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God’s Presence, Leading, and Authority

(These principles are universal and apply to divine healing or anything God puts in your hand to overcome.)

1. The first step was to be aware of your identity in Christ and the awesome authority and responsibility you have as one who now has your identity in Christ.

2. Invite God’s Presence. Just ask the Spirit of God to come. You might start by praising God and thanking Him for all that He is doing for you. He inhabits the praises of His people. You have Christ in you all the time, but you also sense God’s Presence getting stronger at times. You sense the flow of His Anointing. His Presence is His Essence. It’s the same as His Glory. It’s Who He Is. He doesn’t always feel the same. Sometimes, you feel like you’re being moved by a warm flowing stream. Sometimes, it’s electric or peaceful or a sense of power. Those are just some examples, but you’ll know it’s Him. When you invite Him, He comes. For now, these moments of surging power may be temporary, but God wants you in His Presence every moment.

3. Look to God for leading in what to pray for, what is the hidden problem, how to pray, or is anything else needed to overcome in the situation. Faith comes by hearing God’s leading. Authority comes with faith. Healing, as with everything else, isn’t done independently of God. This isn’t a New Age Occult method. You are taking your authority and power that you have in Christ under the direction of the Holy Spirit. It’s impossible to know how God will lead in each situation, and God can pinpoint the root cause. The root cause may be physical. It may be an attack by a spirit. It may be an emotional wound. It might be something else that must be removed or changed first.

4. Ask God to show you any strongholds. Ask if demons are involved, and, if so, what would allow a demon to get a foothold: idols, bitterness, anger, negative emotions, unforgiveness, pride, offenses, trauma, etc. First deal with the issue, then the demon, then the healing.

5.The next step will be to allow God to work through you by the power of His grace in you.

Ask God to answer these questions:

What does it mean for you to invite God’s Presence?
What is a hidden problem or stronghold?
How does God show you that you have a problem or stronghold?
How can you stay in God’s Presence all the time?
How do you know what God wants you to pray for?

Bonus Questions:

Other than the fruit of the Spirit, are there other ways you can know for certain you’re sensing God’s Presence?
How do demons get a foothold in someone’s life?
Why is it good to deal with an issue as soon you know about it?
How does God show you the root cause of a problem?

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OH HALLELUIA! I LOVE YOU LORD

Oh Halleluia!
I love You, Lord.
I want to serve You,
And know You more.

Oh Halleluia!
I love, I love, I love You Lord.
I love You Lord.

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.
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Identity and Authority

(These principles are universal and apply to divine healing or anything God puts in your hand to overcome.)

Yes. Christian Kids are healing the sick in Jesus Name.

Be certain of your identity in Christ since your recognition of who you are will have a direct effect on your authority. It will affect every aspect of your life. It will impact your ability to walk in righteousness, wisdom, knowledge, love, and power over sin, sickness, and death.

Scripture says you are spirit, mind, and body. If you have never thought about this, you may have to take the time needed to understand it.

You have a fleshly nature of your body, but that’s not who you are. Your flesh can’t do right and can’t be reformed. It may not seem like it may be possible to improve your fleshly nature, but Scripture says your flesh was crucified with Christ. It’s already dead.

Your ministry is who you are, but it has nothing to do with your flesh. Every member of Christ’s body has and is a ministry. Your ministry is Christ in you. Christ in you can’t sin.

Your spirit has been joined to the Holy Spirit.

The Bible uses the terms mind, soul, heart, and life as the same thing or very closely related in most cases. Your mind/soul is divided. You have a carnal mind that follows the sin nature of your body. If you have been born again, you also have the mind of Christ. Your will is your own. In every instance, you must decide which of these two minds you will follow. The one you feed is the one that will grow. The battle is for the mind.

Identify with Christ in your spirit and your mind. The carnal is not who you are. If you identify with Christ, you have the authority of Christ in all you do. In healing, you are allowing Christ in you (your true identity) to take authority over your body and correct some problem in the body.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) Be very careful what you say about yourself when you talk to yourself. Don’t allow your carnal mind to curse you. Let Christ in you speak to you about who you are in Christ and listen and affirm what He says.

The next step will be to stand in God’s Presence listening to His voice so He can lead you.

The final step will be to allow the power of God’s Grace to work healing through you. Let His glory (His Presence or Anointing) to flow through you.

Ask God to answer these questions:

What does it mean to have your identity in Christ?
How can you be spirit, mind, and body at the same time?
Why can’t your flesh do anything right?
How was your flesh crucified with Christ if you weren’t alive back then?
What does it mean that Christ in you can’t sin?

