What we believe matters!
We are what we believe and what we believe in our heart we will agree with and even do…..
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he (KJV)
If we believe that Jesus is our Lord and Saviour, we are a Redeemed Child of God, part of His Family, a Christian.
If we believe in Buddha or other gods , we are a Pagan Idolater.
If we believe there is no God, we are an Atheist.
If we are not sure if there is a God, we are still an Atheist till we do, sitting on the fence or being an Agnostic means we don’t believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour which means we are an Atheist in spirit, we need to make up our mind fast, we could die Eternally reading this message and then it will be too late.
If we believe in Murder like Abortion, we are a Murderer in spirit.
If we believe Adultery is permissible, than we are an Adulterer in spirit.
If we believe we can go on Sinning, we are a Sinner in spirit.
If we believe stealing is acceptable, we are a Thief in spirit
If we have sex we someone of our own gender, we are a Homosexual, if we believe it is OK to be one, we are calling God a liar, which means we are evil but God’s Love covers a multitude of sins when we have True Repentance, and so we no longer choose to continue to sin.
If we don’t believe in The Godhead or Trinity as They are called today, we are deceived Cult members and False Teachers.
If we believe God’s Truth is only relevant when it suits our own agenda, we are Carnal.
Yes what we believe matters!
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for Light, and Light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (K.J.V)
It is not Love to watch as Satan gets a foothold in someones life because of their sin, that is why God tells us to rebuke them but we do so in Love remembering we were once sinners too.
Psalm 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?(KJV)
Leviticus 19:17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. (NKJV)
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all good works.(KJV)
God tells us to hate what is evil, anything that does not come from Faith in Him is evil. I hate…..Pagan Idolaters, Atheists, Thieves, Homosexuals and all those who do evil and also what I was before I came to heart repentance and I hate the life I lived without God in it.
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.(KJV)
But God also tells us to Love everybody, so is this a Contradiction.
Matthew 5:43-45 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.(KJV)
No! it is not a Contradiction…..
We Hate What they Are but We Love Who they Are.…God’s Creation, He created all Mankind, “For God so Loved the Word” that means He Loves everyone but He hates the evil they do, so are they lost eternally; we are not to judge their Eternal Destiny, only God knows their hearts, they may come to heart repentance on their deathbed or before and than they will be part of God’s Family, our Spiritual Brother or Sister in Christ Jesus, a Redeemed Child of God.
But we still hate what they are until they do repent and we do so if they are our Father, Mother, Brother or Sister and even if we have Children and they are Atheists, or worshipers of Buddha etc also those in the Church who accept what God calls evil as OK, or reject His Truth, we also hate what they are too, which is Carnal.
Luke 14:25-27 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife, and children and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my Disciple.(KJV)
We cannot be in Unity with Jesus if we walk in sinfulness and agree with it.
1 John 3: 1-11 ( 6-7 ) Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.
Romans 9:3 As it is written, Jacob have I Loved, but Esau have I hated.
God hated what Esau would be, He knew his heart and the evil he would do and God hates all evil…..yes we are what we believe and what we believe in our heart will be shown in our words and actions.
Matthew 12:34b- 35…for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.(KJV)
Will we always be Loved and accepted and understood for Who and What we are in Christ Jesus, No! as we can see confirmed below we will be hated and may even be Martyred, are we willing to carry our Cross for Jesus or do we want to be popular for Satan.
Luke 6:21-23 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for Joy: for, behold, your reward is great in Heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the Prophets.
Luke 21:16-18 And ye shall be betrayed both by Parents, and Brethren, and Kingsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
John 15:17-19 These things I command you, that ye Love one another. 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, I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.
I Love all of you in Christ Jesus for who you are but you are what you believe, if you reject Jesus as your Lord and Saviour I hate what you are, which is an unbeliever and this is evil in God’s eyes but if you believe in Jesus Christ, you are my Spiritual Brother or Sister and we are in God’s Family, Jesus is also our Brother and Loves us greatly, we are One with Him in Spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is One Spirit.(KJV)
Christian Love in our Unity in Christ Jesus – Anne.
