Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Do you feel Condemned?

I would like to ask you a question. This question is one that I've asked myself.
Are you praying and studying God's Word enough?
Satan and his demons knows time is short, and they are doing everything they can to keep you from praying, to keep you from studying God's Word. They seek your destruction. They are doing what they can to take you away from God!
Are you doing your part in drawing close and staying close to God in this battle?
The materials of God's apostle, and his Church, are here to encourage, strengthen, and focus us on overcoming and building the Holy & Righteous Character of God. To help us "Make the grade". That is what the materials on wwcg-archives.com is for.
Herbert W Armstrong was led by the Holy Spirit of God, and God through the Holy Spirit is helping those of us in the Church to qualify. Not by might, nor by power, but by MY Spirit sayeth the Eternal!(Zech 4:6)
But we must do our part. We must be daily in heartrending prayers, and diligent Bible Study, showing ourselves approved of God. We must draw close to God! If we are not on the right track, the Holy Spirit goes off and leaves us behind! This is WHY we need to get back on the track!
And if we are not properly praying and Bible studying every day...we are lacking God's Holy SPIRIT! And we will become lukewarm and lethargic! And the devil will GOBBLE US UP WITHOUT GOD!
So I ask you this question again. Are you praying and studying God's Word enough?
Don't feel condemned. We aren't condemning anyone here.
We realize that we all are sinners, and that we all have fallen short of the glory of God.
Satan wants to discourage you, so when God is trying to help you, Satan will broadcast to you the attitude that makes you feel condemned. He does this to get you to react against God's Word. Getting upset isn't wrong. It's what we are upset about that counts. We must show love towards God first. And so we must take everything to God in prayer and Bible study, and fasting. Allow God to lead you through His Holy Spirit! Ask Him to open your eyes to what HE SEES! And then be ready to change to what He shows you.
Satan wants to discourage you and to get you feeling that feeling of condemnation. That is a snare that we all must beware of.
We all have sinned. We all have gotten off track. But we can repent and turn it around. We don't have to feel condemned. We don't have to fall prey to the wiles of the devil. We can draw close to God, and He will draw close to us. And Jesus Christ is the champion! He already has overcome Satan and his demons! And He wants you to be ENCOURAGED! With Him you can overcome!
Are we praying and studying God's Word enough?
Let us answer this question and be encouraged, for you can overcome the devil and all his demons too.
"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name."(Rev. 3:12)

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