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You Are A Child Of The Devil And An Enemy

Ques: “How do new covenant Christians understand and apply psalms 139:21“

Ans:

2 Timothy 4:14, Paul says, “Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.”

Acts 5:5-6 “You have not lied to men but to God.” 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his las\

Acts 13: 9-11, “Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?  Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.”

Paul cursing Elymas (Acts 13:9-11), Peter’s confrontation with Ananias (Acts 5:5-6), and Paul’s prayer about Alexander (2 Timothy 4:14)—illustrate that the early church didn’t shy away from invoking divine judgment against those who blasphemed the Spirit or hindered the ministry of the Word. Jesus’ own words in Mark 3:29 about the unforgivable sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit reinforce this. These aren’t personal vendettas; they’re responses to direct attacks on God’s kingdom and mission. This shows us the imprecatory Psalms also apply to the church after the resurrection of Jesus and Him baptizing us with power.

The context is not about personal pet-peeves or personal hurts. When it comes to believers we are called to love and forgive each other as we have been forgiven in Jesus Christ. We are commanded to be long-suffering. We’re commanded to love our enemies (Matthew 5:44) and forgive as Christ forgave us (Colossians 3:13).

However, the bible, even in the New Testament has a special place for those harming the church, and those directly hindering the ministry of the word and hindering or opposing the power of the Holy Spirit. In fact, Jesus goes out of His way to say those who blaspheme the Spirit will never be forgiven. If God will not forgive them, then I do not forgive either. Who am I to resist God? This would even have some application to governments, but because most Christians lose their minds over the subject I will reframe from this topic. I will only make one quick point. In chapter 4 the disciples ask for God to empower them to fight back at the Jewish government, who were trying to persecute them, by bold preaching, healing and various miracles. God approved of their request. One such miracle was an earthquake that broke prison doors. It damaged government property. The church ought to call on God to act against opposition to the gospel.

There are other ways to apply this, but I wanted to keep it short and on the applicable issue. Paul caused physical harm to a person hindering the gospel and called him cruel names. The Holy Spirit was the power that blinded the man, but Paul is the one who pointed the gun at the person and commanded the blindness, not God. Peter, by the Spirit, killed two people, in church. Paul prays, saying God will repay the coppersmith the harm he caused him in ministry.

Remember the Psalm you quoted? David loves God. Psalm 139 is a deeply personal psalm where David marvels at God’s omniscience, omnipresence, and intimate care for him. Verse 21 arises in this context—David’s zeal for God leads him to despise those who despise the Lord. Then says these wicked people mis-use God’s name. In essence, David hates them, because they hate the God who David admires so much. It is fake love if you are not enraged at someone who hates and targets the object of your love. Imagine a parent who shows no concern when a person hits and abuses their child? You must have the same outrage over people who hate the God, you say you love so much.

In short: Psalm 139:21 calls us to love God so fiercely that we hate what opposes Him. The New Testament examples teach us to channel this anger by prayer and through the Spirit’s power, not our own hands. We forgive personal wrongs but stand firm against assaults on God’s kingdom. Because most do not have power or faith to get their prayers answered, they are left with two bad options. Just do nothing and make kindness your official religion, or become a political zealot. Neither is the way commanded in the book of Acts. When all you have is human power, your options are limited to carnal outcomes. But if you have faith and the Spirit, a whole new world of possibilities opens.

[Grok xAi, aided in some summaries]

The Correction of Righteousness

“And when [the Holy Spirit] comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged,” John 16:8-11 NLT

Picture this: Jesus ascends to the Father like the VIP He is, and the Holy Spirit swoops down to earth like a divine fact-checker, ready to set the record straight on sin, righteousness, and judgment. Jesus even gives us the SparkNotes version of each.

First up, “the” sin of the world—singular, folks—is that people refuse to buy what God’s revealing, especially the whole “Jesus is God’s Son” revelation.

Second, the cosmic swap meet—our sin for Jesus’ righteousness—went down at the atonement, but the official press release? That hit when Jesus rose and got the VIP seat at the Father’s right hand of Power. This was the courtroom gavel slam declaring that everyone Jesus died for is now rocking the “Righteousness of God” title. And trust me, it’s not because of our stellar résumé—God’s the one with the authority, power, and dominion here. The law’s DIY righteousness kit? Total flop, thanks to its pesky human origins.

Third, judgment. Salvation’s a two-parter (we will only focus on the first aspect), Judgment. This is like storming the gates, with guns blazing, to free your enslaved loved one by taking out the bad guys. Exhibit A: Israelites wading through the Red Sea while Pharaoh’s army gets a watery goodbye. Exhibit B: Jesus on the cross, shredding Satan’s accusation privileges (Revelation 12:10) and teleporting us from the devil’s grip (Colossians 1:13) to His kingdom. Greater is Jesus in me than that cosmic loser out there. By judging and trashing Satan’s works, Jesus pulls off the ultimate rescue mission. Jesus vs Satan in this context, is the archetype of Hero vs villain. Jesus won. Pharaoh’s army drowned while Israel was delivered; Satan’s power was broken while humanity was redeemed. This frames judgment not as something believers fear but as something already accomplished on their behalf, securing their freedom. We’re free, because our enemy’s toast.

Now, let’s get to the juicy bit. Jesus dropped this as a mic-drop moment for the whole sinful world, but if you’re already “born-from-above”—congratulations, you’re in the club—what’s this mean for us? We’ve already had our sin epiphany, repented, got the forgiveness stamp, and unlocked the power to heal sickness and evict demons like it’s our day job. So, what’s the Spirit correcting now?

For believers, who have already accepted Jesus, the sin of unbelief no longer defines them. Instead, the Spirit’s role shifts to a positive correction—reminding them of their new reality in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21, “Paul writes, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (NLT).

The big idea: if you’re already God’s righteousness, the Spirit isn’t here to wag a finger and say, “You’re not righteous, you naughty thing.” No, He’s correcting you when you forget you’re basically divine royalty and start moping around like a spiritual peasant. The word “convict” here means “correct”—when you’re off-the-mark. Pre-salvation, the Spirit was all, “Yikes, you’re a mess.” Post-salvation? It’s, “Honey, you’re dazzling—act like it.” The correction’s positive now, a holy hype session. You’re not seeing yourself as the perfect, glorious righteousness of God? That’s what He’s fixing.

Romans 8:1 declares, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

If you’re saved and still hearing a naggy voice droning on about how sinful you are, newsflash: that’s not God. It’s either Satan doing his accusatory shtick or you secretly loving a good self-pity party. Sure, the Word’s a sharp sword—ouch, it’ll call out sinful behavior when you’ve been sinful. But that’s about your actions. The Spirit’s correction we’re vibing on here? It’s about your shiny new reality in Jesus. He is correcting our vision when we forget our royal status as co-heirs with Jesus. It’s a call to live boldly from that identity He’s whispering (or shouting, if you’re stubborn) in our hearts, “You’re perfect, righteous, glorious—a prince of heaven! So why are you slumming it with sin? It’s beneath you.” You’re righteous, so act righteous. You’re heaven’s VIP, not some back-alley chump chatting up thieves and creeps. You’re a co-heir with Jesus—stop rummaging in human resources’ dumpster and cash that check from heaven’s bank account: withdrawing from “heaven’s bank account” for all the good things Jesus has already give to you by grace.

That’s the Spirit’s vibe today. So, double-check the voice you’re tuning into—it better be the Spirit’s, not some sleazeball demon with a guilt trip agenda.

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[Grok (xAI), 2025. Proofreading, copyediting, and stylistic enhancements.]


Send Freedom To The Oppressed

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,”
(Luke 4:18 LSB)

“You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him,”
(Acts 10:38 LSB).

“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
(Luke 13:10-16 NIV).

“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven,”
(Matthew 18: 18-19 NIV).

Jesus isn’t just here for the spiritualized allegories; He’s the ultimate freedom fighter, breaking chains of demonic oppression like it’s his day job. He’s passed on that Spirit-powered liberation toolkit to us.

It’s all fun and theological games when you read the words, apply basic reading comprehension, follow the rules of logic, and let the Bible interpret itself… until you bump into a doctrine you don’t like. Suddenly, there’s a line in the sand. Will you be faithful to let the Bible be your only first principle of knowledge and authority, or will you swap it out for some human concoction of observations? Will you atone for the Bible’s so-called “mistake” of its radical faith doctrine by sacrificing it on the altar of your own observations and sensations? When Christians do this, they’re being religious, but not in the good “fear of God” way. It’s more like a religion, a sacrifice, and a doctrine straight from central casting for demonic doctrines.

