BACKSLIDING HAPPENS WHEN WE TOLERATE THE SIN THAT JESUS DIED FOR Jesus told us to repent for our sin which means to turn from it and follow Him. Obey His instructions. When He ministered to people He said to go and sin no more. What happens if we refuse to obey Jesus and the Bible? To tolerate sin in our lives and not separate ourselves from iniquity. ““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is…

WHEN WE ARE HEALED & DELIVERED SIN BECOMES RARE IN OUR LIVES When we are healed from our soul wounds of our past and have forgiven everyone who has hurt us, repented for our pride and sin, delivered from demonic strongholds then sin becomes rare in our lives. We don’t want to sin anymore. It has no hold on us or attraction to it - we become like Jesus as our fruit is His fruit. We are a true Christian with the fruit to show for it. Christians who continue to live a life full of compromised sin, lust, selfishness and pride with no conviction for it will not see heaven no matter how many good works, miracles, casting out of demons in others or prophesying over others that they have done. ““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from…

ARE WE KNOWINGLY OPERATING OUT OF GOD’S WILL HOPING TO ESCAPE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ACTIONS?  Written by Mindy Schuman For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.  1 John 2:16-17 NKJV   As Christians there are times when, whether it be in obedience to God’s written word or distinct direction from the Holy Spirit, we have clear instructions from God about His will concerning a situation we are facing. Knowing and doing the will of God should be something we are continually conscious of in our daily walk with Jesus. Essentially, scripture teaches us that knowing the will of God is of utmost importance to the true believer and doing His will is the evidence of believing.   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NKJV…

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUE VS FALSE REPENTANCE When people continue to live in sin after they have repented for sin indicates what their true freewill wants as they simply do not truly want to change from their sin. Many take God’s grace for granted as they believe they can continue to live a sin filled life and not have any consequences for it. That is not true. Habitual sin will have consequences and then God’s grace will eventually run out. Judas stole money from Jesus when they had people make donations to their ministry as they ministered throughout. “But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial. For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭4‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Judas eventually betrayed Jesus to have him…

THE CHURCH HAS LOST IT’S HEALTHY FEAR OF THE LORD “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you…

YOU CAN DO GOOD THINGS & STILL GO TO HELL IF YOU REFUSE TO FORGIVE The Jerusalem Post - Priest Gerald Johnson from Michigan claimed to have visited Hell after suffering a heart attack and said the experience changed his life forever. "I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy," he said. Johnson posted his claims in a series of TikToks and claimed that he was sent to Hell in February of 2016 after his heart attack. In one of his more viral videos, which got 3.7 million views, Johnson said that he indeed saw real Hell. "I was there and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I don't care what he did to me. No one deserves that." The priest from Michigan described the moment when he was launched to the center of the Earth where he says Hell is. "My spirit left my physical body, and I thought I was on my way up [to Heaven]," he remembered. "I thought I did so much good during my life and that I helped so many people, but even so, I went down [to Hell]. I entered the very center of the Earth. The things I saw there…

ARE YOU LIVING A LUKEWARM OR RIGHTEOUS LIFE FOR JESUS? Most people who are church attenders today would fall into the category of the Lukewarm church according to Revelation 3:14-22. They continue to live a life of sin with lust, porn, masturbation, sexual impurity, anger, gossip, bitterness, and pride. Making idols of food, sex, alcohol, sports, money, politicians, their job, social media, movies, songs and bowing down to sinful people, lukewarm church leaders in sin, ungodly organizations and companies. Most don’t have any conviction in their hearts for their sin and don’t see any need to ask for forgiveness or repent to God because they have been taught by their pastors that grace covers all their sin and they don't need to repent anymore. They want to appear to be godly in front of their church friends but then live like the world the rest of the week. ““And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are…

PASTORS & CHURCHES WHO DON’T DO DELIVERANCE ALLOW SATAN FREE REIGN When a person attends a church whose pastors don’t believe in the need of deliverance for their people the only recourse they have for their tormenting daily thoughts is to go to a doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist who will only prescribe medications and never help them get delivered from their tormenting demons. And many of the medications will have side effects such as depression and suicidal thoughts. So sadly many churches are being used by Satan to keep their people in torment and bondage and never allowing them to break free through inner healing and deliverance from demons. Many couples who are struggling in their marriage will typically have one person who is more controlling, demanding, emotionally abusive and prideful who is operating in the spirit of Jezebel (or would be called a narcissist by the psychological community) who will act like they are godly in front of the church leaders while lying about their abused spouse. The abused spouse will try to speak the truth to the pastor or other counselors but often the abuser will paint a picture of lies that the counselor or pastor agree with…

The Damascus Road: Saul Converted Acts 9:1-9 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.   We all know about how Saul…

Many of God’s strongest warriors are now enduring some of the most painful situations in their lives.  Pressure from all sides, receiving condemning, judgmental and harsh words from people in the church, emotional abuse from their spouse, disrespect from their children, control and manipulation from their employer, city, state and national government and having all their enemies’ gossip, betray and lie about them, dealing with sickness and having hardly any money left in their bank account.  You can do EVERYTHING correct as God has directed you - not thinking that you can endure one more trial - and yet be in God’s perfect will.  All the great warriors for Christ suffered and were persecuted, all the while doing exactly what God wanted them to do. We are all being stretched to our maximum in order to be stronger for the upcoming months of war against the enemy in the world as well as showing God who we really are and what we are made of.  It is always important to ask the Lord if there is anything that needs to be loosed from us (pride, unforgiveness towards someone, sexual impurity, etc.) but sometimes you can be doing everything that the…