Hello World:
This is part 3 of my defense of the Apostle Paul. I am going to really blow through alot here today very quickly. Paul talks about how the Spirit of God helps us in our daily living. Jesus also said this, calling God's Spirit the Comforter. Paul makes contrast and shows the different consequences of being carnally minded and spiritually minded. Paul says to recompense to no man evil for evil. Abhor that which is evil, cling to that which is good. He repeats 5 of the Ten commandments, and follows up with a commandment from Jesus of loving your neighbor.
Paul talks about walking in the Spirit of God, and desiring Spiritual things and Spiritual gifts. He talks about taking care of the temple of God. Paul said to flee fornication. Paul talks about the nine gifts of the Spirit. Paul also talks about the nine fruits of the Spirit(Galatians Chapter 5:22-23). Paul brings out truthfully in Ephesians chapter 2 that we are saved by God's grace, and having faith in that saving grace; and we can not save ourselves by any way of works or doings of our own, but by faith in God's grace.
Paul was the first in scripture, Ephesians 4: 11-12, to mention the existence of the five-fold ministry. The five-fold ministry consist of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. Paul says each ministry is to perfect the saints, to operate the ministry and edify the body of Christ. In no ways here, do we read that Paul is saying anything bad like, tearing apart the body of Christ, or hindering the growth of the saints. No, he is saying perfecting the saints, and edifying the body of Christ.
In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, Paul devotes that whole chapter to love. In Philipians 3:20, Paul states that our citizenship is in Heaven, wherin also we look for our Savior who enabled our Heavenly citizenship in the first place. Back in Ephesians, Paul says Children obey your parents in the Lord, and right there he again quotes one of the Ten Commandments. However, Paul did something very smart, which I know was of the Lord, when in the following verse in Ephesians concerning children, in chapter 6: verse 4, he says fathers provoke not your children to wrath. In which He was holding fathers responsible if they mistreated their children, which no one ever seems to want to preach about anywhere.
Paul talked about giving to the poor, ministering to the saints and spiritual warfare. In Philippians Chapter 4: Verse 8, Paul says we should think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report, and that any virtue and praise should be given to those such things.
Another thing, I want to clarify is that some Orthodox Jews and Jewish Christians have a problem with Paul's downplay of the Law. Basically, I feel led to say that Paul makes alot of comparisons of the Law of Moses verses faith in Jesus Christ by Grace of God. In making many comparisons throughout scripture, it should be understood that the Law does not save your soul, or anyone's soul. The law was established to show that we are not perfect and have many flaws, before God, and that we need a savior.
God's people in the Old Testament under the law was saved by faith, as with the faith Abraham had of the hope to come. That hope being the Messiah, Jesus/Yahshua. Quite often Paul compares the Law of Moses and its limitations to the physical world and showed how the Law of the Spirit in Jesus Christ which has no physical limits, but goes beyond the natural realm, to that which is important in saving the eternal soul.
He compared natural circumcision, on the "secrets" to spiritual circumcision of the heart. In which, in the end the circumcision of the heart is more important. Another example, is the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, shedding His blood, is way more important than the blood of goats, lambs, turtledoves, etc. Some things in the Law, Jesus did fulfill and or do away with. As, I just mentioned, above, some examples.
Also, under the Old Testament Law, a priest had to take your sin offering to the alter of God. You and I were not allowed into the holy place to talk directly to God. There was a partition seperating the holy of holies, where God dwelled, in the temple from the congregation. However, today, under grace, Jesus is our ONLY high priest. Once you and I accept Jesus, we can, personally, come before the throne of grace and talk directly to God Almighty.
It is the blood sacrifice of Jesus that gives us access to the presence of God. So, certain things that required alot of natural works under the law are no longer necessary because Jesus paid it all with His body and blood. Jesus fulfilled the Law, or concluded the Law with the consequence of saving mankind from eternal death. This is what Paul means, and is often misunderstood when people read his writings without understanding.
Paul talks alot in spiritual terms, and many people need to ask the Lord to help them to gain spiritual understanding of the scriptures. By no means does Paul say we should disobey God's commandments, elsewise He would not have mentioned obeying 5 of the "original" Ten in Romans Chapter 13: Verse 9. We still have to obey commandments that are under the Law. However, again it is Jesus that saves you, not doing all the works of the Law.
More specifically in terms of obeying God's commandments, you want to obey all the original Ten Commandments from Exodus Chapter 20, starting with I am the Lord thy God, and thou shalt have no other gods before me, Paraphrasing. Then you obey what Jesus said, about loving the Lord, God, with everything you have within you, and loving thy neighbor as thyself, which Paul also mentions. Alot of obedience to God's commandments comes by you and I willingly loving God in our hearts personally, and loving others and treating others rightfully and respectfully.
Another way of being obedient to God's commandments is to be able to hear his voice and to do whatever He tells you to do, today, in this time or tomorrow or in the future. So by no means is Paul trying to belittle God's commandments. It is just that certain things under the law that was commanded to be done is no longer necessary, nor could save your soul anyways, because Jesus came and ultimately did what was necessary.
So, everything that I point out about Paul shows that He says alot of good or Godly things about having faith in Jesus, edifying the body of Christ, walking in love, walking in the Spirit. Paul in no ways mentions anything opposite of Jesus or God. Now whether or not Paul's writings should be included in the Bible is still up for debate. For now they are in regular Christian Bibles. Paul's writings as I have mentioned speak about Jesus, God, the Spirit, truth, righteousness, love, hope, faith, fruitfulness, lifting up, obedience, organization and the heavenly citizenship; and none of that would come from an imposter or false or fake teacher, or antichrist.
All of those things I mentioned above could only come from a Godly man who is knowledgeable about the things of God, filled with the Spirit of the Living God and truly led by the Spirit of the Living God. Again, I am not covering everything about Paul to the full detail, but just from His writings it can be seen that he was a better and truer believer and follower of Jesus than most who profess Jesus Christ; and that he produced good fruit for God.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
In Defense Of Apostle Paul Part 2
Hello World:
I am moving through part 2, talking in favor of the Apostle Paul. I want to repeat from the previous post, that the Apostle Paul is no Christian imposter or false teacher, or false anything. Pretty much everything Paul talked about from the book of Romans to Hebrews was of God, for Jesus and the saving of mankind's soul, or saving souls for God. He, Paul, was also very pro-Holy Spirit, which I will go into later on. Just about everything Paul spoke about, as I mentioned before, the Devil, Lucifer hates. Therefore, the Apostle Paul could not have been Lucifer's buddy.
Paul truly did see the light, as they say, and as mentioned in scriptures. That light Paul saw was the resurrected and glorified Lord Jesus. Paul, who was first named Saul is actually a Jew. His parents were Jews who lived in a northern province of Israel, in Galilee. Paul's parents were believed to be well financed pharisees and also were Roman citizens.
Paul also was a Roman citizen, living in Tarsus which is now present day Turkey. It is believed that Paul, when he was Saul, actually followed in his parents foosteps and was a pharisee who lived by Judaic law. Christianity was a threat to Saul's Judaic beliefs. He became one of the worst persecutors of Christians. Several Christians were arrested and killed because of Saul. Saul was a very bad person in relation to persecuting God's people.
However, on the road to Damascus, Jesus, as my Dakes interjects, arrested Saul. Afterwards, after Saul's encounter with the Lord Jesus, he was converted as a Believer and became Paul. Saul, when he met the Lord saw the error of his ways. Saul, in Jesus' presence, saw that what he was doing was very wrong and he better change, and he did.
Paul did alot of missionary work, taking the gospel to many parts of Europe to non-Jews. I think here it important for me to explain what an Apostle is. An Apostle, in the general sense, is someone who is sent forth for a cause. An Apostle is a messenger of a cause.
