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Micah: Wine and Beer Pastors

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They didnā€™t wanna sound negative. They wanted to cheer up people, cater to their entertainment proclivity. People just wanted happy messages that ā€œblessedā€ them. Micah was preaching about the coming doom and criticizing religious leadersā€™ errors and sins and the nationā€™s disgrace. Among negative things he bombarded them with was how the rulers and leaders of the house of Israel despised and distorted the truth (Micah 3.9). But the wine and beer pastors or prophets cautioned him: ā€œDonā€™t prophesy about these things. No disgrace will overtake us.ā€ (Micah 2.6). If you wanna hear nothing but praises and positive things and encouragements, chances are, you have an entertainment proclivity or spirit. And youā€™re perhaps reflecting the kind of church you attend. Many churches today are nothing but entertainment centers. Poor showbiz copy cats. They are not prophetic temple courtyards of God where His Word, Will, Ways, and Warnings (judgments) are powerfully declared.   I...

Micah: Godā€™s Peopleā€”Godā€™s Enemy

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Micah warned Godā€™s people about Godā€™s plan. We often think pleasantly about Godā€™s plan. We claim to desire it so badly. But if we do things contrary to His ways, Godā€™s plan will work against us. In fact, God plans destruction, not LIFE, once we go against His ways. ā€œMy Word does good to those whose ways are upright, right?ā€ (Micah 2.7). Godā€™s ways alone in Scripture are upright. All others, like denominationalism, are against His ways. Jesus desires all true believers to be completely united. How complete? As the Father and Son are one (Jn.17). Denominationalism works contrary to this. Their Own Power When Godā€™s people work contrary to His ways, they become Godā€™s enemies. ā€œLately, my people have risen up like an enemy,ā€ (Micah 2.8) Why? Because they plan evil and carry it out in their own power (Micah 2.1). It happens automaticallyā€”you use your own ways, you use your own power. Human effort is zero in the spiritual realms. Everything has to be done in the power of th...

Micah: Baring Foundations

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Are you getting comfy about an up and down spiritual life? Think again. When Godā€™s people are disobedient the whole earth is affected. ā€œHear, everyone who lives on the Earth,ā€ (Micah 1). When bible believers rebel, what can you expect from non believers? The Lord was an angry witness against all earth dwellers. And this was all due to Jacobā€™s transgression, to Israelā€™s sin (Micah 1.5). The church being the true Israel of today (Gal.3.7-14), the same principle applies. When the world is in chaos and nature suffers from menā€™s abuse, the church had better checked its ranks. Sometimes church people denounce government corruption and blame it for Godā€™s ire. Well, they better look at themselves first. Denominationalism, because it runs counter to Jesusā€™ prayer in John 17 for complete unity, is vile corruption. Sometimes, government reflects the condition the church is in. Baring Foundations In Micahā€™s time Judahā€™s spiritual life was fluctuatingā€”going up in Jothamā€™s ...

Micah: When God Finally Shepherds His People

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Micah depicts the glory of God finally shepherding His true people. These are people who willingly ā€œcome toā€ the church (Micah.7.12), drawn by God Himself and not by manā€™s church gimmicks, programs, or any effort. Jesus said no person can come to him unless the Father draws that person to him (Jn.6.44 and 65). It is not dependent ā€œon manā€™s desire or effortā€ (Rom.9) but on Godā€™s mercy alone. Global Desolation God decreed a global desolation, which is already happening. These are the last days. People seek happiness and peace from various sources invented by man. This is reflected on how they make movies. They imagine salvation through their technology, and eternal life and power from the occult (like Twilight and similar movies). They revive myths and glamorize them (like Lightning Thief) to depict godly power. And why not? The ā€œChristianā€ church built by men for centuries has been failing to show them real Godly awesome powerā€”like what we read in the bible. God will m...

Micah: Statutes of Omri and Practices of Ahab

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From Youtube It began with the statutes of Omri (Micah 6.16). Omri was a follower of the evil ways of Jeroboam (1Kings16). He laid down the statutes (or doctrines) and Ahab his son applied and developed them. These were all against what God wanted. Omriā€™s statutes were simple: they were based on wicked and corrupt ways as King Jeroboam did them. How did Jeroboam do them? Simply by doing Godā€™s will in manā€™s ways. He disobeyed the prophet Ahijah who told him to do everything in Godā€™s ways alone: ā€œIf you do everything I command you and walk in my ways and do whatever is correct in my eyes...I will build you a dynasty...ā€ (1Kings11). Jeroboam grabbed God's will of kingship but did it in greed. Man's ways are nothing but greed, no matter how they try to make it look religious or spiritual or "Christian." Jeroboam tried to make it all look good but sharp prophets saw nothing in it but idolatry. But because of his greed and appetite for corrupt power, he did eve...

Insights into The Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

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The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is often associated with the spiritual gifts. Or, with a miracle wrongly attributed to the devil, as in the case of Matthew 12. But this sin covers more than spiritual gifts or miracles. It's really about life and character. Being God's flesh. In 1 Samuel, we find Eli and his two sons charged with a sin that could never be forgiven. There's only one sin in the bible that can never be forgiven--the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. And it's a sin only believers can commit. Non-believers can only speak against the Son of Man--and this is forgivable. But only believers can commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 12, the bible teachers and Pharisees, not pagans, blasphemed the Spirit of God.  In Samuel, Eli and his sons messed up their lives and testimonies as they "served" God. People saw how they belittled worship and did sexual immorality right at the sacred place. This is a great sin to God. It's pure blasp...

"Their Synagogue"

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Still in Matthew 12. Jesus left the Pharisees (it's the only logical thing to do) and went to "their synagogue." I think Matthew emphasized here that it was not Jesus' but it was their  synagogue, so to say. As if Jesus were saying, "Okay, let's see what you have in your church!" ha! That's how God's Flesh on earth speaks. You know what they had in  their synagogue? A man with a shriveled hand. The man had been like that a long time and no one could help him, not even the famed and biblical Pharisees. There was even a time when Jesus went to their synagogue to find a demon possessed synagogue member. All those years of solid bible-believing synagoguery didn't do anything to remedy demon possession or even a simple shriveled hand. Such a useless bible-believing religion and church. I wonder if churches today remedy simple problems like this? Or do they look the other way and instead indulge in theological discussions? So Jesus w...