When
you were little was there ever a food you could not stand and if someone put it
before you- you wanted to push it away?
Today I want to share with you concerning pushing away.
Believers
in JESUS have eternal forgiveness of sin, yet during time on earth believers
still sin. Therefore they will have in time, on the earth consequences for those actions. On the other hand, if we believers judge
ourselves and confess any wrong we detect we will be cleansed. I John 1:9 & I Corinthians 11:31 we will
in this way avoid GOD’s in time, on
earth discipline (which is only for believers and has to do with
consequences and growth.) Hebrews 12:5-8, Since the eternal punishment for sin
was paid for on the cross, and gained access to through believing in JESUS the
SON of GOD, believers will not be condemned with the world. I Corinthians
11:31,32
Note:
sin gives the devil/demons legal authority to harass us. When JESUS carried our sins & died for
them on the cross HE disarmed the demons. Colossians 2:14-15 But when we choose
to sin, we invite the demons back & they get footholds in our lives.
Recently,
we talked about this: how the devil gets a
foothold in believers lives through sin. Ephesians 4:26,27 I
would like to take it a bit further and there is an exciting verse in I John 5
that I want to discuss with you but before I can go there, a few things need to be reviewed. GOD says we learn, line upon line, precept
upon precept… So 1st a few
lines.
JESUS
CHRIST didn’t teach his disciples on HIS own. It is more than JESUS did not
speak HIS own words. John 14:10. In Acts 1 we learn that JESUS, while still on
earth, taught HIS disciples through the Holy SPIRIT. I Corinthians 2:10-14,
John14:26 That means the Holy SPIRIT
took what JESUS said and translated it, explaining its meaning. Paul followed
JESUS’ example and depended on the Holy SPIRIT when he spoke or acted. I
Corinthians 2:4,5 It is what is happening when someone speaks or
we read the Bible and a verse or even just a phrase jumps out at us and we clearly
understand something we never quite could grasp before.
We only
understand the things of GOD as the Holy SPIRIT teaches us. HIS witness both through illumination in our
minds or miracles is clearly understood by us humans, because HE makes it plain
to each of us. That is why we need to
heed the inner nudging. But being we have free choice, we can push away truth (refusing to accept it…
just as Eve did in the garden) Romans 1:18-22.
There
is one truth above all others that must be believed. Since one of the Holy SPIRIT’s main roles on
earth is to show men JESUS, to convict unbelieving men of sin, of righteousness
and of judgment. I believe that to
refuse to believe JESUS was sent from heaven to reconcile man to GOD is
blaspheming the Holy SPIRIT.
The pushing away truth or suppressing it is
also referred to as- not receiving the
love of the truth ( This sin eventually if continued in, such
pushing away of truth, results in GOD handing over a person to his own
deceptions Romans 1:24,26,28,32, to the point that GOD HIMSELF gives them
strong delusion that they will believe the lie because they refused to love the
truth and thus be saved. 2Thessalonians 2:10-12 This is the one and only eternal or unforgivable
sin called blaspheme of the Holy
SPIRIT Mark 3:28,29 (because they say HIS witness is a lie and not truth.)
JESUS
taught on the eternal unforgivable sin
when the religious leaders said HE operated by the power of demons. Mark
3:22-29 We might not say, the uneasiness
concerning an issue that we feel are demonic, but how often have you or I pushed away a small voice of correction-
saying “that is not so”?
I
clearly remember reading a verse about a mule and feeling a nudging… I
understood it to be talking about stubbornness, but I said, I am not stubborn. But my husband is, so GOD must want me to
pray for his stubbornness. I pushed away the truth. But GOD is
merciful and eventually I did see and accept the truth about my own stubbornness.
There
is one truth above all others that must be believed. Pushing
away that truth leads to condemnation,2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 and 2:10-12
****Now
finally, I John 5:16 If anyone sees his brother (another
believer) committing a sin, not unto death, he shall ask and GOD will give him (Zoan)
deliverance/ life/ spiritual insight to
the one sinning not unto death. (the sin of rejecting the Holy SPIRIT’s
witness John 16:7-11 of the truth that JESUS was sent by GOD the FATHER to die
for the sins of mankind- John 8:24)
There is a sin unto death, I do not say you can ask concerning it. This is saying that we can pray for the
sins of others and GOD will give them spiritual insight, but each person must choose
to either accept or reject JESUS on their own.
We can’t do it for them.
2 Timothy 2:24-26 And the slave
of the LORD must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient
when wronged, in meekness (acknowledging-
there goes I except for the grace of GOD
therefore with gentleness) instructing
those opposing (the truth and thus themselves), If
perhaps GOD may give them repentance for a full knowledge of the truth And they may return (come) to their senses, (and choose) to escape out of the snare of the devil having
been held captive (he who sins is a slave to sin John 8:34)
by the devil to do his will.
When I
see someone sinning the 1st
thing I am to do is examine myself lest
I fall….for Romans 2:1 says that the very sins I see in others are, in me
(like my stubbornness) perhaps I have already dealt with a similar temptation so
it is in me in dormant or held remission in by the grace of GOD. The 2nd
thing is to pray to GOD for the ones sinning, standing the gap and confessing
his sin so that GOD will give them light/ spiritual insight in that area and HE
promises that HE will do that very thing.
Warning,
we can confess and receive for others spiritual insight but the moment they
choose to sin, the demons gain authority to deceive them again. Sometimes that means we have to keep praying
over and over and over. It isn’t GOD
hasn’t answered but that HE must do it time and time again until that one,
(like me in my stubbornness) grabs hold of the truth.
Remember
JESUS promised: If we are willing to do
HIS will we shall know if what is said comes from GOD or is of another. John 7:17
And GOD cannot lie!
Hugs
Sharon
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