From a Biblical perpective, an Apostle is a messenger of Jesus Christ, who is sent to various churches and parts of the world to give the message of Jesus Christ. Also Biblically speaking, an Apostle is a missionary of God who travels and teaches the ways of Yahweh, God, to people, and builds churches for the cause of God. Apostles do other missionary work. An Apostle has a tremendous responsibility. An Apostle is the highest ranking position in the Christian church.
Another way of wording or decribing an Apostle is that, they are over several churches and mentors people and churches in other cities and countries outside his or her country. Apostles help feed the hungry, minister to the poor and homeless, by getting involved in infrastructure building. Apostles pray for healing for the sick, and they also operate in the ministries of healings and miracles. Apostles also operate in all other gifts of God, speaking in general terms. Apostles are anointed by God, and inspired by God to do His work.
Just some quick explanations of ministry offices in a Christian church by brief comparison. There are five main ministries or offices of ministry positions in a given Christian church. A Pastor, which is one office holder, is a overseer of one church, as compared to an Apostle who oversees several churches and travels all over the world. Not every Christian church has an Apostle. However, generally speaking, the Christian Church body as a whole have what is called that five-fold ministry. I will elaborate a little more on the other offices of the five-fold ministry later.
Getting back to Paul. Paul is considered an Apostle, as I have already stated. Again, his responsibilities was vast. Paul travelled to other cities and countries teaching people how to live for God. That is alot of work and very significant.
I want to paraphrase some scriptures that Paul wrote throughout the book of Romans. In Romans Chapter 2, Paul talks about being circumcised in the heart for God, or spiritual circumcision, and being a Jew inwardly. In Romans 3:23, Paul states an acknowledgement for us all, that we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Paul, in Romans Chapter 1, acknowledges that Jesus came in the flesh and is the resurrected Son of God. In Chapter 5, Verse 8 of Romans, Paul mentions that God commended His love towards us while we were sinners, to have His Son Jesus Christ die for us.
Romans chapter 6, verse 23; Paul tells us that sin brings death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. In Romans 10: 9-10, Paul "specifies" the how to method to become saved or born-again. He says look, if you can speak, you need to confess the Lord Jesus, and believe on Jesus in your heart that God raised him from the dead. In other words, Paul is saying we each need to pray to Jesus a prayer of salvation if we can speak. We need to do that to talk to God.
We need to come to Jesus, and even more important than saying the words, is that we need to believe and receive Jesus into our hearts. WE, YOU AND MYSELF, BETTER MEAN IT IN OUR HEART, WHEN WE CALL OUT TO JESUS TO SAVE US. Jesus said we must believe. Paul is saying the same thing, except he is sayng that we show that we believe when we talk or confess Jesus and acknowledge Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We talk to show that we agree to be back in fellowship with God. So, we speak out our sinful condition, and speak for Jesus to save us or deliver us from our sinful condition; giving us spiritual life. You "take actions" to say something and believe on the Son of God. I will pick up with part 3 on defending the Apostle Paul soon.
I am moving through part 2, talking in favor of the Apostle Paul. I want to repeat from the previous post, that the Apostle Paul is no Christian imposter or false teacher, or false anything. Pretty much everything Paul talked about from the book of Romans to Hebrews was of God, for Jesus and the saving of mankind's soul, or saving souls for God. He, Paul, was also very pro-Holy Spirit, which I will go into later on. Just about everything Paul spoke about, as I mentioned before, the Devil, Lucifer hates. Therefore, the Apostle Paul could not have been Lucifer's buddy.
Paul truly did see the light, as they say, and as mentioned in scriptures. That light Paul saw was the resurrected and glorified Lord Jesus. Paul, who was first named Saul is actually a Jew. His parents were Jews who lived in a northern province of Israel, in Galilee. Paul's parents were believed to be well financed pharisees and also were Roman citizens.
Paul also was a Roman citizen, living in Tarsus which is now present day Turkey. It is believed that Paul, when he was Saul, actually followed in his parents foosteps and was a pharisee who lived by Judaic law. Christianity was a threat to Saul's Judaic beliefs. He became one of the worst persecutors of Christians. Several Christians were arrested and killed because of Saul. Saul was a very bad person in relation to persecuting God's people.
However, on the road to Damascus, Jesus, as my Dakes interjects, arrested Saul. Afterwards, after Saul's encounter with the Lord Jesus, he was converted as a Believer and became Paul. Saul, when he met the Lord saw the error of his ways. Saul, in Jesus' presence, saw that what he was doing was very wrong and he better change, and he did.
Paul did alot of missionary work, taking the gospel to many parts of Europe to non-Jews. I think here it important for me to explain what an Apostle is. An Apostle, in the general sense, is someone who is sent forth for a cause. An Apostle is a messenger of a cause.
From a Biblical perpective, an Apostle is a messenger of Jesus Christ, who is sent to various churches and parts of the world to give the message of Jesus Christ. Also Biblically speaking, an Apostle is a missionary of God who travels and teaches the ways of Yahweh, God, to people, and builds churches for the cause of God. Apostles do other missionary work. An Apostle has a tremendous responsibility. An Apostle is the highest ranking position in the Christian church.
Another way of wording or decribing an Apostle is that, they are over several churches and mentors people and churches in other cities and countries outside his or her country. Apostles help feed the hungry, minister to the poor and homeless, by getting involved in infrastructure building. Apostles pray for healing for the sick, and they also operate in the ministries of healings and miracles. Apostles also operate in all other gifts of God, speaking in general terms. Apostles are anointed by God, and inspired by God to do His work.
Just some quick explanations of ministry offices in a Christian church by brief comparison. There are five main ministries or offices of ministry positions in a given Christian church. A Pastor, which is one office holder, is a overseer of one church, as compared to an Apostle who oversees several churches and travels all over the world. Not every Christian church has an Apostle. However, generally speaking, the Christian Church body as a whole have what is called that five-fold ministry. I will elaborate a little more on the other offices of the five-fold ministry later.
Getting back to Paul. Paul is considered an Apostle, as I have already stated. Again, his responsibilities was vast. Paul travelled to other cities and countries teaching people how to live for God. That is alot of work and very significant.
I want to paraphrase some scriptures that Paul wrote throughout the book of Romans. In Romans Chapter 2, Paul talks about being circumcised in the heart for God, or spiritual circumcision, and being a Jew inwardly. In Romans 3:23, Paul states an acknowledgement for us all, that we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Paul, in Romans Chapter 1, acknowledges that Jesus came in the flesh and is the resurrected Son of God. In Chapter 5, Verse 8 of Romans, Paul mentions that God commended His love towards us while we were sinners, to have His Son Jesus Christ die for us.
Romans chapter 6, verse 23; Paul tells us that sin brings death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. In Romans 10: 9-10, Paul "specifies" the how to method to become saved or born-again. He says look, if you can speak, you need to confess the Lord Jesus, and believe on Jesus in your heart that God raised him from the dead. In other words, Paul is saying we each need to pray to Jesus a prayer of salvation if we can speak. We need to do that to talk to God.
We need to come to Jesus, and even more important than saying the words, is that we need to believe and receive Jesus into our hearts. WE, YOU AND MYSELF, BETTER MEAN IT IN OUR HEART, WHEN WE CALL OUT TO JESUS TO SAVE US. Jesus said we must believe. Paul is saying the same thing, except he is sayng that we show that we believe when we talk or confess Jesus and acknowledge Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We talk to show that we agree to be back in fellowship with God. So, we speak out our sinful condition, and speak for Jesus to save us or deliver us from our sinful condition; giving us spiritual life. You "take actions" to say something and believe on the Son of God. I will pick up with part 3 on defending the Apostle Paul soon.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
In Defense Of Apostle Paul Pt.1
Hello World:
I am here to talk about the Apostle Paul some more. That title sort of make it seem like he is on trial again, and I am his defense lawyer. I would make an excellent defense lawyer by the way. I do not have law papers, but I would be good at both defending and prosecuting. In any event, I mentioned before that I needed to come back to Paul, so here I am.
