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YES, PLEASE BE DISTRACTED, WHILE THE REAL MONSTER IS ABOUT TO POUNCE

On By Brian LazewskiIn apostasy, Last Days14 Comments
Are You Driven To Distraction? | Northstar Church

I do not know about Yuinz (Pittsburghese for you all) but I am sick and tired of being distracted with tools of fear, deceptions, and bad testimony.  While you are looking at the distraction, a real monster is lurking in the labyrinth and poised to tear us sunder and devour us.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20–21)

FEAR:

COVID and Vaccinations. It is a distraction and a tool of deception designed to turn us all against one another. I am by no means dismissing the disease as I have had it and survived. It is real, that is a fact. HOWEVER, it is not the Black Death or even REMOTELY as devastating as the Spanish Flu.  After-all, it does have a 99% survival rate. I do not know about you, but I like those odds.

Honestly, I am suffering from Vaccine information fatigue. LOOK, if you want to get it (vaccine), knock yourself out and go for it. I am quite sure as a free individual you can make such choices for yourself. If this Vaccine is the END ALL, BE ALL, MAKE YOU SAFE, jab, and YOU are worried about COVID, then YOU get it. Do not worry about me and other FREE individuals who do not want it. If we being the uneducated crazy Jesus freak Christians do not want to get it, what is the big deal? After-all, if what you are saying is TRUE (and it’s not) that we are all going to die unless…, then I would think YOU would encourage us not to get a Vaccine and be rid of us. Oh, by the way, I thought you Leftist were all about CHOICE over one’s body. I mean we can’t ask about what’s going on in that Planned Parenthood Facility, where little Jane of 16 is exercising her reproductive rights without parental consent. So then, if mandated Vaccinations become reality, then truly I DO NOT have a right over MY body, then I guess YOU should totally abolish abortion? Hmm, seems a fair trade. Indeed, I’ll line up for the Vaccination does 1, does 2, Delta variant, Echo variant, and whatever else Pfizer deems I need injected into me if it’ll end abortion. Yeah, I know that is not going to happen.

BAD TESTIMONY:

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: (1 Peter 2:21) We are called to give testimony of Jesus. However, when Christians wear the name of Jesus and act UN-Christlike, that is called bad testimony. When you wear the name of the Lord and act counter to His will and His way you are truly taking the Lord’s name in vain.

Over Vaccinations people are turning on one another even among professed believers. Again 99% survival rate. You see Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” I think he read that in a book somewhere. “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. (Matthew 12:25b)

While the UNBELIEVING world looks at us Christians what do they see? Indeed, a divided house. While were beating each other over the head about non-salvation issues such a Eschatological Rapture timing (or insert whatever topic here) saying those who do not agree with us are of Satan. Unbelievers sit by and laugh at what a joke these Christians are.

Even among people I deem friends, I see this behavior. They are prominent people with considerable influence and followings, well, I will not mention names. Let’s just say there is this lady from the Midwest and a pastor friend of hers that stated something like this “If you don’t agree with this certain Rapture timing, you are of Satan” This in turn set off this guy (rightly so) from NY that now lives in the UK, who happens to have a different Rapture timing view.  He was all outraged over this, and I agreed with him. Fast forward sometime later, that same person is now decrying those who do not agree with his Return timing as of Satan… What goes around comes around, eh? Point is, when those that are seeking the Lord see this behavior, it puts them off. Both unnamed individuals, I happen to love and agree (mostly) with, both divide God’s word very well. Yet, they both also have given bad testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore it will put people off and drive them away or worse. Into the arms of deceivers. So much for: Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31–32)

DECEPTION:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; (2 Timothy 4:3)

There is no shortage of false teachers and influential Christians that have veered so far away from the truth. I just heard an interview with Amy Grant. Of course, Amy has a backslide or two (as we all do in life) But, now she is full blown out there with heresy.