Bonus Questions:

How is your spirit joined to the Holy Spirit?
Why does the Bible use the words mind, soul, heart, and life for the same thing?
What does it mean for you to have the mind of Christ?
How do you decide which mind to follow, the carnal mind or the mind of Christ?
How does Christ in you take authority to heal your body?

OH PRAISE THE LORD

Some people lie and say that God is powerless.
They say that God does not control all things.
Our God has mighty power in His holiness.
He is the Lord of lords and King of kings.

chorus:
Oh praise the Lord. (echo)
Oh praise the Lord. (echo)
We will fight and win the war and every evil foe shall fall.
Oh praise the Lord. (echo)
Oh praise the Lord. (echo)
Oh listen saints and hear that trumpet call!

Some people lie and say there is no victory.
They say that God will not remove our sin.
Our God has mighty power; He will set us free.
He will complete the work He has begun.

chorus

Some people say that God cannot restore the Church.
They say that men’s ideas must hold sway.
Our God has mighty power; I have seen Him work.
He builds on His foundation that He laid.

chorus

Some people lie and say that God is powerless.
They say that God does not control all things.
Our God has mighty power in His holiness.
He is the Lord of lords and King of kings.

chorus

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

O Praise the Lord

STRONGHOLDS

(These principles are universal and apply to divine healing or anything God puts in your hand to overcome.)

You have tremendous authority in Christ. Strongholds are things that can stand in the way of you taking authority in Christ according to God’s will. Rather than following a system or check list, you must ask God what He wants to do. Various kinds of strongholds exist:

Bad ideas:

• These may be doctrines, philosophies, worldviews, preconceived ideas, presuppositions, attitudes, etc.
• Ask God to reveal any lies you believe. Reject them. Ask God to show you the truth. Receive it.

Failure to take Authority:

• Not understanding your authority in Christ
• Stand in God’s presence.
• Let God assure you of your authority and responsibility.

Doubt:

• Stand in the presence of God and listen to His voice.
• Ask God to strengthen your faith.
• Remember the times God has done things for you.
• Get together with Christians who encourage you.
• Failure to speak the words God has given you.
• Failure to stand in God’s Presence and Glory.

Demonic Interference or Attacks:

• Demons must be cast out.
• The Scriptural pattern is to tell them to leave.
• They must obey the Christ in you.
• They have no power over you.
• You may have to persist because demons are not obedient.

Past or Present Spiritual Injury can cause strongholds:

A few Examples:

• unforgiveness
• emotional trauma
• bitterness
• anger
• hate
• curses
• agreements with negativity
• dogmatism
• rebellion against God or God’s authority
• guilt
• impulses
• habit-thoughts
• griefs
• sorrows
• negative emotion

What you can do about an event from the past that causes a strong negative reaction when you think of it.

1. Identify the emotion, impulse, etc. you feel
2. Reject it.
3. Ask Jesus to take it from you.
4. Ask Jesus to heal the wounds in your soul.
5. Focus on the Spirit of Christ, and allow the Glory of God’s Presence to fill the place where the negative issue was living.
6. Tell Jesus you receive His healing.
7. Recall the event. You should sense the Glory of God’s Presence. If any negative emotions persist, repeat the steps above.

Ask God to answer these questions:

1. Why do demons have to leave when you tell them to in Jesus’ name?
2. How do you know if you have a stronghold in your life?
3. What does it mean to take authority in Christ?
4. How do you ask Jesus to heal wounds in your soul?
5. What is the Glory of God’s Presence?

Bonus Questions:

1. Why should you tell Jesus you receive His healing?
2. What does it mean for you to stand in God’s Presence?
3. What is a stronghold?
4. How do you know what words God wants you to say?
5. How can you stop feeling things like anger or bitterness?

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STRONGHOLDS

(These principles are universal and apply to divine healing or anything God puts in your hand to overcome.)

You have tremendous authority in Christ. Strongholds are things that can stand in the way of you taking authority in Christ according to God’s will. Rather than following a system or check list, you must ask God what He wants to do. Various kinds of strongholds exist:

Bad ideas:

• These may be doctrines, philosophies, worldviews, preconceived ideas, presuppositions, attitudes, etc.
• Ask God to reveal any lies you believe. Reject them. Ask God to show you the truth. Receive it.

Failure to take Authority:

• Not understanding your authority in Christ
• Stand in God’s presence.
• Let God assure you of your authority and responsibility.

Doubt:

• Stand in the presence of God and listen to His voice.
• Ask God to strengthen your faith.
• Remember the times God has done things for you.
• Get together with Christians who encourage you.
• Failure to speak the words God has given you.
• Failure to stand in God’s Presence and Glory.