The Apostle Paul has been scrutinized and criticized because of his sexist remarks against women, as well as whether or not he was really a true Christian believer and follower of Jesus Christ. Also, Paul's writings, which consist of 14 books in the New Testament, are criticized by some as to whether they belong in the Bible a part of the inspired Word of God. In other words, some see Paul's writings as not being valid scriptures.
The people who believe this basically consider all the Old Testament books with the 4 gospels, and the book of Revelation to really be the only truely inspired scriptures of the Bible. With that said, those same people leave out the book of Acts, and books or epistles written by Peter, James, John and Jude. Although Peter, James, John and Jude have not been criticized like Paul has been. Therefore, today in this post and maybe the post after this, depending on how long I am here, I will try to shed some light in favor of Paul.
I am going to try to be as brief as possible in talking about the Apostle Paul. If I really went deep into discussing Paul and His writings, It may take me months or even a year to say everything about Paul. I could go on for a long time just talking about all of Paul's specific teachings. However, I only want to do no more than one or two post on Paul at this point. So, as always, I am going to be more spiritual in my discussions and less theological. Or lets just say I will be slightly theological with a twist.
Scripture References from Jesus; St. Matthew chapter 7: verse 16; "Ye shall know them by their fruits."
If you read the scriptures following verse 16, Jesus goes into details about good trees and corrupt trees. Jesus goes on to say that a good tree will only produce good fruit, and can not produce evil fruit. Likewise, a corrupt tree will only produce evil fruit and can not produce good fruit. I felt led of the Lord to use those scriptures to explain how God, Himself sees the Apostle Paul. To God, the Apostle Paul is like a good tree, that produced and through His writings today, still produces good fruit. I am not saying that Paul is perfect and without fault, because He was not perfect and did have faults. However, in a sense He was a "good", so to speak, or decent believer and follower and servant of Jesus Christ.
Now, over the years I have read alot of Paul's writings, and let me say this, there is no one back in his day or previous to him, who preached more about Jesus Christ, God and Christian living than the Apostle Paul. Even today, we have alot of evangelical missionaries, so called prophets, televangelist, preachers and teachers. However, even today's preachers, etc, could not match up to the teachings of the Apostle Paul.
If ever anybody wanted to know, first, how to receive salvation, and second, how to live a "true" Christian life; other than Jesus Christ, Himself, there is none better to study from than Paul. In other words if a person of no understanding wanted to know the purpose of Jesus, how to "literally" accept Jesus, by doing "WHAT", and how, EXACTLY, to become a Christian, Paul literally spells it out all over the second half of the Bible.
Paul explains pretty much everything you need to know about Jesus and becoming a believer and follower of Jesus. Now, many Christians today can not even do that, which I just mentioned about Paul doing above. The first thing that comes out of Christians mouths today is what church do you go to? Then some others have the nerve to ask you are you married?
Many Christians, or let me say by many, I am saying almost most Christians today beat around the bush to talk about Jesus. Many are afraid to discuss the purpose of Jesus and the importance of accepting Jesus. Then, through some miracle, once they finally get to the point of talking about Jesus, they still do not know how to "literally" lead someone to salvation.
What I want to say here is that talking about Jesus, and literally showing people the steps of "how to" receive Jesus and salvation is the most important thing any person can do; and that is what Paul is very good at. Paul never put himself above Jesus; in fact the Apostle Paul, twice, called himself a servant of Jesus Christ in Romans 1:1 and Philipians 1:1.
Paul gives Jesus Christ credit for his apostleship. Everything I am saying is very important. Because again, there are many so called Christians, today, who do not talk about or even mention Jesus publicly. Also, there are many Christians who do not give Jesus, or God credit for any of their accomplishments, gifts and blessings; however, Paul was good at doing all of that. The Apostle Paul was really more of a Christian than many so called Christians today.
Another thing, in terms of producing good fruit. Paul mentions Jesus so much, and discusses how to live Godly or righteously so much, until I know that he had to be truly of God and Jesus. There is no way Satan or the Devil would be using Paul to talk good things about Jesus, and how a person can accept Jesus to receive salvation for there souls. In other words, Satan would be outraged, and is outraged, that Paul, or anybody would say or said all the good things about Jesus and living Godly, and how NOT to live wickedly.
The enemy of God would not want information to get out that would draw people to Yahweh and living Yahweh's way. However, Paul did exactly what the Enemy, Satan, Lucifer, Dragon or the Devil did not want. Paul through his teachings empowers people to come out of sin through Jesus and get right with God. So, if Paul spoke for Jesus, and God, then He could not be against Jesus and God.
Again, Paul promoted Jesus alot, which many Christians after him up to today have a problem doing. Therefore Paul according to his teachings could not be an imposter, nor could he be antichrist. If Paul is an imposter or antichrist like some claim, then most Christians are worse than him, because they are more melancholy and ashamed of Jesus than Paul ever was. And silence is not always golden and peaceful, but many times silence is sin or agreeance with sin an wickedness.
I am not finished talking about Paul. In the next post, I will mention specific teachings of Paul about the things of God, that will show that only a person who is anointed and chosen of the true God, Yahweh, not chosen of someone else, could have taught on or spoke in good light of such things.
I am here to talk about the Apostle Paul some more. That title sort of make it seem like he is on trial again, and I am his defense lawyer. I would make an excellent defense lawyer by the way. I do not have law papers, but I would be good at both defending and prosecuting. In any event, I mentioned before that I needed to come back to Paul, so here I am.
The Apostle Paul has been scrutinized and criticized because of his sexist remarks against women, as well as whether or not he was really a true Christian believer and follower of Jesus Christ. Also, Paul's writings, which consist of 14 books in the New Testament, are criticized by some as to whether they belong in the Bible a part of the inspired Word of God. In other words, some see Paul's writings as not being valid scriptures.
The people who believe this basically consider all the Old Testament books with the 4 gospels, and the book of Revelation to really be the only truely inspired scriptures of the Bible. With that said, those same people leave out the book of Acts, and books or epistles written by Peter, James, John and Jude. Although Peter, James, John and Jude have not been criticized like Paul has been. Therefore, today in this post and maybe the post after this, depending on how long I am here, I will try to shed some light in favor of Paul.
I am going to try to be as brief as possible in talking about the Apostle Paul. If I really went deep into discussing Paul and His writings, It may take me months or even a year to say everything about Paul. I could go on for a long time just talking about all of Paul's specific teachings. However, I only want to do no more than one or two post on Paul at this point. So, as always, I am going to be more spiritual in my discussions and less theological. Or lets just say I will be slightly theological with a twist.
Scripture References from Jesus; St. Matthew chapter 7: verse 16; "Ye shall know them by their fruits."
If you read the scriptures following verse 16, Jesus goes into details about good trees and corrupt trees. Jesus goes on to say that a good tree will only produce good fruit, and can not produce evil fruit. Likewise, a corrupt tree will only produce evil fruit and can not produce good fruit. I felt led of the Lord to use those scriptures to explain how God, Himself sees the Apostle Paul. To God, the Apostle Paul is like a good tree, that produced and through His writings today, still produces good fruit. I am not saying that Paul is perfect and without fault, because He was not perfect and did have faults. However, in a sense He was a "good", so to speak, or decent believer and follower and servant of Jesus Christ.
