Why Is EVERYTHING Weird These Days?

[acptulsa]

Once again, "underestimating" is not even a category of thought that is valid for me. You go on hand-wringing about the imaginary powers of the devil's henchmen. Scripture tells us they are already defeated, John 16:11.

You'll wait for me to catch up? Pride goeth before a fall.

I'm not worried about whether God will win in the end. Catch up with this: I'm trying to keep people from selling their souls to the very real power of the devil to claim them.

We could use some more warriors on the front-line with actual conviction and actual faith in the power of God, instead of this constant whimpering about how we supposedly don't know the "power" of the dark side.

A friend is mad at me. Once upon a time she was screwing up big time, and her kids were taken away and placed in her brother's custody. She straightened up, but her brother still didn't trust her and wouldn't let the kids and her spend time together.

Her son was in puberty and feeling a real need to get re-acquainted with his mother. So, I pissed off both the brother and the sister. This gave them a common enemy, and because they had a common enemy, they started communicating again. I got her what she wanted (I did it for her son, but nevertheless) and she's still screeching autistically about me. Kind of like you're doing. She not only can't figure out the Lord's mysterious ways, she can't even figure out mine.

The Bible says Heaven is for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Jesus said an honest publican has a better shot at heaven than the holy hypocrite. I don't believe and I'm not saying that Trump supporters won't get into heaven, but when I goad Mordan into admitting that he doesn't care how many people are screwed and impoverished by Fed printing (and 2020 showed us who the champion currency killer is) because he's able to do bitcoin keys on his own computer and anyone who can't deserves what they get like Darwin's poster boy, I think I help some people sidestep one of the devil's traps.

Maybe that's just chutzpah on my part. But you shouting that it doesn't matter when the End Times are pretty obviously the devil's minefield, the last chance to separate the wheat from the chaff, well, it makes me think of Matthew Six. Fundies (not saying you are one) think God wants shouted hosannas, but when He took human form and walked the earth He went looking for a dozen fishers of men, shepherds to watch over His flock.

Matthew Six says public declarations aren't what God's after. Public declarations of faith aren't always attempts to spread the Good News, sometimes they're just a way to show off. Getting one's heart in the right place is a lot like work, and sometimes the best way to do it is the sneaky way. But it's all good. Judge me all you want. I have more cheeks to turn.

 

[jmdrake]

Yup, there you have it.

And "they" are slowly getting beaten back, around the world, from Argentina to Albania.

Small victories to be sure but it is infuriating and scaring "them", because the core tenant of Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism/Maoism is the utter invincibility of the state and it's power.

I see a lot of people saying this is a fake. Was there something else you wanted me to look at?

So is the head of the Teamsters Union speaking at the RNC a small victory for or against communism?

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...an-O-Brien-savages-big-business-in-RNC-speech

 

[ClaytonB]

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None of what you wrote has anything to do with your constant black-pilling and is just changing the subject to avoid talking about it.

I'm not worried about whether God will win in the end. Catch up with this: I'm trying to keep people from selling their souls to the very real power of the devil to claim them.

"You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above" -- the devil no longer has any power, John 16:11 and many others. It was shattered at the Cross. Since the Resurrection, the devil has just been on death row, awaiting execution of the sentence. The end of the Age will not be a harvest for the devil, it will be a harvest for God, and the devil will finally be hurled out into the lake of fire (no take-backs, just like he wanted!) So no, the devil does not even have power to claim anyone's soul. He's utterly defeated and awaiting sentencing. Peter informs us he prowls around seeking to devour people but that comes with the caveat that he is prowling on a leash, so the only way to be devoured is to go wandering within reach of the devil's leash (that is, to live in sin). There are many still in reach of that leash, and the Gospel is about getting people beyond the perimeter of the devil's leash. But this is not "power", it's the opposite of power. The Gospel is power. Jesus has all power in heaven and earth (Matt. 28:18) The devil is a condemned inmate, awaiting his sentence in the lake of fire.

... the Lord's mysterious ways...

God's ways are higher than your ways, Is. 55:8,9. That is why the only path forward is the Gospel. We don't even know how to pray properly, Rom. 8:26.

I goad Mordan into admitting that he doesn't care how many people are screwed and impoverished by Fed printing (and 2020 showed us who the champion currency killer is) because he's able to do bitcoin keys on his own computer and anyone who can't deserves what they get like Darwin's poster boy, I think I help some people sidestep one of the devil's traps.

OK, I'm not saying everything you write is false. My criticism always comes when you're black-pilling, because it's the black-pill that is pure poison. The devil is the sole supplier of black-pills, and spreading them around does not help the Gospel. I will not be cowed by the so-called "power" of the dark-side... they are already defeated. The only question facing me is how and where God wants me to march in the Gospel column. The victory has already been secured. Little known fact, the end of the world will not be a battle, there is not a single line of Scripture that supports this utter myth. Satan wants to believe it will be a battle, but it won't be. It will just be a slaughter, Rev. 19:11ff.

the End Times are pretty obviously the devil's minefield, the last chance to separate the wheat from the chaff

See, you consistently get it backwards and this is what I continue to challenge in your posts. It is not the devil who sifts the world, it is Jesus and his angels:

"His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Matt. 3:12)

Fundies (not saying you are one) think God wants shouted hosannas, but when He took human form and walked the earth He went looking for a dozen fishers of men, shepherds to watch over His flock.

Right, and liberals consistently misunderstand the Second Coming to be some kind of reprise of the first. It won't be. Jesus's return will be nothing like his life on earth, it will be the opposite in every way. 2 Thess. 1:6-10 tells us that he is returning to take vengeance. The Gospel is a revenge-tale. Jesus isn't coming back to give the world a cosmic bro-hug, he's coming back to literally burn it all down, as revenge against the wickedness of those who have rebelled against God. So yes, God does indeed want our Hosannas, shouted to the sky, and so they will be. On that day, there will be those who are shouting Hosanna, and there will be those who are being destroyed by fire from heaven. Those are the only two groups.

Getting one's heart in the right place is a lot like work, and sometimes the best way to do it is the sneaky way. But it's all good. Judge me all you want. I have more cheeks to turn.

Not judging anybody. Just calling foul ball on the black-pilling.