Today everyone is talking about the show Duck Dynasty and while we do not have television ourselves let us talk about it and say this:
God's redeemed, discerning remnant people do not care about this silliness or waste their time on it.
If you are a follower of Christ, please test with God's Word what we will say below. If you are indeed a true follower of Christ please read on to see what the bible says about how His people are to live. If you are a seeker, you may learn from the verses we will post below.
In truth, His people are not to be involved in such foolish things as what the secular world calls "entertainment".
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Some may say that this is a hard statement and maybe it is, but it is the truth as well?
We do have a simple question that we believe exposes all of this as futile at best.
Why would any true, set apart, born again, holy, obedient, Berean follower of Jesus Christ even waste their time with watching or defending this foolishness of the world? If you cannot see some clear biblical facts at play here; you are in great trouble spiritually:
1) This family is making a mockery out of the true faith and doing it in public.
Peter says to be holy in all your conduct ( 1 Peter 1:15 ) and they don't do this at all
2) They are silly, worldly and disobedient to the full Word of God
Titus 1 says a leader is to be sober minded...they are not that.
3) They are money changers using the gospel for pure profit.
God's word warns against this in ( 1 Corinthians 9 )
4) They have poor biblical theology.
Their body teaches baptism for salvation and that is against God's word / see Ephesians 2:8-9
Read an article that shows baptism is not required for salvation:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2017/06/baptism-for-salvation-is-not-biblical.html
5) Phil R the leader... is very undiscerning in truth having spoken at Rick Warrens den of lies in California. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 says to test everything and Phil certainly doesn't do that does he?
6) Their ladies dress like harlots and are not biblical in their ways per the Holy Word.
So based on that alone why is anyone who claims new life Christ even a part of this worldly circus with a just sprinkling of a perverted faith tossed in for good measure? They should not be at all.
Leaving that whole sad issue behind us for good let us move on.
Here are some more points to refresh us all (who claim Jesus is Lord) and to teach those who are perhaps exploring and counting the cost of being a TRUE Christ disciple.
*God's people are to test all we do and to only spend time on for what is pure and good ( Philippians 4:8 )
*We are to take every thought captive for Christ ( 2 Corinthians 10:5 )
*A believer is not to waste our time in carnal entertainment but redeem it for the Lord ( Ephesians 5:16 )
*The true follower of Christ will be not like the world around him. ( Romans 12:2 )
*Anyone born into Jesus is to be in ALL the doctrine of Christ ( 2 John 1:9 )
*Jesus told us to aim at perfection not silliness ( Matthew 5:48 )
*Jesus told us to live by every word out of God's mouth not TV personalities ( Matthew 4:4 )
*Proverbs says set nothing vile before your eyes and false Christianity is indeed vile ( Psalm 101:3 )
*Paul taught us to kill our flesh not indulge it for entertainment sake ( Romans 8:12-13 )
We could go on and on, as God's Word is full of instructions to His people.
People that are spending massive amounts of time ( like we once did ) on entertainment and are NOT getting into Gods word make a sad statement about the product of man's American modern religion today that so many claim membership in today. They are more a part of the carnal fallen culture around them then they are set apart for God ( set apart means=holy, Romans 12:1) as people of the Lord. They "go to church" weekly they then "go back into the culture" for their idol fun and off time and they get caught up in the fruitless things of this world that are passing away. ( 1 John 2:17)
And please note this... it is often the modern false pastors that are either leading them into man's ways or NOT rebuking them to come out of them. This is why we preach against the modern pastor today as he is a dangerous wolf.
God's true people are not of this world at all. (John 17:14) Jesus made that very clear for all to see.
They are about His word and ways and working for His glory and King to come.
That is what the New Testament body is all about really. Truth and training up holy obedient soldiers for the Lord ( Ephesians 4 ) and striving in His word, not in this fallen world. ( 1 John 2:15 )
Can we give you some advise? ( and we learned the hard we no one told us the truth )
If you want a true leg up on your seeking His truth or time for the Lord, holiness, training in righteousness and bible study time please toss out your TV, cancel your cable. Then take that time & money and invest it in the Kingdom of God. If you seek Him with all your heart you will find an amazing treasure that will never fade away. ( Isaiah 40:8 )
Please read or listen to the life saving gospel here:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
For His glory....
www.dontperish.com
God's redeemed, discerning remnant people do not care about this silliness or waste their time on it.
