THEMES
FOR THE WEEK:
By
Trevor Davis
www.soundingthealarm.com
INDEX
To
THEMES FOR THE WEEK (Weekly Index for easy reference)
September
1, 2011
1.
“Are You A Disciple?”.
“Are You A Follower
Of Jesus Christ?”
A.
This is a vital question that each and every professing Christian
must answer.
B. Do you follow Jesus? Do you walk with Him?
Are you walking in the light as He is in the light?
C. Are
you sure you are not trusting 'thought' as opposed to authentic
conversion through faith which manifests a transformation in you?
D.
Many in the Christian World trust they are saved due to many false
ideals such as “going to church”, or, they give money to
the church or some other good work.
E. Many say they believe
but they do not know the Lord.
F. Many say they believe yet
they deny Him by their lifestyle.
G. Many say they are
believers yet they do not know the Word of God nor desire to know the
Word.
H. Too many professing Christians have a religious
culture identity but are not true disciples of Jesus and they will be
rejected by Jesus when they stand before Him.
I. Jesus said,
“Mat
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity and Mat
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity andMat 25:41 Then shall he say also
unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
J.
Today, the majority of the Christian Church World is participant on
a religious level of a culture rather than authentic spiritual
conversion in Jesus Christ. Thus, we have too many people walking in
the broad and wide way that leads to destruction. These are those
who walk in the flesh and are contrary to all godliness. They do not
abide in Christ and they do not have the Word of God abiding in them.
They are people of the flesh. They are not born again. They do not
know the voice of the Lord nor do they do as He commands. They are
foolish ones that build their lives on sand. When the storm shall
come, the great vehement winds and waves shall buffet their lives and
great will be the destruction for those who have not heeded the voice
of the Lord and been wise building their lives on the foundation of
faith and obedience to Christ the Lord.
Mat
7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock. Mat 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which
built his house upon the sand: Mat 7:27 And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
2.
If You Are A Spiritual Leader Are You Making Disciples?
A.
Disciples or monsters?
B. What is it that the Church World
has produced for the most part? Hearers only? The unchanged?
Lovers of this world?
C. Today, we have a preponderance of
religious people being entertained by a silly milquetoast “white
bread” gospel with worldly music that titillates the masses.
Drunken sailors-'how dry I am'; without the Spirit, twice dead,
clouds without rain...trees without fruit.
Jude's
description of these gone astray ones...
D.
God commands that if a man will be a teacher then they should speak
according to His Word.
E. God commands those who lead in
His name make disciples and not religious corrupt people who have
false conversions and pseudo faith.
F. Paul the apostle was a
man who loved Jesus Christ and loved the followers of Jesus. He said
he was jealous for them with godly jealousy and desired to espouse
them to the Bridegroom. Paul the apostle wrote that he desired that
the believers in Christ be chaste, holy, ready for the Master.
2Cr
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have
espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste
virgin to Christ.
G.
Paul's concern that the faithful in Christ would be misled and
corrupted has come to pass in our day on a grand scale.
2Cr
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ. 2Cr 11:4 For if he that cometh
preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye
receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].
3.
The “Many” That Shall Fall Away-- Or Walk Away From Jesus
In The Last Days Is Coming To Pass.
A.
2Pe
2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom
the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
B.
Matthew
24:10 Many shall be offended
C.
2Th
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not
come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition
D.
Mat
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many. And, Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many.
E.
Many shall fall away because the Word of God is shallow in their
hearts. Many shall not understand and Satan steals the Word of God
that was sown in their heart. Many shall give up when persecution
and affliction for the Word of God comes. Many shall have the Word
of God CHOKED by the cares of life and the lusts of other things
dominating their lives. Jesus'
disertatin on the Word of God in the heart and how it may become of
no effect. The Parable of the Sower and the Seed--Matthew 13.
F.
Many say they believe in the cross of Jesus but they themselves have
not crucified their flesh as the Word of God commands. They do not
glory in the cross of Christ and thus, their flesh is alive and well
sinning unto death.
