Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)
Christianity is made up of people who were once in the world. The sexually immoral, idolater, adulterer, homosexual, thief, greedy person, drug addict, and so on. Every flavor of sin can be found within those who now walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
When the Apostle Paul wrote these words to the church of Corinth, he was telling them that they were partakers in the ministry of reconciliation that Christ purchased for us on the cross. Paul went on to tell them that they were now ambassadors of Christ.
As Christians, we are no longer to see the world through the eyes that we once saw it. We are to see the world through the lens of Christ and with His love. Therefore, when we see people who are Christian, we call them brother and sister. We do not see them as the sinner they once were. In a similar way, when we see the people of this world who do not know God, we do not see them as sinners. We see them as potential brethren who have lost their way. They are how we were once.
Therefore, we do not identify people by their sins. This person is a liar, she’s a homosexual, he’s a greedy thief, and they are fornicators. As soon as we start identifying people by their sin we have lost a battle.
Similarly, we do not associate the things people have created or worked on with their sins. Recently, someone commented that we shouldn’t read the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible because it’s corrupt. Allegedly, homosexuals had something to do with the translation so many years ago. Is there a special reason to single out any particular person for their sin and not others? Is God powerless against some things and not others? Is there any translation of the Bible that was done by a sinless person? The Apostle Paul participated in the death of Stephen, and persecuted the church, Moses was a murderer, King David a murderer and an adulterer, Solomon an idolater. Do we turn away from the Scripture that Moses wrote down? Ignore the Psalms of David, and turn a deaf ear to the proverbs of Solomon? No, of course not.
Some might say that evil people do things with evil intent. Does the intent of evil change the will of God?
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
Genesis 50:20 (NIV)
Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery that harm might befall him. However, God turned it around for His good and the good of all people. The very nation of Israel wouldn’t have come to pass had Joseph’s brothers not sold him into slavery.
My mission on this blog is to spread the word of God according to how He guides me. I do this to the best of my ability in Christ, with love. I welcome your comments and hope that you are blessed by the Lord. If I am in error about Scripture, then please correct me. However, let’s turn away from the thinking of human beings and grab hold of the ways of the Lord. I will be implementing a system where you can share private comments and the like with me, and I will do my best to answer each and every person with the love that Jesus has given unto to me.
Thank you all for making time to visit Four-Calendar Café.
In His love,
-Jason
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You stated this: “In a similar way, when we see the people of this world who do not know God, we do not see them as sinners. We see them as brethren who have lost their way. They are how we were once.”
Can you please show the scriptures that support this thinking, because so far this is not true. Sinner’s are not brethren who have lost their way. Sinner’s have never been on or in the way.
If this was true, then Jesus who have not been hated by the Jews He came to save, why? He said they were of the devil, because they wanted to kill Him, for the Truth He Represented. Was Judas a brother? No, because Jesus knew he was the Son of Perdition.
Why were we warned by the Apostles, that anyone who “denied the Eternal Sonship of Jesus” was of the anti-Christ? Why did Paul warn that there were those who would come to “spy” out the freedom they had in Christ? It was because we have been warned by the Lord and His Apostles that many would come as “Wolves in Sheep’s clothing”. Why are we warned not to believe the teaching of some who would enter with Doctrine of Demon’s…..these were enemies, so how were these “sinner’s” ever brethren who lost their way, when they were the enemies of Christ?
Are we not instructed by the Apostles to separate ourselves from those who brought in damnable doctrine, are we not instructed to warn true disciples of Christ who false teachers are, and why?
I will leave this here, but you are in error in believing this, our God is not a God of confusion.
