What does Jesus Christ say of the world who will not accept Him as Lord of anything?
The evil ones of this world “have called the master of the house Beelzebul!”
Did you know that this particular name for Satan means: “lord of the house” and “prince of evil spirits?”
Jesus said the evil ones (Pharisees and others) have accused the Righteous One of being the evil lord of this world, when in fact they are ruled by the dark powers of the enemy of God Almighty.
Christ’s further warning to His disciples: chosen servants of the Holy Heavenly House of God, will be hated even more.
How much more will Christ haters call Christ followers ‘devils.’
Matthew 10
26 “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell…
32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
What is YOUR witness?
- HYPOCRISY that points to the sin of the world (& your own righteousness)?
- OR Do you acknowledge your many sins and Christ Jesus before the world who hates Him?
I am a great sinner, forgiven by a Lord greater than all our unrighteousness.
Not Peace, but a Sword
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
As for the church:
- Premarital sex? Some of us are guilty
- Living together in sexual sin? Some of us are guilty?
- Homosexual sin? Some of us are guilty.
- Out of wedlock births? Some of us are guilty.
- Fathers abandoning our children? Some of us are guilty.
- Murdering a child by abortion? Some of us are guilty.
- Divorce? Some of us are guilty.
- Putting away our Christian wife? Some of us are guilty.
- Putting out our Christian husband? Some of us are guilty.
- Running from Christ and brothers & sisters in the Lord? Some of us are guilty.
- Embracing worldly ways and wicked friends? Some of us are guilty.
- Calling our selves “christian” and accusing others of sin? Some of us are guilty.
By the breaking of our VOWS and the witness of our rotting fruit, we have sinned against God and the Bridegroom returning for His Bride the Church.
We, Christ’s church betrothed, are ADULTERERS
“in a relationship” with the enemy of all Righteousness!
And to what TRUTH does Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior call us?
The Woman Caught in Adultery
7:53 [[They went each to his own house,] 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
Imagine, dear sister or brother in the Lord, that this is you (a christian).
11 … And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you;
go, and from now on sin no more.”
Beloved sister, beloved brother in the Lord; this is Jesus’ charge to the church:
You have been sinners.
Neither do I condemn you.
Go and sin no more.
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