Gal
2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
for me. And, Gal 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified
unto me, and I unto the world.
4.
What Is The Message Of God?
A.
The pure milk of the Word of God.
B. The gospel of Jesus
Christ. THE
GOSPEL: Links in scripture on this message. A wonderful read.
C.
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God. The
Gospel of the Kingdom
D.
The Living Word of God that calls all men to repentance and faith in
Jesus Christ. Act
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent:
E.
Prepare for the Bridegroom for He cometh. Psa
96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the
earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people
with his truth. And, Psa 98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to
judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the
people with equity.
F.
The Everlasting Gospel, the Judgment of God Almighty, the patience
of the saints... Rev
14:6 ¶ And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
G.
The Unchanging Message of God, the gospel of Jesus Christ and His
Kingdom. Isa
8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according
to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
5.
What The Message Of God Is
Not.
A.
Ecumenicism. Synthesizing all religions into one.
B. A
“new way”. A “new thing”.
C.
Reinventing the Church. Reinventing Christianity. These are titles
of books by false teachers.
Reinventing
the Church Links: Also, counter expose on these false movements.
D.
“We are gods”. Today, many profess this false gospel
message that humanity must realize their godhood. New Age, false
religions as well as heretical teachers of the Word of Faith movement
and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) are now promoting. They are
akin to the false teacher Oprah Winfrey and her New Age gospel of
godhood. Note people such as Barbara Marx Hubbard:
Expose
article on New Age and Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Links
Heresy of Barbara Marx Hubbard
E.
Focusing, analyzing, surmising, prognosticating regarding the
catastrophic judgments that are underway. Especially when the Jesus
is not mentioned, the gospel is not proclaimed, nor the use of
scripture. Too much fascination on events and not a real walk with
Jesus Christ.
F. Regurgitating conjecture, opinions,
misinformation, disinformation and the like. Too many people profess
the lingo of these things but not the gospel and the Word of God. It
is the Word of God that God uses to bring conviction.
6.
Glenn Beck The False Teacher.
A.
This is a very serious issue at hand. Many professing Christians and
“leaders” are joining with Glenn Beck, a devout Mormon
celebrity, that promotes a false gospel, a false Jesus,
political-ism, nationalism, patriotism, and even moral issues.
B.
Glenn Beck has authored a book in which he states there are many
paths to God which is contrary to the specific teaching of Jesus in
Jhn
14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
C.
Glenn Beck stated in a practice run of the recent Jerusalem meeting
that “there are three peoples, three faiths and three paths to
God”.
In the actual meeting in Jerusalem, Glenn Beck made it
known that he is a Mormon. He stated that he was raised a Catholic,
trained by Jesuits, and then became a Mormon after his careful study
and analysis of counter Mormonism materials. He is not a casual
mistaken Mormon. He full well realizes that Mormon doctrine teaches
that “God was once a man who became God, and that man shall
also become god if they follow Mormon doctrine.
D. Glenn Beck
has also professed in his teaching, that there is no lake of fire or
eternal judgment of hell as Jesus is recorded as teaching. Who do
you believe? Glenn Beck? Jesus Christ?
E. Glenn Beck
teaches a different Jesus and another gospel. Why are droves of
professing Christians partnering with such a man for the sake of
Americanism, patriotism and an American way of life?
Eph
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove [them].
2Jo
1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of
Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he
hath both the Father and the Son. 2Jo 1:10 If there come any unto
you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house,
neither bid him God speed:
F.
“F” for failure to follow Jesus Christ. This F is for
leaders and followers who are disobeying the command to be separate
from false teachers and their doctrine. Men like David Barton who
professes to be a Christian has refused documentation that proves
that America's Founding Fathers were largely heretical antichrist
haters of Jesus Christ and the gospel and continue to foster this
myth that America's Founders were Christians. David Barton makes his
living by promoting these lies and now stands with Mormon, future
deity hopeful Glenn Beck. While Glenn Beck boldly proclaims his
universalism and ecumenicism on the platform, men like David Barton
deny Christ by their association and compromise.
