Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--
2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
3 and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.
7 Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
8 Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
10 For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group.
11 They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons."
13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of those who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
Devotional:
God gives officers to the church to preserve the gospel of grace. For it was on this message that the church was built, and it is by this Word that the world must be saved.
The Word of grace is always under attack. The churches on Crete were bothered by moralistic teachers. Paul didn't mince words in describing them. Condemning their sectarian teachings, the apostle stated, "To the pure, all things are pure."
Coming from Paul, this saying must be understood in the Christian sense. It means that those who have been called and cleansed by God�and who live according to that calling�do not shun the present world and are not afraid to enjoy all God's created gifts.
It's a great proverb, well worth remembering: "To the pure, all things are pure." Paul asserted it over against teachers who were trying to bind the consciences of believers. He was vehement about the issue because these teachers denied salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. With an appearance of moral earnestness, they were building the wrong supports for our hope. They thought it was "too easy" for a person to be saved by believing in Jesus Christ. So they added new commands and requirements.
Whenever such teaching creeps into the church, we must bring all guns to bear on the issue. Honor both the Creator and the Redeemer by saying, "To the pure, all things are pure."
I do not like the very low road that you are traveling down.
Our dear sister is clearly NOT saying that she CHOSE God in relationship to her salvation. This should be extraordinarily clear to all.
She is simply stating she is choosing to serve God and NOT you.
Josh. 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Why are you willfully CHOOSING to misrepresent her words and continue a relentless attack against her?
�So Donna has responded. That either proves God or Natz to be a liar, based on Natz's claim that God will not allow her to respond. Hmmm....Is God the liar or Natz? I know my choice.�..?
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[You believe that you have a choice too? (amazing) And yet you dare to call it grace undeserved? If it is by "CHOICE" then it is works, not grace!]
Here is the statement, since you appear to not be able to comprehend very well, and are obviously having a difficult time.
I never stated that she would not reply. I stated that �SHE WILL REPLY AND SEEK TO TWIST THIS AND RESURRECT THIS POST� [I prophetically told you the truth, although you in your arrogance and pride will probably not be able to acknowledge it as being so�(?)]
Here is the EXACT statement, since you are having a difficult time going back to see if you are comprehending things properly, and making a just assessment before the Father:
�I discern - do to your loving to post these devotionals - that you will attempt to twist this, and resurrect this post, attributing this error to "harmless" or "everyone makes mistakes", or something to that effect, but the truth is the truth, and Abba will not permit you to do it.�
EVERYTHING THAT I STATED IN THAT [above referenced] STATEMENT HAS COME TO PASS!
SHE IS TRYING TO, as I prophesied, �ATTEMPT TO TWIST THIS, AND RESURRECT THIS POST�, AND THROUGH IT, HER FALSE DOCTRINES, AND THE FATHER IS NOT GOING TO PERMIT EITHER HER, �REV. K�, NOR ANY TO DECEIVE HIS SEED.
I knew when I wrote it that it was prophetic, which is why I wrote it as I did�
SHE HAS COME AND RETURNED AS I WROTE���.
EXACTLY AS I WROTE SHE WOULD!!!
Had she not returned to attempt to twist everyone, as she is, then I would have been a liar, but I am not, because she did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Abba has proven the word of prophecy that I gave, to be true.
I told her, and yes � �YOU�, who would read this post, that she would attempt to twist this and resurrect this post, and she did, and is.
She sought to twist it, and resurrect it, by running to man, and each of you who are now caught up in this, and appealing to his and your non-biblical perspectives of how great you all are, and how you all need to rescue each other �for God is certainly not going to do it�, and you fell for it. You actually believe this �Oh, thank you great prince, for your sweet honey-dipped kindness, oh thank you my knight in shining armor for coming to my rescue�
statement..?
Notice how she is thanking him, a �MAN�, dust, as though her allegiance to men and their camaraderie is all that is necessary to establish the truth:
�LET G-D BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR!��? (Do you know this scripture?)
She manipulated you, she manipulated you all. As I stated she would do, and she has done..
�OH, THANK YOU KIND KNIGHT�.FOR RESCUING ME, FOR I AM A POOR HELPLESS DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO�.. HAD YOU NOT COURAGEOUSLY SOUGHT TO INTERVENE AND RESCUE ME FROM SUCH AN �UNLOVING� RESPONSE!�
But none of you can admit it, or else have your gospels destroyed in the sight of all men!
That is what the real gospel does. It destroys the darkness, because it is LIGHT, it is truth, and no false doctrines will be permitted to ever stand before it!
Now, you will have to live with your hypocrisy.. [because you cannot afford for all to see that what you are now doing, is wicked!]
