December 5, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
It’s Time #2
You’re Next
Hate is growing throughout the world, in fact, people are looking for reasons to express their hate. The hate for Israel is at levels only seen before and during WWII. If you serve the Beast (Satan, the Devil) you love to hate and are relishing in the fact that Israel has given you the opportunity to hate.
Christians who love Jesus Christ and are unashamed of the Gospel of Christ will soon be hated even more than the hate for Jews. You are next and the world will take advantage of their hate for Christians. You will become the world’s central target of their rage, hate, and total disdain for who you are and what you stand for—Jesus Christ.
God wants you to be prepared for persecution. In fact, Christ said you will be persecuted and hated—you can count on this! “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, rejoice and be glad” Matthew 5:10-11a NIV. Only in patience can one rejoice and still be looking for God’s will to be done (consider Christ’s death and resurrection).
If you are persecuted, you are fighting the ‘good fight of faith’. The Kingdom of God requires a fight, and it is in the battle that is raging in the Kingdom of God where we must be. Never wavering or retreating, which so many churches did during Covid. It is time to be hated, time to promote the Kingdom of God, and time to confront a world that loves their sin and is willing to serve the Beast, Satan, and the Antichrist in order to keep their sin.
Here is an article from a brother in Christ.
Aggressively Righteous
"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it."
(Jesus) Matthew 11:12
I learned a long time ago that if I am not aggressively righteous, I become passively wicked. We can be "Christians" and still never taste life in the kingdom.
Yes, He has taken our sins and given us His righteousness. Yes, "He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy" (Hebrews 10:14). But it’s that last part I’m talking about – the "being made holy."
If I intend to taste the holiness of God and live in the perfecting of who I am, If I am to come into the fullness of my destiny to become like Jesus, producing the fruit of the Spirit expressed in "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (Gal. 5:22), then I must continually press into Him or the world will begin to press into me and His nature in me will become dimmer and dimmer.
If I am not a worshiping man, then anxiety, fear, and depression push into me.
If I am not a man of prayer, I begin to be king of my own life.
If I am not listening carefully for the voice and promptings of the Holy Spirit, my own voice and the voice of the enemy will control me.
If the Word of God is not my daily diet, I cannot know the nature of God and will begin to shape Him in my own image.
Demon forces are waiting to invade an empty house (See Matt. 12:43-45). I must stay full of Yeshua Himself and His Spirit.
Only forceful and Godly-aggressive men and women "lay hold of the kingdom!" I want to "take hold of that for which Messiah Yeshua took hold of me" (Phil. 3:12).
I guarantee it is a life that is never boring!
By Norm Brinkley, 205 Diana Drive, Dickson, TN 37055
When in patience and battle remember these words of Paul: “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV
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