Category: News from a biblical perspective

We’ve all heard the story by now: Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon winner who in 2015 changed his name to Caitlyn and has undergone sex reassignment surgery.

This seems to be happening more and more often these days, but why?

Only from the biblical and spiritual vantage point of God’s light and infinite wisdom can we really see what process is taking place and why.

I do not believe that condemning or attacking people for their blind, self-destructive decisions makes them any wiser, stronger, or more enlightened.

I am not homophobic – fear comes from ignorance or false information.   Based upon the fact that I’m writing on this subject from the depths of truth of the bible disproves the homophobic accusation.

Nor do I hate homosexuals, so this is not “hate speech”.  True hate can only come from a devil spirit.

Is it right to be an enabler to an alcoholic, drug addict or thief?

Definition of enabler from the urban dictionary:

“1. Tacit Enabler – Supports another’s bad habits by staying silent.

2. Overt Enabler – Supports another’s bad habits by providing assistance such as money, transportation, approval, etc…

A person who supports another person’s bad or dangerous habits.

Enablers tend to fear calling others on their destructive habits because these “others” tend to be friends, family or others close to the enabler.

Thus, rather than risk losing the love, respect, friendship or contact with the person, the enabler chooses instead to play it safe and watch the other slowly destroy themselves or others through their own actions.”

We should love and support the individual person with the love of God, but not the sin or evil they are doing.

Then why is it ok to support homosexuality, which is spiritually much darker than the above-mentioned vices?

Jesus told the woman caught in adultery to go and sin no more.

The average Christian thinks that homosexuality is a sin and that it’s wrong.

We’re going way beyond that and will show you some of the inner psychological and spiritual truths of what homosexuality is really about.

It’s not true love to knowingly let a person drown in darkness, deceit and error.

Just as it is cruel to enable an alcoholic, it is even much more cruel to enable a homosexual.

I don’t discriminate against people.

I discriminate against devil spirits that can and do infiltrate people’s lives without their knowledge or consent and whose sole purpose is to steal, kill, and destroy.

The only remedy is God’s word, God’s perfect love, the pure light of God and the manifested power of God that can heal people and make them complete and give them meaning and true purpose back into their lives.

Homosexuality is based on lies, confusion, pride, idolatry and darkness, among others.

It is the love of God to enlighten the eyes of them who want to know with the knowledge of God to help the LGBTQ community up and out of their spiritual bondage.

So to start our journey for truth, we will begin with the book of Romans, chapter 1.

To whom is the book of Romans addressed?

One of the ways the bible interprets itself is you must understand to whom the many different books of the bible are written to.

Romans 1:7
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The fact that God addresses the issue of homosexuality so strongly in the very first chapter of the book of Romans, the foundation of truth to christians today, speaks volumes.

Morpheus told Neo in the original 1999 matrix movie: “Remember… all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.”

Cipher: “Fasten your seat belt Dorothy, ’cause Kansas is going bye-bye”.

What are the 8 steps down Bruce Jenner took and why?

Romans 1 [King James version]

20 For the invisible things of him [God] from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Verse 21 of Romans 1 has 5 of the 8 steps down, so its a really power-packed verse.

Why 8 steps? Whatever happened to the 12-step program we’re all familiar with?

The number 8 in the bible indicates a new beginning, but Bruce Jenner’s path is not where you want to start.

The fact that there are many steps down away from God tells us that Satan works subtly, one small gradual step at a time, in order to deceive us as to what’s really going on.

Yoda: “Smooth operator, Satan is…”

1. “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God”           [Rom. 1:21]

Here’s the definition of the word “knew”: ginṓskō – properly, to know, especially through personal experience (first-hand acquaintance).  Strong’s Analytical Concordance to the bible #1097 /ginṓskō (“experientially know”) is used for example in Luke 1:34, “And Mary [a virgin] said to the angel, ‘How will this be since I do not know (1097 /ginṓskō = sexual intimacy) a man?'”

