|City on a Hill - Writings for Refuge

When you find yourself in the midst of correction, it is never the right time to assert that you will be victorious over it. It is ALWAYS the right time to repent and search for where there may be something... anything...between you and the Lord. Even if you find very little that needs correction, it is the heart posture the Lord is looking for. God humbles the proud and lifts up the humble. Always. The phrase "we will rebuild" is a literal tell-tale of false prophesy. Isaiah 9:8The Lord sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel. 9All the people will know— Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria— Who say in pride and arrogance of heart: 10“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.” 11Therefore the LORD shall set up The adversaries of Rezin against him, And spur his enemies on, 12The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth. Fo...

In my observation, the main mistake end time teachers make is believing the signs of the time will be obvious. Let me be clear: They absolutely will not be. Jesus isn't trying to scare a Bride into loving Him or getting ready. He is wooing a group of people forward from the church into being a Bride. This is the point of the letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. He invites the church to overcome. Overcome what? Mostly the confusion, delusion, offense and deceit wrapped up in the incremental judgments being released. The judgments aren't intended to scare people into the kingdom, as some teach. Jesus isn't desperate for followers or even to save the world. in John 17, He makes that clear. No, He is interested in leading any willing to be led to a wedding. In Matthew 22 an invitation is expressed. Matthew 22:4“Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things a...

Ezekiel 33:12“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’ 13“When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. 14“Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, 15“if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16“None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done wha...

In my observation, the main mistake end time teachers make is believing the signs of the time will be obvious. Let me be clear: They absolutely will not be. Jesus isn't trying to scare a Bride into loving Him or getting ready. He is wooing a group of people forward from the church into being a Bride. This is the point of the letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. He invites the church to overcome. Overcome what? Mostly the confusion, delusion, offense and deceit wrapped up in the incremental judgments being released. The judgments aren't intended to scare people into the kingdom, as some teach. Jesus isn't desperate for followers or even to save the world. in John 17, He makes that clear. No, He is interested in leading any willing to be led to a wedding. In Matthew 22 an invitation is expressed. Matthew 22:4 “ Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all thing...

John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 33They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?” 34Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35“And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. There is no freedom in Independence. Real freedom only comes from dependence on the One who made mankind. I am thankful to live in a country where many have sacrificed their own dreams to contend for the freedom to choose God individually. Today, I am also praying for a country wrestling with the very concept of truth, and real freedom. The original pilgrims came out of a very religious system orchestrated by King James I (wh...