No Compromise

[Christ4Ever]

For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses. And the LORD was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. 2 Kings 18:6-7 ESV

King Hezekiah was just twenty-five years old when he began his reign in Judah. His youth didn’t stop him from doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

The Bible says, “He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles” (2 Kings 18:4). He even smashed the bronze serpent Moses had made—the one to which Israel had begun making offerings. His trust in God was so strong that scripture says “there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, not among those who were before him” (2 Kings 18:5).

Doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord can make a man feel like he’s standing all alone. And sometimes he will need to, despite the fallout he may face. But God is with the man who does not depart from Him and His commands. He may end up in jail or even worse, but the Lord will be there with him.

You should never compromise your faith in Christ, no matter how much pressure the world puts on you. Stay faithful to Him.

Prayer: Father, make me a Hezekiah—a man who is willing to follow You at any cost.

 

[GodB4Us]

Staying faithful to Jesus Christ Himself is a lot different than saying, being faithful to the church or to the phenomenon or to a movement of the "Spirit" that one serves because that would be akin to serving something else in His name that one glories in, in exalting themselves over others as if they have something the other believers do not & thus not really serving Him at all.

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

So one can know they are serving Jesus Christ when they speak the same thing and hold to the same judgment because there is no other drink of the One Spirit since the calling of the gospel when we had first believed & got saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

It all boils down to Who or what you are pointing sinners and believers to go to. That is the only way you can know you are serving Him, and not something else in His name, say a movement of the "spirit" or a phenomenon or a church whereby many have departed from following Him in serving the glory of that movement of the "spirit" or that phenomenon, or that church.

So are we saying the same thing or not? I do not believe we are saying the same thing, but correct me if I am wrong, but this is about Jesus right? Talk Jesus? Not Talk Spirit. Not Talk Phenomenon. Not Talk Tongues. But Talk Jesus.

I know you did not want any "debate" or discussion in devotionals, but His words says otherwise. One can say I am asking for a confirmation to what you are posting in the OP.

2 Timothy 4:1I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
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.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

As it is, I do not believe we are saying the same thing and if that be so, the OP is something you should ask Jesus if there isn't anything off in your service to Him. I cannot point it out to you since it is on God to cause the increase.

 

[Christ4Ever]

I know you did not want any "debate" or discussion in devotionals, but His words says otherwise. One can say I am asking for a confirmation to what you are posting in the OP.

So are we saying the same thing or not? I do not believe we are saying the same thing, but correct me if I am wrong, but this is about Jesus right? Talk Jesus? Not Talk Spirit. Not Talk Phenomenon. Not Talk Tongues. But Talk Jesus.

As it is, I do not believe we are saying the same thing and if that be so, the OP is something you should ask Jesus if there isn't anything off in your service to Him. I cannot point it out to you since it is on God to cause the increase.

Dear GodB4Us,
If we are not saying the same thing. Keeping in mind that this devotional is taking the actions of king Hezekiah when he first became king at the ripe old age of 25. His actions speak for themselves.

You should never compromise your faith in Christ, no matter how much pressure the world puts on you. Stay faithful to Him.

If you don't believe this, then maybe we do believe in a different Christ Jesus.

With the Love of Christ Jesus.
YBIC
Nick
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P.S. You are correct, I don't like to move the subject of the devotionals away from the intended subject.

 

[GodB4Us]

Dear GodB4Us,
If we are not saying the same thing. Keeping in mind that this devotional is taking the actions of king Hezekiah when he first became king at the ripe old age of 25. His actions speak for themselves.


If you don't believe this, then maybe we do believe in a different Christ Jesus.

With the Love of Christ Jesus.
YBIC
Nick
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P.S. You are correct, I don't like to move the subject of the devotionals away from the intended subject.

But it is the same subject when it is about making no compromises when it comes to serving the actual Lord Jesus Christ since He is the Good News to man for why all our hopes should be resting in Him & pointing others to Him, and not on a filling of the Holy Spirit at salvation or again after salvation or getting the sign of tongues at salvation or after salvation or feeling the presence of the spirit BEFORE salvation or at & even after salvation as if for looking for the "Holy Spirit" as a sign of salvation as if that is what the gospel is about when the phenomenon is not.