Now, over the years I have read alot of Paul's writings, and let me say this, there is no one back in his day or previous to him, who preached more about Jesus Christ, God and Christian living than the Apostle Paul. Even today, we have alot of evangelical missionaries, so called prophets, televangelist, preachers and teachers. However, even today's preachers, etc, could not match up to the teachings of the Apostle Paul.
If ever anybody wanted to know, first, how to receive salvation, and second, how to live a "true" Christian life; other than Jesus Christ, Himself, there is none better to study from than Paul. In other words if a person of no understanding wanted to know the purpose of Jesus, how to "literally" accept Jesus, by doing "WHAT", and how, EXACTLY, to become a Christian, Paul literally spells it out all over the second half of the Bible.
Paul explains pretty much everything you need to know about Jesus and becoming a believer and follower of Jesus. Now, many Christians today can not even do that, which I just mentioned about Paul doing above. The first thing that comes out of Christians mouths today is what church do you go to? Then some others have the nerve to ask you are you married?
Many Christians, or let me say by many, I am saying almost most Christians today beat around the bush to talk about Jesus. Many are afraid to discuss the purpose of Jesus and the importance of accepting Jesus. Then, through some miracle, once they finally get to the point of talking about Jesus, they still do not know how to "literally" lead someone to salvation.
What I want to say here is that talking about Jesus, and literally showing people the steps of "how to" receive Jesus and salvation is the most important thing any person can do; and that is what Paul is very good at. Paul never put himself above Jesus; in fact the Apostle Paul, twice, called himself a servant of Jesus Christ in Romans 1:1 and Philipians 1:1.
Paul gives Jesus Christ credit for his apostleship. Everything I am saying is very important. Because again, there are many so called Christians, today, who do not talk about or even mention Jesus publicly. Also, there are many Christians who do not give Jesus, or God credit for any of their accomplishments, gifts and blessings; however, Paul was good at doing all of that. The Apostle Paul was really more of a Christian than many so called Christians today.
Another thing, in terms of producing good fruit. Paul mentions Jesus so much, and discusses how to live Godly or righteously so much, until I know that he had to be truly of God and Jesus. There is no way Satan or the Devil would be using Paul to talk good things about Jesus, and how a person can accept Jesus to receive salvation for there souls. In other words, Satan would be outraged, and is outraged, that Paul, or anybody would say or said all the good things about Jesus and living Godly, and how NOT to live wickedly.
The enemy of God would not want information to get out that would draw people to Yahweh and living Yahweh's way. However, Paul did exactly what the Enemy, Satan, Lucifer, Dragon or the Devil did not want. Paul through his teachings empowers people to come out of sin through Jesus and get right with God. So, if Paul spoke for Jesus, and God, then He could not be against Jesus and God.
Again, Paul promoted Jesus alot, which many Christians after him up to today have a problem doing. Therefore Paul according to his teachings could not be an imposter, nor could he be antichrist. If Paul is an imposter or antichrist like some claim, then most Christians are worse than him, because they are more melancholy and ashamed of Jesus than Paul ever was. And silence is not always golden and peaceful, but many times silence is sin or agreeance with sin an wickedness.
I am not finished talking about Paul. In the next post, I will mention specific teachings of Paul about the things of God, that will show that only a person who is anointed and chosen of the true God, Yahweh, not chosen of someone else, could have taught on or spoke in good light of such things.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Couples Mutual Agreements And Singles
Hello World:
I want to repeat to the women, and especially Christian women, what I said in my previous high heels posts a few weeks back. That if your husband, and it does not matter if he is the pastor or just a lay person in a church, but if he ask you to wear high heels or pumps for him, PLEASE do NOT kill him. Also, generally speaking you should not even be offended or upset by that request.
Now, what I want to add in follow-up is that alot of people within the church community will have a major problem with what I just said. The thing that I am looking at is how to prevent alot of cheating on each other and prevent divorce. What things can be done that will keep your man from straying to someone else. A dry and conservative relationship is not going to do it.
Being too busy ministering, travelling away from your spouse doing entreprenuerism, does not help your marriage either. Sometimes you can be too busy, even in ministry and NOT be doing what you are supposed to be doing according to God. Then we have to hear about these shocking divorces on the news, and everybody is wondering why, or how did it happen?
Most likely one or both persons have not been taking care of business at home. You are married on paper, but not giving each other time and love. If you are married, it is important for you to spend quality time "alone" with your spouse. In addition to living a spiritual life, you as a wife and husband have a natural responsibility to each other. Therefore, you as a "spouse" need to make sure you meet the needs of your husband or wife. Even though I have focused alot on women, what I am saying here goes both ways.
The husband should not force the wife to do anything. The wife should not have to be forced to wear high heels. There should be mutual agreement between the husband and wife in coupling matters, along with other matters. The wife should agree with what the husband want and the husband should agree with what the wife wants, before anything is done.
No one in the relationship should have to suffer or experience pain or be tortured or do something against their will. All of these types of things need to be discussed between the two party's "PRIVATELY" before marriage is agreed to. Men need to find out if the women loves high heels or if she has a problem with that. Line by line, item by item of things need to be mentioned, then each person can determine if they want to be involved with the other in marriage for the rest of their life. Then both persons can experience more of the "for better", and less of the "for worse".
Also, I discussed women looking good for the husband. You know the husband needs to look good for the wife too. Basically, you want to look decent and well kept. Before you get in a relationship, it would be wise to take care of your body, and not be in debt. I think I could say with confidence that most women do not want a man that is dirt nasty with a pot belly. That may sound cruel, but I am just being truthful.
If you can not take care of yourself in the important areas of health and hygiene, that could be a sign that you have problems in other important areas. In turn, if you can not take care of yourself, how are you supposed to help someone else, and make their life easier and give them love. You as a slacker will bring problems on someone else, forcing them to have to do most of the work in the relationship. That is not fair to the other person.
So, just speaking from a natural point of view, try to be as healthy as you possibly can be. Be hygienically sound. Do not try to be with someone, especially for the man, if you have debt. Eliminate your debt first. You are not going to be perfect, nobody is, but you do not want to bring "sewer waste" into a relationship.
You do not want to be a mess trying to be with somebody. You do not want to just look "any" kind of way; as an example, with uncombed hair, and smell any kind of way, and have no organization about yourself, and expect someone to want to be with you. You got to have yourself somewhat together. So, that is what I am talking about. I think it is a premium for women to look good more than men; but still again, the men need to look decent for the women.
Women should look good for their husbands, but you want to be careful in church, because you do not want to be too provocative, in which, guys are paying more attention to you than the Lord. You should dress "MODESTLY" in church. However, in church people should look their best for God. That is a little different from looking good to attract someone. In the church building it should be different.
I know alot of times today, people dress more casual in church. However, many times we should come to church really looking good. You see because we, you and I, come to church to worship God, and He is more important than a president or world leader. So, if you dress up to meet a president of a country, then you really should dress up going to meet God in church.
I am just saying the difference of importance, even though God is not stuck up on the outward appearance as much as we are. You should come as you are or as you can afford, but still be respecful to God in appearance. However, dressing up, sometimes, is a good outward show of honor and acknowlegdement to the God of the universe.
Getting back to marriage and women, many years back I was visiting a church. Thank goodness I only was visiting and not there permanent. When I go to church, my mind and my heart is so focused on the Lord. You just have no idea, and even though I am talking about all of this natural relationship stuff with men and women, I am very, very spiritually focused.