In Luke 4, Jesus reads from Isaiah, applying it to Himself. He says the Spirit of God has anointed Him to proclaim the good news. Then He adds He’s anointed to proclaim freedom to captives and sight for the blind. Notice the pause in the “proclaiming” parade, where Jesus shifts gears to say He’s anointed to set free, or “send freedom” to the “oppressed.”

Although some Christians love to spiritualize and allegorize the Bible as if they were a Buddhist drunk on the blood of mystics, we’re going to fear God and stick to what’s actually written. The beauty of spiritualizing the Bible is you control the narrative, bending definitions like playdough when you don’t like what you read. You might argue, “Works are works, grace is grace, and these categories are set in stone,” but your tune suddenly changes when its not about your pet doctrines. Then, suddenly, everything’s up for reinterpretation. They can’t heal the sick, and their prayers might as well be on mute when they pray; therefore, they rewrite the Bible in their image, making prayer outcomes as unpredictable as a coin toss. They make the bible a reflection of their own image.

What does Jesus mean by being anointed to set free the oppressed? Are we to spiritualize this too? If Jesus says He’s anointed to proclaim the good news, does that mean He’s just sending out spiritual vibes? No way. When He talks about giving sight to the blind, He means actual, physical healing, not some metaphorical eye-opening. The repeated examples make this as clear as day; to claim otherwise is like saying your brain’s still loading from the ’90s dial-up era.

Our focus is on Jesus saying He’s anointed to “set free the oppressed.” Not just to “proclaim” freedom, but to actively do the freeing. To keep letting the Bible interpret itself, let’s look at where Jesus sets the oppressed free. The most direct wording comes from Peter in Acts 10:38, where he says Jesus was Spirit-anointed, by the Father, for this exact mission. It’s likely Peter is thinking of Isaiah 61 and remembers Jesus’ calming of it, because they resemble each other so much. However, instead of “set free the oppressed,” he uses “healing” for “oppressed.”

The Bible teaches that sending freedom by the Spirit heals those made sick by demonic power. Peter sums up that all the sick Jesus healed were under demonic oppression, not merely cursed from Adam’s fall. Luke 13 gives a direct example of Jesus, anointed by the Spirit, healing a woman oppressed by Satan for 18 years. She had a physical defect caused by demons. Jesus called her a daughter of Abraham, indicating her election, as He does not call all Jews children of Abraham. Despite her status as one of God’s elect, Satan oppressed her with sickness for many years, making her bow and look at her feet in torment.

Jesus was not there to “use signs to confirm His ministry,” but to fulfill an old promise to Abraham. These are two different categories. He said it was necessary, for a daughter of Abraham to be healed on the Sabbath. The sabbath, was the day that God provides. Thus, is not merely a sufficient reason, but a necessary reason that God provides healing for the children of Abraham on the Sabbath. He promised to bless Abraham and his children, and this included supernatural health and healing. This is obvious from what God promised Abraham and the context. And Jesus affirms that healing must be given to Abrahams children. 

The specific word Jesus used was “bound,” and “set free.” Jesus was anointed to set free the oppressed. He found a lady bound by demonic sickness and so Jesus set her free. Notice, Jesus did not preach to her about healing, or other aspects of the gospel. Rather, he went straight to her and commanded the healing, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” This is exactly what Jesus said. He was anointed to set the oppressed free. Not to merely proclaim it, but to do the freeing Himself.

Peter, in his Pentecost sermon, explains that Jesus was promised the right to pour out the Spirit for power as a reward for His atonement and resurrection. This Spirit baptism is for missional power, distinct from inward sanctification. The Book of Acts shows this empowerment through speaking in tongues, healing, visions, prophecies, and other miracles. Jesus was the forerunner, anointing us with the same Spirit. We are to preach the gospel and free the oppressed, as seen when Peter healed a cripple. His statement would get him kicked out of many churches for stealing God’s glory and not acknowledging God’s sovereignty. Peter does not preach, but commands, saying, “What I have, I give, in Jesus’ Name, Walk.”

The man, like the woman, was “bound” by demonic oppression through demonic power. Words are not enough for their situation. Preaching will not cut it. These oppressed people’s only hope is unstoppable power. We have greater power. And faith is the only way to get it. Jesus and Peter, loosed them from their torments. Jesus said we would do these things, saying, “whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

In the context of Matthew 18, forgiveness is mentioned, but so is faith to ask for and receive anything. Matthew 16 also discusses this, where Jesus promises to build His church on Peter’s declaration of Him as the Son of God, stating that the gates of hell will not prevail against this confession. In this context He says, “what you lock I will lock, and what you unlock I will unlock.” This suggests a broad application for this conferred authority, which Jesus gave to us who confess He is the Son of God. It’s an all-encompassing power. It is the same faith used for salvation, healing, moving mountains, expanding His kingdom, forgiveness, and asking for our desires. Consider using faith to receive wealth for funding gospel work. Not only did you unlock a financial door here on earth, but by sowing this back into God’s work you have unlocked treasure for yourself in heaven. Faith opens doors on earth, in heaven, and beyond; it’s the master key. Jesus teaches to give to Caesar what is “his,” and if you command a mountain to move with faith, it will obey “you.” You cast out demons, free souls, and what you loose on earth will be loosed in the next life.

Now, for us, the baton’s passed. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit for power, not just for personal holiness but for mission work, as seen in Acts with miracles galore. Peter, taking after Jesus, healed a cripple just by commanding it. He said, “What I have, I give, in Jesus’ Name, Walk.” We are commissioned with the same power and authority to do the same. We don’t need to beg God for it. It’s a packaged deal with the finished atonement of Jesus. You already got it. If you need to be baptized in the Spirit, then ask by faith and receive.

Unless your faith’s been stuck on dial-up, it’s time to log into the divine network and start freeing folks from their physical and spiritual shackles. Remember, in this game of faith, you’re not just playing; you’re meant to change the scoreboard.

[Grok 2025, personal. Helped with proofreading and a few witty summaries.]


Cold Water on Their Fleshly Thoughts

To be carnally minded is death. What does it mean to be carnally minded? The word carnal is about the flesh. You can focus on the flesh in two ways. One is giving yourself over to its impulses like lust or anger; however, the other is more like empiricism. You use the flesh in a foundation for knowledge rather than the Word and the Spirit.  The fleshly mind is about, well, the flesh; getting knowledge from the 5 senses and feelings. Romans 8 contrasts this with “spiritual minded.” Jesus said to Peter, “flesh and blood did not reveal this, but My Father.” This is a similar contrast. Flesh is contrasted with divine revelation for knowledge.

The bible gives an infallible testimony that observation is mistaken, and so it is trash and garbage as a source for knowledge. Thus, to use any observation as a dual starting point for knowledge with scripture is worthy of excommunication and rejection.  However, beyond this, the bible puts a special contrast to the bible as an epistemology vs using the flesh. Whenever the bible says anything and you are presented with a different knowledge produced by your observations, sensations or feelings, you have two choices. One is to be spiritual, or spiritually minded and believe the Word. The other is to be fleshly minded and believe what you observe, see or feel.

Most Christians seem to be completely sold out to being fleshly minded. It does not matter how many times Jesus teaches, “if you have faith and ask, then you get what you ask,” including healing, they will say, “I don’t see this.” Their worldview is flesh foundational. Their minds are carnally dominated. Their authority is their eyes, and not the word. They are total perverts when it comes to knowledge and worldview. They are the worst type of spiritual whores.

They might condemn someone looking at porn, but they are humping on fleshly knowledge so hard, they would make girls working the red-light district blush in envy. “She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse,” Ezekiel 23:20 NLT. When these knowledge perverts see, feel and observe, they get a hardon as big as a donkey, and then orgasm so much, a stallion would get jealous. Hearing Jesus say, “we get, what we ask in faith,” keeps them mentally limp. Reading the bible say that by Jesus’ stripes we are healed, makes their carnal minds flabby. Finding James saying, “the prayer of faith will heal the sick,” is like splashing cold water on their fleshly thoughts. But as soon as their flesh does not see prayers answered or their flesh don’t observe the sick healed by prayer, their pants bulge as if a pornstar just asked them out on a date.

those who trust in what they can see, touch, or feel are “cheating” on divine revelation with the flesh. They are the nastiest sort of worldview whores. They are committing the ultimate epistemological infidelity.

