Consider Your Ways

Haggai 1:7, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”

One thing that I have learned in life is that God will not force someone to do what is right. If you have a rebellious wife, you can pray for her morning, noon and evening, but God will not force her to repent (change her mind) to do what is right. Sadly, America has a serious problem with defiant rebellious wives today because of the Satanic influence of feminism. The inspired Holy Bible in our text passage of Scripture says to, “Consider your ways.”

And if you have a stubborn ungodly husband, all your prayers won't influence God to force him to repent to do what is right. But the Bible does say in 1st Peter 3:1, “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives.” Many Christian wives angrily demand that their husband do this or do that; but she is as lazy as a hound dog on a hot summer day, she tells lies and goes behind his back deceitfully, she is more stubborn than her husband when it comes to apologizing or admitting when she is wrong. I tell you with Scriptural authority than no husband will ever “be won” by that kind of shameful wife.

Haggai 1:7, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.” We all need to consider our ways. The English word “consider” is translated from three different Hebrew words which mean: “to put, the heart, above.” And then the word “ways” means: “road, or course of life.” Hence, we are to put our heart above the road we are traveling to examine it.

“I said there's only one thing that'll take a man to Hell. You know what it is? It's the opposite of faith, it's unfaith or unbelief. That's all. Now then, what will take a man all the way to Heaven? Faith, in Jesus Christ. What is the one prerequisite to being saves? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” —Brother Lester Roloff, “Faith”

“A man that's not a Christian can't be honest. Now that's gonna hurt some people, but that's the truth. You cannot be honest until you come to Christ, because you're living a life of ingratitude; and you're living on God and won't recognize him. And God supplies and holds everything together, and in him you live and move and have your being; and yet you won't recognize God's ownership in your stewardship, you're being dishonest. You're God's property by creation, by sustenance and by regeneration; and if you don't recognize it, you're not honest with God. Nobody! I believe that the main the root of honesty is recognizing that God owns everything. Living off of Him.” —Brother Lester Roloff, “Faith”

Life is short dear reader. Are you prepared to meet God? Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

Cultural Christians Are Not True Christians

I learned this week that Elon Musk is a “Cultural Christian.”

Cultural Christians are individuals who appreciate Christian values and culture but do not actively practice the Christian faith. They may identify as Christian due to their upbringing or cultural environment, rather than a commitment to religious beliefs. Cultural Christians often enjoy elements of Christian culture, such as holidays and traditions, without adhering to the faith itself. SOURCE

Dear reader, kindly said, Elon Musk is treading on thin ice! He is living dangerously! Being a Cultural Christian is not the same as the new birth. In the past Elon identified as an atheist, but now says he is agnostic (unsure).

Around 2014, famous horror writer Stephen King (who has been dubbed The King of Horror) said publicly that he is no longer an atheist. Stephen King stated that he made a decision to believe in God, noting that it was better to believe than not to believe, especially during his struggles with addiction. He has expressed that while he is a believer, he remains uncertain about the existence of an afterlife. What saith the Scripture? James 2:19, “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), a Founding Father of the United States, considered himself part of Christian culture, despite his doubts about the divinity of Jesus. Sadly, unless he repented on his death bed, Thomas Jefferson is burning in Hell now and forever.

Jesus Is The Great “I AM”

Nobody is saved who denies Jesus' deity (John 8:24). The pronoun “he” in John 8:24 is in italics in the King James Bible. Which means the verse literally reads: “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am, ye shall die in your sins.” Exodus 3:14, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

Some people have foolishly alleged that Jesus never claimed to be God. Oh, but He did dear reader, He most certainly did in John 8:58, “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” The unbelieving Jews fully understood that Jesus was claiming to be God, evidenced by their angry response in John 8:59, “Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.”

The unbelieving Jews knew exactly what Jesus was claiming, that He is God almighty! The Jews said to Jesus with contempt in verse 57, “Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?” Jesus replied by saying that He existed before Abraham was even born. What saith the Scripture? John 10:33, “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.” The Jews fully understood that Jesus claimed to be God almighty!

We find a remarkable Scripture passage in Job 23:12, “Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” Job said that he considered and highly regarded God's Word more than his food. Do you regard God's Word as being more valuable than a Little Caesar's pizza? Do you esteem the 8,810 promises of God in the inspired King James Bible more than your favorite meal? Matthew 4:4, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Consider Your Ways

According to Hebrews 9:27, we all have an appointment with the Grim Reaper, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Most people are not prepared to die. Most people have never been born again.

By God's grace and mercy, may we all consider our ways. Haggai 1:7, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”