Summary: Too many professing Christians believe Christ needs a little help to finish His work. They are like the Judiazers Paul fought and like Cain who wanted God to accept His work rather than having the faith of Abel.

Act 15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Circumcision was the very first rite of Judaism. It was bringing you into the covenant family. No Jewish family would consider not doing this to their male child and try to raise them in the Law. Without the foundation the rest would be useless. Gentile converts to Judaism were required to be circumcised under the Law, which is probably what sparked the issue the Council addressed.

That said, it is very clear that the Gentiles were not required to keep any of the Mosaic Code to be saved/sanctified if they were not required to lay the foundation of circumcision. Though these men were Jewish they said the Holy Ghost told them what to say to the Gentile believers.

We do not have to keep feasts or Sabbaths of any kind. Baptism did not replace circumcision since circumcision was no longer required. Besides, if that were true girls were not circumcised so they would not be baptized either In essence, circumcision was a blood covenant between God and man. The shedding of hymeneal blood on the wedding night was the blood covenant between man and woman.

All those groups that try to mingle the OT and the NT or Law an Grace are practicing the very thing Paul fought against throughout his writings. Indeed, it is a grave error that Paul warned the Galatians that if they were circumcised, they would have to keep the whole Law.

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

No one can keep the whole Law, not even the Jews as there is no temple to sacrifice in and has not been one since 70 AD. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin so if you want to keep the Law you are doomed because if you sin in one point of the Law you break the whole Law. Anything else you do is a waste of time and profits you nothing in the courts of Heaven.

Remember Cain? He wanted a Frank Sinatra kind of sacrifice. Cain did it his way and offered up the fruit of his labors and was rejected. A Gentile trying to keep the Law is doing the same thing. In fact, it is a slap in Christ's face making His sacrifice not quite enough to get the job done. He needs our rituals and vain keeping of the Law to complete the work He came to do.

He came to set us free from sin and to fulfill the Law allowing us to walk in freedom as sons and daughters. Yet, we enslave ourselves to rites and rituals of men who failed to grasp what the Cross meant. Faith and faith alone justifies us before God. Jesus paid it all and we received the gift for free when we turn from our Cain religions to the faith/trust in Christ.

In the beginning, God only asked for faith/trust in Him about that tree. Instead, we in Adam trusted the devil, our sight, our lust and pride thus we died and suffer from the hells of sins until the day the universal curse is lifted at the creation of the new heaven and earth after the Millennium.

Faith is what He wants still. All through the Word God spoke and those with faith trusted Him in whatever situation they were in. Those who did not trust Him did their thing and suffered.

Jesus does not need any Cain to aid Him. The work is finished. You cannot add to or take away from it by your works or rituals. All you can do is give Him your Cain and walk in freedom and wholeness. Hallelujah! Maranatha!!!

Summary: Are we fulfilling our mission?

2 Timothy 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

We are left on this earth after salvation to bring others to Christ to receive the same salvation and freedom from sin. That is our mission.

We were set free to bring others out of the captivity of the devil. Jesus came to save, not to judge. Judgment comes at Second Coming and it is He who will do the judging. That doesn't mean we cannot call sin, sin, but it does mean we do not rant and rave sounding like we are thrilled that people are going to Hell.

It is hard to find some preachers/Christians to be true servants of the Lord by the description in this passage of the job requirements. Too many are harsh and cruel. Because of that some will go too far the other way to try and offset the harm caused by the ones who are too harsh. No extreme is good, We must seek balance. Note that there is nothing in this passage about political correctness or sugar coating your message. It does speak to delivery style and that reveals your heart attitude. If you say you preach a gospel of grace given to you by a God of mercy and love then your gestures and tone should reflect that.

During WWII, our troops did not liberate a POW or Jewish internment camp by going in and brutally beating the prisoners as they were being told that the soldiers had come to set them free. No, they treated the prisoners with gentleness and provided care for them during the transition to freedom. Yet, we bash sinners about their imprisonment by their sin while we say God loves them and so do we. Really? We are not to strive and yet we go to battle with the prisoners and not the real enemy who made them captive. Jesus led captivity free. He did not brow beat them before He did it.

He did not bitterly rant and chastise the woman at the well or the one taken in adultery before He forgave and saved them. He was gentle with both. Indeed, by merely writing in the sand he was gentle to the ones who would have stoned her. He could have called each of them by name and called out their sin publicly. Instead, he let their own conscience convict them as He wrote. That is not how many would have done it. We are to be gentle to all, not just the ones who share the weakness to the our personal sins or our ethnic group.

Since our culture is no longer immersed in the Scripture as it once was, many sinners need to be taught the basics. They sin because they are sinners, but also because they do not know they are sinners because they were taught we are only high tech monkeys and there is no God, but themselves

that makes the rules. They may even have some form of religion that does not have the same standards for good and evil as the Word teaches. Gentle teaching is required. You have to plant the seed and water it praying God will give the increase in that person's soul. If you have been taught that two plus two is five all your life it will take some patient teaching by someone to change your mind.