Knowledge is a worldview issue. Knowledge determines everything about your worldview. If any two worldviews have different foundations of knowledge, then they are two different worldviews. They will see and interact with reality differently.  To have it based on fleshly observations and sensations is a anti-biblical worldview, because the bible only endorses itself as the only source of knowledge, and condemns observations as mistaken.

It’s a complete worldview overhaul, far worse than any other sin in scope because it challenges the very foundation of faith.

I say this to state how much bigger of a mistake it is to be fleshly minded on the topic of knowledge as compared to fleshly minded on the narrow subject of something like porn or prostitutes. This is not to excuse sins of lust, but to only point out the scope of such sins. Paul says, to the Corinthians, if you are misbehaving sexually, then get married. He still considered them God’s elect. They needed correction and a new positive focus, but they were still Christians.

However, to take the bible as the only source or knowledge and exchange it with fleshly based knowledge is to exchange your entire Christian worldview.  With sins of lust, it is just one part of the worldview you are struggling with. The bible tells us lust is a powerful force and so warns us about it, because it will be a tripping point for even Christians. However, flesh knowledge is the entire worldview itself.

It is not that this is the unforgivable sin, but a true born-from-above mind would never exchange Word knowledge for flesh knowledge. Satan asked God for Peter’s faith. Satan wanted the whole thing to fail. But we know the story, it was a momentary trip, but not an utter fall. Thus, there can be momentary trips, but God sovereignly will not lead our faith or worldview to utterly fall. God will not allow His elect to exchange revelation knowledge for observation knowledge. Just as God caused Peter to get up and get strong in faith so that he said, “What I have, I give, get up and walk,” God will cause an elect to get up and stop getting horny over fleshly observation as a source of knowledge.

The Christian who will not repent of this, after repeated attempts are to be mocked, excommunicated and abandoned.  Maybe after Satan destroys their flesh, they will stop using it as a source of knowledge.

Ultimate Authority


Imagine being so stupid that when you read 2 Corin. 8:9 you think it is about “spiritual” wealth rather than financial wealth. The words say wealth and poverty. Reading comprehension? Read the words first, before determining what the words say. First rule of reading: read the damn words! Paul’s out here collecting cash, so yeah, it’s about money, not some ethereal nonsense. Only a pastor or theologian could be this delusional.

Even if you can get additional insights from a redemptive historical reading of this passages, it is only indirect and secondary, and it would have zero relevance is negating the direct teaching of the passage.

This money substitute was part of the atonement of Jesus. He took our poverty, and gave us His wealth. It was part of the substitutionary exchange with Jesus. Also, curses included poverty. And Jesus took our curses of poverty, being nailed to a tree, and gave us the gospel of Abraham, which included miracle money. Jesus took our poverty, nailed it to the cross, and gave us his bling. It’s part of the whole Jesus substitution package deal. Mock the money part, you mock Jesus and trample His atonement. You’re not just wrong, you’re God’s enemy, an anti-Christian piece of trash. Such people have an anti-Christian worldview.

They leap from money to a spiritual category so fast, they don’t even bother to read the passage to learn from it. The Bible isn’t their authority; their observations are. The bible is not their final authority or first principle of knowledge, which is why they don’t even try to pretend to read the text. They have a different worldview. They will say things like, “I don’t see all Christians prospering.” They appeal to their observations as their final authority because the bible is not their authority. It never was. They use the bible to make their observations the highest judge. They are ruled by emotions, not scripture, and it shows with “reprobate” written all over their face.

Imagine you manage an Apple store. You hire a new employee, and the next day, you notice Microsoft products displayed on the counter. You pull the employee aside and ask what is going on. “This is an Apple store, and you affirmed that we only sell Apple products during the hiring process, why did you display Microsoft products?”

They affirm “we only sell Apple,” but then say “Microsoft also has keyboards and screens and so we can sell their stuff.” Of course, it doesn’t matter what the excuse is, it is irrelevant. There is no excuse. They affirmed we only sell Apple products. Thus we have 2 options. They really are that stupid that they don’t see the contradiction of their action to sell non-Apple products. Or they are wilfully trying to destroy the store.

The person I described is a typical Christian, pastor or theologian.

They say the Bible is their only starting point for knowledge and authority on truth, but they interpret a passage so that it doesn’t matter what the terms say or the context. When you point this out, they appeal to what they observe.

2 Corinthians 8:9 is about finances and the context is also about finances. They change the category to spiritual, as if the Bible was breathed out by their words and categories, not God’s.

Imagine how proud Satan is to see a person affirming the Bible is God breathed, but you steal God’s breath and change it to your breath.

Later they say, “but we don’t see all prospering,” or regarding the promises of healing, “we don’t see all healed.” And then they conclude, “it must not be God’s will to heal all,” or “even if you have faith to move mountains, God will do what He wants despite if you believe.” They say God is their authority, but they appeal to the authority of observation and sensation. Like the new hire, they affirm we only sell Apple products, but keeps displaying Microsoft products. Has an Apple new hire been so perverted and hypocritical as to sell Microsoft? I doubt it. And yet Christians are this perverted and hypocritical when they appeal to observation as an authority.

This is a worldview issue. To have different authorities will make your entire worldview different.

I do not address them as Christians but as reprobates and outsiders. I say this, not to be harsh, but to be exact and frank. A worldview is determined by one’s starting point for knowledge. If a person uses their observations for this, then we have a fundamentally different worldview. Not just small difference; we have an entirely different way to view reality. Not just a different take, we’re on different planets here. The moment they say, “I don’t see all prospering or healed,” it is not a matter of theology, but it is now a worldview issue. It is an ultimate authority issue. We have different ways to understand reality, not just reading text. Until they can prove they can get knowledge from observations and defend the irrational use of induction and empiricism, they have no justification for knowledge.

The biblical worldview reveals itself as the only epistemology and rejects all others, including observations. The bible rejects my use of observations to determine if something is knowledge. The bible does not allow me to observe and then use this to determine if something is false or true. If a so-called Christian appeals to their observation, “I don’t see all healed,” it means we view reality differently. The reason an atheist and I have different worldviews, is because I appeal to scripture for knowledge, and they appeal to observations.

The bible does not allow me to appeal to observations, “if I see people healed or not,” as an epistemology or an authority. Thus, if a so-called Christian appeals to observations to obtain any knowledge or authority, we are now as far apart as atheism is from Christianity. Because we appeal to different authorities, we have different worldviews. Because we appeal to different foundations of knowledge, we have different realities. It is not a matter of context of a text, but of worldviews. My worldview does not allow me to appeal to the authority of my observations, but the other so-called Christian is allowed. It is a matter of ultimate authority, not context. Because observations are not consistent, or justified, and because induction is not a valid conclusion, the dual authority of observation will always leave you room to make the text say what you want. This is why atheist and evolutionist love the authority of observation, because it lets them craft their worldview in their image.

These types of people appeal to the reprobate authority of observation, because, their worldview is a reprobate reality.

Devil Dogmatics

1 Timothy 4:1-3 NIV

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.”

We are not talking about denying the resurrection of Jesus, the Trinity, or the forgiveness of sins. Instead, we examine denying people their carnal desires for good sex in marriage and good food. Keeping Christian men from penetrating women in marriage is demon business. According to the Good Book, some morons will ditch faith faster than a priest at a strip club, chasing after demon whispers, from those whose consciences are as burnt as last night’s lasagna.

Marriage offers the pleasure of sex and the joy of family. Although God is a God of fertility and family joy, the biblical emphasis in marriage is on sex. Hence, this becomes our basic emphasis. The Bible has an entire book, the Song of Songs, dedicated to this, not family. Think about that. The Spirit of God, who wrote the Bible, gave the high title, “The Song of Songs,” to celebrate the romance and sex between a man and a woman, not to praise Jesus. Your worldview should include this. Christian sex should be world-envied.

These doctrines did not originate from men but from demons. The concept of restricting sex and food was so vile, a demon conceived it. They’re straight from Satan’s playbook. Only a demon would come up with banning burgers and apple pie. God’s all about the bangin’ and the breedin’, but these fools say no, you can’t enjoy your steak or your spouse.

