With this basic scriptural foundation for discernment in the spiritual realm covered in part 1; we can begin to look at things as believers that He would show us in order to increase our trust in God; our faith and worship particularly in our personal and individual lives.
There is a childlike faith in recognition of Christ ( Psalm 8:2). The enemy; constantly reaching out to younger children is of course as always appearing as an "angel of light". ( 2 Cor. 11:14). We really need to be cautious here; I cannot overemphasize this. Kids need to be protected and there is a correct way to do this. Nonetheless; I believe in this culture especially we should build the foundation for being warriors in Christ. If we insulate for the wrong reasons; the kids will find out anyway life's realities. Starting with the real battle; the unseen by teaching the true Gospel then kids can understand how to be armed with the Ephesians 6 truth. To teach a false; New Age sort of mentality is dangerous and it is concerning to me sometimes how the approach is taken with children's Bible studies. This is sadly largely due to parents allowing kids to view all sorts of entertainment with superheroes; that shall we say have even more associated "baggage" with their personas than say 20 years ago. I don't have all the answers here; but unless we can break out of this mindset; and that of the psychology of child development dictating all of our actions; then we are oftentimes putting confidence in things that are not going to stand the test of time. Parents that pretend to have lives free of stresses in order to not upset their kids aren't necessarily doing any favors either. I say all this because these things of our youth tend to affect us on the long term; such as comforts in possessions once the childhood toys are gone; and the same bad behaviors are passed on to the next generation. I will explain why I sidetracked into this part 2 subject.
Truth for most part yet the world has a lot to do with our kids behavior these days then you think. We can not stop them from what they experience at school which, to me, is way more dangerous then a movie. Thank God all 3 of my kids have Jesus yet even then my eldest still likes modern music, my daughter likes Marvel movies & my youngest is so scared of the world he wont do anything except eat, sleep & work. Satan & his minions have to much control of this earth & I wish I could do more then pray for everyone. Keep enemies close and JESUS closer.!
One more thing in light of the earlier comment is that all the things now are being restrained but seeing what the enemy already controls we can understand how demons will torment people in the Tribulation; and how the angels of destruction will wreak havoc. The seal judgments are going to be most terrible as well as the other judgments; I feel in my spirit that this needs to be a message preached. The sword; famine and pestilence of course comes after the 1st Seal Antichrist is allowed to conquer. I wouldn't be surprised if there was chemical or biological warfare causing death and hell to kill one fourth of the earth. I would surmise that there are forces of darkness that will be released allowing these plagues to be worse than ever; and of course there will be no magic innoculation; etal to mitigate these events. We need to boldly proclaim the Rapture of the church; it will provoke the Jews to jealousy I believe as Romans 14 states; and it will wake many up. It is needed for the final "revival" or countless souls that will be martyred. There are many who think they are ready but are not; some of which I am convinced will wake up in the Tribulation and have to bear fruit the hard way through martyrdom. The enemy has paralyzed many; God determines ultimately who is saved and who is not.
I firmly believe that there are few who are "on fire" in the Lord; most who think they are have a Kundalini or some other spirit that is energizing the flesh and deceiving people to think it is from God. The Spirit of the Lord does NOT appeal to the flesh but makes us realize our sinfulness and utter hopelessness in our own efforts. His sheep hear His voice so we know when we meet someone who is blessed by God; as well as those who are of another spirit if discerning.
Remember; take heart; Elijah thought he was alone but there were 7000 that also followed God and would not bend the knee to Baal.
Amen, I completely agree in fact I was telling a neighbor, I met yesterday, how I would love to be part of a revival & how churches need to stop talking about the old testament, past & speak more about what's coming, how to prepare, what to do & so on. Or heck, put me in charge of a call center, getting a hold of all the churches (like they do fire & tornado drills at schools) ahead of time to practice so If someone walked in w/weapons (as has happened she said) in every church so they'd be prepared because as of now very few would stand up for Jesus. I can say all day that I'm confident I would yet, Paul thought he was a strong believer too. Only God knows the outcome. IN fact He already knows who is going to be next president if the world even last that long. We need more missionaries right here in the U.S that aren't scared to spread the word as well. Nobody likes to go door to door anymore, or did the government put a stop to that too. Finding good bible movies these days is even hard. All we can do is pray & till electric goes out, be on here. Everything on all electronics is monitored. they know our every move. sad ha? Keep Jesus in your heart & your gun loaded. lol
Makes much sense & thanks. I thank God I have ppl on here to help me see things at a different level. I can not tell y'all how much I appreciate each and every one of you. People have lived & thought a certain way all their lives & it isn't until someone outside of our normal day to day life says something that gets them to understand life isn't the same for everyone everywhere. That's where the "Love everyone" comes in handy. I do not know everything so I greatly appreciate input especially when it come to the bible. We do the best we can & for you, or anyone, to care enough to talk to strangers I appreciate it. I'm so hungry for Gods word yet never pushed it with them & yet through me (glory be to God) they learn how Jesus works so even with the worldly ways, all 3 have come to know & love Him. Yet they think it weird of me to be so bold when it comes to facing wrong doers or the enemy. I know God is with me so have absolutely no fear to what happens to me should I go to far yet I will not deny Christ though need to learn more tact at times. Definitely pray more for guidance too. Again, thank you & God bless
As to your first statement; I would rebut by saying that the preplanned narrative of movies we are in a sense "victims" of where the agenda is almost guaranteed to have violence or sexually inappropriate material; cuss words and attitudes of unforgiveness.
