ພວກເຮົາອາໄສຢູ່ໃນເວລາທີ່ໂບດມີຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຕໍ່ການສູນເສຍຄົນທີ່ສູນເສຍພຣະເຈົ້າ. The holy respect and the fear of the Lord and the fear for His Word and Spirit have made way for the fear of people, which doesn’t bring forth obedience to God and a holy life, but advocates the freedom of the flesh.
Is the church led by the Holy Spirit or the spirit of fear?
The Church is led by a spirit of fear instead of the Holy Spirit. The Church is afraid to tell the truth of the Word of God, because they’re afraid of the opinion, response, and possible retaliation of people and losing people, who are members of the church.
The Church doesn’t want to be offensive in society and insult or hurt people’s feelings. But the Church wants to be accepted and loved. Therefore many local churches have adjusted their words and policy.
They’re not concerned about God and of losing Him, but they’re concerned about the people and of losing them.
Instead of being faithful to God and standing firm on His Word and ໂທຫາປະຊາຊົນໃຫ້ການກັບໃຈ and changing their lives, they assume that God wouldn’t mind if they change a little here and there.
They think God understands their decision and changes in the church.
While they make the changes and ignore and withdraw from ຫົວຫນ້າ and enter self-chosen ways, only to please, ການບັນເທິງ, ຮັກສາໄວ້, and draw people, the adversary of God and ruler of the world executes his plan.
The devil goes around as a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour
While the devil goes around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he can deceive and devour and making many victims, ຊາວຄຣິດສະຕຽນ, who received the power to stop the devil and his minions and their works, wisely (at least that’s what they think) keep their mouth and stay silent. They let them go ahead and continue their destructive work, because they don’t acknowledge the problem and don’t want to cause problems for people
But the problem is, that we do have a problem. Even if many Christians, ລວມທັງຜູ້ນໍາໂບດ, bury their heads in the sand.
if people don’t acknowledge, ຊື່, or proclaim something, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. That also applies to the spiritual warfare and the ongoing battle between the light and darkness, the Spirit and flesh.
Where did the fear of the Lord go?
The fear of the Lord was present in the church in the old days. The people in the church believed and obeyed Jesus Christ and lived in submission to the Word and the Spirit. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ການເອີ້ນໃຫ້ກັບໃຈ, ການຫລົ້ມຈົມ ແລະດໍາລົງຊີວິດທີ່ບໍລິສຸດ, ຄໍາຕັດສິນ and hell was preached. ແຕ່ປະຈຸບັນ, it’s almost gone.
The message of the cross and the truth of God’s Word was too hard to endure for many people.
ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, this message and truth did bring forth real converts and life. And the spiritual mentality, resilience, and power of people were much stronger than the spiritual mentality, resilience and power of people today, which are mainly formed by faith in worldly science and the application of it.
Through the rise and influence of modern philosophers and ນັກຈິດຕະວິທະຍາ and their false doctrines and the ໂທລະທັດ (programs and movies that originate from the spirit of this world and cause the people to approve of sin and do the ຈະຂອງມານໄດ້), the Bible has been pushed aside and is no longer the highest and final authority in the lives of Christians, ຄອບຄົວ, ໂຮງຮຽນ, ແລະໂບດ.
Christians don’t think and live from the Word and the Spirit but from their carnal mind, which is influenced and developed by the knowledge and wisdom of the world. Their carnal mind has more faith in science than in God and the Bible. ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, they reject the words of God, because they are foolishness to the carnal mind.
Many Christians don’t take God and His feelings and will into account, but they take the people and their feelings and will into account.
The spirit of new age and humanism deceives people
The worldly spirit of New Age and humanism that deceived people, and still deceives people, and reigns as god in people’s carnal minds and lives, has great power and gains more power as ພຣະເຢຊູ’ ກັບຄືນ ວິທີການ.
If believers feed themselves with the knowledge and wisdom of the world, they’ll become victims of this deceptive spirit that looks harmless, but causes great damage in the Church with his false peace, ຄວາມຮັກ ແລະ ພຣະຄຸນ and compromising with the darkness.
This dangerous spirit that looks pious, ສະຫງົບ, ທີ່ຮັກ, and innocent, affects the boldness of Christians and silences the Holy Spirit.
The old Peter was led by a spirit of fear of people, the new Peter was led by the Holy Spirit
The old Peter, who was born from the corrupt seed of man and belonged to the disobedience unfaithful generation that is put beneath the (ປັດຄຸມການ) angels and subjected to the spirits of the world, ປະຕິເສດພຣະເຢຊູ.
Peter was lead by a spirit of fear of people. Because of that Peter denied Jesus not once, ແຕ່ສາມເທື່ອ.
ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, after Peter became a ການສ້າງໃຫມ່ in Christ and was filled with the Holy Spirit, he rose and stood before thousands of people and preached boldly the life, ໃໍລາຍ, ຄວາມຕາຍ, ໄດ້ ການຟື້ນຄືນຊີວິດຈາກການຕາຍ, the ascension in heaven, and the kingship of the Messiah Jesus Christ, ພຣະບຸດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ຊົງພຣະຊົນຢູ່, Who is seated at the right hand of the Father, the Majesty, ໃນສະຫວັນ (ກັບ. ກິດຈະການ 2; ໂຄໂລຊາຍ 1:13-14; 1 ຕີໂມເຕ 6:13-16; ເຮັບເຣີ 1;2).
Peter was no longer led by his flesh and by fear for the opinion and consequences of his confession, as before when he was still the old creation, who was subject to the worldly spirits and governed (ruled) by them. But Peter was led by the Holy Spirit and had become a witness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter preached boldly without any constrain the truth of God about his Lord and the Messiah. (ອ່ານນຳ: Simon Peter, ຜູ້ຊາຍທີ່ຮັກພຣະເຢຊູ).
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; ແຕ່ຂອງພະລັງງານ, ແລະຄວາມຮັກ, ແລະຂອງຈິດໃຈທີ່ດີ. ສະນັ້ນ ເຈົ້າຢ່າອາຍຕໍ່ປະຈັກພະຍານຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງເຮົາ, nor of me his prisoner: ແຕ່ເຈົ້າເປັນຜູ້ມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມກັບຄວາມທຸກຂອງພຣະກິດຕິຄຸນຕາມອຳນາດຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ; Who has saved us, ແລະ ໄດ້ ເອີ້ນ ເຮົາ ດ້ວຍ ການ ເອີ້ນ ທີ່ ສັກສິດ, ບໍ່ແມ່ນອີງຕາມວຽກງານຂອງພວກເຮົາ, ແຕ່ຕາມຈຸດປະສົງ ແລະພຣະຄຸນຂອງພຣະອົງເອງ, ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ມອບໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາໃນພຣະຄຣິດພຣະເຢຊູກ່ອນທີ່ໂລກຈະເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ, ແຕ່ບັດນີ້ໄດ້ຖືກປະກົດໃຫ້ເຫັນໂດຍການປະກົດຕົວຂອງພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດຜູ້ຊ່ອຍໃຫ້ລອດຂອງເຮົາ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel
2 ຕີໂມເຕ 1:7-10
That’s the result of the coming of the Holy Spirit in Peter’s life. And that’s still the result of the coming of the Holy Spirit in people’s lives.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the fear of the Lord
Instead of staying silent for the sake of keeping the peace and harmony, and adjusting the words of God to the carnal lusts and desires, and considering what is evil in the eyes of God as good, and tolerating sin in the Body of Christ, and preaching lies, ຊຶ່ງມາຈາກອານາຈັກແຫ່ງຄວາມມືດ, the Holy Spirit speaks the truth of God, which is written in His Word. The Holy Spirit represents and preaches God’s holiness, ຄວາມຊອບທໍາ, and judgment and ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ກັບໃຈ.
ໂດຍຄວາມເມດຕາແລະຄວາມຈິງ, ຄວາມຊົ່ວຊ້າຈະຖືກລ້າງອອກ: ແລະໂດຍຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຜູ້ຊາຍຈາກຄວາມຊົ່ວຮ້າຍ (ສຸພາສິດ 16:6)
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the fear of the Lord and brings about a fear for the Lord in peoples’s lives instead of a fear of people. (ກັບ. ເອຊາຢາ 11:2; ກິດຈະການ 9:31).
The Holy Spirit is not appointed as Comforter (Helper) to approve of sin (which is rebellion and disobedience to God) and to condone and accept the works of darkness, but to expose and destroy them. (ກັບ. ຈອນ 16:8-9; ເອເຟໂຊ 5:8-16).
As long as people are not truly born again by faith and transformed by the ການຕໍ່ອາຍຸຂອງຈິດໃຈຂອງພວກເຂົາ ກັບພະຄໍາພີ (ພະຄໍາຂອງພະເຈົ້າ), but be conformed to this world and walk after the flesh, ພວກເຂົາຈະຖືກຫລອກລວງ.
They shall believe the words and lies of the world, instead of the words and truth of God. They shall bow for sin and the ruler of the world, ມານ, do his will, and condone his works.
They’ll remain the ການສ້າງເກົ່າ, who walks after the flesh in darkness and doesn’t do what God pleases and wants, but what man pleases and wants.
The fear of people brings a snare but the fear of the Lord is a fountain of life
The fear of people brings a snare and hinders the gospel and leads to rebellion and disobedience to God and His Word, compromising with the darkness, the mockery and denial of Jesus Christ, and the defilement of His Body
ແນວໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແມ່ນຈຸດເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຂອງປັນຍາ. The fear of the Lord leads to peace, ຄວາມສຸກ, gladness and a righteousness life, despite the mockery, ຄວາມໃຈຮ້າຢ, resistance and ການຂົ່ມເຫັງໂລກ.
ຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຂອງມະນຸດຈະນຳເອົາບ້ວງແຮ້ວ: but whoso puts his trust in the Lord shall be safe
ສຸພາສິດ 29:25
‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’