Are you real or Memorex?
[I cannot say that she is not a believer, she may be, I will merely state that she definitely is not mature, which is why she is posting all of this nonsense. She has no ministry of her own��.YET? Abba knows..]
No mature woman of G-d would have sought to be rescued by a man, for it is a curse to turn to a man, and she would know it:
�Thus says the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD.� [Jeremiah 17:5]
Look at how her inference that what she has stated is �TRUE�, because she manipulated you, and said, using your ignorance, and borrowing from what she knew you would grant to her..?
You do not know the truth, which is why you band together. You are like lemmings, following each other, with no real integrity of the truth in you.
Every real man or woman of Elohim, has always known that it would come down to proving that they trusted in Elohim alone, and that there was no other way!
Real faith, must be tried alone!
Real faith, must be purified!
Real faith would NEVER take glory from the Father and give it to a man?
The Father told you that �I WORK ALL THINGS AFTER THE COUNSEL OF MY OWN WILL� [Eph. 1:11] and yet you dare to turn and thank a man? And the rest of you are applauding this behavior, and trying to rebuke me at the same time?
You cannot ever prevail against me, no matter how you may move against me, for greater is He that is in me, than he that remains as the center of your ability to prevail. You certainly do not trust the Father, or else you�d be ashamed to be ensnared in this �GIVE MAN THE GLORY�..TRAP!
Why would you take, if you are truly knowledgeable of the deeper things of Elohim, HIS GLORY and give it to another?
She has attributed her being rescued, to a man, when Abba stated, that He�d give His angels charge over her to keep her in all of her ways��.?
�AND HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS!� [Psalm 91:7]
Maybe she does not believe that Abba rescued her, if indeed she was rescued?
Maybe she was not rescued; maybe it is just a game she is playing with you and your minds?
I have no doubt that one of you is seeking now to silence me, and have me removed. I state this, because when you act upon it, as has been done before, then you will KNOW that you are a hypocrite.
This is how the sons of men who are yet blinded by the sin of this age, stick together. But, if it is His will, DO IT!
I trust His ALMIGHTY HAND!
One brother already came to me, and told me that is what these men do on this site, they run to men, to get them to do their dirty work, so that your manufactured [perceived] truth will prevail.
Been there and done that! Persecution is a blessing to the true elect, it is why we were born!
You must do His will!
If He has directed you to do a thing, then you have no choice but to obey!
I trust and love His will, no matter what it brings!
Do you love Him that much, or is it more important that you be found acceptable and pleasing in the eyes of man?
Don�t answer with words, your fruit will do the talking, and the Father is watching it as it grows!
�Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.� [II Tim 2:19]
I KNOW THAT NO MAN CAN RESCUE ME!
I must stand against the world, if need be, with Him alone as my sole source of strength and providence!
�HE DOETH HIS WILL IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN AND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF EARTH, AND NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND OR SAY TO HIM, �WHAT DOEST THOU?� � [Daniel 4:35]
I am but dust, unceasingly and universally dependent upon Him and His POWER, LOVE, AND MERCY TO KEEP ME!
You keep on running to men, and you will always be weak and defeated!
There is ONLY ONE SOURCE OF POWER, STRENGTH, AND VICTORY, and it is not in man or any creature!
�YOU CAN�, as Joshua told the [physical] Israelites, �HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE GODS OF THE FATHERS BEFORE THE FLOOD� [they did not help them get through it] �OR THE BABYLONIANS, IN WHOSE LAND WE NOW DWELL� [this nation and world is appallingly dark and wicked, so their gods are of no subsequent use to them] �BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE�.WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!�
Nice try Natzarim but I hold to the doctrines of grace. Most people here already know that so your smear campaign won't work against me. You are in danger of showing your heart to not be of God. Your willingness to mistreat and misrepresent others is saddening. I hope God will open your eyes to what exactly is being said in this thread because currently you are showing that you are not understanding your brothers and sisters. My hope also is that you are not doing this on purpose and that you truly are confused.
Oh and thanks for only addressing ONE point in my whole post. I apologize for misunderstanding your initial post about Donna's response. You still never proved she twisted anything or ran to men. Donna never contacted me. I noticed your errors for myself and pointed them out. You are again doing as TRUTHBEKNOWN has said and making a non-issued(Donna running to man) a big issue. It's a non issue because it's a complete fabrication on your part. Please do not lie about your brothers and sister's. Please do not respond with something like, "God does not lie". You are not God, and I'd appreciate if you'd stop acting like him. It might do you well to show a little more humbleness, like Paul. He realized he was not God.