Some have conspired with demons to spread these doctrines, making them human too. This is the opposite of Isaiah 55. These demon thoughts are too low for a human to think it. Only a demon could think it, and by demon manipulation humans think Satan’s thoughts after him.

The passage states these men have seared their souls with a hot iron. These trash have seared their own souls, not from too much sex or food, but from denying it to others. That’s some twisted stuff! This could mean they become perverted after searing their souls, or teaching such doctrines does this, or both. Either way, the horror is the same. I’ve never heard a pastor use the phrase “seared their conscience with a hot iron” in this context. What else do our pastors not tell us?

Not rejecting the resurrection, but rejecting carnal sex and food is so dark, vile, and rebellious it’s labelled a demon doctrine.

From this, we learn demon dogmatics withhold good things meant for Christians. These doctrines oppose the blessings given to God’s elect. God has given good things in creation, in Abraham and in Jesus, but demon dogmatics are designed to snatch and steal this knowledge. The goal is to ensure faith never has a chance to receive them.

Thus, “how much more,” would rejecting good things, such as miracle ministry, faith and the baptism of the Spirit, be demon doctrine. These good things have the blood of Jesus stained on them, and so they would be greater. If withholding sex is demonic, how much more so is withholding healing and miracles, which Jesus’s blood bought? If withholding a juicy steak is devil’s work, imagine what denying healing or miracles means – that’s like Satan on steroids!

Healing is good; it was part of the atonement, and Jesus spent much time healing, when He could have spent more time preaching. As Peter said, Jesus went about doing “good,” healing all oppressed by the devil. Supernatural healing is a very good thing in the Bible.

And so, to teach healing by putting it behind a paywall of, “if God wills it,” is a demon dogmatic. They block healing’s door, like bouncers at a club you can’t get into. Such a thing is so delusional that only a mind as perverted as a demon, could imagine it.

Jesus said, “if you are not with me, then you are against me.” He said this in context of blaspheming a ministry of healing, miracles and casting out demons. It is the ultimate devil dogmatic.

Those who evangelize these doctrines deserve all the harsh rebukes scripture gives them. Cut them out of your life as you would any demon. Demons cannot enjoy God’s good things and out of envy, they use pastors to propagate their dogmatics, keeping you from God’s gifts.

So, if you’re with Jesus, you’re all about the healing, the miracles, the good stuff his blood paid for. If not, you’re with the other team, the one with the horns and pitchforks.

Cast them out. Expose them for who they truly work for.

[1] Grok Ai 2025 personal editing. Grok aided with proof-reading and some witty summaries.

Like A Limp Noodle

The scripture says, “you have not, because you ask not.”

The Spirit would not say this, if it were not a real problem in our everyday lives.

The Holy Spirit ain’t just dropping this wisdom for giggles; He is saying we are too lazy or stupid to ask for miracles.

We must agree with scripture that it is true, and so, you’re either too stupid to know your own Christian privileges, or you’re so bogged down by doubt and demon doctrines that you can’t even be bothered to open your mouth. Your lethargy makes turtles blush in envy. ‘Why ask for the good stuff? God’s just gonna knock it outta the park like it’s the damn World Series!’

Demon doctrines keep you from receiving the good things that God has given you, even carnal things like sex in marriage and good food. How much more for things like healing and miracles.

Wake up. First, you must renew your mind to see your true definition as a Christian. You need to see how freakin awesome you are in Jesus. You are holding all the cards; the deck is stacked in your favor. Jesus’ authority is stamped on your tongue and the Spirit is a mighty sword in your hand.

Second, open your eyes and look. Satan is the boss monster, trying to keep you from the treasure. Sadly men, such as cessationists, have conspired with Satan to keep you from your inheritance. Satan is trying to cockblock you from all the good stuff Jesus died for. That’s his job; he slaps your hand away from the gospel of Abraham. If you get that, you’d be motivated to slam Satan’s ugly face into the pavement (over and over) and claim your rightful inheritance. Jesus didn’t bleed out on a cross, just for you to sit there like a limp noodle!

James says if you pray with faith, the sick dude gets up like the bed’s on fire; or is the Spirit who wrote the scripture, one of those crazy faith preachers? If you “said” the latter, then you just committed the unforgivable sin. Listen, it’s not a suggestion, it’s a command! But no, you’re all too busy not asking, living in disgrace, rebelling against your own healing.

Take a page from Andrew Womack’s book, who treats sickness like it’s cheating on his wife. He says, ‘I ain’t getting sick no more than I’d commit adultery!’ He kicks sickness out the door, thanking Jesus all day, until it f@#k$ off. He’s only been sick twice in fifty years, ’cause he worked by resting and receiving Jesus’ finished atonement. He knows he was already forgiven, made righteous, healed and given Abraham’s blessings. He already has these things, and so Andrew doesn’t need to beg God for them. Do you think he got healed when various sickness tried to kill him like heart attacks? What about when his son was dead for 4 hours, and was blue and ice cold in a morgue? Was he healed; did his son live again? Oh yeah, ’cause he had the balls to ask!”

You ain’t got crap, because you ain’t asking.

[1] Grok Ai 2025. Personal communication. Helped with some basic editing and witty summaries.   

God Did Not Ask Or Consult Me

You did not ask to come into existence. Its not about you. Reality is God’s playdough, and He creates reality how He wants for His own goals. I was given the gift of existence whether I wanted it or not.

Reality is God’s Lego set, but unlike Legos, He created the stuff to build the stuff. H2O does not naturally make water; it acts like water because God decided to make it consistently behave that way. Reality is God’s arbitrary choice.

Some try to play down God’s sovereignty for various reason, but some do it because they think it hurts our ability to have faith and work miracles. This is a shame, because the bible specifically uses election and predestination as a foundation for more faith and miracles and answered prayers.

This is also true when we consider sin and righteousness.  Take for example Romans 9 and 5. We are told God chooses to love one and hate another based on His own choice and not based on the good or bad choices of the person.  God molds each person from a neutral lump of clay, for His own goals. In Romans five we read Adam fell, and thus, this fall includes God being the ultimate cause. There is no dualism in the bible. Man is responsible because man is not free, but under God sovereign control and command.

In romans 5, it says all people after Adam are born sinners, or born with a sinful mind already in them. Because God is the only cause in reality, He therefore creates every person after Adam with a sinful mind. Because we reject pantheism, then it means God caused the sinful nature, but is not sinful Himself. God is not what He creates or causes. God is not a tree, even though He creates a tree and causes it to be a tree.   

The same God who created you caused you to be born as a sinner. I did not ask to be born I did not asked to be born with a pre-installed sinful mind. God did this all on His own. I was never asked or consulted.

The list of sins in my mind is irrelevant. God said He is the judge of reality, and only His on thoughts about my list of sins or obedience is the list that matters. God never asked me about this, or asked if I wanted this.  Its His Legos, its His playdough, its His program, its His story.

Same God who caused all of this is the same God who caused me to be righteous. Out of favor to me, God sent His only Son to be a propitiation for my sins. In the Father’s mind, my sinful list was transferred to Jesus’ list, and so the Father punished Jesus for having my sinful list. In addition to this Romans 5 says, in the Father’s thoughts, He considered Jesus’ righteous action to be transferred to my list, as if I did it. Because of this, my sinful nature is removed, I get born from above with God’s mind, and I rule in life with Jesus.

Just as with everything preceding this, I did not ask God to send His Son out of love for me. God did not ask me or get my permission. He just did it, because reality is His personal Lego set. He put me together. He originally put me with the bad guys, in the Lego playground He made. However, later He gave me a new Lego head and relocated me in the good-guys part of the Lego set. He did not ask or consult me about it. He did it, because He wanted to. When God gave me faith, it was when God was letting me know the good things He did for me.  

The doctrine of God’s sovereignty is to bulldozer over any sense of lack and over any consciousness of sin.

It is about God, not you. When Satan or your old way of thinking wants to condemn you, or remind you of past sins, the goal is to make it all about you. The goal is to make you fight a battle on the wrong hill. The hill that matters, which will determine who wins or loses, is God’s actions, not yours.