“That’s why, to me, it’s so important to set a welcome table. Because I was invited to a table where someone said, ‘don’t be afraid, you’re loved.’… Gay. Straight. It does not matter. It does not matter how we behave. It doesn’t matter how we’re wired,” Grant asserted. [SOURCE]

It does not Matter How we behave? Are you serious? Sadly, this is where many of ” So Called Christians” are these days. If behavior does not matter then why did Jesus say this: And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:23) “Practice Lawlessness”, Hmm. I think it does matter how we behave. I am a pro at Repenting as I miss the mark too. Yet, I am not comfortable, nor do I affirm my failings and sins. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

That is Mercy and Grace. Ms. Grant is advocating licentious living. There are FAR too many influential Christians and Pastors who have embraced full blown error. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; (2 Peter 3:17)

Greater Series: Abolishing Apostasy (Hebrews 6:1-8)

THE APOSTASY MONSTER

The point of writing this is not to rant on COVID Fear tactics, Christian infighting, or False Christian’s It is to serve a wake-up call that we are NOW currently undergoing full blown moral collapse and apostasy. Studying these things since the mid 1980’s I always knew these days would come, perhaps even in my lifetime. Well now, they are at hand. I am not happy about this decline and falling away, Yet I have Joy that each day is a day closer to the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I CAN NOT stress enough for you all to get into the Word of God. Start working your Spiritual Muscles.

Than you will know things will get worse. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, (1 Timothy 4:1)

We know the world is being conditioned to take the mark of the beast. We know people will get tired of craziness and fear and a leader will come and fix this all by proclaiming peace and safety. The masses will place their trust in this leader. BUT, For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

Years ago, there was a movie about poker called Rounders. There was a quote in it that went something like this “If within 5 minutes you don’t spot the sucker that the table. You’re the sucker” QUIT getting caught up in despairing news designed to distract you away from God.

We know what is coming, let’s act like it! Quit punching yourself in the head putting out imaginary flames and get busy to share the Gospel with those who need it!

Shalom,

Brian

Be afraid… Be VERY Afraid! NO, Don’t Be!

On By Brian LazewskiIn Fear8 Comments

Brethren, yes, I get it. The world is bombarding us with 24/7 doom and gloom such as riots, looting, lawlessness, COVID 19, political corruption, wars, terror, and all other forms of Godlessness you can imagine. People are losing their jobs for speaking out against such evils, churches are being fined for meeting, and even the United States Supreme Court upheld a violation of the 1st amendment, limiting the number of people that can attend a church service.

We believers are under attack from all sides and angles. Sadly, many believers are not even aware that they are being distracted and conditioned for something with a hidden agenda. Indeed, many genuine believers are drowning in fear. We would expect this from the unsaved people of the world as the events of the day are hopeless to them. But, why are many in the church cowering in fear? From pastors and elders terrified of government officials, to the layperson in the pew preoccupied with the worries of the day.

Where is this spirit of fear coming from? Who is this hidden enemy? Let us look at the “Angry Mob.” They throw bricks through windows and then cart off cars, TV sets, and jewelry (STEALING). They prowl the streets harming and murdering others (KILLING). They wreck, smash, and burn public and private property (DESTROYING). Right, then let us see… Just whose M.O. (modus operandi) is that? This spirit goes by many names. He is called a thief, a dragon, a serpent, accuser of the brethren, and the adversary (Satan) “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10a). There is a spirit of immense power and destruction with an innumerable host of demons that wants to steal your peace, kill your body, and destroy your soul.

I don’t know about you all, but it seems to me we are at war. Not a war for territory, wealth, or natural resources, but a war for the souls of men. It is you and I that stand in opposition to the objectives of the adversary. Therefore, you and I must be silenced, neutralized, and eliminated. Do you not know that as true born-again saints that the Holy Spirit resides in you? “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). It is hard to imagine the hatred harbored against you just for that fact. Do we not know that God is with us? “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?” (Romans 8:31).

Despite all the “Doom and Gloom” being fed to us, it is not that bad, ~YET~. Bad is coming. If you are brushed up on your eschatology (end-times studies), you can clearly see a horrific picture painted of the wrath of God being poured out upon the rebellious world. A wrath that believers will be spared from (rapture). Even so, before the rapture happens, those who are blood-bought by Christ, we will still face persecution and tribulations in this world. We ought not to fear such times, but instead embrace them. If the fact that we are bought with blood, claimed by God as one of His, and an utter annoyance and displeasure to the enemy just for sharing the Gospel, then let it be a joy to our souls to be such an annoyance to the enemy.

Do not fear the world or the spirit of it!

Brethren, I am not coming from a high and mighty horse telling you to be fearless because I never fear. Quite counter, I too am being worn down from this world. I have been crippled by fear in my life. I thank God for repentance and His word of truth. His word is replete concerning how we should handle fear. Let us heed His word concerning fear:

“The LORD is for me; I will not fear what can man do to me?” (Psalm 118:6). To be sure, man can take your life away, but can man condemn your soul to eternal damnation? “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).