However, I was visiting this church, and they were nice people there, but I was blitzed heavily by men from several areas of the church asking me about considering getting married, or pursuing a woman for marriage. Apparently, all of those guys or most of the men in that church was married. So, for some reasons they felt the need to "PRESSURE" me to follow in their footsteps or take their path so to speak.
Well, I was only there for a couple of weeks. I was very offended by this. I come to church with my mind on the Lord, not looking for a wife or girlfriend. I do not go to church looking for women. Sure, I might find a woman there, but if that happens it happens. That has never been my motive when going to church. Again, it could happen, but generally I leave that outside of church.
My primary focus, in church, is on the Lord. To fellowship or minister with or to like believers, worship the Lord together and learn the ways of the Lord. Those should be every other person's goals in church. That marriage idea falls under the concept of family. The family concept in most churches is good, but for the MOST part it is heavily "OVER-BLOWN". Family, and family values in churches are over-blown just like patriotism in statehood, and teamwork in the workplace.
There is a place for single people in God's house too. Single people are just as valuable to God as someone who is married. Sometimes, it is not easy being single. However, single persons who believe and follow the Lord are very blessed of the Lord. Single people probably are more attuned to God, or yielded to God than married folks, because married persons have an obligation to both God and to each other, not just to God like singles. So, in that, there is the potential for God to use a single person more than someone who is married.
A single person has the "REAL" potential to be closer to God and more anointed than married persons. So, alot of churchs need to cut out pressuring single people to find a mate to get married. Allow the single person to be led and directed by God, and not by your political correctness, or what you have been manipulated to believe, by elements in church society and secular society, that for anyone to have any true legitimacy in a society, they need to be married first.
Again, God bless those who are single in the churches. There are several great men in the Bible who were single, whom were used mightily by God. Elijah was one, Daniel, Peter, Paul, and as recorded by scriptures many of the disciples of Jesus. The greatest and most powerful of all single persons was Jesus himself, who is our salvation. So, to all you who are single in the church be encouraged and know that you are not alone; and that God is very much close to you.
I want to repeat to the women, and especially Christian women, what I said in my previous high heels posts a few weeks back. That if your husband, and it does not matter if he is the pastor or just a lay person in a church, but if he ask you to wear high heels or pumps for him, PLEASE do NOT kill him. Also, generally speaking you should not even be offended or upset by that request.
Now, what I want to add in follow-up is that alot of people within the church community will have a major problem with what I just said. The thing that I am looking at is how to prevent alot of cheating on each other and prevent divorce. What things can be done that will keep your man from straying to someone else. A dry and conservative relationship is not going to do it.
Being too busy ministering, travelling away from your spouse doing entreprenuerism, does not help your marriage either. Sometimes you can be too busy, even in ministry and NOT be doing what you are supposed to be doing according to God. Then we have to hear about these shocking divorces on the news, and everybody is wondering why, or how did it happen?
Most likely one or both persons have not been taking care of business at home. You are married on paper, but not giving each other time and love. If you are married, it is important for you to spend quality time "alone" with your spouse. In addition to living a spiritual life, you as a wife and husband have a natural responsibility to each other. Therefore, you as a "spouse" need to make sure you meet the needs of your husband or wife. Even though I have focused alot on women, what I am saying here goes both ways.
The husband should not force the wife to do anything. The wife should not have to be forced to wear high heels. There should be mutual agreement between the husband and wife in coupling matters, along with other matters. The wife should agree with what the husband want and the husband should agree with what the wife wants, before anything is done.
No one in the relationship should have to suffer or experience pain or be tortured or do something against their will. All of these types of things need to be discussed between the two party's "PRIVATELY" before marriage is agreed to. Men need to find out if the women loves high heels or if she has a problem with that. Line by line, item by item of things need to be mentioned, then each person can determine if they want to be involved with the other in marriage for the rest of their life. Then both persons can experience more of the "for better", and less of the "for worse".
Also, I discussed women looking good for the husband. You know the husband needs to look good for the wife too. Basically, you want to look decent and well kept. Before you get in a relationship, it would be wise to take care of your body, and not be in debt. I think I could say with confidence that most women do not want a man that is dirt nasty with a pot belly. That may sound cruel, but I am just being truthful.
If you can not take care of yourself in the important areas of health and hygiene, that could be a sign that you have problems in other important areas. In turn, if you can not take care of yourself, how are you supposed to help someone else, and make their life easier and give them love. You as a slacker will bring problems on someone else, forcing them to have to do most of the work in the relationship. That is not fair to the other person.
So, just speaking from a natural point of view, try to be as healthy as you possibly can be. Be hygienically sound. Do not try to be with someone, especially for the man, if you have debt. Eliminate your debt first. You are not going to be perfect, nobody is, but you do not want to bring "sewer waste" into a relationship.
You do not want to be a mess trying to be with somebody. You do not want to just look "any" kind of way; as an example, with uncombed hair, and smell any kind of way, and have no organization about yourself, and expect someone to want to be with you. You got to have yourself somewhat together. So, that is what I am talking about. I think it is a premium for women to look good more than men; but still again, the men need to look decent for the women.
Women should look good for their husbands, but you want to be careful in church, because you do not want to be too provocative, in which, guys are paying more attention to you than the Lord. You should dress "MODESTLY" in church. However, in church people should look their best for God. That is a little different from looking good to attract someone. In the church building it should be different.
I know alot of times today, people dress more casual in church. However, many times we should come to church really looking good. You see because we, you and I, come to church to worship God, and He is more important than a president or world leader. So, if you dress up to meet a president of a country, then you really should dress up going to meet God in church.
I am just saying the difference of importance, even though God is not stuck up on the outward appearance as much as we are. You should come as you are or as you can afford, but still be respecful to God in appearance. However, dressing up, sometimes, is a good outward show of honor and acknowlegdement to the God of the universe.
Getting back to marriage and women, many years back I was visiting a church. Thank goodness I only was visiting and not there permanent. When I go to church, my mind and my heart is so focused on the Lord. You just have no idea, and even though I am talking about all of this natural relationship stuff with men and women, I am very, very spiritually focused.
However, I was visiting this church, and they were nice people there, but I was blitzed heavily by men from several areas of the church asking me about considering getting married, or pursuing a woman for marriage. Apparently, all of those guys or most of the men in that church was married. So, for some reasons they felt the need to "PRESSURE" me to follow in their footsteps or take their path so to speak.
Well, I was only there for a couple of weeks. I was very offended by this. I come to church with my mind on the Lord, not looking for a wife or girlfriend. I do not go to church looking for women. Sure, I might find a woman there, but if that happens it happens. That has never been my motive when going to church. Again, it could happen, but generally I leave that outside of church.
My primary focus, in church, is on the Lord. To fellowship or minister with or to like believers, worship the Lord together and learn the ways of the Lord. Those should be every other person's goals in church. That marriage idea falls under the concept of family. The family concept in most churches is good, but for the MOST part it is heavily "OVER-BLOWN". Family, and family values in churches are over-blown just like patriotism in statehood, and teamwork in the workplace.
There is a place for single people in God's house too. Single people are just as valuable to God as someone who is married. Sometimes, it is not easy being single. However, single persons who believe and follow the Lord are very blessed of the Lord. Single people probably are more attuned to God, or yielded to God than married folks, because married persons have an obligation to both God and to each other, not just to God like singles. So, in that, there is the potential for God to use a single person more than someone who is married.
A single person has the "REAL" potential to be closer to God and more anointed than married persons. So, alot of churchs need to cut out pressuring single people to find a mate to get married. Allow the single person to be led and directed by God, and not by your political correctness, or what you have been manipulated to believe, by elements in church society and secular society, that for anyone to have any true legitimacy in a society, they need to be married first.