Demonic Interference or Attacks:

• Demons must be cast out.
• The Scriptural pattern is to tell them to leave.
• They must obey the Christ in you.
• They have no power over you.
• You may have to persist because demons are not obedient.

Past or Present Spiritual Injury can cause strongholds:

A few Examples:

• unforgiveness
• emotional trauma
• bitterness
• anger
• hate
• curses
• agreements with negativity
• dogmatism
• rebellion against God or God’s authority
• guilt
• impulses
• habit-thoughts
• griefs
• sorrows
• negative emotion

What you can do about an event from the past that causes a strong negative reaction when you think of it.

1. Identify the emotion, impulse, etc. you feel
2. Reject it.
3. Ask Jesus to take it from you.
4. Ask Jesus to heal the wounds in your soul.
5. Focus on the Spirit of Christ, and allow the Glory of God’s Presence to fill the place where the negative issue was living.
6. Tell Jesus you receive His healing.
7. Recall the event. You should sense the Glory of God’s Presence. If any negative emotions persist, repeat the steps above.

Ask God to answer these questions:

1. Why do demons have to leave when you tell them to in Jesus’ name?
2. How do you know if you have a stronghold in your life?
3. What does it mean to take authority in Christ?
4. How do you ask Jesus to heal wounds in your soul?
5. What is the Glory of God’s Presence?

Bonus Questions:

1. Why should you tell Jesus you receive His healing?
2. What does it mean for you to stand in God’s Presence?
3. What is a stronghold?
4. How do you know what words God wants you to say?
5. How can you stop feeling things like anger or bitterness?

 

O FELLOWSHIP BLESSED FELLOWSHIP

Light cannot abide in darkness.
Darkness can’t abide in light.
God could not partake with sinners,
Jesus had to make it right.

O fellowship, blessed fellowship.
He did it all for fellowship with man.
O fellowship, blessed fellowship.
Why do people try to make it so hard to understand
Who can say they don’t need it as He stretches out His hand?

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

O Fellowship Blessed Fellowship

APOLOGETICS

We need God. All wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him.

You are likely to have conversations with atheists and skeptics who love to argue. Christians have developed complex ways to argue using logic, science, and philosophy. It’s called apologetics. Apologetics today focuses on these four areas:

The historical evidence for Jesus’ resurrection
The logical necessity of a Creator
The moral argument for God
The reliability of Scripture without giving an absolute reason to believe in the reliability of Scripture.

Some even say the merely presuppose that the Bible is the Word of God without error. That’s about as weak as any argument could be.

WHAT THEY ARE MISSING

Most apologists don’t talk about personal revelation because they’re trying to be credible to unbelievers using shared, “objective” reasoning. They fail to point out that the human mind isn’t capable of “objective reasoning.” There’s no such thing as “objective reasoning” for humans. The human mind can’t reason to truth, and it can’t be objective.

This is the difference between knowing ABOUT God and knowing God.

As a result, these apologists are trying to fight against the secular world by fitting into the secular world. While intellectual defense has its place, knowing Christ personally is the only thing that truly transforms lives. Most apologists are trying to fit into the world to compel the worldly people to come out of the world. However, the message of Christianity becomes incomplete and internally inconsistent when personal revelation is left out. The true defense of the Gospel — the one that reaches the heart — is the life of Christ revealed in us, which no argument can replace.

Much of the problems Christian apologists are having has come out of the idolatry surrounding the human intellect. Intellectualism is the exaltation of the human mind. It’s makes the human mind into a sort of a false god. The Bible makes it clear that the human mind can’t be trusted. It’s deceitful and desperately wicked. Even secularists know the human mind can’t reason to truth, and rational thought is impossible without truth. Of course, secularists refuse to deal with that problem because it destroys the basis of secularism and intellectualism. But intellectualism has crept into Christian education. Theologians depend on their intellects rather than seeking revelation from Christ. Rather than following Christ, they follow their carnal mind’s interpretation of the Bible. This leads to dry Christianity that has no life or power along with terrible errors in thinking.

The skeptic loves to argue with those who leave God out, but they react when you tell them that you know Jesus Christ exists because you know Jesus. They might even stoop to ridicule, which is childish. They use silly arguments because they have no answer to your experience. You can tell them they can have their own experience and “check it out for themselves.”  You can tell your friends about your experiences with Christ. Be led by the Holy Spirit. Only say what the Holy Spirit gives you to say.

God says everyone already knows He exists, and no one has any excuse. God says ungodly people don’t want Him ruling over them. Some aren’t totally hardened against God. Those who are hardened will fight the fact that nothing can be known without divine revelation. Once they realize they are limited to bare claims or logical fallacies like circular reasoning or an infinite regression of unproved proofs, they will try to say Christians are in the same boat. They will imply that you can’t know for certain God is speaking to you. Then, they will say that they are somehow immune to the weakness of the human mind. In other words, they reverse reality with no rational explanation except for strong emotion. Keep in mind that many skeptics are under the control of demonic forces. Don’t be discouraged. When you face opposition or persecution, look to Jesus. He will guide your words and actions.