So the believers in Rome had an experiential knowledge of God, but they were lulled to sleep spiritually into not glorifying him as God.

That was their first mistake.

Ecclesiastes 12
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear [This is King James old english and means reverence] God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you [food, clothing, shelter].

Romans 15:6
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

It is very significant that in light of the 8 steps down away from God, the opposite of the first 2 are both accomplished by speaking in tongues, which is both glorifying & worshiping God and giving thanks well.

That explains why most people have either never heard of speaking in tongues or have seen or heard it wrongly done, out of order.

There are 17 different benefits of speaking in tongues documented in the bible, but that is another teaching.    That is why Satan tries to cover it up so much.

The sad truth is that Bruce Jenner also claims to be a christian.  No surprise there.  This only breeds confusion and strife.  Satan will use any opportunity he can to display God, Jesus, christians, or the bible in a negative light.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: To get you to stop glorifying God & to not speak in tongues.
Satan’s purpose: Satan’s first priority is to spiritually weaken you by getting you out of fellowship, out of alignment and harmony with God, which is your source of power, which is much greater than the devil’s.

#1 in the bible indicates God and unity, so Satan attacks your unity with God first.

2. neither were thankful [Rom. 1:21]

Definition of thankful
Strong’s #2168 euxaristéō (from 2095 /eú, “good” and 5485/xaris, “grace”) – properly, acknowledging that “God’s grace works well,” i.e. for our eternal gain and His glory; to give thanks – literally, “thankful for God’s good grace.”

We have so much to be thankful for!

Romans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Ephesians 1
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

I Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Being unthankful towards God is only ½ the story.

The 2nd step down is where mental deterioration sets in.

Psychologist Shawn Achor on how gratitude affects us psychologically
The entire video is very funny, but the heart of information on thankfulness [gratitude] is at about 10:45 – 11:30 [ten minutes, 45 seconds into the video]. Here is part of the transcript below.
10:36
“Which means we can reverse the formula. If we can find a way of becoming positive in the present, then our brains work even more successfully as we’re able to work harder, faster and more intelligently. We need to be able to reverse this formula so we can start to see what our brains are actually capable of. Because dopamine, which floods into your system when you’re positive, has two functions. Not only does it make you happier, it turns on all of the learning centers in your brain, allowing you to adapt to the world in a different way”.

11:02
“We’ve found there are ways that you can train your brain to be able to become more positive. In just a two-minute span of time done for 21 days in a row, we can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually work more optimistically and more successfully. We’ve done these things in research now in every company that I’ve worked with, getting them to write down three new things that they’re grateful for, for 21 days in a row, three new things each day. And at the end of that, their brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world not for the negative, but for the positive first”.

God supplies us with a perfect hope [the hope of Jesus Christ’s return]; a meaningful purpose in life; the answers to life; infinite wisdom; perfect peace; a strong positive identity such as a son of God, ambassador for Christ, athlete of the Spirit; the 9 fruit of the spirit, etc.

Being a christian not only gives us such a great positive outlook on life, we also have so much to be thankful for, thus turning on all the learning centers of the brain so that we can understand even greater depths of truth from the bible!

Thankfulness helps us to understand the profound truths of the bible.

Therefore, since being positive & thankful turns on all the learning centers of the brain, being negative & unthankful will turn them off, making understanding the bible much more difficult, opening the door for Satan to steal God’s word out of your heart.

Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: To get you to take God for granted, to not be thankful for all God has done for you.
Satan’s purpose: By turning off the learning centers of your brain through unthankfulness, he can weaken you mentally because now you can’t understand the profound depths of the bible.

This introduces confusion so that you can’t stand against the devil.  Then he can steal the word out of your mind with his lies.

#2 in the bible indicates establishment or division, depending on context.  Here it is division.

This is why unthankfulness is listed second. The devil steals the word from you, which results in a division between you and God.

