{"id":3411,"date":"2020-07-25T11:46:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2020-07-25T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T15:54:27","slug":"fight-for-the-faith-jesus-plus-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/fight-for-the-faith-jesus-plus-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"FIGHT FOR THE FAITH: JESUS PLUS NOTHING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the last few months, I have seen and heard how the enemy of our souls is deceiving the children of God with his lies. He is using ministers in the pulpit to preach his lies. His deception is so subtle because it appears to make one\u2019s life better and prosperous. Our Brother in Christ, Jude, warned us about this in the<strong> Book of Jude, <\/strong><em>in the Amplified Version of the Bible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3412\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3412\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jude-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jude-small.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jude-small-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jude-small-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Warnings of History to the Ungodly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>1 <\/sup><\/strong>Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, [writes this letter],<\/p>\n<p>To those who are the called (God\u2019s chosen ones, the elect), dearly loved by God the Father, and kept [secure and set apart] for Jesus Christ:\u00a0<strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you [filling your heart with the spiritual well-being and serenity experienced by those who walk closely with God].<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup><br \/>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you\u00a0<strong>fight strenuously for [the defense of]<\/strong> <strong>the faith<\/strong> <strong>which was once for all\u00a0handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br \/>For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0immoral freedom <strong>[viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want],<\/strong> and deny\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FAITH passed down to us from generation to generation is\u2026 Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World and The Lord over ALL\u2026<strong>JESUS PLUS NOTHING!<\/strong> He is the center of our Universe and <u>not man. <\/u><\/p>\n<p><br \/>Since the Garden of Eden, Satan has taught man how to be the center of his world and supply his own needs and be <em>god,<\/em> <u>without Christ<\/u>. There are many ways but here are a few ways he carries out his lies, using the New Age Belief System, even in the lives of believers in Christ:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The Law of Attraction<\/strong> &#8211; The belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person&#8217;s life. Some of the books written sound good but they are evil and deadly: <em>The Secret, The Power of Intention, The Master Key System, As a Man Thinketh, Leveraging the Universe, The Kybalion.<\/em> <strong>They<\/strong> <strong>all come from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, our Father <u>forbids<\/u> us to eat from.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Vision Boards<\/strong> \u2013 Used to keep us focused on what <em>we want<\/em>, however, it removes the focus of Christ\u2019s desires for us and His Lordship leading and guiding our lives. We may get what we want, but so does <u>the enemy<\/u>. Vision Boards originated from the book called, <em>\u201cThe Secret\u201d<\/em> a New Age book designed with an emphasis on <strong>\u201cYou Shall Be as Gods\u201d <\/strong>directing your future and life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Positive Thinking, Life Force, Creative Visualization, and Personal Power <\/strong>\u2013 The mind has the power to accomplish whatever we want or desire if we just believe it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Good and Bad Energy<\/strong> \u2013 A New Age spiritual concept that we are energy beings giving off good and bad energy. We have the ability to control the energy sources around us by keeping positive or changing things about us to keep the energy positive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jesus, the God of the Universe <u>must<\/u> be enough to satisfy our lives. If he isn\u2019t, or when we don\u2019t keep Him Lord in our lives or the boss of our minds and hearts, the enemy will substitute other ideas and concepts to fill the void. Those concepts and ideas will stunt our growth and put us on a path that leads to anguish and darkness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 8:13 (Amplified)<\/strong> &#8211; <span class=\"text Prov-8-13\">The [reverent] fear\u00a0<i>and<\/i>\u00a0worshipful awe of the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0<i>includes<\/i> <strong>the hatred of evil<\/strong>; <\/span><span class=\"text Prov-8-13\">Pride and arrogance and the evil way,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"text Prov-8-13\">And the perverted mouth, I hate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jude Continues to Warn Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Now I want to remind you, although you are fully informed once for all, that\u00a0the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe [who refused to trust and obey and rely on Him].\u00a0<strong><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And angels who did not keep their own designated place of power, abandoned their proper dwelling place, [these] He has kept in eternal chains under [the thick gloom of utter] darkness for the judgment of the great day,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Homosexuality Has Consequences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>7 <\/sup><\/strong>Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities, since they in the same way as these <em>angels<\/em>\u00a0indulged in gross immoral freedom\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0unnatural vice and sensual perversity. They are exhibited [in plain sight] as an example in undergoing the punishment of everlasting fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>8\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Nevertheless, in the same way, these dreamers [who are dreaming that God will not punish them] also defile the body, and reject [legitimate] authority, and revile <em>and<\/em>\u00a0mock angelic majesties.\u00a0<strong><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil (Satan), and\u00a0arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, \u201cThe Lord rebuke you!\u201d\u00a0<strong><sup>10\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But these men sneer at anything which they do not understand; and whatever they do know by [mere] instinct, like unreasoning\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0irrational beasts\u2014by these things they are destroyed.\u00a0<strong><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah. <strong><sup>12\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0lifeless;\u00a0<strong><sup>13\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>14\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>It was about these people that\u00a0Enoch, in the seventh\u00a0<em>generation<\/em>\u00a0from Adam, prophesied, when he said, \u201cLook, the Lord came with\u00a0myriads of His holy ones\u00a0<strong><sup>15\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.\u201d\u00a0<strong><sup>16\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>These\u00a0<em>people<\/em>\u00a0are [habitual] murmurers, griping\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to\u00a0<em>gain an<\/em>\u00a0advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Yourselves in the Love of God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/in-2020-abba-has-me\/fathers-love-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2297\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2297\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fathers-Love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fathers-Love.jpg 740w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fathers-Love-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Fathers-Love-476x270.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><strong>But as for you, beloved, remember the [prophetic] words spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>They used to say to you, \u201cIn the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.\u201d\u00a0<strong><sup>19\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions\u2014worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual\u2014unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.\u00a0<strong><sup>20\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><strong>But you,<\/strong> <strong>beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,\u00a0<sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Response to Those Walking in Darkness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>And have MERCY on some, who are doubting; <sup>23 <\/sup>\u00a0SAVE others, SNATCHING them out of the fire; and on some have MERCY BUT WITH FEAR, loathing even the clothing spotted <em>and<\/em>\u00a0polluted by their shameless immoral freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>24\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling\u00a0<em>or<\/em>\u00a0falling into sin, and to present you unblemished [blameless and faultless] in the presence of His glory with triumphant joy\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0unspeakable delight,\u00a0<strong><sup>25\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time and now and forever. Amen.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I want to encourage you, my brothers and sisters, keep your garments pure, and spotless from sin and the worldly lies around you\u2026 for God is Light and there is no darkness or lies in Him ever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enjoy Life and Enjoy Him!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_3411\"  data-site_id=\"5ac717e5fa8fdf9c02f8d759\"  data-ef_voting=\"push\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/fight-for-the-faith-jesus-plus-nothing\/\"  data-item_title=\"FIGHT FOR THE FAITH: JESUS PLUS NOTHING\"  data-item_date=\"2020-07-25T11:46:18-04:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 During the last few months, I have seen and heard how the enemy of our souls is deceiving the children of God with his lies. 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