Nothing you have stated here comes from a sound Doctrinal foundation. So the Lord did not lead you to state this. The truth is the Sword of the Spirit, and that Spirit of Truth will offend, the Lord stated that, and it is meant to offend. Truth is never to be compromised for the sake of a false peace. Jesus said He had not come to bring Peace on earth, but a sword: Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Mat 10:36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Mat 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
We are warned that women are not to hold offices of teaching over the Body of Christ and not to have any authority over men. To do so is rebellion against the Lord’s teachings and His Apostles. These teachings are to keep us safe because we need to keep in the narrow way, and not allow the world’s cultural belief’s to change the Lord’s Gospel. Any one who does not teach according to the Doctrine delivered to us is not to be followed, why? Because they are NOT true believer’s and are of the Anti-Christ system, their teachings will bring damage to the Faith of His Children, especially babes in Christ, I know I experienced it, and it cost me, but the Lord brought me out of it.
Did not the Lord state; Mat_24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mar_13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Luk_21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
Which means there will be those who claim to be brother’s and sister’s in Christ but they are not, so this discounts your belief that all who are Christian are our brother’s and sister’s. And how will we know this, by their fruits of the Spirit, and by their words, and their actions.
Look at the 5 wise virgin’s and the 5 foolish virgin’s. 5 were the Children of the Lord by the Holy spirit and the 5 foolish were not, they were “religious”, through the works of their flesh.
Eph 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Eph 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
That is all for now.
The Lord bless you…..
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My brother,
Why did Christ come into the world?
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.” 1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV)
Should we go around as Christians and condemn the world?
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:17 (NIV)
Please tell me, do you think we ought to, as Christians, should label people by their sin? Would you be standing there, with the Pharisees and asking this question of our Lord?
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” Matthew 9:11 (NIV)
Where is this damnable doctrine you’re separating yourself from? The NIV? Why do you insist on being continuous and bringing up issues such as women in the church when I’ve never spoken of this? Why do you insist on pointing to yourself as a “true” Christian and pointing to so many others and saying they are not?
This is why I removed your previous comments. They don’t appear to be driven by love but by something else.
I appreciate you and your participation here. You have been a great brother with some wonderful insight that has given me pause to reflect and change, as we ought to do with one another.
God bless you.
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Greetings,
First the damnable doctrine I’ve separated myself from is, anything that does not represent the Doctrine’s of the Gospel of Christ, like “Manifested sons of God”, like the doctrine and belief’s of the Pentecostal denomination, John Wimber’s Vineyard movement, Women who are pastor’s, I know I was involved with a home fellowship as a new born babe in Christ, I did not know any better. Read my “About” section, I will spare the details here, because it is lengthy. The teaching’s of the New Apostolic Reformation, Calvary Chapel, the Anglican denomination, the Presbyterian “Alpha & Omega Program, the Brethren, Baptist’s, Promise Keeper’s, John MacArthur, Charles Swindol, David Jeremiah, Focus on the Family, CBN, TBC, the ecumenical movement within 95% of main stream Christianity, this is most of what I have personally been involved with, then the Lord had me separated myself from ALL of it, why? Because they do not represent the one true Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles. The main stream so-called Christianity churches are after the tradition’s of men, after the rudiments of the world. The teachings of the heretic Frank Viola, all who support the Masonic invasion of the main stream churches, all bible schools, Universities, Seminaries, they are all supported financially by Anti-Christ Foundations. This is the damnable doctrines that all these men and organizations represent.
What I stated about the NIV, ESV, and the other’s is because I did my own comparison and found them terribly wanting, they water down the Gospel of Christ and in some version’s they are down right blasphemous. Paul spoke strong words against false teacher’s, and the Lord also. I don’t condemn the sinner’s, I have more trust toward’s the sinner’s than I do with most so-called self proclaimed Christian’s, why?
Because sinner’s are exactly who they are, but 90 percent of Christian’s in this day and age, can not be trusted, because of what they believe, and they are more dishonest than sinner’s…….they will stab you in the back before you can blink an eye! David had that experience, Paul had that experience, Jesus had that experience, Joseph had that experience, Jeremiah, Jacob, Job, they all suffered from fake believer’s……..
We are to discern and search all things out….for what purpose? To prove what is acceptable to the Lord and His Ways and not after men’s ways. A true Christian will find that it is a lonely walk, just as all the other’s who walked the walk of true faith after the Spirit and not after the flesh, it is written throughout the Bible.
