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Satan’s lie about God

Under traffic sources in the statistics part of this blog’s background functions are what I believe are sources of entry for those who read this blog. I clicked on one of them and it went to a porn site. (I quickly closed it and told my wife who was sitting in the living room with me). Before I became a Christian I viewed pornography. I eventually recognized its destructive influence on me and got rid of it (even before I knew Jesus). But like an alcoholic who becomes sober and then stays away from alcohol I stay away from pornography. And that’s why I quickly closed it and told my wife. She knows the password on my computer and I don’t hide anything from her, in order to protect myself from falling back into slavery to pornography.

If you view pornography I do not condemn you and God does not condemn you. God and I do, however, condemn what is destroying you and that is the pornography. God loves people but He hates sin – because sin hurts the people he loves.

Sin is an attempt to get our God-given needs met outside of God’s will. Sin provides pleasure for a season but it will never satisfy the human heart’s longing to be satisfied by God. God is waiting for you to give up satan’s worthless pleasure and seek Him to truly meet your needs. God said, you will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with all of your heart. Satan comes only to kill, steal and destroy. Jesus comes so that me and you can have real life! Jesus called Himself the Bread of Life, the wholesome nutrition for our souls that we might have true pleasure, true satisfaction, true life.

Satan will tell you that God is no fun. God invented fun. Satan will tell you that God is trying to steal the little pleasure you have left in life. God is trying to introduce you to real pleasure that builds you up, not satan’s counterfeit that tears you down. Satan is trying to destroy us with pleasure-coated poison. God is trying to give us food for our souls, what we truly need to be happy.

In the end, it’s your choice. But remember, if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

If you want help please consider going to XXXchurch.com. I have never gone to the site myself (for fear I would get targeted with spam from the porn industry) but I have heard good things about it from others.

Jesus tells us to be "Meek" not Weak!

My son and I were watching an old 1950s era episode of “Denise the Menace”. Denise’s Mom said to his Dad, “If you’re too meek and mild to stand up for what is right, I will”. The Bible called Jesus’ mother Mary, “meek and mild”. I always assumed by the way it was used with the word “mild” that meek meant weak. Then I heard somewhere that the word “meek” meant “great strength under control”. To find out what “meek” really means I looked in: online dictionaries, Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias and Googled “What is the Biblical definition of meek?”

Some online dictionaries define “meek” as “weak” using its current common use as the definition. W. L. Walker in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia says that: “[‘Meekness’] presupposes humility, flows from it, and finds expression in moderation.” However the most help I received was from Mr. Grady Scott and his explanation of Matthew 5:5 found at the following URL:

http://www.christianlibrary.org/authors/Grady_Scott/matt5-5.htm

Mr. Scott describes Moses as standing up to the most powerful man on earth at that time (Pharaoh Ramses) and yet describing himself as the most meek of men. Jesus controlled nature (stilled the wind and waves), demons (cast them out of their victims) and the elements (turned water into wine) and yet describes Himself as “meek and lowly of heart”.

Mr Scott describes the origin of the word “meek”:

An understanding of the root definition of meek in the original language and how it was used will help us in understanding what Jesus meant.
1. Greek word praus
a. Used to describe a soothing medicine.
b. Used by sailors to describe a gentle breeze.
c. Used by farmers to describe a broken colt.
2. What do all these definitions have in common? They all describe great power under control.

So “meek” does not mean “weak”, rather it means having your strength under control. When someone wrongs you, you don’t lose your temper. You don’t seek revenge. You do what Jesus did and entrust all things to your Father in Heaven and do exactly what He says to do. To those who don’t know Jesus that may appear to be weak – forgiveness, grace, longsuffering, putting others ahead of yourself – can be misinterpreted by the masses. But to the person whom you forgive, give undeserved favor, endure without retaliation, and put before yourself, you convey the unmistakable love of Jesus.

“Perception is Reality.” – Lee Atwater – “Is Mr. Atwater’s statement a Perception or Reality?” – Jim McNaughton

According to perception, Jesus was a failure. He was tortured, mocked, beaten, and spat upon. His followers ran. One of His friends had turned Him over to His enemies. His only defense was to validate the charge against Him. One of those closest to Him, denied that he ever knew Him, in order not to experience His fate. The thousands that had heard Him preach and experienced His miracles didn’t show up.

He was buried and His own disciples didn’t expect Him to rise from the dead as He had claimed He would. Guards posted at His tomb said His disciples stole His body. No reputable government official ever saw Him after that. It was over. It was finished. It was done.

Yet the reality is that Jesus won the ultimate victory for all time! He conquered death when He was raised from the dead. His followers stopped running and, once filled with His Spirit, risked their lives boldly proclaiming that He was alive, that only He was King, and forgiveness of sins is found only in Him.

His message of God’s unconditional love for everyone has never stopped growing. Though many have tried to stop Jesus and His love, they have all met with or will meet with, ultimate failure.

Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away”.

And so, in the end, Jesus words, the words of the Bible, are the only Reality.

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