Can you sin by using assisted pregnancy or artificial insemination?

To understand what could be wrong,
see Sex and Marriage - The Plain Truth
 

Wonderful Yom Kippur! (Day Of Atonement)
Remember and honor God's atonement for our sins by His blood and
New Covenant in Christ Jesus/HaMashiach Yahushua. Confess and
ask God's forgiveness for your sins today, in general and specifically.
Being specific is best. God said if we confess our sins He will forgive
(1 John 1:9), so don't keep them private thinking it doesn't matter.
It matters to God. Remember, too, it is only through the New
Covenant of Grace in Jesus/Yahushua that our sins are guaranteed to
be wiped away by a simple acknowledgment of faith, so confess your
belief in Christ/HaMashiach to someone. There is no more need to go
through high priests or make animal sacrifices like the Jews must
do under the Law of Moses.
 

Respect the Lord's servants. Leave behind strife and anger.
Arguing is not the Lord's way (2 Timothy 2:14, Titus 2:1-9,3:9-10; James 5:9; 1 Peter 3:8-12).
There is too much fighting in the church and brethren
go so far as to call each other devils and the like. But anyone who
comes in the Name of Jesus Christ should be respected. Do not
call each other devils or claim others are of the enemy. You risk
blaspheming the Holy Spirit, a sin God does not forgive, even
though Christ's blood atones all sin (Matthew 12:24-32; Mark 3:22-30;
Luke 11:15,12:10; 1 John 1:7).

How do you know someone is not acting and speaking by the Spirit?
You may simply not understand things, just as the Jews did not
understand Jesus or His servants. There is much the church
disagrees on, but we must exercise discipline and respect for
each other. Do not assume you or the church knows everything
correctly, but be willing to give up erroneous viewpoints and
examine things very, very closely (1 Thessalonians 5:19-21).
 

Excess of pride brought our nations low. More rebuilding through
pride will not bring prosperity. Campaigns that showcase making
our nations strong again and rebuilding national pride have
missed why they've come to this point.

They've turned their backs on God and what is right. God makes
nations great, but He will bring them down if they do not come to
what is right after straying. The United States, especially, has been
given wake-up calls through 9-11 and financial upheavals, yet
instead of humbly seeking to make things right with God, nations
continue to stand proud in their own logic, strength and promises -
they simply continue oblivious to what will guarantee permanent
healing and prosperity. The only way back to blessing and promise
is through God. May it be in Christ Jesus. Amen.
 

 

 

Purim is approaching and people are preparing to celebrate
God's deliverance in times of peril. Some also speak of faith to
overcome threats of every incarnation of "Amalek" or forces trying
to destroy God's People. However, the Jews and Church alike don't
realize how deeply ingrained those incarnations of Amalek have
infiltrated their midst as false beliefs and teachings. Those threats
are just as dangerous as those of Haman against the Jews in
Babylon, which Purim goes with. They have been destroying God's
People for millennia, so when Purim begins tomorrow at sundown,
pray for the Lord's People to come out of those threats and bring
them into the purity and righteousness God desires of His People -
Jew and Christian alike.
 

Remember St. Patrick's Day is not about Irish patriotism or partying.
Pubs used to close on St. Patrick's Day in Ireland.

God saved and blessed Ireland through Christ and Saint Patrick. And the Irish flag
symbolizes lasting peace (white) between the green Catholics and orange Protestants.
Let there be unity because there is truly only one Church under God.

Níl Lá Fhéile Pádraig tírghrá na hÉirean ach craic. Dhún tithe tábhairne inniu.

Cuimhnigh ar chuir Dia a bheannacht ar Éirean le Críost agus Pádraig.

Righteous government is not run by petty politics.

The President did his job by nominating a capable and qualified

Supreme Court Justice, yet Senate Republicans are refusing to

even review Merrick Garland's nomination. He is well regarded

by both Democrats and Republicans alike, yet politicians

blocking the nomination suggest it should be held off because

it is an election year. They have no truly legitimate reasons to

block the nomination like this and are serving to make

government a mockery. Righteous leaders will do their jobs

without putting personal opinions or alliances in the way.

 

Righteous leaders should not do their jobs with
bias for their opinions or allegiances.

