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What is your position on Christians who struggle with homosexuality and the gay lifestyle?

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What a dilemma you are struggling with! To be honest to yourself as the person that the LORD God created places you directly in the path of sin, but to deny your true self causes you to move closer to Him with only part of your self.

In my mind, holding back from having a complete relationship with the LORD God through Jesus Christ because you can only share a part of yourself is just as much of a sin as any of the sins of nature recorded in his Word.

First, you must be true to who you are if you seek to have a closer relationship with Jesus Christ and the LORD God. You must come to them with your complete mind, heart and soul. If you hold back a part of your self because it is judged a sin by man’s interpretations of the Word of God, then man is stopping you from moving closer to Him.

The farther away you are from Jesus Christ, the bigger the dilemma of your struggles become. Soon you find yourself on a path of loneliness and shame, with confusion to who you really are, your unworthiness to come to God, and the devil himself whispering words of judgment to you to prevent you from ever walking forward to Jesus.

In my opinion, there are many different kinds of homosexuality and heterosexuality in the world today.

  1. The Nasties – Many sexual deviants attempt to destroy the innocent souls in liberal game playing that encourages a gay or straight lifestyle with sexual vulgarities that shock and horrify traditional society. Most usually, these movements of depravity are initiated by Lucifer as he uses the lust of people to move them toward wickedness. These types of homosexual and heterosexual activities are sinful and will be judged harshly by Jesus Christ, and the doer will indeed be punished for these nasty deeds.
  2. The Abused – Innocent souls who have embraced their sexual preferences as a result of abuse in their childhood. These sexual preferences surely will not be weighed the same as the doers of wicked nasties, by Jesus Christ. I personally believe that the Abuser will be accountable to all sin that the abused has done as a direct result of that abuse.
  3. The Born – Now we get to the classification that you seem to fit. You are what you are, and you’ve known for a long time. You are what Jesus Christ made. True homosexuals and true heterosexuals are not sinners! HOWEVER, many of the sexual acts of homosexuals and heterosexuals are sin, and these sins are listed briefly in his Word, and quite strongly in the hearts of those who love Jesus Christ.

My advice is to quit trying to make yourself perfect and sin free before you establish a close relationship with Jesus Christ. It isn’t going to work. Every one of us is too weak, too sinful, to ever make ourselves perfect and clean before we approach Him!

Come to Jesus Christ just how you are! He loves you just the way you are! He knows who you love, and he knows how you love, and he knows all of the dilemmas you are facing as you struggle with these issues. If he wants you to change, he will gently guide you to that change in His Time and in His Way.

As your relationship with Jesus Christ grows, he may change your thoughts and heart gently and steadily and move you toward the heterosexual world. He may ask you to give up your sexuality in this life in service to him, with promises of great reward for your dedicated sacrifice on the New Earth. And, this is important, He may keep your heart and mind and thoughts and spirit toward your love of same sex just the way you are right now, and give you teaching and guidelines in how to live righteously with who you are and continue to grow to His expectations.

There is a way for you to have a true and close relationship with Jesus Christ and still be you. The trick of it is giving Jesus Christ the control, and letting him lead you to the path he has chosen for you, with the loving relationship of people he has led your way that are walking the same path toward Him.

Most importantly, keep walking toward Jesus Christ in spite of those who condemn you in their judgments. It is the sinners of great faith that Jesus Christ loves the most!

God’s blessings in your journey!

Kathy L. McFarland, MDiv.

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Why are you against self-improvement through self-focus?

The churches of today are filled with corruptions and hypocrisies and are becoming exactly as the Word of God warns us.

We abhor the focus of self, and favor the focus on our walk with Jesus Christ, and our works for God.

Popular movements of today encourage self focus and improvement, and in fact, we have seen many people improve their lot in life by participating in evaluating themselves, and changing the things that are causing them to not grow.

But that has nothing to do with the walk that Jesus Christ as expressed in his Word of God. Churches have become so dirtied by focusing on making money and conducting self improvement projects for their congregations. They may well be entertaining and profitable for their church, but they are NOT worshiping God.

