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PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS
by Harry Bethel
BethelMinistries.com

Integrity
An old-school concept and teaching that disappeared like the wooly mammoth.

Honesty
See above.

Imagination
Everyone, who is not born again, including Jews and everyone else no matter how "religious" they are, does not worship the one and only true God, they only worship a figment of their imagination. Jesus said, "He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him" (John 5:24) and "God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in TRUTH" (John 4:24).

A God-Honoring Christian Nation
Yes or No? A civilized, Christian nation is one in which the Christians have let their light so shine and whose influence has been so great that the legislators and/or courts allow people to kill their unborn children, publish and distribute pornography, commit sodomy, and has a 50% divorce rate, has more than two million people in jail or prison, and a majority of the high school students are fornicators. A primitive pagan society, without any Christian influence, is one that has not yet progressed to this level.

Serial Killers
There are serial killers all around us. Just go to the nearest abortion clinic and you will find them every day. (Some of them are called medical doctors, some are called nurses, and some are called expectant mothers.)

WMDs
The most destructive weapon of mass destruction is not a nuclear, biological or chemical bomb, it is a human tongue.

The First Will Be Last
There are many Christian charlatans out there who believe that God is an asset to their ministry.

Truth or Consequences?
If your beloved pastor teaches that Christians will not be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment, either he or God is not telling the truth. Which one do you think is lying? (Mt. 5:31-33; Rm. 14:10, 12; 2 Cor. 5:10; Ecc. 3:17, 12:14; James 3:1)

Will The Real Heretics Please Sit Down
If a heretic is someone who professes false doctrine, then the vast majority of Christians today are heretics, and they all consider a man a heretic whose teachings are all true. Think about it.

Glow, Little Glow Worm
Trying to get a lukewarm Christian to become a hot Christian is like trying to change a glow worm into a torch. Trying to get a hot Christian to become a true disciple of Jesus is like trying to change a torch into the sun.

Keep On Keeping On
If the Holy Spirit was removed 80% 95% 99% of what most Christians are doing would continue because God is not in what most Christians are doing. Yes, the apostasy and deception is that bad.

Hanging On and Letting Go
It takes wisdom to know when to hang on and when to let go. Some people just hang in there, no matter what.

Movin’ On
Sometimes "the way forward" is over a cliff. Don’t fall for it.

Christians Debating Atheists
All atheists and agnostics (and everyone else) know there is a God (Romans 1:18-20; John 1:9), but they will not admit it, and lie about what they know to be the truth. Therefore, it is the ultimate absurdity to debate the existence of God. "The fool says in his heart there is no God" (Psalm 14:1).

Christian Retreats
It’s time to forsake all the Christian retreats and make some advancements for the glory of Christ.

Preaching Hot Topics
Most preachers create a lot of HEAT, but not much light.

Modest Clothing
Most Christians today are wearing fig leaves rather than the whole armor of God.

Boy, Have I Gotta Deal For You
A false "profit" is one who tries to make you think that you will profit by sending your money to him.

Coming Unglued
In these last days of apostasy Fundamentalists are not very fundamental, Evangelicals are not very evangelistic, Literalists don't interpret the Bible literally, Conservatives are not very conservative, Protestants don't protest (Catholicism), Separatists are not very separated, Charismatics don't have much charisma, Pentecostals are not filled with the Holy Spirit, and Holiness Christians are not very holy.

Special Diets For Special People
Christians are being fed by their "pastors" spiritual box-lunches that are full of junk food and harmful additives---and they gobble it up.

Commercial Success
If a church has a huge membership, or if a book (except the Bible) sells millions of copies, you can be sure of this: the truths that need to be heard by Christians are not being presented, or we are not living in the last days of apostasy and the Lord’s return is not near.

P.S. Very few of all the Bibles purchased today are actually being read.

Walking in The Cool Area
Most Christians, instead of walking in the bright center of the path where Jesus is walking, are on the perilous periphery where the shadows fade into darkness.

Faithful Friends
The closer you walk with Jesus the fewer Christian friends you will have. Did you read that correctly? The closer you walk with Jesus the fewer Christian friends you will have.

Your Final Destination
There is no one in Hell who does not deserve to be there, and there is no one in Heaven who is not supposed to be there. God knows what He is doing.

Faith The Size of a Mustard Seed
A "blind leap of faith" is not faith, it is stupidity.

The Profit Motive
There are true prophets and false "profits." There are scarcely any of the first group and many of the second. The first group is in it for the good of the few who will listen, the other is in it for the money of the many. Most Christians don’t know the difference, and they don’t support either one.

"God Wants Me To Be Healthy and Wealthy, Especially The Latter"
Which part of "You cannot serve God and money" do you not understand? Is it the "God" part or the "money" part, or both?

More About Our Atheist Friends And Relatives
An atheist is someone who thinks he is hurting God by denying His existence. God says that man or woman is a fool.

A Little Bit of Humor
A man sent by God to preach the truth to end-time apostate Christians, being human, needs a little bit of a sense of humor to maintain his sanity to face all the rejection, slander, malice and mud.

Making Choices
A Christian can choose his or her eternal destiny. An unsaved person can’t. Don’t understand? Read your Bible.

A Convenient Line of Credit
Christians who have credit cards and are willing to go into debt have no idea what they are missing in terms of seeing God’s miraculous provisions.

All Things, Large and Small
Beloved Christian, are all your trials, tribulations and heartaches working together for you good? If you truly love God they are. Otherwise, they aren’t. Read Romans 8:28.

Misguided Matriarchs
Most mothers will not control their children, which is God-ordained, but they control or try to control their husbands, which is not God-ordained.

A Freed Free Will
The centuries-old debate on free will versus no free will is finally settled---Man has the free will to choose anything except God. If God chooses a man, then the man can choose God. The problem is, the chosen man has the ability to reject God (and His truths).

Interference-free Reception
Pastors won’t obey all the New Testament commandments because that would greatly interfere with their "ministry."

Chief Financial Officer
In a marriage the one who control$ the money u$ually control$ everything el$e, al$o.

Being About Your Father’s Business
If you are in God’s will you are going to spend a great deal of time waiting on Him. Do you have p-a-t-I-e-n-c-e?

True Submission
The way in which a wife treats her husband is the way in which she treats God.

Something To Think About
My dear wife recently said to me, "You have a lot on your mind, don't you." I said, "Yeah." She said, "What do you have on your mind?" I said, "The world is coming to an end."

 

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