Ask God to answer these questions.
Why do you need God?
What is wisdom?
Why do some people fight the fact that God is real?
Why shouldn’t you tell others about God unless you know God?
How do you tell someone about how Christ leads you?

Bonus questions:

How can Jesus help you when you meet people who don’t believe in Him?
Why is it important for you to know that all wisdom and knowledge are hidden in God?
Why do skeptics get upset when you tell them about how Jesus Christ speaks to you?

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APOLOGETICS

We need God. All wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him.

You are likely to have conversations with atheists and skeptics who love to argue. Christians have developed complex ways to argue using logic, science, and philosophy. It’s called apologetics. Apologetics today focuses on these four areas:

The historical evidence for Jesus’ resurrection
The logical necessity of a Creator
The moral argument for God
The reliability of Scripture without giving an absolute reason to believe in the reliability of Scripture.

Some even say the merely presuppose that the Bible is the Word of God without error. That’s about as weak as any argument could be.

WHAT THEY ARE MISSING

Most apologists don’t talk about personal revelation because they’re trying to be credible to unbelievers using shared, “objective” reasoning. They fail to point out that the human mind isn’t capable of “objective reasoning.” There’s no such thing as “objective reasoning” for humans. The human mind can’t reason to truth, and it can’t be objective.

This is the difference between knowing ABOUT God and knowing God.

As a result, these apologists are trying to fight against the secular world by fitting into the secular world. While intellectual defense has its place, knowing Christ personally is the only thing that truly transforms lives. Most apologists are trying to fit into the world to compel the worldly people to come out of the world. However, the message of Christianity becomes incomplete and internally inconsistent when personal revelation is left out. The true defense of the Gospel — the one that reaches the heart — is the life of Christ revealed in us, which no argument can replace.

Much of the problems Christian apologists are having has come out of the idolatry surrounding the human intellect. Intellectualism is the exaltation of the human mind. It’s makes the human mind into a sort of a false god. The Bible makes it clear that the human mind can’t be trusted. It’s deceitful and desperately wicked. Even secularists know the human mind can’t reason to truth, and rational thought is impossible without truth. Of course, secularists refuse to deal with that problem because it destroys the basis of secularism and intellectualism. But intellectualism has crept into Christian education. Theologians depend on their intellects rather than seeking revelation from Christ. Rather than following Christ, they follow their carnal mind’s interpretation of the Bible. This leads to dry Christianity that has no life or power along with terrible errors in thinking.

The skeptic loves to argue with those who leave God out, but they react when you tell them that you know Jesus Christ exists because you know Jesus. They might even stoop to ridicule, which is childish. They use silly arguments because they have no answer to your experience. You can tell them they can have their own experience and “check it out for themselves.”  You can tell your friends about your experiences with Christ. Be led by the Holy Spirit. Only say what the Holy Spirit gives you to say.

God says everyone already knows He exists, and no one has any excuse. God says ungodly people don’t want Him ruling over them. Some aren’t totally hardened against God. Those who are hardened will fight the fact that nothing can be known without divine revelation. Once they realize they are limited to bare claims or logical fallacies like circular reasoning or an infinite regression of unproved proofs, they will try to say Christians are in the same boat. They will imply that you can’t know for certain God is speaking to you. Then, they will say that they are somehow immune to the weakness of the human mind. In other words, they reverse reality with no rational explanation except for strong emotion. Keep in mind that many skeptics are under the control of demonic forces. Don’t be discouraged. When you face opposition or persecution, look to Jesus. He will guide your words and actions.

Ask God to answer these questions.
Why do you need God?
What is wisdom?
Why do some people fight the fact that God is real?
Why shouldn’t you tell others about God unless you know God?
How do you tell someone about how Christ leads you?

Bonus questions:

How can Jesus help you when you meet people who don’t believe in Him?
Why is it important for you to know that all wisdom and knowledge are hidden in God?
Why do skeptics get upset when you tell them about how Jesus Christ speaks to you?

OH DEATH WHERE IS YOUR STING

The battle has been one
The enemy destroyed,
And death, the final foe,
Oh death where is your scorn?

Chorus
Oh death where is your sting?
Oh grave where is your victory?
Thank God through Christ,
He gives us the victory.

Now is Christ risen from the dead.
Now has He brused the serpent’s head.
Now are all things under His feet.
Blessed Calvary!

