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Revenging All Disobedience

2nd Corinthians 10:3-6, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”

I think about this helpful text passage of Scripture often. Verse 5 teaches us how to live right, by bringing our thought into subjection to the inspired Word of God. This obviously means you must have some desire to live right for God. If a sinful thought enters into my mind (e.g., hate, lust or bitterness), I am commanded by God to immediately seize that thought, casting down every imagination that exalts itself against the Word of God. The Bible is always right folks! I have only been around on earth since 1967, but God has always been here! God has always existed, and always will. Who am I to go against a holy, omnipotent, omniscient, omnisapient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent God? Not me buddy! I am going to trust Him in all my ways. Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

Since we are flawed human beings, possessing an inherent sin nature passed down to each of us from Adam (Romans 5:12), we are not always going to obey God. As Christians, we are said to LIVE in the Spirit (Galatians 5:25a), that is to say, the Holy Spirit lives (indwells) inside all of us as God's children (Romans 8:9). The Apostle Paul said in 2nd Corinthians 11:3 that though we have to live in our human body (being in the flesh), yet Paul reminds us that our weapons are not carnal after the flesh, but MIGHTY THROUGH GOD. I love that! Humbly to me, this Bible passage from 2nd Corinthians 10:3-6 simply means two main things:

As God's children, we are commanded by our heavenly Father to cast down any and all thoughts that are in conflict with the inspired King James Bible.
When we fail, and we will sometimes, we must take revenge against all disobedience.

Expressed another way, I am to force my thinking to be aligned with God's thinking in His Word. I choose to be as narrow-minded as the King James Bible. I truly feel sorry for the person who has multiple Bible versions, all contradicting each other. I actually heard Pastor Marty Herron, saying to his church congregation in 2014 (at the Harvest Baptist Church on Guam) that he was surfing though different versions of the Bible online to prepare his sermon. Folks, that's like searching through a junk yard to find the best parts to piece your new car (or in Marty's case a sermonette) together. Please use only one Bible friend.

A pastor friend of mine recently said something that I really liked. He said that when a Bible gets corrupted, it's like a stream of water, and everything downstream also gets polluted. I think that is a great illustration! So if the Devil can corrupt the inspired and infallible Holy Bible, then he can corrupt the Bible colleges, corrupt the pastors coming our of those institutions, corrupt the church they pastor, corrupt the congregations, corrupt the families, and corrupt the next generation (who are today's impressionable children and youth). Right doctrine matters; therefore, having the right Bible matters!

The average Christian would blow a gasket when presented the notion that there could be two different Jesuses. That would be preposterous. Yet, why do tens of millions of professed Christians worldwide accept the notion that God has written 39 different Bible versions? Actually, as hard as this may be to grasp for some readers, according to the American Bible Society there are approximately 900 English Bibles in whole or part. Whoa! And if that's not bad enough, ChristianityToday published an article titled: “We Really Do Need Another Bible Translation.” Uh, no we don't! There is nothing wrong with the King James Bible.

I am so glad that God put Genesis chapter 3 in the Bible. In this passage we find the first Devil's Bible revision in Genesis 3:1. The subtle serpent uttered three words to Eve: “HATH GOD SAID?” In so doing, a SECOND AUTHORITY was raised up. God had commanded Adam and Eve in Genesis 2:16-17 that they could freely eat of all the trees, except one (Genesis 2:16-17). But in Genesis 3:1-5 the serpent changed it all around and told Eve that God said they couldn't eat of any of the trees. Satan turned the truth into lie, in such a subtle way that Eve didn't even notice what had been changed, and she bought into the deception!

We are living in perilous times in the world (2nd Timothy 3:1-7), and it will get much worse I assure you. How do I know that? Simply because the Bible prophecies that in the Last Days, things will return to the level of wickedness that preceded the flood of Noah's time (Matthew 24:37-39). Even so, come, Lord Jesus! I am so tired of this sinful world. As redeemed saint, I have learned to revenge all disobedience to the Word of God (2nd Corinthians 10:5-6). I don't want to drop the ball for God, anymore than I already have (and so have you dear friend - 1st John 1:10). But if I do fail, I am going to make a big deal out of it in my soul, and vow to myself never to make the same mistake, sin or failure again. That is what a Christian does! A person who doesn't learn from their sins, failures and mistakes is doomed to repeat them as a fool. Proverbs 26:11, “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”