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Oh,Anne,this is beautiful…You are so right that we are what we believe. My whole life ,I knew I was different from the other girls because of the Mother and her teachings that I was so blessed to have. Christ has always b een my best friend to whom I took all my burdens and all my worries. He is who kept me from going down the road of despair. Oh, how I praise His name right now and lift his name before the throne in thanks. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. You are one of those blessings Anne. May God bless you to overflowing!!!!!! Amen and amen!!
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What a Blessing you are to me too Debbie, you have touched my heart with your Love and Compassion, I give thanks to God for your friendship and yes; Praise ye The Lord!
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Christian Love Always dear friend – Anne.
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Hi, Anne. Thank you for sharing this post. An inspiring reminder of where our faith and heart should be…which is with Jesus. I was studying with my son yesterday a chapter called God’s Commandments in his Christian Education book. We talked about the two greatest commandments which are, “Love God with all you heart, with all your mind and with all your heart,” and to “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” We both were relearning something that we already know but many times forget of doing. Yes, what we believe matters. We believe that God is love and that we too as his children should love him above everything and that we love others including the ones that hurts as or cause us grief. To love our enemies and pray for them. Sometimes it’s easy to forget and I am always grateful when I am reminded once again that I no longer belong to this world but belong to the one that created the world. God bless you and your family,
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Wonderfully expressed Island Traveler, Thank you, to Love God with all our heart means we will Love others even those who hurt us but we hate what they do and what they are but we Love who they are.
Christian Love in Christ Jesus – Anne.
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Spiritually uplifting .Jalal
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Thank you for visiting Jalal and yes I always find God’s Truth confirmed in Scripture very uplifting and I know you do too as shown many times before.
How wonderful is the verse below, do we really know how much our Abba Father Loves and values us, I’m sure we would be soaring if we did.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons/daughters of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.
Christian Love Always – Anne.
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The Love of the Lord is the Miracle that gives salvation to who ever listen to the call.Jalal
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So True Jalal and when we have come to True heart repentance and have the free gift of Salvation in Christ Jesus, we will show we are saved or we are still in darkness.
See you tomorrow, it’s very late in Aussie Land.
Blessings – Anne
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Blessing to you too.Jalal
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I hope all is well…I am glad that you are full on blogging again! It has been very busy over here…hopefully I will be back soon.
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Hi Caleb, not full on yet but aiming to be, well at least until we go on Holidays which is something we both need very much.
Good to hear you will be back soon too, you may have time to answer comments again, do you have to do much studying Caleb? or has that finished, although you probably still have to keep up with the latest research.
Christian Love Always – Anne
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Hey Anne,
Hope all is well…Yes I have been really busy reviewing material and with work. I simply don’t have time to blog anymore…at least till the end of summer when things star to get better in terms of time…there is so much I want to blog about but I have no time. Maybe I will retouch one of my old science related post and reblog it…
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Thank you Caleb for letting me know, I do miss you, our plans were also changed in regards to our Holidays as we both got the Flue and still have it, not good for Ron on Chemo but we hope to recover soon and make time for our Holiday, better late than never.
It’s not my decision but I will have no Internet or Phone for up to a month, so I will have a lot of free time but I will miss everyone as I enjoy Blogging, although I may be able to have some access to the Internet during that time, I’m working on it.
Keep in touch – Blessings – Anne.
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I hope you guys are feeling better and are up and running very soon! We all need time off to recharge! I hope you guys have an awesome time!
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We are both still coughing but better, yesterday we started our Holidays, we are just going to take time to be together and do the things we don’t have time for the rest of the year, we decided not to go away, last year we did the same and really enjoyed it.
How is your family, are they well? do you have much time with them? I know your very busy at work.
Blessings -Anne.
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My parents are doing well! Thank you for asking…yes we always plan to have lunch together at least once a week!