Did the Lord take the whip at the Temple out of love? Yes, for the Love of His Father, because the ‘fake” religious Jews made a mockery out of His Father’s Temple. He was angry at those who “proclaimed” they loved God, He did not act that way towards sinner’s…………
Now I just ask this one thing, have you answered one question that I asked of you, to support your stance on what you wrote? So far not as of yet, however all you have done is accuse me of being like the pharisee, towards Jesus, I have not, I am standing for what the Lord requires of His Church, the true Body of Christ to stand for.
Doctrinal truth, building His Church after HIS Foundations, not what is represented today as acting out church built with hands. The music, the dress, the tatoo’s, Christian film makers, recording artist’s, the selling of Christian books to teach the masses, (since when are Christians to be made merchandising customer’s), huge mega churches, tithing, become member’s of each church system, when that is not required by the Lord, we are automatically member’s of His Body when we are Born-Again of His Spirit.
This is what I am standing for, and in some of your writings you stand for it also, but it is time to get more mature. Let us be more honest, so many do not desire to hear the truth, so they censor because it is not “religiously politically correct”, they only desire to hear and believe in their truth. Everything in main stream Christianity does not represent who and what the Lord represents……..and that is why the Lord calls His People to come out of the Harlot system.
I will end with this: Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
The Lord bless you abundantly……
In His Love……..
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My brother,
When I state that we ought to see others as brethren who have lost their way. How we were once like them, then I’m in full support of what Jesus said.
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:36-40 (NIV)
These people around us, they are my neighbors and I will love them as I do myself.
I read your about section when I first became aware of your blog and know your amazing testimony. It has touched my heart.
I have nothing more to say on this subject. I appreciate you and love you as my brother in Christ.
Goodnight and may the Lord bless you!
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“So, an honest answer is like a kiss on the lips because it has been given without deceit or guile, sincerely showing love and honor for the one upon whom it was bestowed.”
Is being dismissive an honest answer? Is evading to answer a question, an honest approach?
Meaning of evasive: Using evasion or artifice to avoid; elusive; shuffling; equivocating. . Containing evasion; artfully contrived to elude a question, charge or argument; as an evasive answer; an evasive argument or reasoning.
So by saying “I have nothing more to say on this subject” is justification to ignore all I have mentioned or questioned?
DISSIMULATION, n. [L., to make like; like.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. Dissimulation may be simply concealment of the opinions, sentiments or purpose; but it includes also the assuming of a false or counterfeit appearance which conceals the real opinions or purpose.
Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Lord bless you…….
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My brother, I have done my best to answer your question,
“Can you please show the scriptures that support this thinking, because so far this is not true.”
However, it appears that I have failed since there’s no evidence of understanding here.
Therefore, I have nothing more to say in this conversation which has become unproductive. Forgive me for any offense that I may have caused.
May the Lord bless you.
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Dear Jason, There was more than that question you asked of me, like “Where is this damnable doctrine you’re separating yourself from? The NIV? Why do you insist on being continuous and bringing up issues such as women in the church when I’ve never spoken of this? ”
So I did give you an answer, but you have totally ignored it, you did not acknowledge nor confirm the doctrine’s which the Lord has separated me from.
This is unproductive? For you possibly, our God is a God of detail, specific’s and openness. So I was respecting you and answering your questions…….but it seems you rather not deal with any of it, except for that one where sinner’s are brethren who have lost their way.
I think I am becoming aware that you are not ready for the “meat of the Word”, and still very young in understanding the deeper ways of the Lord. So I shall leave it at that, I was once immature as you are……….
I will pray for you…..
I do forgive, you have not willfully set out to offend, you are still learning…….
Lord bless you…..
In His Love…..
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Although, God has created everyone. . .not everyone relationally belongs to Him. Only those who have repented of sin, placed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and possess the Holy Spirit of God inside of them can claim Him as their Father: “But you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Romans 8:15b – 16).”
However, those who don’t have Jesus as their Savior, nor have the Holy Spirit of God inside of them actually belong to Satan: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:1 – 2).” “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother (1 John 3:10).”
Nor are they lost brethren……..
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