If you are a follower of Christ, please test with God's Word what we will say below. If you are indeed a true follower of Christ please read on to see what the bible says about how His people are to live. If you are a seeker, you may learn from the verses we will post below.
In truth, His people are not to be involved in such foolish things as what the secular world calls "entertainment".
*********************************************************************************
Some may say that this is a hard statement and maybe it is, but it is the truth as well?
We do have a simple question that we believe exposes all of this as futile at best.
Why would any true, set apart, born again, holy, obedient, Berean follower of Jesus Christ even waste their time with watching or defending this foolishness of the world? If you cannot see some clear biblical facts at play here; you are in great trouble spiritually:
1) This family is making a mockery out of the true faith and doing it in public.
Peter says to be holy in all your conduct ( 1 Peter 1:15 ) and they don't do this at all
2) They are silly, worldly and disobedient to the full Word of God
Titus 1 says a leader is to be sober minded...they are not that.
3) They are money changers using the gospel for pure profit.
God's word warns against this in ( 1 Corinthians 9 )
4) They have poor biblical theology.
Their body teaches baptism for salvation and that is against God's word / see Ephesians 2:8-9
Read an article that shows baptism is not required for salvation:
http://spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com/2017/06/baptism-for-salvation-is-not-biblical.html
5) Phil R the leader... is very undiscerning in truth having spoken at Rick Warrens den of lies in California. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 says to test everything and Phil certainly doesn't do that does he?
6) Their ladies dress like harlots and are not biblical in their ways per the Holy Word.
So based on that alone why is anyone who claims new life Christ even a part of this worldly circus with a just sprinkling of a perverted faith tossed in for good measure? They should not be at all.
Leaving that whole sad issue behind us for good let us move on.
Here are some more points to refresh us all (who claim Jesus is Lord) and to teach those who are perhaps exploring and counting the cost of being a TRUE Christ disciple.
*God's people are to test all we do and to only spend time on for what is pure and good ( Philippians 4:8 )
*We are to take every thought captive for Christ ( 2 Corinthians 10:5 )
*A believer is not to waste our time in carnal entertainment but redeem it for the Lord ( Ephesians 5:16 )
*The true follower of Christ will be not like the world around him. ( Romans 12:2 )
*Anyone born into Jesus is to be in ALL the doctrine of Christ ( 2 John 1:9 )
*Jesus told us to aim at perfection not silliness ( Matthew 5:48 )
*Jesus told us to live by every word out of God's mouth not TV personalities ( Matthew 4:4 )
*Proverbs says set nothing vile before your eyes and false Christianity is indeed vile ( Psalm 101:3 )
*Paul taught us to kill our flesh not indulge it for entertainment sake ( Romans 8:12-13 )
We could go on and on, as God's Word is full of instructions to His people.
People that are spending massive amounts of time ( like we once did ) on entertainment and are NOT getting into Gods word make a sad statement about the product of man's American modern religion today that so many claim membership in today. They are more a part of the carnal fallen culture around them then they are set apart for God ( set apart means=holy, Romans 12:1) as people of the Lord. They "go to church" weekly they then "go back into the culture" for their idol fun and off time and they get caught up in the fruitless things of this world that are passing away. ( 1 John 2:17)
And please note this... it is often the modern false pastors that are either leading them into man's ways or NOT rebuking them to come out of them. This is why we preach against the modern pastor today as he is a dangerous wolf.
God's true people are not of this world at all. (John 17:14) Jesus made that very clear for all to see.
They are about His word and ways and working for His glory and King to come.
That is what the New Testament body is all about really. Truth and training up holy obedient soldiers for the Lord ( Ephesians 4 ) and striving in His word, not in this fallen world. ( 1 John 2:15 )
Can we give you some advise? ( and we learned the hard we no one told us the truth )
If you want a true leg up on your seeking His truth or time for the Lord, holiness, training in righteousness and bible study time please toss out your TV, cancel your cable. Then take that time & money and invest it in the Kingdom of God. If you seek Him with all your heart you will find an amazing treasure that will never fade away. ( Isaiah 40:8 )
Please read or listen to the life saving gospel here:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
For His glory....
www.dontperish.com