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That’s good Caleb, families especially Parents are very important, we need to stay in touch and pray for them and help them when needed too, the same with our Christian family.
Blessings – Anne
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A powerful post that stands on the foundation of God’s word. A couple of thoughts, really a paraphrasing of some of the points in this post that I have heard in the past. “Love the sinner and hate the sin.” “Where we stare is where we steer.” Let’s keep our eyes on Jesus to keep from sinking and to know our future!
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Good to hear from you again Debbie, I missed you, I’m not sure if you have Posted,I will look tomorrow, it’s almost bed time..
Loved the paraphrasing and Yes it is True “Love the sinner and hate the sin.” what we believe shows our heart focus. Where I live I’m surrounded by unbelievers so yes I know what it is like to be persecuted and put down as a person of worth but I believe seeds are being planted, God will send someone to water them and than there will be His Harvest
Thanks for visiting Debbie and sharing – Christian Love – Anne.
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Powerful writing Anne! One of my God daughters has determined to be in a practising homosexual relationship. I’ve lovingly let her know my feelings and God’s on this issue. It breaks my heart. Once, again, well written Anne!
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Thank you Marie for your kind words and for visiting, and yes I grieve with you too , Homosexual relationships are poison to the soul, they mostly end in despair or worse, perhaps your God daughter should read my Post about the time I spent involved in their Community, although not sexually but close enough to see its reality, which is deep darkness, I will leave the link for you.
Homosexuals- https://freedomborn.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/was-it-adam-and-eve-or-adam-and-steve/
Christian Love Always – Anne
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Hi Anne, How are you? Please pray for me that I receive an abundance of life from God and favor from Him in the coming weeks. Love you, Anne
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Yes I will pray for you GTS, that God’s will for you which is always good (see below) will soon be established in your life, as you Trust and obey Him.
Jeremiah 29 :11-12 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of Peace and not of evil, to give you a Future and a Hope.
Lamentations 3: 33 For God doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of men.
I did pray for you before GTS that like others in need, you would ask for and believe you had received God’s wisdom and empowering but of course He won’t force you to do so, it’s your choice to be humble and ask but it’s the only way we can know His Truth, without them we Trust in our own understanding or in others and so we can be deceived, Jesus is our only Teacher.and will lead us into all Truth as we Seek Ask and Knock.
Christian Love Always – Anne.
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I agree again Anne, we are what we believe and as I said on your other Post about God’s Shoulders, that to me a life without Jesus in it is meaningless and those who choose that life will like you were before repentance be in despair, we thank God He rescued both of us.
Blessings
Ron
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Thanks Love and very True as we both found out, life without Jesus has no foundation and is empty, we pray that those in your family and mine who are in darkness will also find this to be True for themselves and come to heart repentance before it is too late, time is short as we know.
Thanks for the Phone comment, see you on Wednesday.
Christian Love Always – Anne.
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That is true as you say Anne and we are what we are ‘ a redeemed child of God or not. John says in 1John 3 ‘Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us , that we should called children of God ‘ Boy, what a marvelous lineage we have ,Children of God that’s a wonderful description of who I am In chapter 2 John says ‘ My little children , these things i write to you , that you may not sin . And if anyone sins , we have an advocate with the Father , Jesus Christ the Righteous ‘ NKJ, This is not a punishing and inflicting pain God . but one who loves His children
Blessings
Ron
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Very True Love, God knows those who are His before we are Born and not one of us will be lost and as we work out our Salvation not meaning work for it, in other words aim to be perfected in Love, putting our Carnal flesh to death as Paul did, if we do sin we will be forgiven, as you rightly shared Jesus is our Advocate but how wonderful that no Temptation is greater than we can bear, Jesus has given us the victory over the slavery of Sin we are to reckon we are dead to sin.
John 8:34-36 Jesus replied, “I tell you the Truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Blessings – Anne
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Reblogged this on Cbcburke9's Blog.
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Thank you Cbcburke9 for the Reblog it is appreciated.
Blessings – Anne.
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