James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
A friend is one who supports you in that which you are doing.
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Recently a woman asked me: "Do you support Gay's and Lesbians?"
My reply: "No!"
(I sent to her scriptures from both Old and New Testaments and told her, "This is God's view of homosexuals and lesbians and I support God's view of homosexuals and lesbians.")
And I sent the following scripture and several other scriptures to her.
Romans 1:26-28 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
This woman has not come to my house to "visit" since I responded to her.
If the unbeliever depart, let him depart.
This is the best way I know to separate in peace from the unbeliever, speak God's truth on the subject at hand when you are with the unbeliever and the subject surfaces.
Also we keep ourselves from being deceived by thinking we can have "fellowship" in the spirit with them when one has the Spirit of God and the other has the spirit of the world and the spirit of the various church denominations.
It is the elect of God we are interested in identifying for they have the Spirit of God as we do.
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Do I support the churches where pastors perform wedding ceremonies between a divorced woman and a man?
I do not support these churches for Jesus said: "Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
(Mt. 5:32 Jesus says: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.)
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Do I support churches where they teach the divorced woman that she can remarry?
"No." Multiple scriptures show that the divorced woman who remarries while her husband is still living is an adulteress.
Romans 7:2-3 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
I Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
I Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Mark. 10:6-12 Jesus says: But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house HIS disciples asked HIM again of the same matter.
11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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I am a Christian. I support the elect of God who are born again by the Holy Spirit of God, those who live by the Bible, and those who demonstrate that they pray and follow the Holy Spirit of God and the Holy Scriptures.
Paul said concerning those who show a form of godliness but deny the power of God, just turn away from such. That is what I do when I encounter such persons. (2 Tim. 3:5)
But if I do encounter them, I speak as the door opens in the conversation to speak, I speak the word of God to them.
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Many people love their church buildings and their pastors and their stained glass windows and their choirs but they do not love the Word of God. By their actions we see they are not of God though they love the religious trappings. I do not support these persons.
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I support the elect of God and live in peace and fellowship with the elect of God.
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I believe we must begin to distinguish between "the elect of God" and church goers for these are not the same. Many are church goers, putting themselves into the church by their own will. The elect of God are those persons chosen by God to whom God has revealed HIS truth and they have the Holy Spirit living inside of them.
Notice these scriptures in the NT Bible where the term "elect" is used.
2 John 1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
- Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge HIS own elect, which cry day and night unto HIM, though HE bear long with them?
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
2 John 1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom HE hath chosen, HE hath shortened the days.
Matthew 24:31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mark 13:27 And then shall HE send HIS angels, and shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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- The elect of God are those who are chosen by God and God has revealed HIS truth to them, causing them to be born again by HIS Spirit and they are changed by God into new creatures immediately.
- Has this happened to you?
- Only God can do this.
- (I suggest you fall down before God asking God to please have mercy on you if you have not had this experience with God.)
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