Why are political leaders saying they will not even review the
president's Supreme Court nomination for a replacement when it
is his job to nominate a justice and it is their job to review it?

A righteous government is not run by politics,
but by impartial logic and wisdom.
 

The church is cursed for preaching the wrong things.
Everyone who comes with a gospel that is not the True Gospel is
cursed (Galatians 1:8-9). The Catholic Church, Mormon Church and
others who worship Mary, angels, and the saints, and preach
incorrect salvation in Christ or God are cursed to be blinded. That is
why they're given "reinforcement" to their beliefs, like miracles
associated with the Virgin Mary. However, God did not send many of
those apparitions of Mary and the way the church tests things is
flawed. The enemy has real spiritual powers, too. They were once
God's angels and can work signs and wonders that are not from God
(2 Thessalonians 2:9), so test all spirits correctly (1 John 4:1) and remember
that angels or saints sent by God do not allow themselves to be
worshipped (Acts 10:26; Revelation 22:9).

The True Gospel is based on the fulfillment of covenant.
The New Covenant, like all of God's conditional covenants, has terms
to fulfill and keep - confess your belief in Jesus to another person
and never deny that belief to anyone (Matthew 10:32-33; Romans 10:9-10).
Faith alone is not enough to be saved into God's Kingdom through
Christ for you must be born again of God's Spirit, which happens
when we make our confession of faith in Jesus to another person
(John 3:5-7; Matthew 10:32-33; Romans 10:9-10). Salvation by baptism or
other acts is not the True Gospel.
 

God never wanted Saint Valentine or Valentine's Day
to be associated with romantic love or lovers.
That connection is actually of the enemy, like the pushing of
"Christmas" spirit and Easter celebration without God or Christ
in them. It sets our focus on the wrong things.

There were many saints named Valentine and history records
at least three of them being martyred on February 14th, however,
the significance of their deaths on the same day has nothing to do
with romantic or worldly love. There is significance to the meaning
of the number 214 or 2-14, though. It refers to the final promised
 return of Christ at the end of this age¹, so if anything should be
done on the 14th of February, it should be a remembrance
of Jesus' promises that the saints died for.

¹ The Meaning of Numbers at 3rdCompass.org:
http://3rdcompass.org/core/network?c=jrnl&obj=8605559625949730792
 

A common misused myth of the church:
"God is not the author of confusion" (1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV).
It should be translated, "God is not a God of disorder" (NIV),
which goes with the proper context of the Scripture there - of keeping
order in the church. The verse does not mean God never
gives or makes confusing or misleading things,
which many people have referenced it for.

God does create and speak in very confusing ways. His host
includes lying spirits who He sends for various reasons
(1 Kings 22:19-23; 2 Chronicles 18:18-22). His whole creation was made
very confusingly to test faith in man, to see if we trust Him or
what we see with our eyes. Note how He made the universe
and our world to appear ancient. And what appears to be
"evolution" without God and its evidence in fossil records and
DNA is not as straightforward as the world thinks.
God hid the details very well. I wrote about the science of these
things in my first book, 3rd Compass.

God hides the truth to test us. He hides many other things for
other reasons. God's Spoken Guidance, Scripture, and many of
His parables and prophecies are deliberately confusing. Jesus'
disciples were even confused by things He said. God obscures
things because it is His Will, it tests us, and some people are
cursed to be blind to the truth (Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:15; Mark 4:12;
John 9:39; Acts 28:27; Romans 11:7-10; Galatians 1:8-9). Other times, the full
truth is hidden so that people who consider themselves wise
and prudent are proved wrong. Having pride in our own
thinking is bad, while leaning on and completely trusting what
the Lord says is true is very important. We must not think or
act with gut reactions, but look deeper to understand the world,
God and His Kingdom as they truly are.
 

Disciplining children appropriately can include physical punishment.
Withholding corporal punishment is not God's way.
The world is full of excessive ungodly love that focuses more
on being kind than long term well-being.

The Lord said, "Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and
beatings purge the inmost being" (Proverbs 20:30) and "He who
withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him
disciplines him diligently" (Proverbs 13:24), so truly loving our
children is not to be lax in giving appropriately forceful
discipline. That includes physical punishment.
What is the rod of Proverbs 13:24 used for after all?