3. but became vain in their imaginations: [Rom. 1:21]

Vain comes from the root word Mataios:

Definition of vain
Strong’s Concordance #3152
mataios: vain, useless
Part of Speech: Adjective
Phonetic Spelling: (mat’-ah-yos)
Definition: vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive; practically: godless.

HELPS Word-studies
3152 mátaios (an adjective derived from 3155 /mátēn, “without purpose or ground”) – properly, aimless (vain), without purpose; (figuratively) without profit because without basis, i.e. fleeting (transitory), ineffectual (“groundless”).

3152 /mátaios (“aimless”) emphasizes the “absence of purpose or failure to attain any true purpose” (Moulton and Milligan). 3152 (mátaios) refers to what is “vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive” (Souter).

Definition of imaginations
Strong’s Concordance #1261
dialogismos: a reasoning
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-al-og-is-mos’)
Definition: a calculation, reasoning, thought, movement of thought, deliberation, plotting.

HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 1261 dialogismós (from 1260 /dialogízomai, “back-and-forth reasoning”) – reasoning that is self-based and therefore confused – especially as it contributes to reinforcing others in discussion to remain in their initial prejudice. See 1260 (dialogizomai).

As a consequence of being unthankful and mentally impaired, their self-based reasoning was confused and it confused others and became purposeless, groundless, meaningless and Godless.

Nothing like being lost and wandering around in a fog of confusion, wondering what the true purpose of life is. How quickly our true purpose of glorifying God has been replaced with man-made carnal systems of thought.

II Timothy 2
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker [gangrene]: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith [believing] of some.

Becoming vain in their thought patterns and beliefs became very destructive.  How relevant and accurate the bible is, even after thousands of years, its truth really hits home, it resonates with you and has an impact if you hear God’s voice.

II Timothy 4
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables [myths].

What does the bible say about confusion?

James 3
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

I Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Satan has made the world a spiritual wilderness, full of confusion, deception, danger and darkness. Not a good place to be. The root word of wilderness is wild beast. Nobody wants to be alone in the wilderness facing a wild beast.

A wild beast from a biblical & spiritual point of view is a devil spirit, who are controlled by the devil himself, whose sole purpose was revealed by Jesus Christ.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus Christ] am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Matthew 16:8
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

The word “reason” here is the exact same root word in Romans 1:21, translated “imaginations”.

So now, in the 3rd step down, Satan has weakened the christians’ spiritually and mentally to the point that their faith [believing] in God was weak [“O ye of little faith”].

Just the other day, I read an article online about Bruce Jenner and he said after his sex reassignment surgery: “I wonder what God thinks of this?”   He was blind, ignorant and confused, his faith [believing] in God was very weak, which is exactly what God’s enemy Satan wants.

What about having a true purpose, a hope, a vision for your life?

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law [of God], happy is he.

When you believe you have no purpose, no hope, without God in this world and full of confusion, you languish, but if you have a true purpose, like glorifying God whom you love, then you will be happy.

So at step # 3, your thoughts & reasonings are Godless, vain, purposeless and carnal, confused between God’s wisdom and Satan’s.

James 3
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

James 3
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Once purposelessness and confusion set in, you can no longer stand for God in the spiritual competition against Satan.  You fall prey to Satan’s methods, schemes and lies, such as succumbing to the lie that you need sexual reassignment surgery.

Transgender Surgery Isn’t the Solution:
A drastic physical change doesn’t address underlying psycho-social troubles.

By Dr. Paul McHugh, former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion column.

A 2011 study at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden produced the most illuminating results yet regarding the transgendered, evidence that should give advocates pause. The long-term study—up to 30 years—followed 324 people who had sex-reassignment surgery. The study revealed that beginning about 10 years after having the surgery, the transgendered began to experience increasing mental difficulties. Most shockingly, their suicide mortality rose almost 20-fold above the comparable nontransgender population.

