It's not Complicated. Your Answer to Freedom.

[Brother Mike]

It's not Complicated. Your Answer to Freedom.


By: Brother Mike

Joh 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

Praise the Lord brothers and Sisters!!! Most of us have gone through things in life, I am not speaking of those single bad days, or days when it just seems like every devil in Hell's reserve have been assigned to us. What I am talking about is those things that drag on for months, even years..........

It's not complicated!!!!

Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:.............................

Are things being Killed off in your life, good things start, then just die and lose life. Are you dying, is your health is dying. Are things missing in your life, Things you had, but now gone, Stolen?? Are things being messed up, broken, and destroyed in your life??

If you are experiencing any of these, Who is behind this?? Who is at fault?? What did the thief come to do?? What is his Job?? What is his purpose??

It's not complicated!!!!

The thief came to do but one thing. He came to steal, and destroy things in our life, and if He can, He will even take your life. That is His purpose, That is His job. Satan has no other purpose.


The thief Came to do this:
1) Killed or dying things in your life.
2) Stolen or Missing things in your life.
3) Destroyed or Broken things in your life.

The Thief is behind this, He Came for this reason................ It's not complicated!!!!

What did Jesus come to do??
(hint...It's not complicated!!!!)



Joh 10:10........................I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus came to do exactly the opposite of what the thief Came to do.

1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Jesus came to destroy the Works of the Devil. Jesus came to give us Life, and a very abundant life.

Jesus came to do this:
1) Give life to things weak and dying (your body, finances, broken families) in your life. (Resurrection Power)
2) Replace those missing, and lost things in your life.
3) Fix, repair, replace those destroyed things in your life.

Jesus came to do these things. It's not complicated!!!!

Stop making excuses!!!

Many Christians have set themselves to believe that they are just destined to suffer, and have problem after problem. God must have designed some to be poor and sick...

It's evil to tell a Christian they did not have enough faith, and evil to say they bring these things on themselves... Just Evil Brother Mike...

Hey, that sounds good, but that is not what the Word says!!! Thinking you have no control of your life is just going to keep you defeated. Making excuses is going to cause things not to change.

Examine Yourselves!!!!!

What did the thief come to do??
What did Jesus come to do??

It's not complicated!!!

Let me tell you what the problem is..............You have given the destroyer, the Thief, The murder a place.

Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.

somewhere, months back, years back..... somewhere you gave entrance to Satan, somewhere you got off the path, Somewhere you Justified something you knew was wrong then, but some how convinced yourself it was OK anyway.... you compromised.

Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Job 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

If your days and years have not been all that pleasurable, then you need to check into some things. You can't stay poor, stay sick, stay miserable if you are doing what the Lord says to do.

It's impossible!!!

Well, I do serve God... I do what I am suppose to do, and I am broke, and sick.. It's not my fault, That can't be true Brother Mike... just can't be.

Hey, I did not write the Word, don't get upset with me. You have allowed things in your life, that You knew that was not right, but through the years have convinced yourself that God is OK with it...You knew you were suppose to go there, and you stayed, you left, when you should have stayed.

You have deceived yourself.... and King Saul was in this same boat....

1Sa 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

Saul boldly said... I have performed the commandment of the Lord... I obeyed God!!!!! Saul had deceived Himself.. and this cost him greatly!!!

Samuel had a different version of what "Obey God" meant...

1Sa 15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

Saul did part of what the Lord told him, but he took what he knew what was right, and convinced himself of something different.
Saul, kept the Sheep!!!

Jesus Came that we may have life!!! and have it abundantly!!!


Obeying God with all your heart, mind, and Soul...(If you love me... you shall keep.....) is not going to set you back, make you poor, make you sick.. Take your fun away....

Just the opposite.

Adam was doing fine, Until he gave the devil a place... Israel was doing fine, until they were disobedient God, giving the devil a place. King Saul was doing just fine... Until he was disobedient to God...

Jesus came to bless us..... to give us a abundant life.... He has your best interest at Heart... If you will trust in Him...

Even the Rich Man... Jesus did not want to make him broke!!! Jesus did not want to take all his stuff..... Jesus wanted him to get his mind off his Stuff and Get his Mind on God, not trusting in his wealth, but in God....

Mar 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

If the Rich Man would have stayed around and not become offended.. He would have heard Jesus say this...

Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

That rich man would have gotten back 100 fold from what he had, and possibly could have been the replacement for Judas.... He could have followed Jesus, and appeared in other places in the Word of LIfe... He might have even been commissioned to write his own book that you and I could read.... He was not willing to Obey.....

We need to be in this Place!!!

Deu 15:4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Act 4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

Once again. It's not complicated!!!

If your poor, broke, lack, sick, messed up family, growing weak (body areas), Mentally confused, depressed. Who is behind this???

If your blessed, have more than enough, family doing well, who is behind this???

It's not complicated!!!

Good news!!!!




If your saying.. Brother Mike... Yes.. there are things I know I should not be allowing.. I know years back he told me to go there, and I did not go... I know I talk ill of others at work....I have lied, and it has just become a habit.. I take some things at work, small things that don't belong to me.. I have not been faithful as I should be..

then Lets pray.. God is faithful, and wants to make known his plan for you.