As Romans 5 says, it is the gift of unearned favor and righteousness that makes me rule in life with Jesus. Just as the gift of existence was given to me without my asking or consent, and likewise, the gift of unmerited favor and the gift of Jesus’ righteousness was given to me without my asking or consent. It is about God’s work, not mine.  The Holy Spirit causing me to believe this is God letting me know about what He did for me. Just as the gift of existence does not come and go for me, the gift of unmerited favor and my righteous standing, and sonship, and my royal priesthood does not come and go. Just like a child pulling off a red leg piece, from a Lego man, and then replacing it with a green leg piece, God did this for me in Jesus Christ. Being righteous is my definition, my identity and my reality.  It is about Him, not me. It is about what Jesus already did for me, and what is already me and already mine.

In the sense of affirming reality and my definition, then it is about me. God has already finished the atonement and caused me to be born from above. I am already a new creation, with new definitions. I am the righteousness of God. I am what I am, by the grace of God, but I am still what I am. I am the righteousness of God. I am a royal priesthood. Jesus has given me the royal authority to heal all sickness and cast out all demons. Jesus has given me the position to boldly march into His royal throne room to ask and receive. Jesus has given me the position to sling His Name around to ask whatever I want and get it.  It is about God and not me. This reality is God’s Playdough, and this is how God has shaped and made me.

Thus we have boldness in the Day of Judgment. Because just as Jesus is, so are we in this world. God’s love is perfected in us, when we have no fear, but only faith, joy and confidence, for all the good things God has done for us.

The God of Real Good Real Estate

The Christian God is a God of wealth and for our present focus, a God of good Real Estate. In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. We are told every day how God made the earth better and better real estate. After making a perfect and good real estate God created man. God gave the dominion of this luxury real estate to man. God commanded man to use his dominion, to dominate the earth, to be blessed and multiply. God gave the world to man.  However, man sinned against God, by believing the word of a snake over the word of God. The first doctrine man learned in this, was the doctrine of faith. Man should have believed God.

God cursed man for his sin. Because man had dominion of God’s rich real estate, God’s curse greatly effected this aspect in two primary ways. First, this good real estate was cursed with corruption. This premium real estate that worked with man, now worked against him.  Second, the dominion of the earth that was given to man, God revoked and transferred into the hands of the devil (Eph. 2:2, Luke 4:6).

However, not all was lost. After man learned the importance to believe God and not other epistemologies, God made a promise that a savior would be born from a woman, who would destroy the devil. An important consequence of the savior destroying the devil would arise. The devil would lose his dominion over the earth that he received because of man’s sin.

The start of God transferring His premium real estate back to man, started with Abraham. God promised Abraham an onslaught of good things, and among these good things was the world itself. Paul says in Romans “God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on [righteousness] that comes by faith.”[1] Paul summed up all the good things promised to Abraham by boiling it down to good real estate. Also, Abraham did what Adam did not. Abraham believed God.

God started the entire world transfer with promising Abraham a specific piece of good real estate. When Abraham’s children were later slaves to the Egyptians, God told Moses that He must bring the Israelites to the “Promise” Land, because God “promised,” Abraham that land. God is faithful to His promises. Jacob must possess his inheritance.

In Jesus Christ the gentiles have been grafted into God’s promise to bless Abraham. Paul argues, it was a promise based on grace, not works, and is received by faith. Jesus’ atonement does not make it obsolete, but ensures those who are saved by His atonement also receive the blessing of Abraham. Paul sums up the blessing of Abraham as the Spirit and miracles.

Paul also makes a substitutionary contrast with Jesus taking on our curses, and giving us the blessing of Abraham. Part of the curses that came with the law was bad real estate and/or having no real estate. One curse was to have your real estate filled with wild animals that would attack and harass you. Jesus was not only nailed to a tree, as a curse of the law itself, but had a crown of thorns on His head. This symbolized the curse of the ground from Genesis, which mentions thorns.  In exchange Jesus gave us the blessing of Abraham.

We can see how the blessing of Abraham overrides the curse of Genesis, when Issac reaped 100-fold in a time of famine and drought. The curse should have worked against Issac. The land was not producing and was doing its job to work against man. But Issac, through the blessing of real estate, override the curse and produced 100-fold. The passage goes on to say that Issac was made wealthy because of this. His blessing over real estate made him wealthy. This wealth from real estate was God’s mercy and love to Abraham and his descendants. This wealth made him the envy of kings. It gave Abraham and his descendants fame and gave them audiences with powerful people.

Because the blessing of real estate from the start was a “good” thing, and because it was a “good” thing given to Abraham, and a “good” thing ensured by the atonement of Jesus, it means it is a good thing for God’s children to be people of wealth and real estate. It is good in and of itself, and it is good because by such, Christians can richly fund the advance of the gospel. Rather than giving only 10%, they can give 20, 30 and 60% of their abundance to the gospel. Even if a Christian is a masochist, who likes being poor, they should stop being so selfish with their so-called faith and by it gain wealth and real estate, so they can give it all away, to the gospel, worthy widows and ministries.

Also, heaven is a real place. It is real, real estate. God’s elect have houses there. They have fantastic real estate promised them. Jesus is not invisible. He sits on a real throne, on the best real estate. Hell is also real. It is the worst sort of real estate. It is a land you do not want to live on.

The Christian God is a God of real estate. It was so from the beginning. It was so in Abraham, and it is so through Jesus Christ. We need to take off our limited, self-debasing thinking and embrace the God of real good, real estate. It is given freely by God, by unmerited and undeserved favor, and is received freely by faith in Jesus Christ.

[1] Roman 4:13 NLT [] by author.

Extra Baskets Left Over #3

*40 God is the foundation for all ability.

The Christian who is in Christ, judges what they can do by the measure of God’s ability in them. Can God jump or scale over a high city wall? Yes! Does God have the ability to tear down the huge gates that belong to a city? Absolutely. Then the believer can. “For with you I can charge a troop, and with my God I can scale a wall, (Psalm 18:29 LEB). “Samson … took hold of the doors of the town gate, including the two posts, and lifted them up, bar and all,” (Judges 16:3 NLT). Can a man sold as a slave end up as the second most powerful man in all Egypt? Humanly no. But with God’s ability there is nothing impossible for God’s beloved Children. Can God’s shadow heal people? Does man have this ability? “As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by,” (Acts 5:15 NLT). In fact, it is a command, not a suggestion, that Christians grab hold of God’s ability and force and wield it as their own. A Christian is to be a new and different creation. They are not to wield their strength; rather they are to operate in this life with God’s power. “A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power,” (Eph 6:10 NLT).

*41

The term fundamentalist in context of worldview arguments is misleading, because everyone is a fundamentalist regarding their first principle of knowledge. The issue is if the first principle you are fundamentally adhering to is able to produce any knowledge or make knowledge possible. If it is not the scripture, then what is it? Is it empiricism? But empiricism is a logical fallacy. Induction, which is used in empiricism is a fallacy, and scientific experimentation (affirming the consequent, and an unsound use of modus tollens) is also a fallacy. Anyone who uses such foundations should be mocked and dismissed.

*42 

“‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.” Matthew 10:7-8 NIV

“But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Matthew 12:28 NIV

“For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.”
I Corinthians 4:20

 How can you be part of God’s Kingdom if you don’t do Kingdom activities? How can you be in the Kingdom if you do not expel the kingdom of darkness by the power of God’s Spirit? If you don’t participate in God’s Kingdom then you are part of Satan’s Kingdom, because if you are not with Jesus, you scatter against Him.

What good is it to preach repentance of sins, if your pastor and leaders do not operate in the Kingdom of God? They are reprobates deceiving other reprobates, telling each other they are safe from judgment.

*43 Exchange Sin for Pain?

I saw a recent video from Mark Driscoll. The context was men fighting sexual temptation. His ending remarks for how to do this was “learn to exchange pleasure for pain.” This is called masochism.

Such an admission is autobiographic, and not what scripture teaches. Paul does say he beats his body into submission, but also says that the kingdom of God is joy, peace and believing by the Holy Spirit. The exchange from the old man is the new man, created in the knowledge of Christ Jesus. It is not, “take, off the old man, and put on pain.” Mark’s advice is masochism. We put on the power of the Holy Spirit who in direct exchange gives us joy and peace by believing the truth. Sin is not a feeling, it is intellectual. It is disobeying a commandment of God. We put off the old man, and put on the new. The new man is the knowledge of God and the power of the Spirit that causes us to believe this revelation. When the Spirit causes us to believe the truth, it gives us joy and peace, not pain.