Chorus

But now we wait the glorious day,
When all things shall be seen.
This mortal shall be swallowed by life,
And death by victory.

Chorus

Frank T. Patterson

Oh Death Where is Your Sting

The Munchausen trilemma destroys all ungodly logic, philosophy, and science.

The Munchausen trilemma destroys all ungodly logic, philosophy, and science. Human beings can’t reason to truth. When we try, we just rationalize. We think irrationally and use logical fallacies to trick ourselves into thinking we’re being rational. Without God, logic, philosophy, and science are built on assumptions. An assumption is something someone makes up and treats as if it were real.

If you ever heard anyone say, “All things are relative,” or “There are no absolutes,” this is where those ideas come from. The ungodly thinker who claims all things are relative is claiming everyone has the same problem. And that claim isn’t true. Everyone does not have the same problem.

Godless thinkers don’t want to acknowledge this limitation on their thinking. They choose to deny the fact that they have eliminated the only path they had to rational thinking. They convince themselves that they’re being rational. They have tried every way to get around this problem, and they can’t find a way without God. They don’t want God.

Here’s the simple answer to the problem. To know anything, you have to know Someone Who knows all things, can’t lie, and has all power to overcome the deceptive lying nature of the fallen human mind. That Person is Jesus Christ, and you can know Him. He speaks to every person. If it weren’t for Christ, we would be stuck, but we can ask Him questions, and He answers us.

Someone may say, “I have to go to work and concentrate on my job, so I can’t spend my time listening for the leading of God.” If you have to think and make decisions, why wouldn’t you want the only Source of all wisdom and knowledge with you? Without Jesus, you have no wisdom, and that’s not good.

Do you have the habit of working on your own without Jesus leading you? Habits are hard to break. Ask God to help you learn a new habit. Learn to flow in the Anointing of God’s wisdom everywhere you go. Get in the habit of flowing in His love. Practice His Presence and let His glory carry you to higher heights and deeper depths.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does “all things are relative” mean?
What is an assumption?
Why can’t you reason to truth without God?
How does Jesus let you know the truth?
Why is it important for you to have Jesus’ wisdom when you make decisions?

Bonus questions:

How can you learn to listen for God’s guidance in your life?
How can your dependence on God make your life better?

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The Munchausen trilemma destroys all ungodly logic, philosophy, or science.

The Munchausen trilemma destroys all ungodly logic, philosophy, or science. Human beings can’t reason to truth. When we try, we just rationalize. We think irrationally and use logical fallacies to trick ourselves into thinking we’re being rational. Without God, logic, philosophy, and science are built on assumptions. An assumption is something someone makes up and treats as if it were real.

If you ever heard anyone say, “All things are relative,” or “There are no absolutes,” this is where those ideas come from. The ungodly thinker who claims all things are relative is claiming everyone has the same problem. And that claim isn’t true. Everyone does not have the same problem.

Godless thinkers don’t want to acknowledge this limitation on their thinking. They choose to deny the fact that they have eliminated the only path they had to rational thinking. They convince themselves that they’re being rational. They have tried every way to get around this problem, and they can’t find a way without God. They don’t want God.

Here’s the simple answer to the problem. To know anything, you have to know Someone Who knows all things, can’t lie, and has all power to overcome the deceptive lying nature of the fallen human mind. That Person is Jesus Christ, and you can know Him. He speaks to every person. If it weren’t for Christ, we would be stuck, but we can ask Him questions, and He answers us.

Someone may say, “I have to go to work and concentrate on my job, so I can’t spend my time listening for the leading of God.” If you have to think and make decisions, why wouldn’t you want the only Source of all wisdom and knowledge with you? Without Jesus, you have no wisdom, and that’s not good.

Do you have the habit of working on your own without Jesus leading you? Habits are hard to break. Ask God to help you learn a new habit. Learn to flow in the Anointing of God’s wisdom everywhere you go. Get in the habit of flowing in His love. Practice His Presence and let His glory carry you to higher heights and deeper depths.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does “all things are relative” mean?
What is an assumption?
Why can’t you reason to truth without God?
How does Jesus let you know the truth?
Why is it important for you to have Jesus’ wisdom when you make decisions?

Bonus questions:

How can you learn to listen for God’s guidance in your life?
How can your dependence on God make your life better?

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NOW YOU MY FRIEND, JUST FOLLOW JESUS

The Church is called to overthrow,
To overcome, to beat the foe.
The sufferings of the present will soon be past.
And glory will be all we know.

Now you my friend
Just turn to Jesus.
Walk in the Spirit.
That’s how He frees us.
Just ask Him in;
Be born again.
Walk out of sin,
And into Him.

