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Eric Sikma

Male. Lives in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. Born on August 14, 1965.

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Eric Sikma

September 26, 2020 12:41 am

How things are supposed to be: 1 John 5:14 (ESV) And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. Minus the key phrase in the above passag... View MoreHow things are supposed to be: 1 John 5:14 (ESV) And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. Minus the key phrase in the above passage, how things often are these days in this “itchy ears” society, unfortunately: “Pray, pray, pray...” “By His stripes we are healed”-types of misquotes... “Gimme, gimme, gimme...Agree, agree, agree...” “Either for me or for you, I declare it because I want to see thing happen that way...” Your Lord is your Savior, not some vending machine. People come to Jesus to be forgiven, not in order to have a fat wallet, a cool job, a big house, drive a fancy car, live a long time, and so on. Seeing all of the 2 Timothy 4:3-4 and / or James 4:3-type nonsense in the newsfeeds on a regular basis kind of makes a newsfeed either sickening to read anymore. (“Ohh...THAT’s not love,” many will say. Hindsight being 20/20, sadly, some of those same will eventually say, “Ohh. maybe it was.”) James 4:3 (ESV) You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. https://www.biblegateway.com/ Sometimes love must be tough. The desire is for everyone truly born again (see John 3:1-21 for more information) to hit as close to 100% of everything for which The Lord created that person. Since no one is perfect and there is no one righteous...AT ALL (Isaiah 64:6, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:21-26), and since also, The Word is clear that knowledge puffs up while love builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1), the other desire is that everybody comes to know what salvation is (2 Peter 3:8-9). Therein lies the motives. Salvation comes first. People are not saved BY good works but rather UNTO them. HUMONGOUS difference. According to Ephesians 5:11, instructions are to have nothing to do with the deeds of darkness but rather expose them, according to both Matthew 7:15 and 1 John 4:1 we are instructed to both beware of those who behave like ravenous wolves as well as to test the spirits and according to Matthew 24:23-25 we are instructed to be cautious of false christs and in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 we are told of people like “Word of Faith Movement”, “Prosperity Gospel”, “Name It / Claim It”, “Progressive Christianity”, “Faith Healers”, cults, false religions and the like. It’s only The Holy Spirit Who can guide into all truth (John 14:26, John 16:13), so the prayer is that the heart will be soft enough to recognize that truth when it arrives.

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