Month: February 2025

“And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.” (Genesis 1:4) John 3 tells us that God sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that through Him the world might be saved. And that he who believes in Him will not be condemned. But the world chose to crucify Him. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest their deeds be exposed. John also tells us in 1 John 1:5-8 “This is the message which we have heard Him from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.” John further states a profound warning in 1 John 2:21-22, “I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know the truth, and that no lie is of the truth, Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.” We can say we believe in Jesus or that we’re “Born Again” but in our works or our walk we can be disobedient and willful. We deny His commands to love our brother and though we may still try to walk the walk we are disqualified.

Charles Spurgeon said “No sooner is there a good thing in the world, than a division is necessary. Light and darkness have no communion; God has divided them, let us not confound them. Sons of light must not have fellowship with deeds, doctrines, or deceits of darkness. The children of the day must be sober, honest, and bold in their Lord’s work, leaving the works of darkness to those who shall dwell in it forever. Our churches should by discipline divide the light from the darkness, and we should by our distinct separation from the world do the same. In judgement, in action, in hearing, in teaching, in association, we must discern between the precious and the vile, and maintain the great distinction which the Lord made upon the world’s first day.” Yet somehow, we have come to a place where following that which is contrary to what Christ taught is commonplace. And it is excused as necessary to bring about a kingdom which has no place in Him and will be utterly wiped away. Proverbs 4:19 states, “The way of the wicked is as darkness, and they do not know what makes them stumble.” Isaiah 59:9-10 says, “Therefore justice is far from us. Nor does righteousness overtake us. We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness but we walk in blackness. We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight. We are as dead men in desolate places.” Isaiah speaks of our transgressions being multiplied. Justice is turned back. Falsehood is increased. And truth falls in the street. Are we much different from that today? Half our nation and over half the “Church” follow the epitome of that which has been birthed by darkness. One who has never walked in the fruit of the spirit and openly displays the works of the flesh as if that was to be admired. And that same one openly states they have nothing to repent of. Walk from this one and the evil he has surrounded himself with. They are of the same ilk.

Peter states the same warning in 2 Peter 2 that is given in Proverbs 26:11. We have seen the Light and know it is the only way. Anything else only promises corruption and bondage. But like a dog returning to its vomit, a fool returns to his folly. And like a sow, having been clean, returns to wallowing in the mire. What I speak of is much more than a warning to the loss of our democracy. This is your very life in Him. Have no part in the unfruitful works of darkness. Expose them even to your own detriment. I pray He is a shield about you in this battle. Speak and walk in the words of Micah 6:8 each day. “He has shown you what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly with the Lord your God?” I pray you stand and cast off this darkness. Blessings.

For too long, we have set aside what is necessary in following Him. We have become enamored with so much that promises something but delivers nothing. Empty promises. From politicians to teachers, to pastors, to prophets, to each other. So many claim to have seen and heard His word and plans for us, but they are like that one Paul spoke of in 2 Corinthians 3. That veil is still needed to see His glory, and whereas we through Christ have been afforded the blessing of spiritual sight, too many have found it acceptable to shield our eyes or see through the lens of those who distort His image and dirty the lens we see through. And yet they say what they see, and we believe them. People like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, evangelicals who have lost their way, false prophets and teachers, oligarchs given access to running and overtaking our government, and people appointed to oversee cabinet positions and government agencies that do not have the interest of the people at heart because they are mirror images of Donald Trump. Time is running short for lifesaving vision.

There are times we seem accepting of the lie that the Lord only speaks direction through select individuals. If the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in you, how is it that your sight is contingent on another’s interpretation even when it is contrary to His word. His prophetic servants still speak, but their words are drowned out by those who offer promises pleasing to the flesh. To a man-made gospel. C.S. Lewis says, “He shows much more of Himself to some people more than others—not because He has His favorites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as a clean one.”

The Lord had the prophet Samuel anoint Saul as King. His character was flawed and He served self over God. His mantel was removed and given to David. When how we see Him is blurred by our own desires over His, all that we see will be out of focus. And then how can one tell the listener what they truly see? Would you take directions from one you know needs glasses or a hearing aid? We’re doing that right now. We see half of our country follow a man elected president who has surrounded himself with like-minded evil from being traitorous, to sexual deviants, liars, thieves, lovers of self rather than those seeking Him, and those who seek to enrich themselves with no regard to the well-being of those they purport to serve. And we are no different today than when the prophet Jeremiah said that “The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power: And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?” (Jeremiah 5:31) The prophets who missed it in 2020 are back. They say they actually got it right when trump didn’t win saying that the second term just came now. They again herald his lies and selfish, egotistical and narcissistic ways as being God’s way to bring the second coming of our Lord. And the fear of Trump’s demonic threats has caused so many in Congress to bow the knee. To Trump not the Lord. Somewhere worship and belief have become so distorted it’s basically impossible to see a way out. As C.S. Lewis wrote, “That is why horrible nations have horrible religions: they have been looking at God through a dirty lens.”

We must do as it is written in James and “lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:21) As James said, we must truly be hearers and doers of the word. If not, we deceive ourselves. We look through a lens that is dirty and blurred and then we forget what kind of person we are to be. We become spiritually deaf and blind. Like spoken of by Isaiah. We keep hearing but do not understand. We keep on seeing but do not perceive. We cannot expect to truly hear and walk with Him, avoiding pitfalls, when we follow after that presented by fallen man. Take that spiritual cloth and clean the lens by how you see the Lord and His written directions and promises. Jesus said “Follow Me” over 20 times. That is the only way out of this blurred walk so many of us are in. Blessings.