Revelation 12:11 is what I thought about when I seen that headline.
23 And he said to them all , If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me .
24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 9:23-25
Who are enemies of the cross?
Credit Henry Mathew : Interesting...
"Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 12:7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. The parties were Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and his instruments. The strength of the church is in having the Lord Jesus for the Captain of their salvation. Pagan idolatry, which was the worship of devils, was cast out of the empire by the spreading of Christianity. The salvation and strength of the church, are only to be ascribed to the King and Head of the church. The conquered enemy hates the presence of God, yet he is willing to appear there, to accuse the people of God. Let us take heed that we give him no cause to accuse us; and that, when we have sinned, we go before the Lord, condemn ourselves, and commit our cause to Christ as our Advocate. The servants of God overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, as the cause. By the word of their testimony: the powerful preaching of the gospel is mighty, through God, to pull down strong holds. By their courage and patience in sufferings: they loved not their lives so well but they could lay them down in Christ's cause. These were the warriors and the weapons by which Christianity overthrew the power of pagan idolatry; and if Christians had continued to fight with these weapons, and such as these, their victories would have been more numerous and glorious, and the effects more lasting. The redeemed overcame by a simple reliance on the blood of Christ, as the only ground of their hopes. In this we must be like them. We must not blend any thing else with this."
Again I come across this headline above and I want to address it. First of all John 3:16 is a wonderful gift and a gift cannot be earned by good works. You MUST put your faith/Trust in Jesus Christ!!!
God is merciful but who is God? Who is the real Jesus Christ? What is written in the Holy Bible? I would recommend the King James 1611 Bible to you. What is the life in Christ and why can't you follow the world being the sinful rebellious world? Why will that make you God's enemy? James 4:4
You know they have the people in the tribulation that overcame by the blood of the lamb and their testimony but in modern day say for example in a workplace you contend for the faith once delivered onto the Saints and you're really not supposed to be doing that at work but people are transgressing the God they don't know what happens you might risk losing your job and not be able to pay your rent and perhaps eventually lose your dwelling place. Bearing your cross.. i.e.: take up your cross is not easy on any level and some peoples foundation is not built on quicksand while others are. Some of these street preachers have been assaulted/even jailed and have had to go to court and they're blamed for many things that they did not do even injured. They bear/take up their cross. But if a counterfeit Christian is trying to go to heaven without the biblical truth bearing/taking up their cross but they actually are amalgamators with evil and they live a life of ignorant transgression of God's laws moral and spiritual coupled with a false method of salvation they are enemies of the cross. What cross are they bearing? And when do you bear your cross? If somebody is taking the name of God in vain in the donut shop/coffee shop do you rebuke them and say to them thou shalt not take the name of God in vain ? How many people do that very few? I've done it and sometimes people acknowledge it and other times people are wicked as hell.
Taking up your cross. Following Christ even in persecution! You know the seed that fell on stony ground when persecutions came they were offended and fell away!!!
There's a few videos that I could liken to taken up your cross too. One was Dearborn Michigan the Americans street preachers I came across this one and you see how these preachers are demonized by the regular mainstream media. They state their cause and they say they're going to be there for the entire duration of this festival and they say why they are there and this is in a sense taking up your cross. The other is below such as SODEM & GOMORREH!
Revelation 12:11 is what I thought about when I seen that headline.
23 And he said to them all , If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me .
24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 9:23-25
Who are enemies of the cross?
Credit Henry Mathew : Interesting...
"Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
12:7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. The parties were Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and his instruments. The strength of the church is in having the Lord Jesus for the Captain of their salvation. Pagan idolatry, which was the worship of devils, was cast out of the empire by the spreading of Christianity. The salvation and strength of the church, are only to be ascribed to the King and Head of the church. The conquered enemy hates the presence of God, yet he is willing to appear there, to accuse the people of God. Let us take heed that we give him no cause to accuse us; and that, when we have sinned, we go before the Lord, condemn ourselves, and commit our cause to Christ as our Advocate. The servants of God overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, as the cause. By the word of their testimony: the powerful preaching of the gospel is mighty, through God, to pull down strong holds. By their courage and patience in sufferings: they loved not their lives so well but they could lay them down in Christ's cause. These were the warriors and the weapons by which Christianity overthrew the power of pagan idolatry; and if Christians had continued to fight with these weapons, and such as these, their victories would have been more numerous and glorious, and the effects more lasting. The redeemed overcame by a simple reliance on the blood of Christ, as the only ground of their hopes. In this we must be like them. We must not blend any thing else with this."
Henry Matthew commentary Revelation 12:11
Again I come across this headline above and I want to address it. First of all John 3:16 is a wonderful gift and a gift cannot be earned by good works. You MUST put your faith/Trust in Jesus Christ!!!
God is merciful but who is God? Who is the real Jesus Christ? What is written in the Holy Bible? I would recommend the King James 1611 Bible to you. What is the life in Christ and why can't you follow the world being the sinful rebellious world? Why will that make you God's enemy? James 4:4
You know they have the people in the tribulation that overcame by the blood of the lamb and their testimony but in modern day say for example in a workplace you contend for the faith once delivered onto the Saints and you're really not supposed to be doing that at work but people are transgressing the God they don't know what happens you might risk losing your job and not be able to pay your rent and perhaps eventually lose your dwelling place. Bearing your cross.. i.e.: take up your cross is not easy on any level and some peoples foundation is not built on quicksand while others are. Some of these street preachers have been assaulted/even jailed and have had to go to court and they're blamed for many things that they did not do even injured. They bear/take up their cross. But if a counterfeit Christian is trying to go to heaven without the biblical truth bearing/taking up their cross but they actually are amalgamators with evil and they live a life of ignorant transgression of God's laws moral and spiritual coupled with a false method of salvation they are enemies of the cross. What cross are they bearing? And when do you bear your cross? If somebody is taking the name of God in vain in the donut shop/coffee shop do you rebuke them and say to them thou shalt not take the name of God in vain ? How many people do that very few? I've done it and sometimes people acknowledge it and other times people are wicked as hell.
Taking up your cross. Following Christ even in persecution! You know the seed that fell on stony ground when persecutions came they were offended and fell away!!!
There's a few videos that I could liken to taken up your cross too. One was Dearborn Michigan the Americans street preachers I came across this one and you see how these preachers are demonized by the regular mainstream media. They state their cause and they say they're going to be there for the entire duration of this festival and they say why they are there and this is in a sense taking up your cross. The other is below such as SODEM & GOMORREH!
You can't serve two masters
Addressing taking up your cross part 2
In reference to this see
Colossians 2.8 KJV