From a 5-senses point of view, there are many different reasons for committing suicide – psychological, social or chemical [drugs and/or alcohol], for example.

Technically, there really is no such thing as suicide – there is only murder of oneself or of others.

Suicide is actually caused by being possessed with a devil spirit of murder.

This is why in so many of the mass shootings you hear about on the news, you see the murderer take out a bunch of innocent people, then commit suicide in the end.

Do you see the consequences of slowly moving away from God?

When you are confused and can’t put life together in a coherent order, and you have been deceived into believing you have no Godly purpose, then suicide is often the consequence.

Colossians 2:8 [amplified bible]
See to it that no one [i.e. Satan] carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah).

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective:To confuse you.
Satan’s purpose:To destroy your believing in God with carnal, useless thinking patterns and beliefs. This can cause an identity crisis, wondering who you really are and what the true purpose of life is.

#3 in the bible is the number of completeness.  Once you’re at step #3, the destruction of your belief in God is complete [although your belief in God can be fully restored, if you choose to do so].

4. and their foolish heart was darkened. [Rom. 1:21]

Definition of foolish
Strong’s Concordance #801
asunetos: without understanding
Part of Speech: Adjective
Phonetic Spelling: (as-oon’-ay-tos)
Definition: unintelligent, without wisdom, unwise, undiscerning (implying probably moral defect).

HELPS Word-studies
801 asýnetos (from 1 /A “not” and 4908 /synetós, “synthesized understanding”) – properly, without comprehension; foolish because incoherent (failing to “put facts together”).

801 /asýnetos (“lacking synthesis”) describes a person failing to structure information in a meaningful way, and therefore unable to reach necessary conclusions. This person is illogical because unwilling to use good reason.

Wow, look at that!  What does the bible say about the heart?  I’m not talking about your physical heart, but the spiritual one.   Biblically, this is the seat of your mind where believing takes place.

Proverbs 4:23
Keep [guard] thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

This is like psychological impairment, the consequence of unthankfulness, but on steroids!

What does the bible say about darkness?

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Isaiah 5
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

You reap what you sow.  The choice is yours.

When you are in spiritual darkness, several things are apparent:

• You don’t know where you are because you are blind.
• You’re so blind that you don’t know that you don’t know.
• Therefore, you can’t see where you are going in life
• You can’t tell the difference between God’s truth and Satan’s error
• You are probably paralyzed in confusion, making you vulnerable to fear or panic
• How can you even detect the mere presence of a spiritual enemy, let alone fight him, much less be successful?

If you were in military combat, would you want any of your commanders who are in charge of your life, to be “without comprehension; foolish because incoherent (failing to “put facts together”) and spiritually blind?

II Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices [thoughts, plans, schemes].

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: To make them incapable of sound reasoning out of the scriptures and to encase them in spiritual darkness
Satan’s purpose: To give Satan a huge advantage over them so he can steal, kill, destroy, and deceive them undetected and unhindered.

#4 in the bible is the number of the world.  In the bible, the word “earth” refers to the planet that God made.  “World” refers to man-made kingdoms and entire systems of error where one system of error is overlayed on another system of error.

If you are a friend of the world, then you are an enemy of God because Satan is the God of this world.

 5. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools – [Romans 1:22]

This is the second time the general concept of foolishness is mentioned, establishing its truth.

Do you really want to be intellectually impaired twice and deceived in the dark?

They were bragging about how smart they were with all their “advanced intellectual reasonings”, but they became just the opposite instead.

Why?

Galatians 6
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

They were not walking in the love of God because their pride and boasting contradicts the characteristics of God’s love.

There are actually 14 characteristics of God’s love listed in I Corinthians 13 – we are only focusing in on a few of them.   The #7 in the bible indicates spiritual perfection, so God’s love is double perfection [7 x 2 = 14], which is love established [remember establishment is one of the meanings of #2].

