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I've been saying true Christianity is being born again through Jesus and then learning to hear and be led by the Holy Spirit. Someone recently challenged how I can speak that for all as to what Christianity is. It's not that hard. Jesus told everyone in John chapter 3 that they must be born again. And in Acts 1 Jesus commanded only His disciples “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Jesus spoke these last words shortly before ascending into heaven. He didn't use His last moments on earth to say to help the poor and downtrodden, though He had said to do that earlier in His ministry. Jesus knew that we needed the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit more than anything.
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. John 6;63
If we try to help others in our own strength, it will profit nothing. I rarely feel I am to say anything that would be termed prophetic but I do feel I am to say:
God's army against the spiritual forces of darkness will be those who walk in the power and truth (light) of the Spirit as Gideon’s men went into battle carrying only a ram’s horn and an earthen jar containing a torch.

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Addendum to previous post:
I believe the account of Gideon (Judges 6-8) in the Bible is of profound relevance to Christians in America today. Gideon started off with an army of thousands. God had Gideon send home all who were scared. Then God had Gideon test the remainder to find those who were watching and alert to what was going on around them. Those 300 men were all that were left of Gideon’s army. But with those 300 God defeated a vastly larger enemy.
I feel the lesson is plain. The ram’s horn is boldness and the torch inside the jar is the Holy Spirit within us, giving us discernment and the ability to defeat the forces of darkness. We're not talking being saved or not. We're talking being used of God to set the captive free. Or not.

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The Jesus I never want to meet:
The social-justice Jesus:
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10
The never-offend Jesus:
As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” Romans 9:33
The all-paths-lead-to-God Jesus:
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

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A smart person will keep seeking. A wise person will arrive at Jesus.

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Western Europe has become so Godless. I knew this long before this Olympics. And from what I am seeing and reading already, it hasn't changed. America is drifting that way.

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Feeling like you have to wring all the life you can out of each day has to get disheartening at times. There are too many disappointments. But that's all you have to live for if you think this life is all there is.

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If you focus on your abilities, you'll have doubts. If you focus on God's abilities, you'll have faith.

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