So you scroll down your Facebook page allowing your eyes to land on headlines at a glance and come across an amazing story. So, you stop and read the whole thing, even click on the "more" and keep reading. But something's stinky. Something doesn't quite jive or jell.
THE WHOLE ARTICLE WAS A COMPLETE LIE. NOT A WORD OF TRUTH IN IT. AND YOU JUST SPENT ALMOST FOUR MINUTES READING IT!
What ISN'T fake in our world today?
Furthermore, when there's so much that's fake, how can you tell what's real? It used to be that we could easily compare the true with the fake and know the difference. If an item of clothing had a name brand on it, it was the real deal. Because there was some kind of law Stateside that required brand names to be authentic. But, China didn't get that memo. They could care less about authenticity.
Did you notice the low quality of our clothes nowadays? How about our socks? Walmart socks are what I would call "disposable". If you want real honest-to-goodness reinforced toes, you'll pay at least double. The usual socks will get a hole in them right at your big toe within six months. Less, if you walk a lot.
What about fake Christians? Do we want to talk about them? Of course, nobody wants to judge. But COME ON. Get REAL. We used to say, "Just because you go to a garage doesn't make you a car any more than going to church makes one a Christian."
Maybe the question is: "WHAT IS A REAL CHRISTIAN?"
If you need to ask that question, here's the rule of thumb: A Christian is a follower of Christ. Christianity used to be a cult. And it was a severely persecuted cult at that. And if one desired to become a Christian or a follower of the teachings of Christ, they had to be willing to lay down their life for God.
That takes a little thing called HUMILITY.
And humility is not a bad thing. It's a good thing. In fact, it's a GOAL.
With that in mind, a true Christian doesn't care who gets the credit for their efforts because they believe that God is a Rewarder. In saying that, they believe GOD sees all our efforts in His direction and His direction is HELPING OTHERS. We're supposed to love other people MORE than we love ourselves.
BTW, we ARE supposed to love ourselves. We're supposed to love GOD more but we are supposed to love ourselves because we were EACH ONE OF US created IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
Life is NOT a competition about "who's got the smartest kids" or "who's got the biggest yard" or "who makes the most money" or "who's the 'coolest' person on social media". It's really not even about winning. If there's a competition, we're competing to be the most generous, the biggest givers, the most sacrificial, the most merciful and forgiving of others. In other words, as stated above, the most HUMBLE.
God wants to help build our character. And He usually gets a lot of mileage out of people around us who drive us crazy, test our patience to the limit, or make us feel pressured.
However, quite often these so-called "personality disorders" that we have to deal with in people are not just disorders. Quite often they are bad spirits. Disembodied demons that have wangled their way into a person's every day life and sometimes will even speak right out of their mouth!
And, YES, Christians DO have demons.
That's why it's so important for a newborn believer to clean his/her house out with the WORD OF GOD and get their mind REWIRED by the HOLY SPIRIT.
WORD + HOLY SPIRIT + PRAYER
Build your spiritual house on the Rock of CHRIST word upon word, line upon line until you KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND WHY YOU BELIEVE IT.
Now, all this is VERY important for newborn believers.
NEVER ASSUME THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO KNOW. THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS STANCE TO TAKE.
You don't have to eat the fake food either. But, if you do happen to eat something you KNOW was bad for you, PRAY OVER IT. Or pray AFTER you eat it. The body can handle a few slip-ups, especially if you don't make a habit of eating garbage. Eat organic when at all possible because it makes a big difference, not only in taste but in all the reasons why we eat food. Low prices don't make junk food good for you. Maybe good for your wallet, but you'll pay the price elsewhere if you keep eating junk.
No need to go around the grocery store reading labels to find out all the ingredients. Just DON'T BUY PACKAGED FOOD, then you won't need to read the label.
Better yet, GROW IT YOURSELF. Get some good ol' garden DIRT under your nails. Just the way God intended.
And as far as fake genders --to me that is a very sad, sad story. Lesbians and gays are missing out on the adventure of a lifetime --a heterosexual relationship. God created us male and female. Gender confusion is an illness which causes a lot of harm.
God created us so that HUMAN BEINGS WILL NEVER BE FULLY HAPPY until they find THEIR CREATOR. AND have a relationship WITH HIM.
It's AMAZING. It's Transcendent.
He is the WIND BENEATH OUR WINGS. AND He shelters us WITH HIS WINGS.
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