Spanking is not abuse, but we must never hit out of anger.
We must always be in control or our kids will only see
unreasonable, out of control rage, which is counterproductive.
If possible, let children choose a spanking over a longer but
less physical punishment. God disciplines and punishes us
similarly (Hebrews 12:4-11, Proverbs 13:24; Jeremiah 46:28; 1 Chronicles 21:11-12).
Doing that to our children doesn't mean we are unforgiving
parents. So long as the discipline is not abusive and we hold
no unforgiveness, forceful discipline means we love our children
enough to guide them firmly so they make the right choices in
the future and turn away from sin without being tempted by it.
That is a major reason why fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom (Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7, 9:10).
 

Promoting belief in prosperity or triumph without God is dangerous

It spreads darkness and blinds people to the truth when
enthusiasm omits Who is truly behind all things. So don't cry,
"Believe!" or "Believe in yourself!" or "Believe it's destiny!"
without acknowledging God controls all. He is in everyone's life
and provides for all whether they believe in Him or not.

"He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends
rain on the righteous and the unrighteous" (Matthew 5:45).

God gives material blessings to everyone as He sees fit and for
His purposes, but the blessings of His Kingdom, both
material/temporal and eternal, can only be given to those who
are in it. See how you fit in and whether or not you are truly in
His Kingdom through Christ, so you can gain all the blessings
of God's promises for His People.
 

A wonderful, blessed and joyous Christmas to everyone!
Nollaig iontach beannaithe agus lán d'áthas!

The peace of Christ's coming be on you all. Amen.
 

Darkness Masquerades As Light
Stop mixing up and supporting man-made traditions with those
of God. Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's Day, and many other
holidays once meant to honor things of God, quickly became tainted
with ideas and traditions that turn focus away from God and Christ.

What may seem like harmless magic and celebration has made
people forget God, so leave the make-believe Santa Clauses,
fairies, and other ideas that omit God. Modern notions of joy
and spirit in Christmas/Easter/etc. without Christ only serve to
make us lean on temporary joys. Truth will be much more
valuable to people in the long run than having temporary fun
in make-believe magic.

God supplies much more real world "magic" than we can
possibly imagine, so stop teaching people to put faith in
make-believe instead of God. Keep the make-believe just that
by saying what is really true and what is not. Pretending that
fairytales are true for our children will only have them focus on
temporary joys and keep bad traditions alive.
 

Too late for America to stem gun violence and death?

IrishCentral.com posted an article about how Americans could
prevent the violence and death we're seeing in law enforcement.
We are too eager to draw guns and use deadly force instead of
first trying to de-escalate a situation. I believe this attitude
comes from American culture's widespread acceptance and
glorifying of violence. Popular entertainment is full of it.

I know law enforcement here is trained to use negotiation and
de-escalation, but I don't believe officers are trained well
enough or are using it as much as they should. It comes from
giving in to fear and gut reactions instead of using more logic
and compassionate responses.

But I wonder if it's too late for our society because using
violence is so saturated in this culture. When the general public
is quick to draw guns, then should law enforcement keep theirs
holstered? I think, yes. They should be expected to set higher
examples and if you're Christian it's all the more important,
because the Lord does not want us to retaliate with violence
(Matthew 5:39; Luke 6:29; Romans 12:19). We are also to depend wholly
on the Lord for protection, so we should not fear threats of any kind.
Depending on physical measures, like guns and weapons, for
your safety instead of God will always fail. We all need to learn
how to gain blessings of protection from the Lord.
"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (Psalm 103:2)


Reference: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Could-Scottish-and-Irish-law-enforcement-help-American-police-tackle-gun-deaths.html
 

Christian radio and music is diminishing God.
When worship music is constantly played without your full
attention to giving God your time and praise, it detracts from
His glory and ceases to be worship and meaningful.
Save worship music for worship time and
make it acceptable and pleasing to the Lord.
Don't let your offerings and sacrifices become unacceptable
to God by not having your heart in it (Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:5).

What is worship music? It is meant to set our focus on God,
bring His Presence, express our feelings and praise, and exalt Him.
We should be singing to God in worship, not just singing about Him.
Isn't He literally with us? So turn off the worship music for the right
times and use more general Christian songs if you want to listen regularly.
 