On a personal note, the more closely I focus on the things of God, the more self-confident I become. This self-confidence is not a sin, but a declaration of faith. While I may well mess things up bad on my own, I am confident that if I let the Holy Spirit lead me, everything works out perfectly.

Is it me that is doing the works of God? No; the Holy Spirit is.

Is it me that is preparing my mind, body and soul with study and prayer to God to give Him access? YES; and I am very proud of the efforts I have made, and strive every day to do better.

Does God look upon me as a sinner because I am proud that I strive every day to become a better tool for Him, than I did before? NO! He wants everyone of His People to strive to their highest spiritual places, so more of His Works can be accomplished.

If I could not experience the feeling of pride, then I would have no measure or motivation to move to the next higher level. It is not a sin, but rather a desirable condition if God is given His due.

The Word of God is not perverted! The things man has done with the Bible is. It is imperative in these days that Christian men with strong faith and conviction open the Bible up and study and learn the things of God, rather than sitting around like stupid beasts and be led by the nose by false teachers.

One day, on the New Earth, there will be a great need of leaders who are able to translate the Word and Will of God to bring justice and truth to lives who have been tricked in this lifetime.

GOD DOES NOT WANT WIMPS!

And that is the challenge for every Christian man and woman, trying to grow spiritually in these confusing times. You must pick your teacher well.

If you go to the churches that teach self improvement, then you will be deluded into learning things that does not concern God at all.

If you are taught the things of God, through His Word, your life will begin to conform to His Way, and He will begin to use you.

And brothers and sisters; if you don’t experience an immense pride from being chosen by Him, then you are insulting His love for you!

That’s the way I see it, and that’s the way I teach it.

Kathy L McFarland

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Whiners Angry with the LORD God

Sometimes my job as Teacher gives me more wiggle room than that of a Preacher. Preachers have to toe the line to the congregations that employ them. They are expected to say the things that are usually said within that Church, and to avoid the unfamiliar homilies from other places. Visiting the sick in the hospital is usually one of the top tasks expected of all preachers, and how well they comfort the sick, the dying and the mourners defines not only how popular they are among their Congregation, but also how long they will keep their job.

My boss is Jesus Christ. As long as I’m telling it the way His Word expresses, I’m okay. I don’t have to leave feel good messages, or words of comfort, or even be nice if the situation and my King does not demand it.

The good news is most of the time I am nice, especially to the sick, the dying and the mourners. Today, however, I am not going to be.

People of the World, People of the Kingdom, People of the Law, People of Servitude! One thing is assured; everyone is going to suffer and everyone is going to die!

The LORD GOD has willed that death come to sin. Since all people have sin, and the power of sin does not lose it’s hold over a person until death, you can be very certain that death will come to every person alive, regardless of how “nice” and “perfect” they are. Whether that death takes place in the natural way of the ceasing of life with a burial in the grave until resurrected on Judgment Day, or within the Baptismal Waters of Jesus Christ and resurrected immediately upon bodily death to the Kingdom of Heaven. EVERYONE DIES!

Before death, you can also be assured that suffering will happen to each of us! Our worst sufferings may happen when we are young and developing, or middle age and struggling, or old age and remembering! It doesn’t matter when; DEATH is gonna come! It doesn’t matter whether you are destined for great things, whether you are faithful and righteous, whether you are “good people” of whether you are wicked! It’s going to happen!

Sometimes the LORD God chooses the course of troubles that come to people, and sometimes He turns His back and allows troubles to come. Sometimes He leads people into hard times to harden them into righteous responders, and sometimes he leads people into soft places so they can recover.

If you read His Holy Word of God, then you can understand His Ways. If you do not have a relationship with Him, you will never understand His Spirit, His Nature or His Will.

If you have chosen to live a life of the world, bereft of the LORD God’s Things, then do not come to me seeking compassion for your sickness and approaching death unless you want to learn of Him and the salvation of Jesus Christ through faith of His Resurrection and promised redemption of your sins.