G. In so
doing, those who follow this patriotic way of joining with heretical
infidels are actually promoting another gospel other than the gospel
of Jesus Christ. God has not called His people to nationalism,
Americanism, or any other ism
other than the Kingdom of God. We must all repent, humble ourselves
as children, deny ourselves, pick-up our cross and follow Jesus. We
cannot have two allegiances. We cannot carry the cross and a defiled
flag of a fallen nation. To do so is to violate our walk with the
Holy God and His Holy Son Jesus Christ the King of Kings and Lord of
Lords.
H. “H” for now HEAR This! This
is the call to repent. This is the call to humble yourselves before
the LORD. Seek Him. Seek meekness. Seek righteousness. That may
be He will hide you in the day of His wrath.
Zephaniah
2:3
7.
Professing Christians And Grand Leaders In Religious Land That Join
False Teachers And False Gospels.
A.
This is the truth of what is actually happening in our day. Look at
it for what it is. Look and weep. Look and run. Run to the Lord.
Hide in Him.
B. Follow Jesus and not man.
C.
Come out. Come out. Come out. Come out unto the LORD and follow
Him. Be the true ecclesia, the called out ones of the Lord. His
Church.
D. Hold forth the Word of God and not a flag of a
wicked disobedient, arrogant nation that refuses to repent.
Phl
2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day
of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
E.
Do not follow the blind guides. Do not close your eyes to the truth
lest you fall into the same ditch as the blind leaders. The blind
guides that are hirelings that are con men ripping the masses off
with a taste of religious honey.
8.
Contrast Apostles Paul, Peter, John, James With Today's Modern
So-called Leaders.
A.
Seriously. Can you see the apostles partnershiping with the priests
of Apollo, Zeus or Baal for the sake of morality? Can you honestly
believe that they would join with the rabbis who murdered Jesus
without repenting for the sake of electing a new Caesar of Rome?
That is ridiculous. Yet, that is exactly what we have today on a
very large scale in America. Preachers, celebrity preachers, with
monstrous corporations as “ministries” or “churches”
that have joined arm in arm and stand side by side with Mormons,
rabbis, psychics, false teachers, false apostles and goofy prophets
that speak of visions of female angels, all joining together for the
honor of man as opposed to the honor of God.
B.
Syncretism.
DICTIONARY:
S y n c r e t i s m-- the attempted reconciliation or union of
different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in
philosophy or religion.
C.
We know for a fact that the apostles would never advocate such
patriotic-political enterprises even for seeming good moral issues at
the expense of the gospel of Jesus. No way.
D. The only
way this occurred is because those who are participating in these
venues have left their first love the Lord Jesus, and have tolerated
evil and compromise thus ruining their spirit and heart. They are
not offended or grieved any longer by evil and thus are very
comfortable to violate the Word of God. Do you see how this takes
place? Take heed. Be ware. Be careful. Keep your hearts with all
diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Do not let the
things of vanity overtake your heart and thus become deceived as
these deceivers.
E.
We are at the nearing of the coming of Jesus Christ and we ought be
very cautious with our conduct. We want to be found faithful and
worthy to escape the things that are coming to the earth as God
allows sin to increase, evil to escalate, and the Devil to exact his
will through the political and religious world. God is going to
allow a great lie and deception to swallow those who have not loved
the truth. Do you love the truth? Will you follow the truth
regardless of the ramifications? Will you be willing to stand for
the truth when the masses have fallen for the lie?
9.
God And
Country?
A.
In the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke those who proclaim this message
of “God and country”. This is a lie.
B. God is
God and He will not tolerate any other allegiance, alliance or love
other than Him. We cannot have two masters. We can not have two
gods.
C. God never taught us to serve God and
country.
D. God never taught us to love God and
country.
E. Luk
4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve
F.