The Spirit is stronger than sin. The joy and peace from the power of the Spirit is stronger and swallows up any pain. This is how it is suppose to be. Part of believing the truth is believing the many benefits that come from God’s good promises. God promises in a blood contract to write His laws on our hearts so that obeying is a joy. He promises to do this, not that we do it. He promises us good things, such as wives who obey God, by enjoying sex like the Songs of Solomon teaches. He promises so many good things.

Look, if masochism is the only way to stop you from adultery, then I guess that is your only choice, but do not suppose it is spiritual or how the bible tells you to defeat sinful temptations. When we fear God and realize we are off the path, there is nothing wrong with exerting some will power to run back on the path, but if we are to completely obey God’s command on the matter, you must be energized by joy and peace by the Spirit. Only Turing back because of fear or pain is only partial obedience; it is not true obedience to God. On the day of judgment, anything that is not silver, gold and gems, will be burnt away.

To avoid adultery or porn is only avoiding the negative, it is a start; however, to obey the command you must obey it with joy, and peace by the Power of the Spirit, and not by “pain,” otherwise it still remains straw and will burn away in the judgment. Never settle for anything less than the glory promised you in all of God promises. For example, giving God praises, even in a trial of sickness. The promise is that Jesus already bore our sickness on the cross, and if we ask in faith, we will be healed. Thus, taking off the old man, is to take off the knowledge, that we must remain in sickness and pain. The new man, by the Power of the Spirit, is filled with joy by believing they have already been healed by Jesus’ finished atonement. As with the Israelites, the walls fall down, after you praise God for making them fall.

This statement by Driscoll is another example why experience is such a horrible teacher.

For more on the topic, see Vincent Cheung, “Energized by Righteousness….”

*44 I am Attacking Your Entire Worldview

John MacArthur starts his sermon, “the modern blaspheme of the Holy Spirit,” by stating he is contradicting what the scripture teaches. He correctly says the passage teaches if you attribute what the Spirit does to Satan, then you commit the unforgivable sin. But today it means the contradiction or opposite of this, which is, if you attribute what the devil or mere humans do to the Spirit you commit the sin.

 At least he tells us that he contradicts what Jesus teaches and so it’s easy to dismiss and mock such a fool. However some still are deceived, despite him saying he teaches the opposite. If people willfully allow themselves to be so easily deceived then they deserve to reap its corruption. We do pray for God’s mercy on those who have not committed this sin.

 As to the last part of John’s statement, it is misleading. Also the discerning of spirits is itself a gift. The miracles of the Spirit gives healing, tongues and favor and various miracle without troubles added to it. Satan comes to destroy, give sickness and kill. The works of these two are very different, and a child could tell the difference.

In fact Jesus healed all those oppressed with sickness, which came from Satan. Thus it is possible to attribute the sickness which came from Satan to Jesus or the Spirit. But it is the religious elites, who do this, not the charismatics

My response to a cessationist who thought I was merely attacking MacArthur’s character.

“You are taking my position too lightly. I am not merely attacking your character I am attacking your entire worldview, that has lied to you, telling you that you are safe and saved. Cessationism likely and regularly leads to the blaspheme of the Spirit.

For more see the master’s desk. (https://vincentcheung.com/download/UNPARDONABLE.pdf…)

People like MacArthur are reprobates who believe in an anti-Christian worldview. They have committed the unforgivable sin. At this point, they are dismissed and mocked, because they have no hope in this life or the next. My job as a Christian is warn others not to throw away their souls like he has.

*45  What is Humility ?

The man, who beat his chest in Jesus’ parable, was humble and respectful in the right way, in the context it was given; however, the woman, with the flow of blood problem, is equally as respectful and worshipful of God when she took, without asking (or stole), Jesus’ power for her healing. The fact that God let her have the power for healing, is like God walking to the back of the room and asking this woman to come sit up front. Faith pleases God. When you have faith, it is God’s mark of His approval on you. When you have faith for all of God’s goodies (Psalm 103, James 5:15), it is God showing you off in front of everyone else, by asking such a humble and righteous person to sit up front with the nobles and princes. Faith in God’s promises is an act of the highest respect, fear, worship and reverence of the King of Ages. When you have faith in God, you do not need to self-debase yourself, because you are living what true worship and reverence to God is. Do not look to man. Do not look to human speculations or the kingdom self. Live by faith. Live a life of true worship to God. Forget man’s approval. Get God’s approval.

*46

Tradition is the theology of limiting God. This doctrine of God’s limitation, is soaked into everything they preach and teach. Thus, even when they criticize us for saying “God always answers prayers of faith with what we ask for,” their critique is presupposed by their doctrine of God’s limits. They say “God is not Santa, or a genie.” However our position is that God is always answering prayers of faith with His power. Santa only comes once a year and a genie only gives 3 wishes. This is nothing less than limiting and choking God’s true power and His faithfulness to do what He promised. They are so steeped in God’s limitation they cannot conceive of a God of power and who does what He says, even when they try to. They have lost the ability to see the Christian God of power. They worship a different god. Their worldview is different from the bible’s.

*47

1. Deduction starts with truth. Induction does not have truth and tries to find it grasping in the dark. Thus, deduction starts upstream with the cause “a fountain” and follows it downstream to the effects. Induction starts down in the valley and guesses where the stream comes from.

 2. Deduction is necessary and valid because it applies only the knowledge found in its premises (truth revealed by God) by merely putting a finger on a specific point that is already there. Induction is unnecessary and invalid because it takes premises and misapplies it by bringing in new information (not accounted for) and shovels it into the conclusion.

3. Deduction’s conclusion (when followed correctly) is always a necessary knowledge from the premises. All conclusions from induction commits the non-sequitur fallacy because the new information in it, means it does not necessarily follow from the knowledge contained in the premises.

*48

“The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:10

“But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” Matt. 12:28

More verses showing Jesus did His powerful ministry, not by the eternal Son of God’s power and authority, but by the Father’s Word and authority and filled with the Spirit for power. He was our forerunner. He gave us His position and power, so that today we speak with the word and authority of the Father, and filled with the Spirit for unstoppable power.

*49

“If you believe in healing (on demand of faith), why don’t you walk down the street and heal everyone there who needs healing?”

Well, if you believe in salvation (on demand of faith), then why don’t you walk down the street and get everyone saved who needs salvation? It is not that someone cannot be healed or saved, but that many do not respond (with faith). -Lance Wallnau

*50

Isaiah 46:6–9 (LEB)

“…hire a goldsmith and he makes him a god….

when he cries out to it, it does not answer.
It does not save him from his trouble…”

God is mocking the idea that a god for whom a person worships is not able to answer and not able to save the practitioner. Yahweh thinks it is a ridiculous notion that a god cannot and does not save his practitioners. This is why a theology of unbelief in God’s promises of health, wealth, power, miracles and various supernatural deliverance makes a public mockery of God, as if He is no different from a wooden idol.

*51

A wrong confession glorifies Satan.
A correct confession glorifies God.
No one rises higher in life, above what they confess in faith.
-Bill Winston

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Example:

Israelites: “we are too small, they are too big.”

Joshua & Caleb: “God is with us, they are food for us.”

The Israelites confessed how small they where and they never rose above smallness. Joshua and Caleb confessed how strong they were, with God empowering them, and they rose up and took the Promise Land.

Another example: if you never confess your sins are forgiven by Jesus Christ, then you will never rise above being a filthy sinner.

All the good things you don’t believe and confess, are all the good things you will not have.  You will never rise higher than your confession. If you never, by faith, confess, “by the stripes of Jesus I was healed, and so I am healed of all my sicknesses,” then you will not rise to the level of health. The same with prosperity and good relationships.  

*52

It is odd that traditionalists who spout their ability to only rely on the scripture alone (except some who actually admitted to me the WCF is as foundational as the Bible) as their sole epistemology, will suddenly become David Hume empiricists when it comes to faith and healing.

They know better because I have heard them rehash such things from Romans 9 -11. If we were to judge the lack of salvation of the Jews by what we see and inductively calculate, then God failed. But Paul says this ignores the revelation of God’s election and predestination. Thus we live by faith not sight, or by God’s revelation and not empiricism. Therefore, we judge if God’s salvation is effective by God’s predestination and not by our observation, this is what Paul teaches us in Romans 9. And so, if we are to solely rely on God’s Word as our only starting point for knowledge, then if it says faith moves mountains, then it does. Or if James 5:15 says a prayer of faith will save the sick, then it does. To use empiricism and observations to negate the Bible is both wicked and delusional. “I don’t see a person healed when we prayed,” thus, the obvious reading of scripture is false, it must be re-interpreted by human observation. “Sola Scriptura” in this light means the bible is a dual starting point with human observation. However, that is the same sin of the Catholics.