Proverbs 24:16, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” I once looked up the Hebrew meaning of the words in this Bible verse. The word “fall” in the latter part of the verse is a completely different word and meaning, than the word “falleth” at the beginning of the passage. The former simply means to stumble; but the latter means to walk in an unstable manner. In other words, a righteous man tries to live for God, but sometimes fails, so he gets back up, taking revenge against all disobedience in his soul, determined not to repeat those mistakes and sins. However, the ungodly person is spiritually unstable, desiring to commit sin, and they have no intention of getting back up to please God by obeying Him (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

“There is a spirit of discouragement on churches like I've never seen before!” —Pastor Danny Castle, a quote from the sermon titled: “The Lost Generation”

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Before salvation we are known by our sins, but after salvation we are identified with the righteousness of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ took all our sin at the cross and now we have the privilege to have His righteous record placed on our account by childlike faith!

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Repentance unto salvation is turning to Jesus, not turning from sins.

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Repent of sins is NOT part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Inspiring Preacher Quotes

“The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.” —Evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935)

“I never thought, I'd see a day when Baptist preachers would not preach the true Gospel. Tonight, all across this nation, Baptist preachers have succumbed to the heresy of John MacArthur. I said the heresy of John MacArthur! I said the heresy of John MacArthur! And somebody that's got several thousand people to hear 'em, who can go across this country, has got to alert Baptists that we have false teachers in our midst who are no longer teaching and preaching salvation by grace through faith plus nothing. Folks, we're fighting for our lives tonight!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, "A Vote For Preaching"

“The ‘whosoever wills’ are the elect and the ‘whosoever won’ts,’ the non-elect.” —Pastor Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)

“Salvation is one thing and service is another, and never the two goes together. No man is saved because he serves, and no man has to serve because he is saved. Gotta keep them separate. And if you don't do it, the Scriptures will be confusing to you. You'll not rightly divide what God has to say.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, "Why Lordship Salvation Is Wrong"

“It is 'Good News' if no one must have good works before salvation, or after salvation. For salvation to truly be by grace, it must not have any stipulations of any kind at any time. Works before, during or after; works cannot be evidence of my salvation.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, "Does Calvinism Change The Gospel?"

"The LAW and the GOSPEL are two keys—the law is the key that shuteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out. Remember this, if you're depending upon your own good works to get you to Heaven, you're lost! Your salvation had to be purchased with something that was incorruptible, with the precious blood of Jesus Christ!” —Pastor Ralph 'Yankee' Arnold, Bibleline Radio Show, "The Precious Blood Of Christ"

“Works cannot be the evidence of salvation. If works are required as evidence, then they will prove that you are not saved. Your good works cannot prove you're saved; they can only prove that you're not, if you go by works. Why? Because you have to be perfect. So your works can only prove you're not saved. You have to live a perfect life. 'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.' You have to fulfill everything that is commanded, that you have to do them. You know that good works did not save you!” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, "Once Saved Always Saved: The Final Word"

“If all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, then why would you use those rags to prove that you're saved?” —Pastor Ralph 'Yankee' Arnold, sermon quote: "How Do I Know God Really Loves Me? - Part 2"

“The mistake the church has made, is we have taught people how to quote Scriptures, we haven't taught people how to love people!” —Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. (a beautiful quote from the sermon titled: "Developing A Process of Evangelism To Reach The Lost With The Gospel"

“May I ask you, reader, 'Are you a soulwinner?' Remember that a soulwinner is a salvager—one who leads a sinner to choose Christ and one who leads a saint to choose the will of God, the work of God and the plan of God.” ―Pastor Jack Hyles, "What Is Salvation?"

“Redemption is a work of God the Son. Regeneration is the work of God the Holy Spirit. Justification is the work of God the Father as He declares the sinner righteous in the Son. Conversion then becomes the work of the church as we change the use and purpose of a life.” ―Pastor Jack Hyles, "Conversion And Salvation" (chapter 3) from his book: "Salvation Is More Than Being Saved"

“If you do not put a difference between justification wrought by the man Christ without and sanctification wrought by the Spirit of Christ within, you are not able to divide the Word aright; but contrariwise, you corrupt the Word of God, and cast stumbling blocks before the people.” —Evangelist John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“I'm as happy as a June Bug on the 31st of May!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, "The Rapture Comes Before Armageddon"