Aimless preaching and sharing of God's Word does more harm
for furthering His Kingdom than help it, especially if the
meaning and purpose of His Word is skewed or used incorrectly.
We are to preach the Gospel to all peoples and nations, but it is
not to be aimless and unguided by God. Social media is too full
of this scattered preaching. God has His timing for things and
knows what He wants shared, when, and how. Timing is
important. Individual approaches are important. God knows
what is best for the circumstances and your place in His
Kingdom, so don't preach aimlessly to everyone. Most people
you want to evangelize will just tune out. Instead, wait on
guidance from God for all your ministry activities, like posting
on social media. It is His Kingdom and Church, after all, and we
all need to let Him run it as He sees fit. May you all be blessed
in learning how to do that through Christ Jesus. Amen.
 

Two Big Myths Perpetuated By The Church
About Spiritual Warfare

1. Bad spirits cannot read your mind - UNTRUE. People with
bad spirits can converse with them all in their minds. Multiple
personality disorders are actually people cursed with demons.
We only have one true soul-self. Mind reading can also be an
ability of spirits, so any spirit (good or bad) with that ability
around you could read your mind. The enemy can simply
whisper into your mind. It's a ploy of the enemy to make you
think all your thoughts are your own. That's a reason why we
need to filter all thoughts by the standards of Christ and God's Will.

2. Evil spirits only come from Satan - UNTRUE. God sent
wicked spirits to people for different reasons, such as lying
spirits so they could work an end in the Lord's plans
(Judges 9:23; 1 Samuel 16:14-15,18:10,19:9; 1 Kings 22:19-23; 2 Chronicles 18:18-22).
Satan did not attack Job simply because he could. In fact, he
could not, because Job was protected by righteousness in
following God's commandments. God sent Satan to Job for his
testing and refinement, and He continues to do it today for our
own betterment and testing. God created all spirits, and He can
use anything and anyone to get something done, so don't
assume God isn't behind bad events. Seek and know God's Will
in everything so you do not go against it.
 

Cancer and chronic illness are everywhere. They're especially
apparent in the church where we should be blessed as a
People of God. Why?

The Lord said, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6).
He speaks about how they do not understand sin or its consequences
correctly. Sin is breaking God's laws and commands, not man's laws or
whatever man may think are God's laws (1 John 3:4; Romans 3:20; Romans 7:7).
And curses are simply  judgment for sin - any negative consequence,
like serious illness, loss of property/wealth, accidents, etc.,
so it's certainly possible for people of God to be both blessed and cursed,
even when we have eternal salvation in Christ.

Come out of false beliefs and understand what God says is sin today.
Then leave it behind so more bad things do not happen to you
or your family (our sin can affect our children and vice versa;
Exodus 20:5; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 5:9; Jeremiah 2:9,32:18).

That's why Jesus told the man He healed,
"Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you" (John 5:14).

Curses will come back even though God may grant healing.
It's because if we keep sinning, we can be accused of sin again.
 

Jew and Christian, bound to be one in Christ -
Hanukkah should not just be a remembrance of rededicating
God's temple in Jerusalem. It needs to be linked to God's
dedication of new temples in the Body of Christ Jesus -
through Him and all who are saved in Him. Jesus' coming and
our spiritual rebirth through Him with God's Spirit in us are
miracles as real as the one remembered in Hanukkah.

The Lord said of His People, "I will heal them; I will guide them
and restore comfort to Israel's mourners" (Isaiah 57:18), and so
His promise came as Jesus said, "I will destroy this temple
made with hands, and in three days I will build another
made without hands." (Mark 14:48; John 2:19)

Jesus' death and resurrection marked the new age of dedicating
God's temple within His People through salvation in Jesus.
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit,
Who is in you, Whom you received from God after your
confession of faith in Christ Jesus? ...the temple of God is holy
and that is what you are."
(1 Corinthians 3:17,6:19, Romans 10:10, 1 John 4:15; Acts 2:38)

Remember this, Jew and Christian alike, for we are one in Christ
(Ephesians 2:11-16)
 

The more we know of the truth of God and spiritual things,
the more the Lord reveals to us and the harder the tests of
faith become. Hold fast to your faith in the Lord in Christ Jesus
no matter what may come. Likewise, the more we deny God,
the more blind we become to the true nature of things.