*53

If God keeps saying ‘no’ to your prayers, then God is treating you like an outsider to His covenant and promises. If you are constantly praying for things not God’s will, then according to James you are not even a Christian but God’s enemy. This describes the prayer of a reprobate.

*54 None of us are completely correct.

“Don’t ever assert that your tradition is the “right” tradition because… none of us are completely correct.”

LOL! By saying nobody is correct, are you saying that your own statement “nobody is correct,” is not correct. Since your statement is not completely correct, I will then just ignore it and mock it. Thus I do not care. Since I am concerned about truth statements about reality and you admit you do not have any, I do not care about anything you say. In order for your statement to be correct it must falsify your standard that nothing is correct. That is, for your statement to be true, it must be false at the same time. This is a sh@#t level worldview. I suppose you forgot to apply your own standard to your own words, or are you deliberately trying to lie?

 “None of us are completely correct.” Speak for yourself. You are incompetent, and so you attempt to make the rest of us look as bad as you, to hide your intellectual failure. If you wish to admit a sin or incompetence, then do not drag the rest of us down with you. If you want to confess your smallness and unbelief in God’s promise, then I will be a Joshua and shout my confidence in my God. I dare you to try this with your relationships, when you admit faults and see where it gets you. “Honey, I am sorry for what I did, but the whole world is just as lame as I am.” It is insincere and arrogant.  Have enough courage to confess your own limitations, but do not expect me to join your confession of unbelief.

As for the rest of us who have the mind of Christ and who believe in His truth, we will confess His love, promise, miracles and power (and every proposition the Scripture speaks about reality) and know it is completely correct.

*55  The Watching God of No Help.

Before I read Vincent’s essay, “A Matter of Public Health” (see comments for link), one of my first thoughts about this pandemic and the quarantine, was that God is forcing the cessationism to stop their wickedness, like God did by sending Israel to Babylon. I watched a minister from a local Presbyterian church, and all he could say was that God was not asleep, but is awake and ‘watching’. There was no certain hope given for healing. It felt more like a horror story from the twilight zone. A God who watches your every pain, squirm, shout of agony, and sigh of aches, yet provides no relief or healing. He watches! Rather than the Romans watching gladiators fight, their God ‘watches’ people vs sickness; and that is all He does, ‘watches.’ Pagans have more compassion than this. Thus, the gospel was not preached. I remember watching some old movie about the Greek god’s with Zeus and the others ‘watching’ mankind through a cloud, almost laughing at their misery, or at least not helping. The ones who tried, did not really help that much. Seriously, one would be more likely to receive help from the Greek god’s than the God of the cessationist. But that wouldn’t be a fair comparison, to the Greek god’s, whose kindness far exceeds the cessationist deity.

*56

This is one of my complaints to the people protesting at abortion clinics in the USA. They tell them what not to do, but refuse to tell them of God’s miracle power for wealth, health and relationships. Not referring to those who just want to have fun and murder, but to those who are trapped in bad circumstances. If poor girls without hope saw this type of God, then they could see a real way out and a real hope for the future.

Without faith for regular miracles then you preach a different gospel and worship a different Christ. Without regular miracles you believe in a different worldview from the biblical one.

*57
““What I’m about to tell you is true.
What you lock on earth will be locked in heaven.
What you unlock on earth will be unlocked in heaven.””
(Matt. 18:18 NIRV)

I had a fool complain about the translation being incorrect.

The issue is that the translation made Jesus’ teaching more understandable and clear. Rather than have the inner strength to believe, they resort to fallacies of irrelevance to distract from the doctrine Jesus is demanding of His disciples.  This is like Vincent Cheung’s essay on “Our Contract with God,” using the term “contract” rather than “covenant” to teach on what is called covenant theology. They mean the same thing, but the word “contract” has less theological baggage to distract from the meaning and implication of the doctrine.

One of the greatest ways to be harsh, cruel and offensive is to teach a doctrine in a clear and easy way, because it forces people to finally understand what it means. They will realize they do not measure up and will desire to fight and kill you for exposing their theological and practical impotence.  You will be able to see this because most of what they will say will be logically irrelevant to accepting and doing what the passage teaches. 

*58

If your eschatology leads you to think more about human governments rather than God’s government, which is chiefly Jesus right now, sitting on His eternal throne, at the right hand of the Power, ruling in power and waiting for all His enemies to be made His footstool, by pouring out the baptism of the Spirit for power on people He chooses to call to Himself, then your eschatology is horse sh@$t. Jesus at the right hand of the Power, is the government we should be obsessed with.


(Acts 1-4, Heb10:11-14, 1 Cori 15:20-26.)

*59

John answered and said, “A man can receive not one thing unless it is granted to him from heaven!” …..

Ok.

“whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things are yours.”

John 3:27 LEB, 1 Corinthians 3:22 LEB

*60 Whatever you Ask you get it.

After studying logic and learning to be more precise with my words and statements, it is obvious to me that Jesus is saying faith statements in the strongest way possible.

For example, Jesus did not say, “God will always answer your prayer.” Religious elites and those who are servants of the Faithless one, might have room to say, “Yes, God will always answer your prayers, but it might be with a yes, maybe, or a no; or, He might always answer our prayers with yes, but it is modified to what God thinks is best for you.”

If I were asked to think about what possible subject and predicate combinations, or logically “if…then” Modus Ponen arguments I could come up with, so that I can state faith as radical as possible, not leaving room for someone to twist my words, I could not come up with something more logically binding than how Jesus Christ states the doctrine.  He says, “whatever you ask, God will give it to you.” Do a circle diagram to see it more clearly, if you need to.

It is this same Jesus, who said these radical faith statements, who sits on the throne, at the right hand of the power, who will demand an account from us.

*61  Rebuking Ministers?

Yet again I heard the charismatics say it is wrong to harshly rebuke and criticize other ministers. The Bible does not teach this. This is a knee-jerk reaction from them, because of all the Reformed heresy hunters coming after them. The prophets, apostles and Jesus all harshly rebuked and cruelly criticized false teachers and ministries. We are commanded to do so.

Today I heard one of them say that you should not correct the doctrine of another minister unless you have a personal relationship with them. This is nonsense. The scripture shows the prophets, apostles and Jesus all rebuking the doctrine of those they had no personal relationships with. The command to privately confront a brother for a wrong is about personal issues and not about false doctrines.

*62

1 Samuel 15:23 (LSB) “Rebellion is as the sin of divination. Insubordination…as idolatry”

Why? Why is rebellion just like going to a Shaman to get a demonic divination? When you disobey God, who has both created and given definitions to reality, you are going outside of His definition and His power, to get your own power and your own definitions. You are turning to demons to get their power and definitions about reality. If this is the case, as a broad truth for rebellion against God, then how much more is this the case for those who rebel against God’s commands for faith to move mountains and healing and miracles and spiritual powers, to use empiricism and observation as divination to manufacture their own power and definition of reality?

*62  More military power, not Less

Like Vincent said, God had a list of plagues to go through, and refused to be interrupted, and so He kept hardening Pharaoh’s heart. God wanted to hit Pharaoh 12 times in the face, not just 2 or 3. (The Edge of Glory.) But when they entered into the Promise Land, God put a sword in their hands, and this time they would fight just as their God of war fights. Today, this is reflected in Acts 2 on Pentecost, in the baptism of Power.

The interesting thing about this is that some wrongly think, “well, God does not want us to war with swords, as in the old days.”

It is true God did not put a metal sword in my hand, but a spiritual sword, but He did this not to lessen my military ability and diminish my violence, but to make it more powerful. What is more powerful, a mere sword, or cursing someone with blindness? I would find blindness more terrifying and more violent than a mere gun. When they prayed and praised, so that prisons were shaken by earthquakes and angels, and so that government property was damaged, which is more powerful, a mere sword or the ability to destroy government buildings with faith and the Spirit?

*63 Did not Enter God’s Rest, Because they disbelieved in Health and Wealth.

