FOR THOSE WHO’D RATHER COMPARE “SAVED” AND KANYE TO YOURSELVES THAN TO SCRIPTURE:

One of the most insidious forms of pride is defining the work of God on a person’s life by YOUR personal failures and sinfulness when the only TRUE standard is Christ and His holy word.

Yet, for you who still prefer to use personal experiences of failures and rebelliousness to determine what salvation should look like, okay fine. I’ll use personal experiences to respond to your justifications for the activities of people like Kanye.

Let’s start with Peter’s personal experience of being a professional fisherman. When Jesus saved him, He didn’t say, “Now Peter, you were a fisherman by trade. But now that I’ve saved you, I want you to go and show the world how God now gives you this def skill of being able to haul in so many fish that nets be breakin’ err’where! They gone know you fishin’ fuh God now!”

Or how about Matthew’s experiences? Jesus didn’t say, “Hey Matthew, you were quite skilled at collecting taxes from your people in the service of Rome. Now, let’s go git dat bag fuh da kingdom, fam! We need dat paper to do the work uh da Lord!”

Wait! What about the experiences of the woman caught in adultery? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo! You see how all those Pharisees walked away when I talked about they sins to them? Queen, ain’t nobody judgin’ you up in here. I ain’t mad atchu neithah. Go li-yo-life!”

Or what about the experiences of the Samaritan woman at the well? Jesus didn’t say, “Aight ma, look! Befo’ you git Me some water, lemme say dis. You been thru fye-different husbands, and the man you ridin’ wit now, ain’t even really yo man. But all dat’s irrelevant. I just mentioned it so you could reckonize Who you rappin’ wit; ya feel Me? I ain’t even thirsty no more tho. Go do YOU, ma!”

Okay, just one more…

What about the experiences of Paul? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo Paul, why you trippin, talkin’ bout countin’ stuff dung and what not!? You got mad cred in deez streets, yet you also educated in the finest schools. And on top-a-dat, er’where you go, people put some RESPECK on yo name! Come work fuh Me dawg! I can definitely use dat kinda knowledge and power! Witchu workin fuh Me, niggas gon’ be gittin’ saved leff and right! Balee-dat!”

Folks, listen to me! This is to believers in Christ, but it is also for unbelievers. God is holy. And God will not waiver on one iota of His holy word. Stop letting your personal experiences, and how long it seems to have taken you to stop rebelling against God to define what salvation looks like! God’s word is clear.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Cor. 5:17)

Already some of you are looking for loophole arguments for what I’m saying. NO! I’m not talking about sinless perfection. We won’t achieve that down here! I’m talking about shunning sin, having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, and following the biblical patterns of Christ and the apostles instead of the course of this fallen sinful world. I’m talking about letting God be true though everyone be a liar.

The more Christians ignore the ever-increasing worldliness storming the churches by “entertaining” the idea that God is interested in taking people’s wealth, fame, power, or prestige, and using it to influence His peculiar people, the more the tares are watered, and the less the wheat is. And the more the all-powerful Holy Spirit is mocked and grieved, and the precious blood of Christ is trampled underfoot by people.

And though God’s word prophetically says this wickedness will ultimately happen, causing a great falling away, if YOU are using your personal experiences and failures instead of rightly divided Scripture to define what salvation is, you might just be deceiving your own self about your salvation. And you just may be an apostate yourself.

Saints, we must keep each other accountable to the Scriptures. It is the only truth that makes us free and keeps us conquering sin in our lives to the glory of JESUS CHRIST and not ourselves.

God bless, beloved.

FOR THOSE WHO’D RATHER COMPARE “SAVED” AND KANYE TO YOURSELVES THAN TO SCRIPTURE:

One of the most insidious forms of pride is defining the work of God on a person’s life by YOUR personal failures and sinfulness when the only TRUE standard is Christ and His holy word.

Yet, for you who still prefer to use personal experiences of failures and rebelliousness to determine what salvation should look like, okay fine. I’ll use personal experiences to respond to your justifications for the activities of people like Kanye.

Let’s start with Peter’s personal experience of being a professional fisherman. When Jesus saved him, He didn’t say, “Now Peter, you were a fisherman by trade. But now that I’ve saved you, I want you to go and show the world how God now gives you this def skill of being able to haul in so many fish that nets be breakin’ err’where! They gone know you fishin’ fuh God now!”

Or how about Matthew’s experiences? Jesus didn’t say, “Hey Matthew, you were quite skilled at collecting taxes from your people in the service of Rome. Now, let’s go git dat bag fuh da kingdom, fam! We need dat paper to do the work uh da Lord!”

Wait! What about the experiences of the woman caught in adultery? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo! You see how all those Pharisees walked away when I talked about they sins to them? Queen, ain’t nobody judgin’ you up in here. I ain’t mad atchu neithah. Go li-yo-life!”

Or what about the experiences of the Samaritan woman at the well? Jesus didn’t say, “Aight ma, look! Befo’ you git Me some water, lemme say dis. You been thru fye-different husbands, and the man you ridin’ wit now, ain’t even really yo man. But all dat’s irrelevant. I just mentioned it so you could reckonize Who you rappin’ wit; ya feel Me? I ain’t even thirsty no more tho. Go do YOU, ma!”