The Church is called to take the land
To build on rock and not on sand.
The separate little kingdoms exalting men,
Will topple at the Lord’s command.

CHORUS

Walk in the Spirit and give good heed.
Obey His voice and He will lead.
The Lord knows all about it. Just trust in Him,
And follow Him; He’ll meet your need.

CHORUS

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Now You My Friend, Just Follow Jesus

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Atheists have been trying in vain to find a way around this problem for thousands of years

The human mind is extremely limited. The human mind can’t reason to truth. Agrippa the Skeptic discovered this 2,000 years ago. A German nobleman named Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen who lived from 1720 to 1797 is said to have also talked about the problem, although that isn’t confirmed. The trilemma is often called the Munchausen Trilemma because, in 1785, Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote about a fictional character based the German nobleman. In Raspe’s book, Baron Munchausen claimed to pull himself out of the swamp by his beard. The idea of the Baron pulling himself out the swamp by his beard is a funny way of showing how silly it is to believe the human mind can pull itself out of the proverbial swamp of irrational thinking. Hans Albert formalized the Trilemma in 1975, describing the impossibility for humans to provide rational justification for any truth claim. We can rationalize and argue, but we can’t prove anything to ourselves or each other. The trilemma refers to the fact that every attempt to prove a statement leads to one of three unsatisfactory outcomes:

Infinite regress (each proof requires another, and this continues indefinitely). Logic has made a phenomenal goof. When it offers proof, there’s no proof of the proof.
Circular reasoning (the conclusion is based on premises that require the conclusion itself). Here’s an example: “We know these fossils are millions of years old because they are in rock layers that are millions of years old, and we know the rock layers are millions of years old because the fossils in them are millions of years old.”
Axiomatic assumption (an assertion is accepted without proof, as a self-evident truth). Here’s an example: “Evolution is a fact. It just is.”

This is why ungodly thinkers can’t think rationally. Skeptics have been trying in vain to find a way around this problem for thousands of years. They haven’t found anything that helps them justify their godless thinking. Today, they try to dismiss this problem by using irrational and laughable fallacies. Rational thought is based on truth. His name is Jesus. ALL wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. You have no path to wisdom, knowledge, or truth without Him.

Ask God to answer these questions:
What is every human mind limited by?
Why is Jesus the only source of all wisdom and knowledge for anyone?
Why can’t your mind reason to truth on its own?
Why can’t you prove things to yourself?
Why do you need divine revelation?

Bonus questions:

Agrippa the Skeptic was right about the limitations of the human mind. What did He miss?
Rational thought is based on truth. Why?
What is the human mind and the human soul and the human heart?
What does infinite regress mean?
What is circular reasoning?
What does axiomatic assumption mean?

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Skeptics have been trying in vain to find a way around this problem for thousands of years.

The human mind is extremely limited. The human mind can’t reason to truth. Agrippa the Skeptic discovered this 2,000 years ago. A German nobleman named Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen who lived from 1720 to 1797 is said to have also talked about the problem, although that isn’t confirmed. The trilemma is often called the Munchausen Trilemma because, in 1785, Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote about a fictional character based the German nobleman. In Raspe’s book, Baron Munchausen claimed to pull himself out of the swamp by his beard. The idea of the Baron pulling himself out the swamp by his beard is a funny way of showing how silly it is to believe the human mind can pull itself out of the proverbial swamp of irrational thinking. Hans Albert formalized the Trilemma in 1975, describing the impossibility for humans to provide rational justification for any truth claim. We can rationalize and argue, but we can’t prove anything to ourselves or each other. The trilemma refers to the fact that every attempt to prove a statement leads to one of three unsatisfactory outcomes:

Infinite regress (each proof requires another, and this continues indefinitely). Logic has made a phenomenal goof. When it offers proof, there’s no proof of the proof.
Circular reasoning (the conclusion is based on premises that require the conclusion itself). Here’s an example: “We know these fossils are millions of years old because they are in rock layers that are millions of years old, and we know the rock layers are millions of years old because the fossils in them are millions of years old.”
Axiomatic assumption (an assertion is accepted without proof, as a self-evident truth). Here’s an example: “Evolution is a fact. It just is.”

This is why ungodly thinkers can’t think rationally. Skeptics have been trying in vain to find a way around this problem for thousands of years. They haven’t found anything that helps them justify their godless thinking. Today, they try to dismiss this problem by using irrational and laughable fallacies. Rational thought is based on truth. His name is Jesus. ALL wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. You have no path to wisdom, knowledge, or truth without Him.

Ask God to answer these questions:
What is every human mind limited by?
Why is Jesus the only source of all wisdom and knowledge for anyone?
Why can’t your mind reason to truth on its own?
Why can’t you prove things to yourself?
Why do you need divine revelation?