Hebrews 3 says that it was their unbelief that stopped them from entering the Promise Land.  God did the saving and brought them out of sin and slavery under the Egyptians. This is mirrored with Jesus saving us from our sin and death. They did nothing when God did this, and we did nothing when Jesus saved us. But when they were baptized in the Jordon, God put a sword in their hands and said, “you do it.” God would empower them, but they had to step out in faith and do it themselves. God promised them milk and honey, or health and wealth, but they would have to use their hands to grab it. These good promises are just a continuation of the blessing of Abraham, which God promised. God promised fruitfulness, power, health and wealth, among other things to Abraham and his descendants. However, this became a choking point for the Israelites’ faith. They refused to believe God was able to strengthen them to conquer the Promise Land. Hebrews said they did not mix faith with God’s promise. God cursed them and let their bodies litter the desert for 40 years.

They had enough faith to cross over the red sea on dry land. They had enough faith, if just barely, to let God save them from slavery and let His wrath pass over them, as it destroyed their slave masters. This is like having some faith that Jesus forgives and delivers. However, when God wanted to empower them to be blessed with the riches of milk and honey from the Promise Land, they had no faith. Being empowered and receiving good things was a choke point for them, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb. It is this unbelief in God empowering them to receive good things, like health and wealth and military power, that Hebrews 3 says because of unbelief they did not enter God’s rest. It was not unbelief in God saving them from slavery, which disallowed them from entering God’s rest. No. Not until they could believe God would empower them and enrich them with health and wealth, would it qualify them to enter God’s rest. Hebrews said God was “angry” against them and so He killed them. We are warned not to repeat their mistake.

The same is today. Their baptism into the Jordon is mirrored with us being baptized in the Spirit for power. (See Vincent Cheung, “The Edge of Glory,” who helped me understand this.) The preacher of Hebrews is using Israels’ example in connection to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Having some faith that Jesus forgives is not enough, if you disbelieve God empowers you to expand His kingdom and empowers you with things such as health and wealth, which are part of the blessing of Abraham. As with the ancient Israelites, their faith in God to save them, was proven to be half-baked, when they could not believe God would empower them to receive good material blessings. God was angry with them and disregarded them by not allowing them to enter His rest. The same is for “Today.” People expose their faith as half-baked if they refuse the baptism of the Spirit and refuse to believe God for material good things. God will not allow such people to enter His rest. 

The warning about “not mixed with faith,” was about faith for God to empower “them” with strength and material blessings. It is this connection the writer of Hebrews warns us is the type of unbelief that will keep you from Gods rest. Most would not preach the gospel in this way, but it is scripture. It does not say, “they did not have faith in God’s promise to pass His wrath over them, so they refused to put the blood on the door. Thus they are not saved, and will not enter God’s rest.” This is true as far as it goes, but it is not the gospel which Hebrews is preaching. It says they did not enter God’s rest because they disbelieved God’s promises of power and blessings. This is the gospel which Hebrews preaches.

They did not enter God’s rest because they did not believe God’s promise of health and wealth. This is precisely the warning from Hebrews chapter 3. We are warned that “Today,” the promise still stands to enter God’s rest, therefore, do not disbelieve God’s promises for power, health and wealth. 

Children of Abraham act like their father, and imposters lack the faith to do so. It is not as though Abraham believed God declared him righteous, but disbelieved God to make him famous, give him miracle health and excessive wealth. Yet, this is the so-called gospel that some preach; a gospel of only believing you are righteous, without the miracles of power, health and wealth. It is a half-gospel, a cursed gospel. This half gospel caused the Israelites to be discarded by God by rejecting them from entering His rest. This half-gospel was not preached to Abraham, not preached by the prophets (Isaiah 53:4-5), not preached by the Apostles (James 5:15, Acts 2), and not preached by Jesus Christ (Matthew 21:21). Those who are children of Abraham have faith to believe the gospel preached to Abraham, not just the righteousness part. Either you have Abraham’s faith or you do not.  By not believing in God’s promise for power, health and wealth, the Israelites exposed themselves not to be children of Abraham, and people today are also exposing themselves as the same.

Because faith is what kept the Israelites out, guess what Satan is focused on attacking? He attacks faith to believe God’s good promises of power, health and wealth, which is what will cause them to enter God’s rest. Guess who is attacking such doctrine today? Whose side are they on? If they fight to keep people from entering God’s rest, how are they not servants of the faithless one?

*64

Then the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the gentiles,
because they heard them speaking in [tongues].
(Acts 10:46-47 ISV)

The evidence they were baptized in the Spirit was not because they were born again, but “because they heard them speaking in tongues.” Your theology must include this.

 *65

I heard Bill Winston mention in a sermon that people do not realize that through the gospel, God is our rich supply of material goods. He then mentions it was this way from the beginning. In the garden God richly supplied Adam and Eve with an overflowing abundance of material provision. They did not work for it. God provided it. When they sinned, God stopped being their material provision; not in the absolute total sense, otherwise God would not even give us rain or dirt. The blessing of Abraham restores this back, and the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ (2 Corin 8:9, 9:8) restores this back. 

This is why Isaac reaped 100-fold in the desert. This is why Jesus can get tax money, that he did not work for, from a fish. This is why oil, water, bread, fish and other material goods can be transmutated or multiplied, and used for finical gain. This is why the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous. In all these types of things and more, the elect do not work, but God supplies them by His power and provision. This does not mean we do not work, but that in Jesus Christ, the correct and natural order of things is restored. God provides for man supernaturally and abundantly.  The idea of man working, only by his own power to provide for himself, was always a perversion of God’s creation.

*66

Science commits a triple logical fallacy with empiricism, observation and scientific experimentation (affirming the consequent, to produce unsound syllogisms). Science violates the law of contradiction (because it leads to skepticism) and identity (this happens multiple times). Jesus is the logic and appeals to the law of contradiction in Mark 12:35-37. Jesus is the law of contradiction. To say science gives any truth or proves anything is to violate Jesus Christ who is the Logos. You must pick to either murder science or logic. Science has no knowledge about anything. It cannot prove any of its statements. When used to produce knowledge science is to be mocked and dismissed. Science is not a body of knowledge, but a group of people and nothing more.

*67

It tickles me when a Christian posts a condemning post (saying or suggesting they have violated a command or precept of God), against Christians, saying it’s wrong to condemn and rebuke other Christians when you disagree with them.

Then they proceed to quote Jesus saying you better not judge unless you be judge.

Apart from the hypothetical aspect and that such a stance judges others, let us consider the correct idea to quote scripture to rebuke others.

This is good. Jesus rebuked others with cruel, dehumanizing comments, as a man born under the law. The prophets and apostles did the same. We should consider context of ignorance and repeated refusal to repent, but the Bible’s command to harshly rebuke those who teach contradictions to scripture, still stands. We are to follow and obey this. The issue is knowing the Bible well enough to know true and false doctrine.

Pro tip. Jesus is the Logic (John 1:1). Also, Jesus appeals to the law of non-contradiction in Mark 12:35-37.

Thus, if what you are saying is a contradiction, you are not teaching scripture correctly and you are slandering it. It means, at least on the present topic, you do not know the scripture, nor do you understand what you are saying.

Example, if you are saying it is wrong to judge others, while you are judging others, then you are contradicting the standard you are preaching. It means you have no idea what Jesus meant by His statement, because Jesus is the law of non-contradiction.

*68

Jesus also uses His faith doctrine as a test for orthodoxy (John 15:7-8); thus, any Creed that does not include Jesus’ test, cannot claim to be orthodox.
(See Vincent Cheung, The Extreme Faith Teacher, who helped me understand this as a test for orthodoxy.)

*69

Have faith to heal yourself and save yourself, and God will boast about you. Feed the poor and man will boast about you.

If you are a Christian and feed the poor in faith, then God will reward you for this; however, in the most immediate context, it is man who will praise you; in fact, even non-Christians will praise you. However, the scriptures show that if you have faith to slay Goliaths, heal yourself of cancer and do various miracles, then sometimes men will praise, but sometimes men in the church will persecute and even attempt to murder you for your faith to do miracles. And yet, your faith to do miracles will cause God to boast about you. Jesus did not publicly boast about a person for feeding the poor, or for a faithful 50 year marriage anniversary, but praised and boasted about men and women who had faith to heal themselves and provide forgiveness for themselves. “Wow! Your faith saved you. Your faith healed you.”