I don’t care whether you are angry at God for letting your perfect and good life be tainted with a little struggle and a little sadness. I know that many live their lives in a perfect and good way, come from “good stock” and firmly believe that their goodness will prevent them from having bad things come to them. Bullpucky!

And then when death comes and the “good” worldly person becomes the “saint” in legend, and people speak of the deceased being in Heaven and at peace, I usually hold my tongue, when I think of the times that dead person rejected Jesus Christ, mocked the Holy Spirit, and cursed God.

The truth is that the LORD God gives every living person a chance to come toward Him at some point in life. If those opportunities are rejected, then so be it. If you are of the world, and proud that you can be a “good” person without God, that is fine with me; embrace your choice, man-up, and go to your grave with pride that you lived the life and chose the death you wanted. Don’t come to me at the end and be angry at God and asking why.

If you reject Him and His Things in your worldly life, then He will not be helping you to understand the things happening to you in your suffering and death! Just in defining your life as “good” and your rewards “deserving” separates you from all of us past sinners who absolutely need the salvation of Jesus Christ and His promised redemption to squeeze into Heaven, and one day help establish the New Earth.

Imperfect and sinful people are offered a choice to live an eternal life guided by God, and overcome death through their faith in Jesus Christ. Wordly people choose their life of pefectness and goodness that one day leads to them rotting in their graves until they are resurrected at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

If you are old enough, and wise enough to make the choice of your way of life, then make it. Quit whining to me about the loneliness and pain that will come to you on your deathbed if you choose to go your own way with the world.

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The Amputation and Testimony of a Demon

Our neighbor came running over to our yard on a hot summer day, screaming our names over and over. We knew something was wrong from the tone of her shouts, and as she drew closer, we learned that our adult son had been seriously injured at the sawmill and he was calling out for us at the emergency room.

I don’t remember how we got there, but when we walked into the room where he was laying, we were greeted with a bloody, but very much alive son, who praised God that we had been reached. Grasping my hand into his bloodied hand, he told me that he knew it would all be okay now, because the devil would never stay in a room when we were present. The panic in his eyes let me know that all was not as it seemed, and he spoke the silent communication that a son is able to speak to a parent.

The adrenalin from the news, the sight of blood and mangled body parts, and the shock of the moment had caused my body and mind to speed up in an attempt to deal with it all. In the midst of this, my son was struggling to maintain consciousness enough to warn me of the hidden danger. We knew immediately what he meant, and I started looking around to see where the attack of his spirit was coming from.

The doctor, a nurse and we were the only people in the room. When the nurse left the room for a moment, and our son’s agitated semi consciousness continued, we knew the one he feared was sitting on a stool next to him, preparing to administer emergency first aid. Quickly analyzing the threat, we stood on each side of our son as he lay on the gurney, with our bodies covering his head and chest, as the doctor worked on his bloodied hand. We pretended to be distraught parents, as one would cover our son with hugs of assurance, then the other…..trying to create an illusion of loving distress but actually blocking the spiritual attack from reaching our son that was being waged by the man in white.

It must have looked ridiculous. It certainly didn’t fool the doctor nor the devil within him. At some point, a supernatural silence permeated the room, and all activity stopped. The doctor with the devil looked me in the eyes, and began to talk. His patient lay silent on the gurney, and the normal activity of the emergency room had disappeared. The devil had a message to plant within my soul, and the time and circumstance were perfect to effect that transfer.

His message was focused and specific, and he delivered it as he amputated my son’s fingers. Holding the bloodied hand in his, he began snipping the bone and muscle and nerves of the badly damaged hand, and the remnants of fingers of my son began to fall away and drop on the bloodied towel below. I felt my knees buckle and my breath leave me; my body began to fail me.

I silently prayed to my Jesus for strength and help, and I felt the surge of the Holy Spirit lift my body straight, plant my feet firmly, clear my head of dizzy confusion and prepare me for the attack that was coming.

The devil talked calmly and confidently as he offered his testimony.