Bonus questions:

Agrippa the Skeptic was right about the limitations of the human mind. What did He miss?
Rational thought is based on truth. Why?
What is the human mind and the human soul and the human heart?
What does infinite regress mean?
What is circular reasoning?
What does axiomatic assumption mean?

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NOW IS THE TIME

Now is the time.
We must go in.
There is no hope from the world.
Let go. Let go.
Now is the time.
Forget all your power and fortune and pride, and go in.

Now is the time.
We must go in.
Don’t look for help from the world.
Let go. Let go.
Now is the time.
Forget all your crying, rejoice in the Lord and go in.

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

Now Is the Time

Scripture tells us God speaks, but we knew that.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Everyone who keeps seeking Jesus finds Jesus. Jesus leads, teaches, and corrects every person who follows Him. Even though you must seek Him, He speaks His love to you so you want to seek Him. If anything is good, God started it. If there’s any wisdom, God is the Source of that wisdom. Agrippa the skeptic explained why the human mind can’t reason to knowledge, and godless thinkers have been trying to find a way around this for thousands of years. All knowledge is hidden in Christ, and He is the truth. Christ is the Word and the Light that lights every person who comes into the world. He even gives wisdom and knowledge to atheists, but they refuse to thank Him. When they refuse to thank Him, they begin to lose the distinction between the wisdom and knowledge God gives them and their own inner self-talk. Eventually, they accept the voices of demons and they can’t tell the difference between good and evil.

We know God speaks by experience with God, but the Scripture tells us God speaks. We don’t know much, but here’s some of what we know. God is sane and always tells the truth. He cannot lie. He cannot be inconsistent. That means He will never tell you anything that conflicts with the Bible. He speaks through the Bible and every means of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible, but He isn’t limited to the Bible when He speaks. He can give you personal direction. He already has given you personal direction even if you haven’t been aware of it. Any wisdom or knowledge you have comes from Him.

Your Transformation Journey by Grace through Faith isn’t a random journey. It’s very specific. You aren’t looking for a spiritual experience or just any old voice to guide you. You want The Creator God. You want Jesus Christ. There are many voices in the world, and there are many spirits, but there is only one Holy Spirit of God. And God promises that you will find Him and only Him if you seek Him and only Him. That’s why imaginary friends or spirit guides are so dangerous. They seem like fun until they aren’t fun. Jesus isn’t an imaginary friend. He is real and genuine. He is the Truth and the Life.

Ask God to answer these questions:

How do you seek Jesus now other than this devotional?
What does it mean to you that God is the Source of all wisdom?
What is your mind missing when it tries to reason without God?
What is the difference between Jesus and an imaginary friend?
How do you know God speaks?

Bonus questions:

Why is it important that you seek only the Holy Spirit?
What does it mean to you that God cannot lie?
How does Jesus speak His love to you?
Why does God speak to people who don’t believe in Him?
How can you know if you’re hearing from God or just your own thoughts?
What does it mean that Jesus is the Word and the Light?

Keep in mind that God doesn’t want you to ever disconnect from Him. He wants to flow through you constantly in knowledge, wisdom, and love.

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We know God speaks by experience with God

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

Everyone who keeps seeking Jesus finds Jesus. Jesus leads, teaches, and corrects every person who follows Him. Even though you must seek Him, He speaks His love to you so you want to seek Him. If anything is good, God started it. If there’s any wisdom, God is the Source of that wisdom. Agrippa the skeptic explained why the human mind can’t reason to knowledge, and godless thinkers have been trying to find a way around this for thousands of years. All knowledge is hidden in Christ, and He is the truth. Christ is the Word and the Light that lights every person who comes into the world. He even gives wisdom and knowledge to atheists, but they refuse to thank Him. When they refuse to thank Him, they begin to lose the distinction between the wisdom and knowledge God gives them and their own inner self-talk. Eventually, they accept the voices of demons and they can’t tell the difference between good and evil.

We know God speaks by experience with God, but the Scripture tells us God speaks. We don’t know much, but here’s some of what we know. God is sane and always tells the truth. He cannot lie. He cannot be inconsistent. That means He will never tell you anything that conflicts with the Bible. He speaks through the Bible and every means of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible, but He isn’t limited to the Bible when He speaks. He can give you personal direction. He already has given you personal direction even if you haven’t been aware of it. Any wisdom or knowledge you have comes from Him.