Father, I know by your word my life can be much more than it is... I recognize the destroyer has gained entrance, and I have missed you and not done the things I knew was right. I have convinced myself to believe a lie.. Father I want to be back on track with you, I want to serve and obey you, I want that abundant life my Lord came to give me..

Lord if I have missed it, If I have gone off the path, Please remind me again clearly where that was. Open a door and a way to change it, and I'll walk through that door this time. Lord examine me!! If I have anything in my life that I need to get rid of, or anything I need to get, Let me know clearly, and I will immediately make those changes. I will serve and obey you the rest of my life, I will put you first in everything. You are my God, and I love you... Thank you father for being faithful, and setting before me and bringing back to my remembrance of what I knew at one time to be true...

I know turn this over to you, I have confidence I am on track, and Satan I just closed the door in your face... You have no more place!!! IN Jesus name!!!


Jesus Is Lord

 

[jiggyfly]

Hey Mike got any scriptural examples of new covenant believers that experienced this?

 

[Brother Mike]

Examples.......

Hey Mike got any scriptural examples of new covenant believers that experienced this?

What are you coming around Treading in my Thread for Jiggfly???

I already gave Acts 3:34 Brother.... I'll save the scripture because you know them...

This is about, not giving the devil a place... obedience to God..

Was not the place shaken and Paul and Silas delivered??

Was not Peter visited by an Angel and led out of Prison?

Though the ship sank, and soon bitten by a poisonous snake, was Paul Harmed?

Did not all complete the path?? Finish the race??

But, when you and I get to Heaven, (After fishing in the most magnificent waters we have ever seen.) you and I can go ask Paul what he thought.. and I am sure he will tell us..

2Co 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

But if not following Jesus.... If not abiding... If giving the devil a place in our lives...... If not IN CHRIST......... what could be the possible outcome..???

We could possibly ask Ananias, and Sapphira, what happens... If they are around that is...

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[CherryFizzle]

This is a very good post Mike!

If I may, I would like to copy it for someone close to me to read, as I think it is exactly what they need right now. Is that okay??

A lot of people forget Satan is the one who causes all these hardships in our lives, if we leave a door open for him.
They blame God saying "I praise God and I do as He says, so why is he allowing this in my life?" Meanwhile they should read what His Word says and take a closer look because it is them who allow Satan to work in their life.

 

[Brother Mike]

Copy away

Thank you Sister... Copy Away!!! I Copied it out of the Bible myself... (Plagiarism)

But it's God that gives us Revelation, and we just thank the Lord that those of us that actually seek him and want to do his will, that we are assured to have sound doctrine.

Joh 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

Only those sold out to God, and really want to do his will. Give all, and be willing to leave if asked will know sound Doctrine, and if it be from God, or just something men made up.. The rest that do not put God first in everything will be confused in what Sound Doctrine is.

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[will]

Brother Mike,

A timely post. I have been in the past weeks mulling over the fact that so many Christians I know, hear about, read and see for myself are depressed; while we are called to share the Good News and experience the joy in living that is fueled by the spring of water only the Lord can give. (John 4:14).

Why is this?

I think it's because we have Christians that are stuck in first gear, because no one told them, encourage them, and invite them to think more about God beyond memorizing Scriptures and hearing Sunday sermons.

There is something thought-changing and perspective-altering in thinking deeper about a concept in the Scripture; one at a time. Taking the time to really think about it, instead of just blew past it.

The concepts in the Scriptures are illuminating the more you think about it. Let's take an example, the plan of human salvation. The more you learn about how intricately woven the events that leads to the work of our Lord at the cross, the more appreciation you gain. And I'm not talking about the prophecies being fulfilled, but just the sheer ingenuity and how things fit together reveals the amazing mind at work. My words failed me at expressing how awesome our God really is.

But be careful, don't get into the trap of thinking that *you* are the one who did the effort to study the Scriptures, and *you* are the one who understood the concepts by your own intelligence, because you can study the Scriptures until your face is blue, it'll only make you either become conceited or frustrated, if you leave the main igredient, God the Holy Spirit, your mentor and teacher, and pointer to the Lord Jesus.

You are right, it's not complicated, we just need to realize it, for starters.

 

[Brother Mike]

It's not coplicated.

The concepts in the Scriptures are illuminating the more you think about it. Let's take an example, the plan of human salvation. The more you learn about how intricately woven the events that leads to the work of our Lord at the cross, the more appreciation you gain.

From Adam to I will bruise your head, to Abraham a man of Covenant willing to sacrifice His own beloved son in faith, Giving God the entrance to actually sacrifice his son in place.... it is amazing how the whole thing is put together..

Put together, Legal, real, Eternal, You can count on....

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[CherryFizzle]

Yay!

You know I have heard people say "How can the Bible be true if it took so many people to write it over such a long period of time"

And I thought to myself...If it were inspired by man it would be such a mess. Surely this proves it is inspired by the Holy Spirit, only God could tie the whole Bible together without contradiction or blemish over such a long period of time, using men from all different kinds of backgrounds. Giving prophesies in the OT that are fulfilled in the NT. It is a truly amazing gift He has given us!

 

[lioncub]

John 9:40-10:10

 

[Brother Mike]

The thief and destoryer not the devil....

all Good Brother....

Jesus Is Lord.

 

[dannibear]

Lol, 'It's not complicated!!!!'. I loved that.