I Corinthians 13 [amplified bible]
4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

What does the bible say about pride?

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

I Timothy 3:6
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

I John 2
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear [reverence] the Lord, and depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: Fill them with pride
Satan’s purpose: Take them down and humiliate them

#5 in the bible is the number of God’s grace. It is only by God’s grace that a person could become a homosexual, and then get born again of God’s spirit and become a son of God, an athlete of the spirit, an ambassador for Christ.

Romans 6
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

6. And changed [exchanged] the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. [Romans 1:23]

Now they are well on their way towards idolatry.  All idolatry eventually ends up in homosexuality.

Romans 1:24
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

“Gave them up” is the key phrase in this verse.   It is used 3 times in Romans 1 alone.

It comes from the Greek word paradidomi and means to transfer over to the power of another.   Look at one of its usages in Luke.

Luke 4
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered [paradidomi] unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

Romans 1
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
26 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:
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;

II Timothy 2
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Do you want to be trapped in the Devil’s spiritual prison of homosexuality or to be a son of God, an athlete of the spirit, an ambassador for Christ?

The idea that homosexuality is caused by genetics is another lie from the devil in order to steal their hope of ever becoming whole and normal again.

God gives everybody freedom of will.

James 4
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

To get born again is by God’s grace, but all christians can earn up to 5 different crowns and rewards in heaven by doing the good works of God on earth.

However, if a christian gets deceived into becoming a homosexual, they forfeit all those great crowns and rewards.

1 Corinthians 6
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

You see where it says: “the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?”  This cannot mean to say that christians can lose their eternal life because being born again is by incorruptible seed, so it can’t be lost, stolen, die, decay or be hacked into by Satan 😉

I Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

“shall not inherit the kingdom of God” refers to losing any crowns and rewards that a christian may have earned during their short life on earth.

Galatians 5
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Contrast these negatives of the world with these positives from God [remember, these turn on the learning centers of the brain]:

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: Don’t focus on our glorious God; focus on worldly things instead
Satan’s purpose:  Steal worship away from the one true God and redirect it to himself through worldly things

#6 is the number of man as he is influenced by Satan.  This is why man left the glory of God and glorified beasts instead.

7. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, [Romans 1:25]

Technically, God’s truth never changes, which is why we can always trust in the bible, which is his word and will.

Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not…

The word changed comes from the Greek word metallasso [Strong’s #3337] and literally means to exchange.  They were deceived into exchanging God’s truth for Satan’s lie.

In John 8, Jesus is addressing a very specific class of people, a particular group of religious leaders.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The usage of the word father is a figure of speech called an idiom.  It refers to the originator of something.

That makes sense – the devil is the originator of lies.

Why would anybody in their right mind want to believe lies from the devil instead of the truth from God?

Unthankfulness.  Impaired mental judgment.  Confusing carnal reasonings. More impaired psychological functioning.  Darkness.  Deception.  One subtle step at a time.

But they didn’t just exchange God’s truth for any lie, but THE LIE.

In verse 25, all the critical Greek texts from which we got the King James Version do not have the word “a” lie, but say “the” lie.

What is “the lie”?

The lie is idolatry, which is worshiping anything other than God, the creator.

Idolatry is by darkness and deception because nobody would worship the devil if they knew his true nature, which is only revealed by the word of God.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: Deceive them into believing Satan’s lies instead of God’s truth
Satan’s purpose:  Set them up to worship the 5-senses world

#7 in the bible is the number of spiritual perfection.  On the 7th step is where Satan deceives people into believing that the devil’s lies are actually good truth, posing as spiritual perfection.  Thus this is where Satan’s counterfeits are believed to be God’s truth.

8. and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. [Romans 1:25]

The word creature is the word creation in the Greek manuscripts.

From one point of view, there are only 2 things in the universe: God, the creator, and everything else, which is the creation.