To be a disciple of Jesus Christ demands TOTAL LOVE, ALLEGIANCE AND
OBEDIENCE to Jesus over all things, people or one's own life.
Luk
14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother,
and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luk 14:27 And whosoever doth
not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. And,
Luk 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not
all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
G.
Fine line balance of the Word of God would teach us to love our
fellow man, honor authorities, obey the law, pay taxes, support the
weak and feeble and the like. But our final allegiance is always to
God and not man! Pray for your neighbors. Pray for your countrymen
and witness to them the testimony you have in Jesus Christ. Preach
the gospel. Minister the grace of God. But do not go the way of the
world and merge your spirit with those who are manufacturing a lie
and promote a facade of spirituality for the sake of votes. It is
the rich men that are using the undiscerning Christians. Be wise as
a serpent and harmless as a dove. Let your light shine in this
wicked world. But be ye not partners with them says the Lord.
10.
“Standing With Israel Without Jesus Christ And His Gospel?
(Christians
censored from the gospel and Jesus yet think they are showing support
to Israel by foolish means.)
A.
In recent days since Glenn Beck and his entourage of the religious
met in Jerusalem, I realized that these people falsely believed that
partnering with Beck meant that they were”standing with
Israel”.
B. How does compromising your walk with Jesus
and the Word of God show support and “standing with
Israel”?
C. How can one stand with Israel, so-called,
without Jesus? How can one stand with Israel without the gospel?
(I
believe it is illegal in Israel to preach Jesus Christ and promote
converts to the faith in Jesus away from Judaism.)
D.
Consider
Paul the apostle and Peter how they 'stood with Israel' and showed
genuine love to Jerusalem's people by risking their lives in telling
them the truth of the gospel.
Act
2:22 ¶ Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,
which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Act 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain: Act 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having
loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should
be holden of it
11.
The DUPED.
A.
In recent days I have been so grieved how the religious masses have
been so poorly and inadequately learned in the scriptures.
B.
The majority of the professing Christian world is so ignorant
concerning the things that are Written in the Word of God the
scriptures.
C. This is against the admonition of the
apostles. We should not be ignorant brethren.
D. Many have
fallen already and are already on the track of heresy and error.
E. We are to be steady and steadfast, firm unto the end. We
are to be girded and armed with righteousness. We are to be on guard
and fully armed with the armor of God. We are to be abiding in
Christ and His Word abiding in us. We are to be seeking Him,
obedient to Him, loyal to Him, serving Him. But Oh, O, O, this is so
tragic, that how Jesus asked if He would find faith in the earth when
He returned...
Luk
18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless
when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
12.
The Error Of Compartmentalizing
Spirituality And Other Aspects Of Life; Business, “Patriotism”,
Politics etc.
A.
The other day I was listening to an audio on Blog Talk Radio with a
professing Christian ministry that was discussing how the recent
revelation of acknowledgment that Jay Sekulow was an author of the
Patriot Act. The Christian commentator stated that Jay Sekulow was
not in league with the antichrist and that we as Christians should
separate what is “spiritual” from that which is
“patriotic”. I was so grieved by this false ideal.
B.
Ladies and gentlemen, as disciples of Jesus Christ there is NO SUCH
THING AS COMPARTMENTALISING our spiritual life from any other aspect
of life let alone, “patriotism”. Wrong. Wrong.
Wrong.
C. I believe this lady was sincere and is just sadly
misinformed and instructed on things pertaining to the Kingdom of God
and I hope she recovers herself from this error.
D. All
things are spiritual. Col
3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
E. Do you see now how wrong it is for those called to be
separate unto God to stand in base temporal things such as politics
in this day and also, to partner with those of false gospels and
different Jesus'?
F. Do not forget that in these last days
God Himself is going to allow the Kings of the earth to serve the
Dragon the Devil and fulfill his will in deceiving the nations. Do
you really think that God is having His flock vote and spend their
time and resources advancing such mythical ideals as politics is now
promoting? No way.