He told me that he knew I was one of God’s people, and he had something to say to me, and all of the people that are like me…

He said, “Life is a precious and beautiful happening. I will not waste the time I have to enjoy and learn and grow in this life, in this world, on some pretend faith that encourages focus on rejecting this life and waiting for the next life to come around. The concept that this life should be rejected for a life to come is obscene and wicked and does not say much for the God you worship or the King you follow. His plan of giving life to you, then causing you to not participate in that life, with a promise of a better life, is not a God that I will ever worship.”

Once the message was delivered in the midst of blood and gore, the devil left the body of the doctor, the emergency room became active, my son awakened and the emergency amputations were finished. Life resumed once again to the normal pace and the normal time, and the episode was over.

But the message lingered…every time I struggled to separate myself from the wickedness of this world, every time I made an effort to focus on the life to come, every time I shut out the worldly lusts and temptations that would cross my path…I would hear those evil words over and over in my mind urging me to enjoy the things of the world, because life is short and you only get one of them to live and enjoy.

“GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN! I REJECT YOUR MESSAGE!” I would shout each time the words would come to me, and eventually the power of his wicked words lessoned.

Christians must reject the wickedness of the world. The ways of the world include adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings and these kinds of things. These are the things that the devil desires, and these are the things of his testimony. It is exactly these things that Christians are to separate themselves from and it is these type of things that will prevent a person from inheriting the Kingdom of God.

Lucifer fell from heaven and the grace of the LORD GOD because he became enamored of his own bright light. He convinced himself that he knew a better way to be a god, and he tried to make man follow him and live a life with the principles of freedom to enjoy the works of the flesh and world. The Dr. Devil’s testimony on that bloody summer day, reflected the same tricking words that he used to cause Adam and Eve to sin and go against the LORD GOD in their time. Follow the way of Lucifer….and “you can be gods yourself” was the ultimate promise of freedom that led to the original sin and separation from God.

“GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN! I REJECT YOUR MESSAGE!”

Christians are to LIVE fully the life that they are blessed and graced by the LORD GOD to receive. All things are created by Him, and all things righteous are given to be enjoyed by Him. The music, art, nature, love, family, and moments are given to us in our life to enjoy. Our efforts and desires and hopes and dreams of happiness and fullfillment are notable to Him, and he desires us experience everything in life that He brings our way. We must embrace the things of God that he has provided in the life for us….We must live our lives fully and thoroughly furnished with the things that He Wills us to enjoy…to do less makes us less of a person, and causes us to become less than what He Will us to be!

I want to enjoy this life I was given and I want to experience it to its fullest. I do not want to hide in a cave or a bomb shelter in fear of the persecutions that are promised to come. I want to squeeze every bit of life that I can out of the blessings that are given me, and I am confident that my life will with a good measure of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,and temperance through the Holy Spirit as I walk the Way of the LORD GOD and Jesus Christ as it is walked in the Kingdom of God. Thanks be to God for the sanctified and rightous life that He has given me through His Grace!

Years ago, I published this article in another blog I wrote at the time. Although the account revealed a little deeper into the hidden things of spirituality that I normally don’t focus on and share, the event led me to a great understanding to the way a devil can plant words that can be activated later. After much contemplation, I decided to share my experience, with hopes that other Christians would recognize the words of the devil, and reject them when they came to them.

When I published this article, I braced myself for the backlash of Christian puritans who would argue that the devil is not active today. Amazingly, these arguments did not come.

But something really strange happened…an Internet forum of debunkers and deep thinkers read the article, and doubted it’s truthfulness. They did not question my account of the devil, but they were convinced that no emergency room doctor would perform the procedures recorded in our blog.

The account of my experience is true. We live in a wilderness area, with a small town hospital where emergency room doctors do what they need to do, as good as they can do, when they can do it. While I recognize that the civilized world would not be familiar with country practiced medicine, I can assure you that the events happened as I have written.

Because I still feel it is so important for Christians to be aware of the words of the devil that are subtly spoken around us, I have decided to republish this article, and pray that it reaches those whose walk with Christ can be strengthened as they consider the darker things that actively attempt to prevent our forward movement toward Him.