Your Transformation Journey by Grace through Faith isn’t a random journey. It’s very specific. You aren’t looking for a spiritual experience or just any old voice to guide you. You want The Creator God. You want Jesus Christ. There are many voices in the world, and there are many spirits, but there is only one Holy Spirit of God. And God promises that you will find Him and only Him if you seek Him and only Him. That’s why imaginary friends or spirit guides are so dangerous. They seem like fun until they aren’t fun. Jesus isn’t an imaginary friend. He is real and genuine. He is the Truth and the Life.

Ask God to answer these questions:

How do you seek Jesus now other than this devotional?
What does it mean to you that God is the Source of all wisdom?
What is your mind missing when it tries to reason without God?
What is the difference between Jesus and an imaginary friend?
How do you know God speaks?

Bonus questions:

Why is it important that you seek only the Holy Spirit?
What does it mean to you that God cannot lie?
How does Jesus speak His love to you?
Why does God speak to people who don’t believe in Him?
How can you know if you’re hearing from God or just your own thoughts?
What does it mean that Jesus is the Word and the Light?

Keep in mind that God doesn’t want you to ever disconnect from Him. He wants to flow through you constantly in knowledge, wisdom, and love.

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NO COMPROMISE

NO COMPROMISE A SONG OF CHRISTIAN INTEGRITY

No compromise! It is time for the day.
No compromise! Take division away.
Look! See! Great Babylon is failing.
Oh, don’t you hear the people wailing.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! All our wisdom is loss.
No compromise! Take from me all the dross.
We will ignore the great confusion.
We will not fall for the delusion.
We will not stray from your pattern and your precept.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! Walking in light of day.
No compromise! Choosing Your narrow way.
We will not say that light is darkness.
We will not say that sin is righteousness.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! That we might glimpse Your face.
No compromise! Lord, Your precepts are grace.
We will not try to do it our way.
We trust you, Lord, and we will obey.
We will not stray from your pattern and your precept.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! That’s a word for this hour.
No compromise! In that word is power.
We will reject rebellious error,
We will accept Your holy order.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! Take our theology.
No compromise! Give us reality.
Man’s great ideas are all vanity,
Products of sin-defiled humanity.
We will not stray from your pattern and your precept.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No Compromise! Spirit, fill us today.
No compromise! So, we walk in Your way.
Not by our might and not by power,
But by Your Spirit in this hour.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! Lord, fill us with Your love.
No compromise! With that love from above.
No more at ease as little infants,
But we will press on to adoption.
We will not stray from your pattern and your precept.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! As the Bible confirms.
No compromise! We meet You on Your terms.
We will not try to seek our own king.
We will not try to do our own thing.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! We are governed by You.
No compromise! Guide each work that we do.
We will receive the ones that you set,
We will not disregard Your headship.
We will not stray from your pattern and your precept.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

No compromise! We will not build on sand.
No compromise! Building at Your command.
Apostles, prophets, the foundation,
As You create Your holy nation.
God has just one way for us to reach His fullness.
God’s way! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!
God’s will! Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else!

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

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Jesus is the Light, and He gives light to everyone.

Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.” (John 18:37). He said, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Father” (Matthew 4:4). He said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27) and “Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God” (John 8:47)

John wrote about Jesus and said, “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:9-12). Here’s some guidance from the Law: “You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you” (Deuteronomy 4:2).

Jesus is the Light, and He gives light to everyone. Some people acknowledge Jesus, and He directs their paths (Proverbs 3:5-6). Others refuse to acknowledge Jesus, and they go into darkness. (Romans 1:19-32) The reason they go into darkness is that the human mind is useless, deceptive, and evil without God. Without God, the human mind is Godless. The human mind can’t reason to truth, and rational thought must be based on truth. Every secular method of reasoning depends on axioms, which are unproven and unprovable statements that are accepted as fact without evidence. Without truth, rational thought is impossible. Without God, truth is impossible.

God created everything by speaking. He spoke the world into existence.

God speaks to you because that’s how He starts things. He won’t force Himself on you, but He needs you to cooperate with Him. He asks you to look for Him and find Him. Everyone who keeps seeking God finds God.

Ask God to answer these questions.
What does it mean for you to “belong to the truth”?
How can you hear God’s voice more clearly than you do now?
How can you help a friend to look for and find God?
Since Jesus gives light to everyone and all wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him, what does that tell you about an atheist who has wisdom or knowledge on a certain subject? (Note that although much of what ungodly intellectuals and experts say is false, they are right sometimes.)
Why do some people not acknowledge Jesus?
Bonus questions:

What does it mean that God created everything by speaking?
Why does God ask you to cooperate with Him?
What does it mean for you to cooperate with God?
Why does the Bible say the human mind is evil without God?
What happens to people who continue to refuse to acknowledge Jesus?
Keep in mind that God doesn’t want you to ever disconnect from Him. He wants to flow through you constantly in knowledge, wisdom, and love.

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