Again, God bless those who are single in the churches. There are several great men in the Bible who were single, whom were used mightily by God. Elijah was one, Daniel, Peter, Paul, and as recorded by scriptures many of the disciples of Jesus. The greatest and most powerful of all single persons was Jesus himself, who is our salvation. So, to all you who are single in the church be encouraged and know that you are not alone; and that God is very much close to you.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Relationships Between Men and Women
Hello World:
First thing I want to say to start off with is that one of the best things to happen to men is women. Thank God for women. I feel led of God to say that any person, group of any kind or religion that tortures women, abuses women, oppresses women or places strict burdens upon women causing women to suffer; will themselves suffer an eternal, fiery torment in the belly and heart of hell; and this does include people of the Islamic or Muslim religion.
As with several of my recent posts that have been lengthy, I needed to do follow-up comments to those posts. To reduce run-ons as much as possible and to keep interest.
In my previous post, with the titled words "High Heels, Pumps", I mentioned alot of things about marriage relations between the husband and the wife. I talked about the gift of beauty of God given to women, and women needing to be comfortable with their beauty and expecting, hopefully respectable, reactions from men. That is very important.
Another thing, I talked about is that men look at and lust after beautiful women. Many people have a problem with this. Usually the problem is with other women, because they are often jealous of the woman who is getting the attention. So, what they will do is put on a moral face, and quote morality to make everyone else feel condemned and just as miserable as they are. Jesus said it is a sin. I agree with Jesus, but it still happens; and we as men need God's continued mercy for that.
I have to throw this in, there is a famous super-model who went to dance clubs, where women dance, and she was asking men why do they look at women or stare at women. Now this was a fashion super model, who have at times been photographed in very provacative and sexually tempting attire herself. So, this super-model was saying how it was disgusting that men look at women like they do.
So, her going to these clubs or bars and filming men was supposed to expose this disgusting behavior and embarrass men. What got me is that this is, again, a super-model who wore bathing suits and other skimpy outfits, and is wondering why men look at women or stare at women. The reason, why guys or men look at women like they do, is because men are naturally programmed to look at beautiful women and beautiful women are something "WORTH" looking at.
Beautiful women are something "WORTH" looking at, or they GIVE men something that is "WORTH" A MAN'S "TIME" AND "ATTENTION" to look or stare at. It is just that simple! I could be more explicit, but this is not brain surgery or rocket science per-say. Notice, I mention beautiful women. I had to add the word beautiful in here. The key word is beautiful, and NOT warehouse worker-looking and dude-ish or looking and walking like a guy, with no make-up, covered up and short hair.
Most REAL men will look or stare; and usually the only ways a guy does not look or stare at beautiful women is if he is gay, blind or dead, or he is pretending not to look and really is but will lie about it when asked.
Now, again I am NOT saying this is morally right, but natural and NOT a crime in perspective; and I am saying you, of all people, should not be so ignorant as to why men look or stare at women. Men are very visual, and ALOT of women DO LIKE getting attention from men. The more beautiful a woman is the more attention she will receive from men.
Another thing, men who have a beautiful wife or girlfriend, should not be offended if you are not around your woman or standing right next to her, and another guy is checking her out or trying to talk to her. Do not start a fight with the guy or try to hurt the guy if he did not know or realize you are with the woman.
Men you have to be grown up, and understand that if you have a beautiful wife or girlfriend, guys will notice and say something. You do not want to become argumentative, combative or physically violent unless they touch your woman, or be disrespectful or vulgar to her or you.
If a man sees you with your wife or girlfriend, he should respectfully leave you both alone. That is being an adult. Many times to protect your woman and you, it is better to walk away from someone who is being disrespectful around the woman. However, again, men do not assume that your wife or girlfriend is not going to get looks or be complimented. That can actually benefit both you and her?
Most women do not truly know or understand what goes through the mind of many "decent" men. Most women do not know about all of the good things that decent men think about women. Now, it is important to say "decent" men; because there are alot of "not-so decent" men out there as well. However, women make the mistake by running from some man just for looking at them or speaking to them.
You do not have to treat EVERY man like he is the devil or he is a evil man, just because he looks at you or "respectfully" compliments you. Just for the record, I have received compliments from women before and I did not run, or call the police or yell "stalker" or "sexual predator/prowler". No, I played along with it, or I said thank you and moved on. Some people might say, well you are a man, so those women were not a threat to you. Well, you never know, I have had some experiences. Some women could plot to kidnap me and take me away all to themselves, to never be found. It could happen; you never know. No, I am pretty cool with the comments.
When a woman compliment me, I also try not to make the woman feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, because I know what that feels like. I understand that it is natural for a woman or women to be attracted to me. It is okay for women to talk about my muscles, or say I look good or other nice things. And most guys in my position are okay with that. Again, as a man I expect for women to stare at me, or make some kind of sexual gesture to me. I am okay with it being a woman being the opposite sex doing that.
I do not need to get the police or store security, just because a woman smiles at me in the store or winks at me or says something friendly to me. I should not ignore her either. I smile back or say something and acknowledge her.
Most men would love to have alot of fun with women in "various ways"; however, it is important to note that many of those guys actually want the woman to have fun and really enjoy herself too. Women, YOU DO NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF, "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", also understand that many guys that check you out or compliment you with a whistle or words are not out to hurt you, but would like to do just the opposite.
A polite and respectful compliment or EMAIL does NOT rob, kidnap, rape, or kill anyone. You do not need security over a look or compliment. You do not always need to call "STALKERS R'US". The last thing a "decent" guy would want to do is make you run off, creep you out, or cause you to disappear. Are you kidding me? If you think a sensible guy wants to scare off a beautiful woman, you are highly mistaken; because that would be a DISASTER for a man.
A true decent and sensible guy will want to have fun with a beautiful woman, and will want her to share in experiencing that fun for herself and for her to feel comfortable being with the guy. Again, there are decent respectful men out there who really admire a beautiful woman, and who think alot of loving thoughts of making her happy, making her feel good, wanting her to make him feel good and doing good things to please her. I will break and continue soon with more relationship follow-ups.
First thing I want to say to start off with is that one of the best things to happen to men is women. Thank God for women. I feel led of God to say that any person, group of any kind or religion that tortures women, abuses women, oppresses women or places strict burdens upon women causing women to suffer; will themselves suffer an eternal, fiery torment in the belly and heart of hell; and this does include people of the Islamic or Muslim religion.
As with several of my recent posts that have been lengthy, I needed to do follow-up comments to those posts. To reduce run-ons as much as possible and to keep interest.
In my previous post, with the titled words "High Heels, Pumps", I mentioned alot of things about marriage relations between the husband and the wife. I talked about the gift of beauty of God given to women, and women needing to be comfortable with their beauty and expecting, hopefully respectable, reactions from men. That is very important.
Another thing, I talked about is that men look at and lust after beautiful women. Many people have a problem with this. Usually the problem is with other women, because they are often jealous of the woman who is getting the attention. So, what they will do is put on a moral face, and quote morality to make everyone else feel condemned and just as miserable as they are. Jesus said it is a sin. I agree with Jesus, but it still happens; and we as men need God's continued mercy for that.
I have to throw this in, there is a famous super-model who went to dance clubs, where women dance, and she was asking men why do they look at women or stare at women. Now this was a fashion super model, who have at times been photographed in very provacative and sexually tempting attire herself. So, this super-model was saying how it was disgusting that men look at women like they do.
So, her going to these clubs or bars and filming men was supposed to expose this disgusting behavior and embarrass men. What got me is that this is, again, a super-model who wore bathing suits and other skimpy outfits, and is wondering why men look at women or stare at women. The reason, why guys or men look at women like they do, is because men are naturally programmed to look at beautiful women and beautiful women are something "WORTH" looking at.