“Many people are finding the broad way, because they listen to the wrong message. There is few that find the truth. And what's the difference between true Christianity, and all the religions of the world? If it's by Christ alone, it's GRACE. If you have anything to do with it, it's WORKS. And God says, 'For by Grace (Christ) are ye saved, and that not of yourselves (that would be works), it is the gift of God (not of works), lest any man should boast. So any person who depends upon themselves, can always lose their salvation. Check it out! Anybody who teaches you can lose it, it's because their salvation depends upon their works. That's them! That's works! If I depend upon Him, that's grace! I'm saved by grace, Christ. You don't earn it! You don't work for it. 'For by grace are ye saved through faith, that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.' Salvation is the gift of God!” —Pastor Ralph "Yankee" Arnold, a quote from the sermon titled: "The Damnable Doctrine Of The Devil"

“The pastors have destroyed the churches, and they've been trained by people that have never built churches, and they have no compassion.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, "Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard"

“America needs preaching!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, "Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard"

“Let God have your life; He can do more with it than you can.” —Dwight L. Moody

"Salvation is not doing your best, it is having Christ's best put to your account through receiving Him by faith.” —Pastor Max Younce

God will not save anyone who is trying to be saved, He will only save those who are trusting to be saved.

“The darker the night the brighter the stars.” —Pastor Bob Gray Sr.,“She Sojourned Seven Years”

Without Christ you have a hopeless end; with Christ you have an endless hope (Titus 1:2).

The false teaching of "Lordship Salvation" is not the SAME as "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:30-31).

Religion is man trying to reach God through human effort, but Christianity is God trying to reach man by the sacrifice of His only begotten Son on the cross.

“Now you listen to me folks! We're living in a world of compromising Christianity. I call it, 'The yuppie generation building yuppie churches!' Brother, we need the old-time Gospel, the old-time religion, the faith of our fathers, and the standards that America used to have!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, a quote from the sermon, “She Sojourned Seven Years”

“Every word in this Bible is inspired by God almighty!” —Dr. Jack Hyles, a quote from the sermon, “A Friend At Midnight”

“A man doesn't get better to get saved; he gets saved to get better.” —Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995), “Salvation Crystal Clear”

“The greatest enemy you have is a church that doesn't teach the Bible!” —Pastor Max D. Younce, “#1 Salvation THROUGH The Blood”

“Lordship Salvation is the unsupportable and unbiblical belief that the performance of good works, the promise of good works, or the evidence of good works, must accompany faith in Christ to establish or provide evidence that such faith has resulted in eternal life.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, “Jesus Versus John MacArthur”

“If you're not being persecuted, you're not living right!” —Pastor Danny Castle, “How To Behave In Perilous Times”

“You know what you need to do with your life? You need to get on the ball and take as many people out of here to Heaven with you as you can possibly round up. That's what you need to do.” —Pastor Danny Castle, “How To Behave In Perilous Times”

“God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of.” —Pastor Dwight L. Moody (1836-1899)

“More people will die and burn in Hell, because they're trusting too much!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, a precious quote from the MP3 sermon, “Yea, Yea, And Nay, Nay!”

“Everything that's hard and complicated about salvation is God's side of it!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, a precious quote from the MP3 sermon, “Yea, Yea, And Nay, Nay!”

The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty!

“See, when you trusted Christ, He delivered you from the PENALTY [of sin]. You never have to pay for it again. Now that you are saved, He wants to save you from the very POWER of sin in your life. And then one day, He's going to deliver us from the very PRESENCE of sin.” —Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold, “Sanctification Explained”

“We ought to realize our standing with God as sons and daughters. He will not "un-child" His children. God has not only adopted us, but we are His by birth; we have been born into His kingdom. The children of God are not perfect, but we are perfectly His children.” —Pastor Dwight L. Moody

Bible repentance is a change of mind from denying THE TRUTH “to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will” (2nd Timothy 2:25-26).

“Faith without works is DEAD FAITH; and works without faith is DEAD WORKS.” —Pastor Steven Anderson, “Repentance And Faith”

“Which comes first, repentance or faith? In Scripture we read, 'Repent ye, and believe the gospel.' Yet we find true believers exhorted to 'repent, and do the first works.' So intimately are the two related that you cannot have one without the other. The man who believes God repents; the repentant soul puts his trust in the Lord when the Gospel is revealed to him. Theologians may wrangle over this, but the fact is, no man repents until the Holy Spirit produces repentance in his soul through the truth. No man believes the Gospel and rests in it for his own salvation until he has judged himself as a needy sinner before God. And this is repentance.” (Except Ye Repent, p. 16)

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