Off The Script! Podcast

In a world full of "influencers" there are many who believe that they can persuade and influence others to live a good life and leave this world a better place than how they left it but this is not true when a person is influencing others without the Holy Spirit of God within them (as He dwells in those who believe in Jesus). We are all supposed to be listening to the Voice of God and through faith we become more like Jesus (God's Word and Voice), fulfilling what Jesus says, "Be Holy as I AM Holy" and to "Go and sin no more"; but when there are people speaking for and from the "voice of a stranger", the devil, then as you see in the world around us, people become more and more like the devil's image of destruction for humanity and this world. So be careful what you watch and who you listen to because it is going to shape your worldview, morals, and perspective on life and when that isn't Jesus you will be shaped and led blindly to hell. Believe in and focus on Jesus to avoid hell

Saying that the Bible is the Word of God is common and most of the times is said with the right intentions but to say that "the Bible is the Word of God" or that "all authority comes from the Bible" and is the standard we should live by is false and is a subtle and sneaky way that the devil has taught the lie that the Bible is the Word of God so that people will not acknowledge that Jesus is the Word of God, Jesus is the standard example to follow through first having faith in Jesus, and that all authority has been given by God to Jesus and NOT the Bible. It is one of many ways that Satan tempts people to trust in and idolize knowledge (of the scriptures) while being blind to the Author of the scriptures (God) and this same deception is what led the Jews who rejected Jesus to "search the scriptures seeking for life in them" but miss that "the scriptures talked about Jesus". So I go over how this false phrase has led many away from Jesus instead of trusting in Jesus alone.

There is and has been a spiritual war on the identity of people and that is because our enemy, the devil, wants you to place your identity in the flesh and not in Jesus Christ. I go over a dream I had a while back that was a warning given to me about one of many ways that children are being influenced and tainted by this world in regards to their identity.

It's the start of a new year and the best thing that any of us can do in order to worship and love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength is to give God ALL (not some) of our time. This results in the fulfillment of the scriptures: "Everything we do we do it unto the glory of God." and "to meditate on the Word of God day and night." as well as "to pray without ceasing". In all our thoughts as long as we keep them captive to Christ, then in all of our ways, we are blessed with walking in God's plans for us that are perfect and never fail; unlike what we try to do with ourselves and New Year's resolutions. Many of us and our resolutions may fail every year...not because we did not have enough discipline or because we had too many distractions or a lack of commitment but plans fail when plans do not match God's plans for your life while your "plans" would be going up against what He has for you which is good! Only through Christ can you be successful not wishful thinking

We are instructed by God to expose evil works but many people have sadly taken that to mean "exploitation" of others shame and call that exposing evil works. This is normally seen heavily online when people claim the name Christian but focus solely on the downfall and "alleged" allegations of someone they don't even know and this all leads to a life of being a gossiper, a busybody and having an idle mind that is not focused on heavenly things for being too focused on the personal and private lives of others. Exposing evil involves focusing on the Light, which is Jesus, and then evil will be exposed by default but Satan has many people focusing on his works of sin in others by getting many to take their eyes off of the cross of Christ so that they can focus on "the woman caught in adultery" so to speak and this is not becoming of a true believer of Jesus Christ.

A Christian is someone who believes in Jesus Christ and follows Him which also involves Jesus' Spirit to dwell in the body of believers (as our bodies are the temple of the living God) and this is why we are called the "Body of Christ". Jesus' Body is only going to "House" The Holy Spirit and no other spirit ESPECIALLY demons who run from the name of Jesus so they would not be caught in the same body as someone who professes the name of Jesus and believes in Jesus through faith in Him There are so many lies and controversies online speaking against what is written in the Bible when people are claiming to "cast out demons" in Jesus name from people who claim to be IN Jesus name and that is not possible. I go over my reasoning behind this and point to scripture to show that; as Jesus says, "When the Son sets you free you are free indeed!" A freeman in Christ can not be "possessed" by a demon because they are possessed by the Father in Heaven and not Satan anymore!

Knowledge puffs up but love edifies and when that knowledge is being given to others in conversation without the main focus being on Jesus then that conversation or debate is not going to be done in Jesus' name but would be being done in the name of the speakers in that debate. I go over some dangers I have noticed that involve religious debates (of ALL religions) and why these dangers are so sneaky and difficult to catch since the majority of debates that are seen online are done in the flesh while tempting/satisfying the flesh of the listeners of those said debates.

A common thing that all of us do or have done before is to seek and expect people to feed our urges, desires, and fulfillment. The problem with this is when we are trying to pursue this mentality we are left unsatisfied every time. I touch on how Jesus quenches our thirst and feeds us what our soul needs so that we don't waste any more time trying to use the world as our "Grubhub".

Just speaking on some thoughts I have had recently on how there is a correlation between laziness/slothfulness and uncommittment.