Beautiful women are something "WORTH" looking at, or they GIVE men something that is "WORTH" A MAN'S "TIME" AND "ATTENTION" to look or stare at. It is just that simple! I could be more explicit, but this is not brain surgery or rocket science per-say. Notice, I mention beautiful women. I had to add the word beautiful in here. The key word is beautiful, and NOT warehouse worker-looking and dude-ish or looking and walking like a guy, with no make-up, covered up and short hair.
Most REAL men will look or stare; and usually the only ways a guy does not look or stare at beautiful women is if he is gay, blind or dead, or he is pretending not to look and really is but will lie about it when asked.
Now, again I am NOT saying this is morally right, but natural and NOT a crime in perspective; and I am saying you, of all people, should not be so ignorant as to why men look or stare at women. Men are very visual, and ALOT of women DO LIKE getting attention from men. The more beautiful a woman is the more attention she will receive from men.
Another thing, men who have a beautiful wife or girlfriend, should not be offended if you are not around your woman or standing right next to her, and another guy is checking her out or trying to talk to her. Do not start a fight with the guy or try to hurt the guy if he did not know or realize you are with the woman.
Men you have to be grown up, and understand that if you have a beautiful wife or girlfriend, guys will notice and say something. You do not want to become argumentative, combative or physically violent unless they touch your woman, or be disrespectful or vulgar to her or you.
If a man sees you with your wife or girlfriend, he should respectfully leave you both alone. That is being an adult. Many times to protect your woman and you, it is better to walk away from someone who is being disrespectful around the woman. However, again, men do not assume that your wife or girlfriend is not going to get looks or be complimented. That can actually benefit both you and her?
Most women do not truly know or understand what goes through the mind of many "decent" men. Most women do not know about all of the good things that decent men think about women. Now, it is important to say "decent" men; because there are alot of "not-so decent" men out there as well. However, women make the mistake by running from some man just for looking at them or speaking to them.
You do not have to treat EVERY man like he is the devil or he is a evil man, just because he looks at you or "respectfully" compliments you. Just for the record, I have received compliments from women before and I did not run, or call the police or yell "stalker" or "sexual predator/prowler". No, I played along with it, or I said thank you and moved on. Some people might say, well you are a man, so those women were not a threat to you. Well, you never know, I have had some experiences. Some women could plot to kidnap me and take me away all to themselves, to never be found. It could happen; you never know. No, I am pretty cool with the comments.
When a woman compliment me, I also try not to make the woman feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, because I know what that feels like. I understand that it is natural for a woman or women to be attracted to me. It is okay for women to talk about my muscles, or say I look good or other nice things. And most guys in my position are okay with that. Again, as a man I expect for women to stare at me, or make some kind of sexual gesture to me. I am okay with it being a woman being the opposite sex doing that.
I do not need to get the police or store security, just because a woman smiles at me in the store or winks at me or says something friendly to me. I should not ignore her either. I smile back or say something and acknowledge her.
Most men would love to have alot of fun with women in "various ways"; however, it is important to note that many of those guys actually want the woman to have fun and really enjoy herself too. Women, YOU DO NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF, "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", "BUT", also understand that many guys that check you out or compliment you with a whistle or words are not out to hurt you, but would like to do just the opposite.
A polite and respectful compliment or EMAIL does NOT rob, kidnap, rape, or kill anyone. You do not need security over a look or compliment. You do not always need to call "STALKERS R'US". The last thing a "decent" guy would want to do is make you run off, creep you out, or cause you to disappear. Are you kidding me? If you think a sensible guy wants to scare off a beautiful woman, you are highly mistaken; because that would be a DISASTER for a man.
A true decent and sensible guy will want to have fun with a beautiful woman, and will want her to share in experiencing that fun for herself and for her to feel comfortable being with the guy. Again, there are decent respectful men out there who really admire a beautiful woman, and who think alot of loving thoughts of making her happy, making her feel good, wanting her to make him feel good and doing good things to please her. I will break and continue soon with more relationship follow-ups.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Body Piercings and Tattoos Follow-Up
Hello World:
I am going to make some more follow-up comments concerning tattoos, However, I have to also talk about body piercing. I did not expect to talk about body piercing, but the Lord wants me to include it here.
Scripture Reference; Leviticus Chapter 19: Verse 28; "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord."
A couple of things, God is against permanent alterations to the skin. This does NOT include make-up. Also, this does not include necessary medical procedures. However, what the Lord is telling me is that scripture does include that God is against getting piercings in various parts of your body. It also includes getting tattoos on your body for any cause, person or thing.
Again, At first I was just going to talk about God being against tattoos, but God told me to also mention that He is against body piercing. Notice that scripture has two different commandments from the famous "TEN". What this means is that there are more than ten commandments in the Bible. As, I have been showing, in recent posts, that God has given many commandments throughout the scriptures on various life situations that have happened, and are ongoing with people all over the world. According to my Dakes Reference there are over 2,700 commandments just within the law of Moses. It must be noted, that there were close to 200 commandments before the famous "Ten". Even after the time of Moses, God has given us other commandments.
No one is perfect, or has ever been perfect in following all the commandments. No amount of works of following the law or obeying the law can save any of us; and that is why it was necessary for Jesus to come to save us. Jesus fulfilled all the law and prophets. We must accept Jesus for salvation, but we still should obey God's commandments as well.
As concerning body piercings; when you get permanent piercings in the ears, nose, belly, mouth, tongue, breast, secrets or private body areas, it shows a couple of things. First, you either do not know what God said in His Word or the Bible, which I just mentioned above. Secondly, whether you know it or not, when you get any kind of piercing in your body, it is a "sign" of rebellion against God and committing idolatry or worship of another god.
Body piercings is a pagan practice that is used as a sign of surrendering your life to, and in honor of a god or god other than Yahweh, God the Creator. Now, many people who have body piercings and tattoos may not be trying to be rebellious or commit idolatry, but it is a "sign" or "signal" that you are; and in actuality to God you are.
Just for the record, I do NOT have any body piercings or tattoos, and never have. Those kinds of things have never been my style. I can not get into those things. I know people who have both. Everything I mentioned above about having body piercings applies to having tattoos. I seen people who have dragons tattooed on them. A dragon is symbolic of Satan or the devil. I told this person that, who had that type of tattoo. He was surprised to hear that, but to date has not removed it. I know other people who have large tattoos on their arm. Some have them covering their whole body. Some have names of their girlfriend, wife, children etc tattooed on their body.
Basically when you wear a tattoo you are pledging first allegiance or servitude to what it symbolizes. That tattoo or tattoos have spiritual connotations of ownership of you. In other words, whatever that tattoo represents owns you. Naturally, you own it because you paid for it, but from a spiritual perspective, you actually paid for the tattoo to own you. And whatever the tattoo stands for owns your heart. Also, the illustration, of the tattoo, is an outward proclamation to others of your allegiance to it.
Henceforth, such an allegiance is not an allegiance to Almighty God, or putting God first. You are putting God second, third, tied in authority or not even ranked in your life. Also, you should not get a tattoo of God, or His name, because you or the tattoo artist do not know how He looks, and He does not want us to make any graven images, even of Himself. If you want to wear clothing or hats with God's name or to represent God or glorify God for others to see that is okay.
So, a tattoo in reality is a mark that you belong to someone other than God, and you have put that person before God, by disobeying God in getting the tattoo of the person or thing in the first place. This is why God, as I quoted on my Blogpage, is against the Mark of the Beast as mentioned in the book of Revelation.