G. Please realize that those in authority
and power in this late hour are almost entirely given over to the
evil one and have been bought by the powers that be and the rich men.
Consider the lawless law makers that break the law and strengthen
the hands of the evil leaders of the land. This land has forsaken
the LORD and Jesus Christ the redeemer. The United States is a land
of idols, arrogance, and foolish lusts. It has been found guilty by
God for its exporting of filth to the entire world. God has drawn
the line and the USA has run past it to commit its evils. The line
is crossed for America. This nation is marked by God for judgment
and now is the time to repent as an individual and run to the covert
of the LORD.
H. Again, you will either stand with the LORD or
fall with the nation. Which shall it be. Choose you this day whom
you will serve. God the LORD and His Son Jesus Christ, or, your
gods, Caesars and mythical lifestyles?
13.
2Peter 2: Warning
To The World Of The Ungodly.
The
Message Not Declared In Religious Church Land.
A.
The
Strong language of 2Peter2: Warning to the World of the ungodly!
B.
Foolish gesting and proclamations of the religious. “God
bless Sodom and Gomorrah”. “God bless America”.
These are synonymous.
C. Sins of Sodom:
Eze
16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride,
fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her
daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Eze 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before
me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
D.
The only difference between Sodom and the United States of America is
that America has not yet been destroyed by fire.
E. The USA
has had the privilege of having the freely publication of the Word of
God for centuries yet has abandoned God's love and His salvation from
Jesus Christ for the most part.
F. How can any one properly
ask God to bless what is cursed? How can anyone ask God to bless an
unrepentant, arrogant and blasphemous nation as the United States?
There is something wrong with people that do this. They have not
known the holy Lord God Almighty who is absolutely so exalted and
holy.
G.
The nations of today are all being weighed in the balance by God.
Those nations who submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ will fair
far better through these days of holy judgment than those who refuse
to repent. Read Psalms 2 and understand.
Psalms
2:
H.
Psalms 2 shows how the Kings of the earth have set themselves up,
and the religious leaders have taken counsel together with them
against the LORD God and His Messiah King.
God
will have this iniquitous union of politics
and spiritualism
in derision. Psalms 2:4-5
God will speak to this
confederacy of Rebel Government and Apostate Religion
and vex them in His wrath! Psalms 2:5
God the Father will
give the heathen and the earth as a possession to His Son Jesus
Christ.
King Jesus Christ will rule with power and “break
them with iron”. He shall dash His opposers like broken
pottery. Psalms 2:9
The
Lord is now commanding that the Kings, the political governors of the
world, and the “judges”, the spiritual leaders, that they
be “wise and instructed”. They should “serve the
Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling”. They should “Kiss
the Son lest they perish in the way when His wrath is kindled but a
little...”
The
blessing is for those who comply. “Blessed are they that put
their trust in Him”. Psalms 2:12
I.
It is a perplexity that this message is rarely heard in the earth
today. The churches are drunk on pseudo bible-ease.
It is a disease. How can the hireling “pastors” not
warn the wicked to flee from the wrath to come? How can they not
warn the pew sitters to learn of Jesus and follow Him? How can this
be?
14.
Jesus' Personal Cost For Our Redemption.
A.
1Pe
2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
B.
The above text is so rich in powerful language and truth that shows
us that when Jesus died for us as our Savior, it was a deep cost
whereas it was personally in Himself that He bore our sins—in
his own body! This is powerful language that the Spirit breathed to
refute much of the false gospel messages of today. Jesus did die for
our sins. He was buried in the grave for three days just as written.
And He did rise again by the power and glory of the Father. He is
alive today. He is reigning today. And He is revealing Himself to
those with eyes and ears to see and hear.
C. Look unto Jesus
the author and perfector of our faith. Look unto Him. Keep your
focus on the Lord that bought you with His own blood, in his own
self, in His own body. Thank-you Jesus.
Hebrews
12:1-2...Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher (perfector) of
our faith...