How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray ? Matthew 18:12.
In extremely important response to : Oliver Anthony turned down $8 million and turned to scripture
Before I begin below a person can open the scriptures and read them and not be a doer of the word. You have atheist out there that don't know God but have looked and studied the Bible and some of them have a moral compass to some degree. What does it mean to abide in Christ? Are we his sheep or are we being led astray?
8 We are troubled on every side , yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 2 Corinthians 4:8
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
As a born again believer in Christ I must address this again. First of all his song, Anthony's Rich men north of Richmond is a strong song and a well-written song when it comes to music writing where one expresses themselves in their music composition. So being a musician and a songwriter myself prior to really being a true believer, being a born-again believer who knows absolutely the way is straight and narrow and few be there that find it in their lifetime that you have to give credit where credit is due. A lot of country artists are more humble than your traditional artists because of their country but God tells us there is none that understands and all have become unprofitable having gone astray. Some people God tells us they have become fools in their imagination. So this song as they are reporting broke a lot of people because it speaks the truth regarding the struggles of life but man will not live on bread and water alone. You see we were instructed to love our enemies. We were also instructed to give thanks and praise daily. There is good and bad everywhere and yes politicians have earned a horrible name for themselves over time but not all of them. I am sure there are a few with the moral compass. Christ had his worst criticism for the religious elite. After that he was hard on lawyers and tax collectors. Judgment starts at the house of God and that happened. There was a time that I would have been rooting non-stop for Anthony. There was a time that I had upheld the music industry and I wanted celebrity status and recognition. The most important thing is to have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth and to walk with him. The world is at a time when it is exactly like the day of Noah when the earth is full of violence. What is to come is what is prophesied to come and it is sheer devastation. The end times are prophesied in the Bible and they are horrible and a time of tribulation. And in Noah's day they were doing the exact same thing they are doing today. Today they're full of all manner of iniquity. They're full of entertainment but they have no relationship and they're full of religion but they have no relationship nor submission. They don't submit to God and they want to have their cake and eat it too. You cannot serve two masters you will love one and despise the other. Yes I did notice that Oliver Anthony turned down the incredible offers that he received. I caution you that it is extremely easy for one to lose their soul . I read the initial things Oliver Anthony said when he first was astonished at the success of the 18-wheeler trucks and all these things to do with touring. You can say one thing then the next day/in due time you're doing exactly what you said you wouldn't do. Is it saving souls? Are you on the narrow straight gate path or are you being led astray and deceived? The sheer amount of people that die every day one must take into account if the way truly is narrow very few make it to heaven and most make it to hell. The gospel saves souls.
Please read these words carefully
24 No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon .
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
If we don't work most people we can't live so we must have some sort of an income. When we do anything we are to do it without complaining. And everything we are to do we are to do it being in Christ and he is to be our shepherd, our master and our high priest. God tells us all souls belong to him. He also tells us the soul that sins shall surely die. If you die the second death you will spend eternity in a horrible place called hell absent from the light of God forever. If you start to be a friend of the world and you start swearing like the world and dressing like the world and sinning in rebellion like the world you can open the Bible and call yourself a Christian but you're a hypocrite. There are two very serious and scary parts of the Holy scriptures. One of them is the multitude is going to hear that Christ never knew them and be sent to a place of darkness which is hell for all of eternity. The second is the one that went to hell pleaded to be let out to go warn others and what were they told?
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16:27-31 KJV
So if God let somebody out of hell from some other generation some other time to go warn people they're not going to listen. They're not going to be persuaded. God gave his only begotten son and many prophets came into this world including Christ, Moses, including John the Baptist, including Elijah and the Apostles. God gave us the Bible and if people don't take an interest in their own soul, in repentance and salvation but are under the impression you can serve both God and Mammon their at a loss already.
The evil one is a serpent and you have to be extremely careful. He wants to devour the sheep
In extremely important response to : Oliver Anthony turned down $8 million and turned to scripture
Before I begin below a person can open the scriptures and read them and not be a doer of the word. You have atheist out there that don't know God but have looked and studied the Bible and some of them have a moral compass to some degree. What does it mean to abide in Christ? Are we his sheep or are we being led astray?
8 We are troubled on every side , yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 2 Corinthians 4:8
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
As a born again believer in Christ I must address this again. First of all his song, Anthony's Rich men north of Richmond is a strong song and a well-written song when it comes to music writing where one expresses themselves in their music composition. So being a musician and a songwriter myself prior to really being a true believer, being a born-again believer who knows absolutely the way is straight and narrow and few be there that find it in their lifetime that you have to give credit where credit is due. A lot of country artists are more humble than your traditional artists because of their country but God tells us there is none that understands and all have become unprofitable having gone astray. Some people God tells us they have become fools in their imagination. So this song as they are reporting broke a lot of people because it speaks the truth regarding the struggles of life but man will not live on bread and water alone. You see we were instructed to love our enemies. We were also instructed to give thanks and praise daily. There is good and bad everywhere and yes politicians have earned a horrible name for themselves over time but not all of them. I am sure there are a few with the moral compass. Christ had his worst criticism for the religious elite. After that he was hard on lawyers and tax collectors. Judgment starts at the house of God and that happened. There was a time that I would have been rooting non-stop for Anthony. There was a time that I had upheld the music industry and I wanted celebrity status and recognition. The most important thing is to have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth and to walk with him. The world is at a time when it is exactly like the day of Noah when the earth is full of violence. What is to come is what is prophesied to come and it is sheer devastation. The end times are prophesied in the Bible and they are horrible and a time of tribulation. And in Noah's day they were doing the exact same thing they are doing today. Today they're full of all manner of iniquity. They're full of entertainment but they have no relationship and they're full of religion but they have no relationship nor submission. They don't submit to God and they want to have their cake and eat it too. You cannot serve two masters you will love one and despise the other. Yes I did notice that Oliver Anthony turned down the incredible offers that he received. I caution you that it is extremely easy for one to lose their soul . I read the initial things Oliver Anthony said when he first was astonished at the success of the 18-wheeler trucks and all these things to do with touring. You can say one thing then the next day/in due time you're doing exactly what you said you wouldn't do. Is it saving souls? Are you on the narrow straight gate path or are you being led astray and deceived? The sheer amount of people that die every day one must take into account if the way truly is narrow very few make it to heaven and most make it to hell. The gospel saves souls.
Please read these words carefully
24 No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon .
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
If we don't work most people we can't live so we must have some sort of an income. When we do anything we are to do it without complaining. And everything we are to do we are to do it being in Christ and he is to be our shepherd, our master and our high priest. God tells us all souls belong to him. He also tells us the soul that sins shall surely die. If you die the second death you will spend eternity in a horrible place called hell absent from the light of God forever. If you start to be a friend of the world and you start swearing like the world and dressing like the world and sinning in rebellion like the world you can open the Bible and call yourself a Christian but you're a hypocrite. There are two very serious and scary parts of the Holy scriptures. One of them is the multitude is going to hear that Christ never knew them and be sent to a place of darkness which is hell for all of eternity. The second is the one that went to hell pleaded to be let out to go warn others and what were they told?
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16:27-31 KJV
So if God let somebody out of hell from some other generation some other time to go warn people they're not going to listen. They're not going to be persuaded. God gave his only begotten son and many prophets came into this world including Christ, Moses, including John the Baptist, including Elijah and the Apostles. God gave us the Bible and if people don't take an interest in their own soul, in repentance and salvation but are under the impression you can serve both God and Mammon their at a loss already.
The evil one is a serpent and you have to be extremely careful. He wants to devour the sheep
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