So these christians in Rome and elsewhere had been deceived to exchange worshiping the one true God for worshiping things in the 5-senses realm instead.

Matthew 4
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Satan attempts to steal worship away from the one true God to himself, the God of this world by deception and bribes.

Although God cannot take the spiritual seed, the gift of holy spirit, out of you, you will reap what you have sown.

However, just because we are all living in the age of grace doesn’t give us a license to do whatever we want.

Romans 6
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Everybody is a slave.

It just depends on who or what you want to be a slave to.

Notice the first step down was to not worship the one true God and the last one is to worship and serve the creation, which is idolatry, which indirectly is worshiping Satan.

TAKEAWAY:
Satan’s objective: Deceive them into worshiping the creation instead of God
Satan’s purpose:  Steal their eternal crowns & rewards away from them while sowing more darkness and confusion into the world

#8 in the bible is the number of new beginnings, which is always a good thing.

However, worshiping and serving the creation [i.e. Satan; he gets worship indirectly through the creation] is Satan’s warped and twisted counterfeit of a new beginning: to worship him instead of God.

Dr. Paul McHugh, a former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion column.

“At the heart of the problem is confusion over the nature of the transgendered. “Sex change” is biologically impossible. People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women. Claiming that this is a civil-rights matter and encouraging surgical intervention is in reality to collaborate with and promote a mental disorder”.

Romans 12
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 5:17
For if by one man’s offence [Adam’s] death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 10
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

John 4
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Worshiping God in spirit and truth is speaking in tongues. It is literally using the gift of holy spirit inside of you, the Christ in you, to worship God.

The bible lists 18 different benefits of speaking in tongues, which is why the world tries to hide, distort, or lie about it.

5 evil attacks against speaking in tongues

ISIS has been in the news lately, from military defeats, horrific videos of innocent people being beheaded & more cities captured for the Islamic caliphate. We are all familiar with the ungodly things ISIS members do: they are guilty of torture, murder, rape, arson, destroying entire cities, etc.

In a recent news article I saw on Yahoo news, over 17,000 people of all walks of life have voluntarily joined ISIS from over 90 different countries around the globe. Why would so many people join such an evil organization to commit such horrific atrocities?

The article cites several motivating factors: “From a psychological perspective, many of them are at a stage in their lives where they are trying to find their place in the world — who they are, what their purpose is,” said John G. Horgan, a psychologist who directs the Center for Terrorism & Security Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

The bible provides that in living color for anybody who wants to get the answers to these questions.

Ecclesiastes 12
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear [reverence] God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

The book of Matthew provides similar wisdom.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you

Colossians 3
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Clearly, our purpose as a son of God is to live for him, to glorify God.

Here are some of the reasons cited in the article for joining ISIS:

• Some are driven by religious zeal to protect the caliphate, or Muslim theocracy
• Others are thrilled by the chance to join what is tantamount to a secret and forbidden club
• Still others appear to enlist mainly because others do

“Every person can contribute something to the Islamic State,” a Canadian enlistee in Islamic State, Andre Poulin, says in a videotaped statement that has been used for online recruitment. So there also appears to be the need or desire to belong to something greater than themselves, in addition to the idea that you are valuable because you can contribute to a cause you believe in.

While its still very disturbing that the number of ISIS recruits in the past 3.5 years is more than double the size of the French Foreign Legion, one motivating factor stands out from the rest. “You can easily earn yourself a higher station with God almighty for the next life by sacrificing just a small bit of this worldly life”, said the Canadian enlistee.

What does the bible say about working your way into heaven or eternal life?

Ephesians 2
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

So God’s word clearly and emphatically says that salvation is by grace and is not of works, lest any man should boast. So the statement on the online ISIS recruitment video contradicts God’s word, and is therefore, a falsehood, a lie that can only have originated from God’s archenemy, Satan.

John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The last usage of the word “father” in this verse is a figure of speech, a Hebrew idiom and means originator. That’s right – not only is the devil a murderer and liar, but he is the originator of lies.

