Encouragement for Today (3/4/25)

Numbers 6:24-26 
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

That's a common passage that people use to encourage other people, even if they're not believers.  It makes people think that God is going to bless them, is pleased with them and that He accepts them just as they are if they acknowledge Him.  That's just one example of the popular scriptures used to 'include' everyone into the kingdom of God but what do the scriptures say?

John 10:1 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

Luke 13:5 
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Matthew 10:39 
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Such individual usage of scriptures diminish the severity of repentance and coming to Christ in the truth.  The devils have more fear of the Lord than most of mankind...

James 2:19 
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

I just shared that with 6 young woman that walked out to talk to me while we were flying gospel signs on a busy street.  They walked off at that point as they weren't seeking truth but seeking to defend their sins and it's evident by our conversation that they are the by product of singular scriptures for theology, taking a few concepts and making it their own so that they have their 'in' into the kingdom.  Here are some more commonly used scriptures, individually, leading people to believe that's all it takes. (I took some popular ones from the internet.) 

All of scripture is good because it's of God but wrongly used can lead to deception and ultimately the eternal death of those who only believe or follow bits and pieces of it. (Beware of bad translations and those who summarize in their own words to make a totally different point than what the scriptures mean.)  I'm sharing this because I had a woman tell me that she sends out scripture encouragement to her family who isn't following the Lord, using such things to try to get them to think about the Lord. (She didn't have the fruit of a born again believer herself, of which I warned her.)  People don't need to just think about Him or be reminded to think of Him, they need the gospel and then after someone is truly a born again child of the most High, between believers you can send scriptures of encouragement because they will have discernment to not take them out of context.  Test yourself to the gospel HERE and make sure that's what you share with others. 

Here's another one...I took it while walking through a mall on a witness walk.  I know a lot of unbelievers who are really nice and loving but what will that do for their eternal being?  A godly saint could have something like that on their wall or give to a godly sister but what does it do for those outside of Christ?  It creates a false faith and hope that won't lead to eternal life.  Just a warning for you all to not be swept away in 'subtle' nudges to people to think of the Lord, give them the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Remember that 'few' will find the way and many will be blind and we don't know who they so we do our part and the Lord takes care of the rest. 

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HERE's a post with an audio I did with brother Tupos about wives Influencing Husbands in a wrong or right manner. 
There's another Titus 2 / Proverbs 31 post up HERE if you're interested. 
HERE are some pictures and videos as we traveled down the gospel road. 
See a new post from brother Tupos HERE about common Christianity.  We do our best to share ALL the truth of God's word the best we can to encourage and edify the saints and maybe convict those of you watching that have not surrendered your life to Him.  (Repent or you'll perish.) 

John 4:24 
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

In Christ,
​Sister Aman