Okay, just one more…

What about the experiences of Paul? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo Paul, why you trippin, talkin’ bout countin’ stuff dung and what not!? You got mad cred in deez streets, yet you also educated in the finest schools. And on top-a-dat, er’where you go, people put some RESPECK on yo name! Come work fuh Me dawg! I can definitely use dat kinda knowledge and power! Witchu workin fuh Me, niggas gon’ be gittin’ saved leff and right! Balee-dat!”

Folks, listen to me! This is to believers in Christ, but it is also for unbelievers. God is holy. And God will not waiver on one iota of His holy word. Stop letting your personal experiences, and how long it seems to have taken you to stop rebelling against God to define what salvation looks like! God’s word is clear.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Cor. 5:17)

Already some of you are looking for loophole arguments for what I’m saying. NO! I’m not talking about sinless perfection. We won’t achieve that down here! I’m talking about shunning sin, having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, and following the biblical patterns of Christ and the apostles instead of the course of this fallen sinful world. I’m talking about letting God be true though everyone be a liar.

The more Christians ignore the ever-increasing worldliness storming the churches by “entertaining” the idea that God is interested in taking people’s wealth, fame, power, or prestige, and using it to influence His peculiar people, the more the tares are watered, and the less the wheat is. And the more the all-powerful Holy Spirit is mocked and grieved, and the precious blood of Christ is trampled underfoot by people.

And though God’s word prophetically says this wickedness will ultimately happen, causing a great falling away, if YOU are using your personal experiences and failures instead of rightly divided Scripture to define what salvation is, you might just be deceiving your own self about your salvation. And you just may be an apostate yourself.

Saints, we must keep each other accountable to the Scriptures. It is the only truth that makes us free and keeps us conquering sin in our lives to the glory of JESUS CHRIST and not ourselves.

God bless, beloved.

FOR THOSE WHO’D RATHER COMPARE “SAVED” AND KANYE TO YOURSELVES THAN TO SCRIPTURE:

One of the most insidious forms of pride is defining the work of God on a person’s life by YOUR personal failures and sinfulness when the only TRUE standard is Christ and His holy word.

Yet, for you who still prefer to use personal experiences of failures and rebelliousness to determine what salvation should look like, okay fine. I’ll use personal experiences to respond to your justifications for the activities of people like Kanye.

Let’s start with Peter’s personal experience of being a professional fisherman. When Jesus saved him, He didn’t say, “Now Peter, you were a fisherman by trade. But now that I’ve saved you, I want you to go and show the world how God now gives you this def skill of being able to haul in so many fish that nets be breakin’ err’where! They gone know you fishin’ fuh God now!”

Or how about Matthew’s experiences? Jesus didn’t say, “Hey Matthew, you were quite skilled at collecting taxes from your people in the service of Rome. Now, let’s go git dat bag fuh da kingdom, fam! We need dat paper to do the work uh da Lord!”

Wait! What about the experiences of the woman caught in adultery? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo! You see how all those Pharisees walked away when I talked about they sins to them? Queen, ain’t nobody judgin’ you up in here. I ain’t mad atchu neithah. Go li-yo-life!”

Or what about the experiences of the Samaritan woman at the well? Jesus didn’t say, “Aight ma, look! Befo’ you git Me some water, lemme say dis. You been thru fye-different husbands, and the man you ridin’ wit now, ain’t even really yo man. But all dat’s irrelevant. I just mentioned it so you could reckonize Who you rappin’ wit; ya feel Me? I ain’t even thirsty no more tho. Go do YOU, ma!”

Okay, just one more…

What about the experiences of Paul? Jesus didn’t say, “Yo Paul, why you trippin, talkin’ bout countin’ stuff dung and what not!? You got mad cred in deez streets, yet you also educated in the finest schools. And on top-a-dat, er’where you go, people put some RESPECK on yo name! Come work fuh Me dawg! I can definitely use dat kinda knowledge and power! Witchu workin fuh Me, niggas gon’ be gittin’ saved leff and right! Balee-dat!”

Folks, listen to me! This is to believers in Christ, but it is also for unbelievers. God is holy. And God will not waiver on one iota of His holy word. Stop letting your personal experiences, and how long it seems to have taken you to stop rebelling against God to define what salvation looks like! God’s word is clear.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Cor. 5:17)

Already some of you are looking for loophole arguments for what I’m saying. NO! I’m not talking about sinless perfection. We won’t achieve that down here! I’m talking about shunning sin, having no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, and following the biblical patterns of Christ and the apostles instead of the course of this fallen sinful world. I’m talking about letting God be true though everyone be a liar.

The more Christians ignore the ever-increasing worldliness storming the churches by “entertaining” the idea that God is interested in taking people’s wealth, fame, power, or prestige, and using it to influence His peculiar people, the more the tares are watered, and the less the wheat is. And the more the all-powerful Holy Spirit is mocked and grieved, and the precious blood of Christ is trampled underfoot by people.

And though God’s word prophetically says this wickedness will ultimately happen, causing a great falling away, if YOU are using your personal experiences and failures instead of rightly divided Scripture to define what salvation is, you might just be deceiving your own self about your salvation. And you just may be an apostate yourself.

Saints, we must keep each other accountable to the Scriptures. It is the only truth that makes us free and keeps us conquering sin in our lives to the glory of JESUS CHRIST and not ourselves.

God bless, beloved.