That’s interesting:

• ISIS members are recruited with a lie and the devil is a liar and the originator of lies
• ISIS members murder innocent people and the devil was a murderer from the beginning
• ISIS members steal things, kill innocent people, and destroy property and the devil’s whole purpose in life is to steal, kill & destroy [John 10:10]

Do you suppose there is an association there?  Is that just a coincidence?

The book of Genesis backs up John 8:44 as well, making the bible a very trustworthy source.

Genesis 2
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Verse 17 is not talking about physical death, but spiritual death. Adam & Eve lost the gift of holy spirit that was upon them by committing treason against God, [among other things]. So their spiritual connection with God ceased to exist. That is why it’s called a spiritual death.

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Let’s rearrange these verses a bit to better see the direct contrast between God and the devil.

• God:     thou shalt surely die
• Devil: Ye shall not surely die

All promises of life after death, reincarnation, etc are based on the first recorded words from Satan in the bible, which are a lie.  That demonstrates that deception is the dominant characteristic of the devil.

So ISIS’ lie to recruits of a better afterlife that is based on human works is contingent upon the recruits’ ignorance of the word of God.  In other words, they are being exploited by Satan…

Definition of exploit

British Dictionary
verb (transitive)
2. to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc), esp unethically or unjustly for one’s own ends

John 16
1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Look at these priceless and frighteningly accurate and relevant words of Jesus Christ written several centuries before the Koran was even conceived.

Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

In a very important detail, the word “kill” in verse 9 means murder.

Greek lexicon of Romans 13:9 Go to the Strong’s column, link #5407.

Definition of kill

Strong’s Concordance #5407
phoneuó Definition: to kill, murder
Part of Speech: Verb
Phonetic Spelling: (fon-yoo’-o)

HELPS Word-studies
5407 phoneúō (from 5408 /phónos, “murder, homicide”) – to murder, commit intentional (unjustified) homicide.

The precision of God’s word always stands the test of time.  Its ok to kill somebody in the case of self-defense when your life is in danger.  However, true murder, according to the bible, is when somebody gets possessed with a devil spirit of murder and deliberately kills somebody.   So when people commit murder in the name of God, its always a deception from Satan.  Multiple types of devil spirits are at work in these situations.

We have seen in the various aspects of the media Muslim radical extremists telling us that they were doing God or Allah a favor by killing “the infidels”.   They never mention Jesus Christ or the one true God, designer & creator of the universe, father of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Therefore, they have not known the father or Jesus, and therefore, according to God’s word, they are the infidels.   That’s religious hypocrisy.

II Thessalonians 3
1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith [are infidels].
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

The fact that these verses were written several centuries before the Koran or some other religious books shows who the true infidels, unbelievers are.   The bible is the standard of truth for all of life that we must consult.

Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…

Of course, the ISIS lie that “You can easily earn yourself a higher station with God almighty for the next life by sacrificing just a small bit of this worldly life” conveniently fails to mention Jesus Christ as part of the formula for a better afterlife.   Is he important in the equation of eternal life?  Only you can decide.

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The phrase “I am the way, the truth, and the life” is a figure of speech called Hendiatris, literally meaning 3 for 1.   There are 3 main parts to it: the word “way” is the subject matter, the noun and the other 2 words are adjectives that modify the subject.  So the meaning of Jesus Christ’s statement is: I am the true and living way.  That implies that there are false and dead ways, which corrupt systems of man-made religion certainly supply in abundance, courtesy of Satan.

Acts 4
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

So now we know that we know that ISIS’ promise of a better afterlife is a lie by 2 unchanging criteria:

• Jesus Christ is not mentioned at all
• You cannot work your way into heaven [the afterlife].

So once again, God’s word, the bible, corroborates its record of truth and that’s very comforting in this uncertain world of deception, chaos, and confusion.