cunning. Women are cunning. If its for their benefit, then they will guide you away. Satan wants to keep you asleep, confused, and off balance, not knowing where to go and falling every step of the way. Don’t make your life about being one big show for this world. We are lights and examples for this world. You can’t be an example if you’re sitting there among those in the world. Don’t stage, or rehearse your salvation, so men will see and honor you. Don’t let your praise be staged. People want to know the truth. Don’t be a walking lie, but become a walking testimony.

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Are You A Part of the Noise

Hebrew. 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
In the past, I use to hear the Elder generation say ” that it only takes one apple to destroy the whole basket.”
What they were telling me, in other words, was that a decaying fruit will infect the other fruit in its immediate area to the point where it will destroy eventually every fruit in the basket.
Its like death devouring every living thing around it. So as with the fruit so as with mankind also as in building every member in the the structure of that building is depended upon each other, as you weaken one it weakens all, to the point of collapse of that structure. We as Children of God need the support of each other to weather the storms and attacks of this world. This world cares nothing of you or what you believe, this world doesn’t like who you follow Christ Jesus or what you being taught by His word ” the truths of this world and how to survive the attack of satan and his Demons. Remember  what Jesus said in John 15:18-25
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.  He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, † They hated me without a cause.”
But if you are apart of the Noise in the Body of Christ bring in doubt and or disbelief, dissension, hatred, jealousy, or all that is mention in Galatians 5:19-21 law:
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Are you apart of the Noise, the fruit in that basket that is infecting all that is around? Are you what Galatians 5 speak against that shouldn’t be apart of the body? Well if you are, there is healing and most of all Hope for you our Brother or Sister!
Points of Application:
Gal. 6  “if you are over taken in a fault”
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Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2).Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3). For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4). But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5). For every man shall bear his own burden. 6). Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7). Be not deceived; God is not mocked:for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8). For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9). And let us not be weary in well doing:for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10). As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
General Notes:
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1 kings 18:21, Prov. 6:19