In the case of the cartoons of course there is not only fantasy but now the increasing amount of "politically correct" sexual gender identification and behaviors for these "heroic" characters not to mention darker and darker protagonists which tend to blur the difference at best between good and evil (or are evil no matter who you look at). In real life; however God can intervene to stop things; individuals can be stopped if the hand of God is activated (of course prayer is very helpful with all these things; breakthrough types of prayer). In the real world God can work all things even tragedies out for the good. There are some movies of Christian source material that bear these things out.
As far as music is concerned I am not going to focus on types of music; I for one am much more concerned about the message than the style. Secular music I do listen to at times with talented people on YouTube. I have found that sometimes the spirit in which something is sung matters; someone can find the musical core of a song at times and it is actually more interesting than the original. Again; I won't try to convince you if you only listen to Christian music; but there is much of the occult symbology; associations and new age type lyrics in so called "Christian songs"; in some sense it is better listening to non offensive lyrics in a "secular band" without that type of imagery.
Perfect love casts out fear. In the Spirit if we are living Godly in Christ then the enemy at worst can be allowed to end our earthly existence with God's permission. Jesus has the victory over all powers of the enemy; but the accuser is always there to make our lives miserable. We need to warn others to flee the wrath to come.
With this basic scriptural foundation for discernment in the spiritual realm covered in part 1; we can begin to look at things as believers that He would show us in order to increase our trust in God; our faith and worship particularly in our personal and individual lives.
There is a childlike faith in recognition of Christ ( Psalm 8:2). The enemy; constantly reaching out to younger children is of course as always appearing as an "angel of light". ( 2 Cor. 11:14). We really need to be cautious here; I cannot overemphasize this. Kids need to be protected and there is a correct way to do this. Nonetheless; I believe in this culture especially we should build the foundation for being warriors in Christ. If we insulate for the wrong reasons; the kids will find out anyway life's realities. Starting with the real battle; the unseen by teaching the true Gospel then kids can understand how to be armed with the Ephesians 6 truth. To teach a false; New Age sort of mentality is dangerous and it is concerning to me sometimes how the approach is taken with children's Bible studies. This is sadly largely due to parents allowing kids to view all sorts of entertainment with superheroes; that shall we say have even more associated "baggage" with their personas than say 20 years ago. I don't have all the answers here; but unless we can break out of this mindset; and that of the psychology of child development dictating all of our actions; then we are oftentimes putting confidence in things that are not going to stand the test of time. Parents that pretend to have lives free of stresses in order to not upset their kids aren't necessarily doing any favors either. I say all this because these things of our youth tend to affect us on the long term; such as comforts in possessions once the childhood toys are gone; and the same bad behaviors are passed on to the next generation. I will explain why I sidetracked into this part 2 subject.
I firmly believe that there are few who are "on fire" in the Lord; most who think they are have a Kundalini or some other spirit that is energizing the flesh and deceiving people to think it is from God. The Spirit of the Lord does NOT appeal to the flesh but makes us realize our sinfulness and utter hopelessness in our own efforts. His sheep hear His voice so we know when we meet someone who is blessed by God; as well as those who are of another spirit if discerning.
Remember; take heart; Elijah thought he was alone but there were 7000 that also followed God and would not bend the knee to Baal.
Agape; Rich P
In the case of the cartoons of course there is not only fantasy but now the increasing amount of "politically correct" sexual gender identification and behaviors for these "heroic" characters not to mention darker and darker protagonists which tend to blur the difference at best between good and evil (or are evil no matter who you look at). In real life; however God can intervene to stop things; individuals can be stopped if the hand of God is activated (of course prayer is very helpful with all these things; breakthrough types of prayer). In the real world God can work all things even tragedies out for the good. There are some movies of Christian source material that bear these things out.
As far as music is concerned I am not going to focus on types of music; I for one am much more concerned about the message than the style. Secular music I do listen to at times with talented people on YouTube. I have found that sometimes the spirit in which something is sung matters; someone can find the musical core of a song at times and it is actually more interesting than the original. Again; I won't try to convince you if you only listen to Christian music; but there is much of the occult symbology; associations and new age type lyrics in so called "Christian songs"; in some sense it is better listening to non offensive lyrics in a "secular band" without that type of imagery.
Perfect love casts out fear. In the Spirit if we are living Godly in Christ then the enemy at worst can be allowed to end our earthly existence with God's permission. Jesus has the victory over all powers of the enemy; but the accuser is always there to make our lives miserable. We need to warn others to flee the wrath to come.
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