From: jesus_is_lord To: List Member Subject: Who do you love? Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:54 AM jesus_is_lord [Reminder: this list is not for the hellbound. Get washed in the blood of Jesus and then it will be for you.] Dear Christian Friend: Greetings in the name of the ONLY wise God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I am currently in a situation where I must spend a lot of time with unbelievers on their turf, their home. I have no alternative. Prayerfully I'll be out of the situation very soon. We're not there for money or any such thing--we'd cheerfully leave the money on the table if that were the case. I've been a homemaker for 3 years and I love it exceedingly. Now that I am in this situation I see how detached I am from this world. In the past 5 days, the home I visit has the hellivision on continuously. Cuss words, silly innuendos, foolish talk and jesting, murder, deceit, adultery, fornication, occultism are the daily menu. Romans chapter 1 succinctly sums up the unbelieving world and all this can be found in the hell-i-vision. When I see that thing I see HELL. All the fruits of hell are there--and promoted. I often write against hellivision and now that I've seen a little of what is on there now I am only more convinced that it is total antipathy to God. You know, hellivision shows are forms of sorcery just like secular music. This stuff bewitches people to the point they don't think they could live without it. "Oh, I could live without hellivision." You could? Then I challenge you to go a year without looking at it. "Oh, I could live without going to the hellywood movies." Oh yeah? Then I challenge you to go a year without going to the movies. Even Disney ain't got nothing for children. What do those movies consist of? Magic, sorcery, good witch (no such thing), bad witch, dwarfs/gnomes, occultism, etc. I remember going to the movies as a kid (and adult) and even now I can remember the feeling of mystery and excitement as I entered into the modern day temple of Baal. It was a spiritual experience as I opened myself up to whatever the purveyors of evil wanted to put in me. I'd walk out thinking, "That was a GOOD movie." Meanwhile Satan was saying, "Yeah stupid it was good wasn't it?" He says the same thing to every Christian that is involved in it. It makes one ineffectual. One may say, "Hey, you're spying out my liberty!" You ain't got liberty to do evil. Being saved gives you the liberty to do good things and neutral things (See Romans 14 and I Corinthians 8). Hellivision and the movies ain't neutral. Jesus said whosoever LOOKETH on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. Have you ever watched hellivision or a movie and gotten lusty? Then you are an adulterer. As a Christian are you to continue in sin? God forbid. Sin is to have no reign over you. You are to MORTIFY your members. That involves you saying an emphatic "No!" to the flesh. REFUSE THE DEVIL'S DUNG AND TURN TO GOD. Be wise. Walk circumspectily and make your calling and election sure. For those that are into hellivision, secular books, hellywood, etc... WHO DO YOU LOVE? IS IT JESUS OR IS IT THE WORLD? It can't be both. No man can serve two masters. Please don't be deceived into thinking that Jesus will be your Saviour while Satan is your Lord/Master. Folks will say I'm espousing "Lordship salvation". Yep, I sure am because the Bible teaches it. I have a whole slew of verses from practically every book of the New Testament that will witness of this truth. For the moment, let us look at Hebrews 5:9-- "And being made perfect, HE BECAME THE AUTHOR OF ETERNAL SALVATION UNTO ALL THEM THAT OBEY HIM." Now don't write me and tell me that "the book of Hebrews is only for the Jews" lest you be deemed a false prophet. What is a false prophet but one that says "Thus saith the Lord" when the Lord didn't say that. God is choicier than what "Christians" think. We are too busy going along with what Mr. Preacher says instead of investigating the scriptures for ourselves. We should be People of the Book. Jesus said in Matthew 7 that a whole lotta folks are going to be talking about some "Lord, Lord" on the judgment day and He is going to tell them to depart from Him, that He never KNEW them. He said the hypocrites will have their portion with the rest of the unbelievers. If you love evil and spend all your time with it, you don't know God. Read I John for the difference between the true believer and the fake. Some folks write me asking about their particular sin problem. When I ask them about their habits like hellivision, hellywood, church attendance, etc. they don't answer me but rather say "but I can't stop." They don't hear from me anymore. They don't want a Bible solution so they don't need to hear from me. This ain't Dear Abby. This ain't Sigmund Freud or Carl Jung. This is a child of God and I am not a sounding board for your lust. Want a scriptural solution? Wonderful. Otherwise ain't no use writing. Wastes my time and theirs. For many lusty folks the bottom line is that they don't WANT to stop what they are doing. The first step in "recovery" is admiting that you like what you are doing even though it is antipathy to God. Your mind is where this war takes place. A criminal don't rob a bank and THEN think, "I'm going to rob a bank." No. FIRST HE THINKS IN HIS BRAINS about his lust and then when he robs the bank it is only the consummation of what was happening in his brains. See James 1:13-17 for the steps to sin. We've got to get our minds right. For the Christian, the focus must be on Jesus Christ and pleasing Him. When our mind is right, then right actions will follow. When your flesh starts to stray and the Holy Ghost convicts you, you'll say "Okay, thanks Lord for the warning." and then you'll avoid the snare. BUT IF YOUR MIND AIN'T MADE UP YOU'LL KEEP ON GOING LIKE A DUMB OX TO THE SLAUGHTER. I can say without trepidation that at this point in my Christian walk just about everything this world does looks ridiculous and evil to me. Their problems ain't my problems. Their concerns ain't my concerns. Their likes ain't my likes. Their relationships ain't my relationships. I don't say "a confederacy" with them. Ain't no communion between light and darkness. I've been washed, I've been cleaned. The rudiments of Satan's world have no power over me. Paul said he would not be brought under the power of any. That's what I'm talking about. Too many professing Christians look just like the evil world. That's where Titus 1:16 comes in. This is a topic that I could probably write an entire book about. Forget about approximating the world--RUN AWAY FROM IT! Be a witness, yes, but don't be part of their silly system. Don't be scared of them. Let the LORD God be your dread and your fear. Cast down wickedness and pick up the standard of righteousness. Don't just stop watching hellish things START WORKING GODLINESS. Learn what this lifestyle means. Get in the Book and do according to all that it says. I'll stop here, for now. I leave you with just a few scriptures... "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father IS NOT in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." I John 2:15-16 "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is ENMITY with God? whosoever therefore will be friend of the world IS THE ENEMY OF GOD." James 4:4 James 4:5-10 gives us some good advice: "Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? BUT HE GIVETH MORE GRACE. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore unto God. RESIST THE DEVIL, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YE SINNERS; AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, YE DOUBLE MINDED. BE AFFLICTED AND MOURN, AND WEEP: LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO MOURNING, AND YOUR JOY TO HEAVINESS. HUMBLE YOURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP." Hebrews 12:12 "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men and HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD." for Jesus' sake, tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com Ezekiel 2:4, 6 ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to jesus_is_lord-unsubscribe@listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb