Christians, joining or posting movements on which lives matter is not helping.
All opinion and emotion aside. I am not posting to get "likes" or shares. I'm reading God's word and it's right before us. Christians, you're joining a movement of demonic forces when you share the hashtags that are floating around that back these current movements. First, dig a little deeper before you #____livesmatters (insert the color of choice or career choice).
This blog post is for the body of Christ:
There is only one movement we should be joining and that's the #irepent #isurrender movement. We should be joining together face down in humility crying out-to-the Lord. Not throwing-up our side of whose life matters because of how we are mistreated. We know God's word says a house or nation divided will fall (Luke 11). We know a nation evoked and wallowing in demonic self, man made movements will be destroyed (1 John 2:15-17, Jeremiah 10:2).
I am tired, endlessly tired of hearing whose side is mistreated the worst! We are a body of sinners. We are evil, we are proud, we have fallen and we will keep falling until we realize that even Christians NEED Jesus, more now than ever before. The attitude of everyone wanting the most justice for who has been mistreated the worst is never going to win our nation back to people loving each-other. This is what blows my mind, does anyone realize- Jesus himself was mistreated more than anyone else on this planet. His own people mistreated Him. He was mistreated for his race {definition of race: Race, as a social construct, is a group of people who share similar and distinct physical characteristics, as well as shared cultural practices and affectations}. Christ had the highest calling and His race was one of Spirit and redemption. He did His job perfectly and was mistreated in His earthly career. Christ's career was of Spiritual leading.. But, even the highest priests/Pharisees who claimed to be God's appointed ones, they themselves put Jesus to his death... {We know death did not hold Him though}.
Jesus was mistreated so unfairly and we know the brutality of what He went through but look at how He handles himself. He told Peter to put his sword away as they came to arrest Jesus and were falsely accusing him!! Who lately has put their sword, gun or protest sign down!?... Or hashtags down? Jesus said, "Put your sword back in its place," ..."for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
Christians, I am not saying Jesus said just lay there and don't defend yourself ever, because Jesus later sends out the two and tells them to take nothing but a sword to protect themselves. I am saying that when mistreated, in the present, the best way to end it- is by not getting wrapped up in it. Especially when your movement is building walls instead of breaking them down.
I can argue both sides of these movements and shower your thread explaining the demonic influences that have been filtrated into these black & blue movements. I want to shout them out to you all!! But I can't. I won't. Christians need to start doing their homework. We need to see what's behind these groups. But moreover, we need to see what real truth is. Truth is more than a good word or a good idea or an emotional movement. Truth is more than standing for or with your career, with your culture, with your race, with your nation... It is leaving all those passions aside to see what God has called us to do to surrender to HIM first. There is judgment in truth and accountability to the behavior of those who fall in the lines of worldly demonic movements. We need to take the power Satan thinks he has in his game out of our emotions!!! There are impure spirits and satanic undertones to what's happening in this nation and sadly, many Christians have created the tornado of people feeling they need to pick a side. Remember, for darkness to flee it takes only light to drive it out. It's not the lost that will turn this nation around, it's not the loudest protestor, or the kindest cop. It's the one who repents, humbles themselves, even knowing they don't deserve it and crys out to God to take this wall down that's within themselves.
God's word says this:
(this is the story of people accusing Jesus of using Satan to get His power to heal a demon possessed person)
Luke 11:14-28
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand?...... (Further in scripture) ....“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
When we come to know Christ we purify ourselves when we surrender to Christ. He has the power to get rid of the favoritism and impure thoughts. This verse (below) explains that you can come to God and He can rid your thoughts, body and mind of evil; but, If we do not keep surrendering to God's word daily and walk closely to His instruction... we leave space for even more impure spirits to fill the emptiness. WE MUST not leave room for the enemy to motivate us in emotion or even in our unfair pain.
Matthew 12:40-45
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house (person) I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation." As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Americans we are dividing up against each other.
GOD DOES NOT SEE US IN COLOR!
GOD DOES NOT SEE US IN CAREER!
HE SEES THE SIN.
He sees our hearts. He sees our actions. Yes, we know He sees us all equal and that is what is frustrating about people being treated unfair in this world. But, He has laid out the ground work for what we need to do in moments like this. Stop getting caught-up. This is not a physical war that we need to fight. This is a spiritual war. Christ himself was hate more than anyone else can understand. God sees us as sinful or as His children. The enemy sees us as volunteers and as soldiers for his cause. The movements that we have helped create have also joined other soldiers of hate among them. This should tell you that these movements are wrong and it is not working.
Here are some scriptures to help us move forward in our prayer and repentance...we need to come back to HIM. This is what coming back to Christ is...laying down our emotion and our movements and seeking HIM.
Matthew 6:8
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Deuteronomy 1:17
You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
John 15:18
This is My command to you: Love one another. If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.…
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
1 Peter 2:13
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, or to governors as those sent by him to punish evildoers and praise well doers.…
Ephesians 6:9
Masters {authority}, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Titus 3:1-3
Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
Romans 13:2-7
Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Ephesians 6:8
Knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
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