God taps everyone on the shoulder with small signs and wonders in our lives. Don't dismiss them as mere coincidence or accident. There is meaning in it. Look further and open the door to more in the purpose of your life and the universe.
 

PARABLE OF THE SHREWD MANAGER
It's not just about making friends with God's wealth.

Its hidden meaning supports how God wants us to tithe today and that
the church truly does rob Him as He prophesied in Malachi 3:8-9 for our time.

See the details and become a righteous steward of God's money in
"Properly Handling God's Tithe & Our Taxes"

Israel, you remember the miracle of Hanukkah to re-dedicate
God's temple, but the miracle of your Messiah's birth to
dedicate imperishable temples in every believer was lost
behind your covered eyes.
Open them now and review the Scriptures
to see how Christ Jesus fulfilled them.

"Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great
number of people and animals in it. And I Myself will be a
Wall Of Fire around it and I will be its Glory within.
Come! Come! ...for I have scattered you to the four winds
of heaven," declares the Lord. (Zechariah 2:4-6)

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the
Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom you received from God
after your confession of faith in Christ Jesus?
(1 Corinthians 6:19, Romans 10:10, 1 John 4:15; Acts 2:38)

Come, Israel. Come, Jews. Come, All.
Build New Jerusalem...

Someone said "Expectation is the root of all heartache,"
but actually it is "Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." (Proverbs 13:12)

"Keep what is worth keeping
and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away."
- Dinah M. Craik

Betrothal or being engaged to be married is a
binding covenant relationship just as marriage is.

A betrothed woman is called a wife in both the Old and New Testament
(Deuteronomy 22:24, Matthew 1:24). Joseph and Mary (mother of Jesus),
were still betrothed when she gave birth to Jesus (Luke 2:5),
yet she was called his wife before then (Matthew 1:24).

Engagement is a very serious relationship. Historically, Jews
required a legal divorce to separate from a betrothal.

Do not let promises of love and marriage fly from your
mouth so readily. Be absolutely certain you will bring them
to completion - into marriage and into death.

Breaking promises, vows or oaths is a serious sin, which is why
we are told not to pledge so readily (Matthew 5:33-37, James 5:12).

God often gives freely and promises,
but He usually does not say when.

Abraham waited 13 years for God's promise of
a son to inherit all he had before Isaac was born.

God promised Himself as Jesus Christ in the flesh
many hundreds of years before He was born by Mary.

Many years is the norm for God's promises
to sprout from their seeds, so if you know He said it,
Keep Faith, Hold on with Patience,
His Promises are always kept...

Studies show our will power is limited. Resisting temptations
and climbing to the heights fail when we rely on ourselves,
so before failure even has a glance at you, rest in Christ
continually and ask for His Power to overcome your obstacles;
to change your very being, so you can leave behind sin
as well as any bad habits you should be rid of.

Only God's Power is unlimited and
can change you and all things permanently.

Important things cry in soft Words and eyes of Truth;
Those leaves drop as teardrops in rain, a sad refrain;
Lost in a flood, they find no harbor to anchor the soul;
Leaves of life, made to nourish one whole;
Trodden upon and lost in noise, the story runs unheard;
Such is the Bride's story; Is it yours?

http://3rdcompass.com/core/network?c=jrnl&obj=5046731480754762728

The destiny we make for ourselves is never
the same as the Destiny God wrote for us.
Learn how to walk in your True Destiny.
God's Plan is always better.

A jar filled with pebbles and sand can still be filled
further with water, but not by much.

If the pebbles and sand are unsound, false beliefs, and
the water is Truth, then the jar is like ourselves - full of
rocky notions that are the dust of the Earth.

To understand the Full Truth, we must empty ourselves of the
rocks, sand and dust so we can be full of Water that is pure
and filtered. Heavenly things cannot be understood with small
amounts of Truth or contamination from the dust of the Earth.

Could we ever grow up with cupcakes
and candy stores on every corner?

The soul who suffers knows all the better...
Without pain there is no healing.
Without sorrow there is no joy.
Without death there is no renewal.
 

Having good manners, respecting elders, helping others
when you can, etc... isn't "Old School."

That's how it's supposed to be.
 

Seek friendships, that which are close and complementary.

The power of together is uncountable.

Two people can support each other and "a cord of three
strands is not quickly broken."
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)