King David, while relentlessly being hunted by Saul, cried out with all his heart, “The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident” (Psalm 27:1-3).

God Himself speaking in Isaiah:

“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). “I am with you” Said the LORD. This was reiterated upon the great commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20). He said, “I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS.” If Almighty God who cannot lie, cannot fail, and cannot deny Himself promised this, it MUST be so. If God is for us…

John states this fact: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love” (1 John 4:18).

Therefore, if we are perfected in love and have peace with God, what can we fear? If we are killed for being an ambassador of the Gospel, then so be it. The transition will be seamless. One moment we will be in this “body of death,” in this broken, fallen world, and the next instant we will be in the presence of God, perhaps hearing something like this: “And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, ‘HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME‘” (Revelation 4:8).

If we are put into chains and imprisoned for this Gospel, then let us start a prison ministry. I am QUITE sure prisons are full of souls that yearn for and need the forgiveness and salvation only Christ Jesus can give. That spirit of the LORD is within you and me, perfecting us to be Christlike: “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners” (Isaiah 61:1).

It is this Gospel that we are commissioned to share with the lost that puts us all on the “MUST be DESTROYED” list of Satan. Do not capitulate further into fear. Get off this drumbeat 24/7 doom and gloom news cycle that is permeating deep within you. STOP, turn off the TV, and open your Bible. After all, the prophets of the Bible are surer than tomorrow’s headlines.

Those are just a few examples of God commanding us not to be fearful. It is fear that can stumble us, can silence us sharing the Gospel, push us into sinful habits, and outright wound our soul deep to its core. It was fear that made Peter deny Jesus three times. The Bible account tells us that Peter “Wept Bitterly.” “The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, ‘Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.’ And he went out and wept bitterly” (Luke 22:61-62). Put yourself in Peter’s shoes (or rather sandals) and tell me his soul was not wounded.

Do not let the choice of fear disable us. As one of my beloved brothers says, “You are Plan A. There is no Plan B.” In God’s plan, we (the church remnant) are Plan A. Just as Jesus going to the rugged tree was Plan A, Sovereign God does not have a Plan B! The LORD stated over and over and over, “Fear NOT, for I AM With you!” Therefore, if God is telling us not to fear, and our pea brains are screaming to cower, who would you say knows best? Yes, always submit to God. In fact, He, in His infinite wisdom, left us the answer to combat this evil spirit of fear (Satan): “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Granted, I’m not a rocket scientist, but I think this scripture is perfectly clear. By submitting to God and resisting the devil, a massively powerful being will flee from you. Looks to me like the devil is the “fraidy cat.” Simple enough. Submit to God. Resist the devil.

Fear God!

The Bible says: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10).

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding‘” (Job 28:28).

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever” (Psalm 111:10).

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7).

We are adopted sons (and daughters) of Father God: “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Romans 8:15). But it says “not a spirit of slavery leading to fear.” Indeed so. That is a fear of eternal punishment. The “fear of God” does not mean to be afraid. It means to be reverent and in awe of Him.

Since the nuclear family has been nuked, it is becoming harder to make this comparison, but I shall, nevertheless: As a small child we looked at our father in awe. He was WAY bigger, stronger, taller, and louder. When that booming voice said, “BED,” you might have gulped, and despite not wanting to go to bed, you obeyed. Failure to comply might lead to any form of discipline. We also knew DEEP down in our heart that “DAD” would protect us. Even from those little evil monsters that lived under the bed. That is called a healthy fear of reverence and awe. This is the fear we need to have of Father God. He is, after all, the “Ultimate Awesome Father.”

Therefore, we ought to heed His instruction, obey His rules, accept His discipline, and Love Him with all our heart: “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5).

Trust in the LORD

Brethren, we are left with a choice to make. Do we choose to listen to the lord of the world, the liar and thief? The prince of the air: “according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2b), who is also the prince of the airwaves.

The mass media, unbeknownst to them, are serving a satanic agenda. The influence of FEAR is now to the point that many pastors are becoming compliant to the conditioning for the antichrist to come, thus suspending in-person church services until next year. All because of fear.

Let us ALL choose to trust in the LORD. “In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?” (Psalm 56:11).

Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)

“But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield” (Psalm 5:11-12).

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe” (Proverbs 18:10).

Brethren, I urge you to take a stand for the word of God. When trouble comes, and it will, call upon the LORD: “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me” (Psalm 50:15).

Rally yourselves and get back in the battle!

Shalom,

Brian