Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. Hebrews 13:8-9
God’s values and truth does not change. The enemy wants us to think that values can be outdated and must be done away with. Sure there are ‘beliefs’ not grounded in scripture that can be antiquated and wrong. Surely there are now LOTS of NEW laws and regulations that are NOT ‘good’ or ‘fair’ and are certainly NOT grounded in scripture either. So how do we know what values to instill into us? Read the scriptures. Thousands of years of God’s interaction with the human race is laid out in all it’s glory and human ugliness and failings. The mark of a spiritual mature individual is a constant evidence of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) being manifest in every area of their lives. This standard of ‘fruit inspection’ is still to be held as the one we should instill in ourselves and our children. But now culture (driving by the enemies of God) want us to hold the earth as the priority over God. Culture wants us to believe things that don’t make any sense. The Cognitive Dissonance among the younger generations is deafening — as most have never been taught how to critically think. The Voice of God is drowned out by the every increasing voices being pumped into them through social media, podcasts, videos — that are constantly in their ears. Most rarely understand nature these days. The enemies of God want to keep people out of nature as they are “destroying Mother Earth”. Your very breathing is killing our atmosphere (CO2) according to the ‘climate’ experts. Their plan is the reduce the human population by any and all means possible. Can’t you see that … now?
This battle between the enemies of God and the host of Heaven has been raging before the re-creation of the Earth. The enemy’s strategies are still in full force, all though much of their power has been restricted by the victory Jesus secured by His sacrifice. Now we have to ‘agree’ with the enemy to be under their control. Unfortunately most cannot tell now when they are actually agreeing with the enemies of God and have opened the spiritual doorway to be harassed by them. In so many places we’ve been trained to ‘just agree’ — and not to look at what we agreeing to … How many of you have just hit that “agree” button on social media, and technology apps and contracts? Did you really agree with everything in that contract? “Oh its just a boilerplate, normal contract, no need to worry.”, they will say. “Just comply, it’s for the greater good.”, they will say.
Is Jesus really your “Lord”? Or have you agreed to make hundreds of others your ‘lord’ as well, by the agreement contracts and statements you’ve already consented to? The ‘new’ world has created a very slippery slope into the chains of hell. “Eat insects – they are MUCH better than meat of animals.”, the ‘reptilians’ suggest to us. This is spoken to by the last verse presented as the opening scripture. They want to make food the most essential part of the human existence – rather than the Word of God.
But He answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4
This was Jesus’ retort to the enemy that had come to tempt Him when He was under great physical stress and hunger. Do you know the scriptures well enough to use them correctly against the enemy’s temptations and coercions against you? Is the Holy Spirit teaching you to ‘know’ the scriptures ‘personally’ / inwardly?
The battle is raging already and is only intensifying. Do you know you’re standing in the middle of a huge battle field everyday? What are you doing to recognize what the enemy is targeting you with? Is the Holy Spirit giving you any instructions or guidance?
Are you even wearing any armor? Do you have any weapons at your side? Can you even defend yourself if you have to?
Be aware. Wake up sleepers! Ask Jesus to provide you the needed eye salve. Ask Jesus for the armor you need to wear. Ask the Holy Spirit how and what you should be praying. Ask Jesus for His Word to be anchored in your soul. Stop being selfish and so self-centered in everything you do. Humility, gratefulness, and confession before God is needed daily to be expressed in our lives.
Learn to listen … to the small whisper of the Holy Spirit within you. Drown out all the other ‘voices’. Take all that the other voices are saying and put it at the ‘foot of the cross’.