Since you seem to be believing this is indeed a different subject, then we are not speaking the same thing whereas I 'd say we are but applying the subject differently only because we are oppose to one another.

That means also what? That portion in your statement of faith means exactly what it says it means for why you & Chad are not changing it. That is why believers who have joined or was thinking about joining are turning away because they do not speak in tongues.

Talk Jesus's Statement of Faith

Baptism
We believe the baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (1 Corinthians 14), is for all believers as promised by John the Baptist (Matthew 3:11), Jesus (Acts 1:4-8), and Peter(Acts 2:38-41). The fulfillment of this promise was witnessed by early disciples of Christ (Acts 2:4, 10:44-47, 19:1-6) and operates in many present-day disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

You might as well rename the site TalkTongues or TalkSpirit and you would get numerous attendees as I can find them in every Christian forum and because of them, I can get kicked out of every Christian forums.

That is how bad it is in the latter days for why faith is hard to find, brother. Just saying. Devotionals should be about Jesus Christ rather than putting the spotlight on anything else, even on the Holy Spirit when the indwelling Holy Spirit would keep that spotlight on the Son and not pointing believers; let alone sinners to Himself.

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

That's what it means in being devoted to Jesus Christ in serving Him & nothing else in His name by His grace & by His help in pointing not only sinners, but saved believers to keep coming to & believing in Him in coming to God the Father by.

 

[Christ4Ever]

not on a filling of the Holy Spirit at salvation or again after salvation or getting the sign of tongues at salvation or after salvation or feeling the presence of the spirit BEFORE salvation or at & even after salvation as if for looking for the "Holy Spirit" as a sign of salvation as if that is what the gospel is about when the phenomenon is not.

Dear GodB4Us,
Where in the Devotional or in my response post to you here is the Holy Spirit or anything else you mentioned above brought up???
This is one thing that bothers me about some who post here. They create a position to discuss that is not part of the original post in order to make a point irrespective of the intent of the originator of the thread. It is explained to them, but they persist in trying to make their point!

I have not even read past the point quoted with any consideration because it is irrelevant to the Devotional. Do you even know what a devotional is without looking it up? It is meant as a short inspirational piece of writing. Not to be a foundation for an Indepth discussion. If you have a point to make concerning this devotional without having to extrapolate it into an area it is not meant to cover in depth, then fine. Otherwise, as I believe I told you before when you've attempted this on another devotional.

Read it, get a suggestion from it to talk about, and create your own thread. Otherwise, move on to something else!

With the Love of Christ Jesus.
YBIC
Nick
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P.S. If you believe we are opposed to each, then it would behoove you to avoid purposely creating these types of confrontations with me. Also, if the SOF is questionable to you, then I suggest you send a PM to our Administrator. If he has the time, I'm sure he will respond to your query in time.

 

[Mister]

For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses. And the LORD was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. 2 Kings 18:6-7 ESV

King Hezekiah was just twenty-five years old when he began his reign in Judah. His youth didn’t stop him from doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

The Bible says, “He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles” (2 Kings 18:4). He even smashed the bronze serpent Moses had made—the one to which Israel had begun making offerings. His trust in God was so strong that scripture says “there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, not among those who were before him” (2 Kings 18:5).

Doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord can make a man feel like he’s standing all alone. And sometimes he will need to, despite the fallout he may face. But God is with the man who does not depart from Him and His commands. He may end up in jail or even worse, but the Lord will be there with him.

You should never compromise your faith in Christ, no matter how much pressure the world puts on you. Stay faithful to Him.

Prayer: Father, make me a Hezekiah—a man who is willing to follow You at any cost.

Thank you for this encouragement in reference to the character of the young king back in the day. I was thinking just this the other day, it would be easy for those without to condemn someone and scoff at him [at God really] if one of his children was 'put in jail'...kind of like Job's friends. This 'feeling' comes to me especially when things just look bad all around me . An abundant life in the Lord cannot be assessed by the things or people of this world.

 

[Christ4Ever]

An abundant life in the Lord cannot be assessed by the things or people of this world.

Dear Mister,
Exactly right! Alleluia!

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NKJV

Thank-you for sharing your words.

With the Love of Christ Jesus.
YBIC
Nick
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