Because the Mark of the Beast is from a person that is antiChrist and antiGod, and who blasphemes the true God of Heaven, the earth and the Universe; and who proclaims himself as God; forces everybody to worship him as such by taking his mark, number or name in their right hand or forehead. That is purposely and openly rebellious actions against God's existence and authority.
There is more I want to say about the Mark of the Beast later on in a soon future post. There are Christians who have nose rings, lip rings, and eye rings and God is not happy about it. You are doing something that does not look good to God. You are DIFFERENT from God. God is not impressed with your body piercings or tattoos. You do not look fashionable to God. Your tattoos, nose, eye and tongue rings are "not" cool to God.
Now, I do not want to say that you will go to Hell for having your body pierced or getting a tattoo. However, I am just here to report that God does not like those things done to the human body. I know alot of women, even Christian women who have pierced ears so they can wear pierced ear rings. I know; but again I am just stating what God said.
Me personally, I do not notice a woman's ears or earrings that much. In fact, to me a woman can look very attractive with or without earrings, especially if she has long hair covering down over the ears. I know it is easy to keep pierced earrings, because they will not fall off like clip-on earrings would. It is easier to lose clip-ons. Nevertheless, I would be in favor of clip-ons, just because of what God is saying.
The actions of getting body piercings and getting tattoos comes down to what is in your heart and mind. More specifically, Do you believe in the God of the Bible? If you do believe, in the God of the Bible, in your heart do you care what God thinks? Do you want to please God or do you want to please someone else or yourself moreso? If you have body piercings or tattoos those are questions you need to ask yourself.
If I had any kind of body piercings or tattoos I would get rid of or change it back. Especially tattoos of snakes or serpents, dragons, monsters, the devil, or anything overtly and even traditionally known to be anti-God. As well as, the small "seemingly" subtle, cute stuff like a flower or butterfly. Overall, it all is not pleasing to God.
I do not care how much pain it is to remove those tattoos. I would do whatever it takes to try to do everything I can to line up with what God is pleased with. I would, at least try very hard, and put forth the effort to correct my body the best way I can for God. Whatever pain you go through to remove the piercings and tattoos IS worth what God has for you; which is so very much better.
I am going to make some more follow-up comments concerning tattoos, However, I have to also talk about body piercing. I did not expect to talk about body piercing, but the Lord wants me to include it here.
Scripture Reference; Leviticus Chapter 19: Verse 28; "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord."
A couple of things, God is against permanent alterations to the skin. This does NOT include make-up. Also, this does not include necessary medical procedures. However, what the Lord is telling me is that scripture does include that God is against getting piercings in various parts of your body. It also includes getting tattoos on your body for any cause, person or thing.
Again, At first I was just going to talk about God being against tattoos, but God told me to also mention that He is against body piercing. Notice that scripture has two different commandments from the famous "TEN". What this means is that there are more than ten commandments in the Bible. As, I have been showing, in recent posts, that God has given many commandments throughout the scriptures on various life situations that have happened, and are ongoing with people all over the world. According to my Dakes Reference there are over 2,700 commandments just within the law of Moses. It must be noted, that there were close to 200 commandments before the famous "Ten". Even after the time of Moses, God has given us other commandments.
No one is perfect, or has ever been perfect in following all the commandments. No amount of works of following the law or obeying the law can save any of us; and that is why it was necessary for Jesus to come to save us. Jesus fulfilled all the law and prophets. We must accept Jesus for salvation, but we still should obey God's commandments as well.
As concerning body piercings; when you get permanent piercings in the ears, nose, belly, mouth, tongue, breast, secrets or private body areas, it shows a couple of things. First, you either do not know what God said in His Word or the Bible, which I just mentioned above. Secondly, whether you know it or not, when you get any kind of piercing in your body, it is a "sign" of rebellion against God and committing idolatry or worship of another god.
Body piercings is a pagan practice that is used as a sign of surrendering your life to, and in honor of a god or god other than Yahweh, God the Creator. Now, many people who have body piercings and tattoos may not be trying to be rebellious or commit idolatry, but it is a "sign" or "signal" that you are; and in actuality to God you are.
Just for the record, I do NOT have any body piercings or tattoos, and never have. Those kinds of things have never been my style. I can not get into those things. I know people who have both. Everything I mentioned above about having body piercings applies to having tattoos. I seen people who have dragons tattooed on them. A dragon is symbolic of Satan or the devil. I told this person that, who had that type of tattoo. He was surprised to hear that, but to date has not removed it. I know other people who have large tattoos on their arm. Some have them covering their whole body. Some have names of their girlfriend, wife, children etc tattooed on their body.
Basically when you wear a tattoo you are pledging first allegiance or servitude to what it symbolizes. That tattoo or tattoos have spiritual connotations of ownership of you. In other words, whatever that tattoo represents owns you. Naturally, you own it because you paid for it, but from a spiritual perspective, you actually paid for the tattoo to own you. And whatever the tattoo stands for owns your heart. Also, the illustration, of the tattoo, is an outward proclamation to others of your allegiance to it.
Henceforth, such an allegiance is not an allegiance to Almighty God, or putting God first. You are putting God second, third, tied in authority or not even ranked in your life. Also, you should not get a tattoo of God, or His name, because you or the tattoo artist do not know how He looks, and He does not want us to make any graven images, even of Himself. If you want to wear clothing or hats with God's name or to represent God or glorify God for others to see that is okay.
So, a tattoo in reality is a mark that you belong to someone other than God, and you have put that person before God, by disobeying God in getting the tattoo of the person or thing in the first place. This is why God, as I quoted on my Blogpage, is against the Mark of the Beast as mentioned in the book of Revelation.
Because the Mark of the Beast is from a person that is antiChrist and antiGod, and who blasphemes the true God of Heaven, the earth and the Universe; and who proclaims himself as God; forces everybody to worship him as such by taking his mark, number or name in their right hand or forehead. That is purposely and openly rebellious actions against God's existence and authority.
There is more I want to say about the Mark of the Beast later on in a soon future post. There are Christians who have nose rings, lip rings, and eye rings and God is not happy about it. You are doing something that does not look good to God. You are DIFFERENT from God. God is not impressed with your body piercings or tattoos. You do not look fashionable to God. Your tattoos, nose, eye and tongue rings are "not" cool to God.
Now, I do not want to say that you will go to Hell for having your body pierced or getting a tattoo. However, I am just here to report that God does not like those things done to the human body. I know alot of women, even Christian women who have pierced ears so they can wear pierced ear rings. I know; but again I am just stating what God said.
Me personally, I do not notice a woman's ears or earrings that much. In fact, to me a woman can look very attractive with or without earrings, especially if she has long hair covering down over the ears. I know it is easy to keep pierced earrings, because they will not fall off like clip-on earrings would. It is easier to lose clip-ons. Nevertheless, I would be in favor of clip-ons, just because of what God is saying.
The actions of getting body piercings and getting tattoos comes down to what is in your heart and mind. More specifically, Do you believe in the God of the Bible? If you do believe, in the God of the Bible, in your heart do you care what God thinks? Do you want to please God or do you want to please someone else or yourself moreso? If you have body piercings or tattoos those are questions you need to ask yourself.
If I had any kind of body piercings or tattoos I would get rid of or change it back. Especially tattoos of snakes or serpents, dragons, monsters, the devil, or anything overtly and even traditionally known to be anti-God. As well as, the small "seemingly" subtle, cute stuff like a flower or butterfly. Overall, it all is not pleasing to God.
I do not care how much pain it is to remove those tattoos. I would do whatever it takes to try to do everything I can to line up with what God is pleased with. I would, at least try very hard, and put forth the effort to correct my body the best way I can for God. Whatever pain you go through to remove the piercings and tattoos IS worth what God has for you; which is so very much better.
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