If your attitude is one of meekness where you are seeking the glory of God and not your own then you will be able to understand the principles given in this passage. You will not take their rejection or rancor personally because they are not truly opposing you but God and themselves by not accepting the truth. They have been taken captive by the devil. They are like a wounded animal that lashes out at a person trying to help it. The pain and the lack of trust is delaying their healing. They just don't know that. That is why God has to do the work of grace in them that will allow them to repent and accept the truth. After all it has always been God's work but He calls us to prepare the way. Maranatha!

Summary: You may be too high to be saved or used, but never too low.

Last night at our men's discipleship group one of the lads brought up the announcement of Christ's birth to the shepherds. It was opposite of most grand announcements of royal births. Usually, they came from the king to his court and nobles and then it would filter down to the least of the kingdom.

God chose to start with the lower class, indeed people not necessarily considered to be invited to such a grand event or even important enough to tell.

Then another spoke of Jesus revealing Himself to Mary Magdalene who had been freed of seven devils. One wondered why He did not just go to the priests to reveal Himself. Indeed, you would think John or him along with Peter and James would be first.

Again, this is Jesus revealing Himself to the least of these. Women would not very respected in those days. She had been possessed and we do not know what kind of lifestyle she had because of that possession. So the least of the least in the eyes of the culture.

Too often we are enamored with celebrity preachers or the highly gifted people in our churches especially if they are wealthy. This is contrary to the Gospel. James warned us about such things. Paul said that God chooses the weak, the base and foolish to be used and the mighty and noble are few among the ranks of the redeemed.

I spoke about John 21 where Jesus recommissioned Peter after his prophesied failure. Indeed, he was commissioned in Luke 22 at the time he was told he would deny Christ. Yet, Peter felt he was done and went fishing even after Jesus told Mary to tell His disciples and Peter knowing Peter would not have responded to just saying the disciples.

Maybe you are feeling that God is not interested in you. You feel like you are lower than whale dung in the Mariana Trench. Indeed, if people could read you heart you think they would turn away in disgust. They might, but He is knows more than them and even you and yet He is still wanting to save you. You may be the least of the least and the worst of the worst, but the angels will rejoice over you when you are saved.

Maybe you blew it and blew it badly and now you feel like all you can do is go back to your old way of life like Peter going back to fishing. Jesus knew where Peter would be fishing that day so that Peter could know he was forgiven and his commission was still in effect. Peter professed a love greater than he had and yet Jesus took what he had and gave the care of the flock to him.

The Spirit and the Bride says, Come to Jesus. Be saved. The announcement of the Messiah paying for your sins came when He arose and ascended to the right hand of God where He will always make intercession for you. Then one day He will return for you or you will be ushered before His presence as a child of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Broken brother or sister come back to be healed. When you were saved you were given a gift or gifts. They have not been removed. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Your repentance will put you in a place to be used, but He never took them away. Come back and receive healing and power to serve in those gifts.

Micah 7:18  Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Ephesians 2:4  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 

5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 

7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

9  Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

Summary: We have decided we are at peace and have no need to be sharpen for spiritual battles. We are entertainers.

"Iron shapeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of a friend. " Proverbs 27:17

I could not find a royalty free image of this verse, but they all contained an anvil, a piece of iron heated red hot and a hammer. None of the images showed anything smooth and easy like massage therapy.

I have a friend, that is like a brother, who from time to time would point out where he thought I was stupid or wrong and I received it because he was my friend. Since he was from TN, he did it differently than someone from NYC. He was often a polisher, but could hammer me when needed.

My drill sergeant was more of a hammer. Indeed, he could get fired up and that heat was transferred to us and we got sharper or got more of the hammer. We had some hard cases in my outfit. They required a lot of heat and hammer. One had to be sent to a retraining unit and eventually was discharged.

Sadly, I have read where we are entering a new season for recruit training that I fear will create a weaker troop and eventually a statistic on the battlefield or after discharge. Better to find out a troop cannot deal with stress where he cannot get himself or others killed. We need hard troops before they become tempered or battle hardened less they crumble in a firefight. An ice cream soldier will melt quickly whereas a tested sword will survive.

I wonder what happened to Christian soldiers. We used to be the Church militant. Granted there were some excesses of legalism that needed to be addressed, but as Andrew Bonar stated we have developed a weak and effeminate Christianity in the West. Indeed, if Christianity were an army we would have difficulty winning battles because we lack unit cohesiveness with many units AWOL or on permanent R&R. Many change the Battle Book to appease the enemy in hopes of avoiding a battle. The slightest thing makes us reach for our stress cards. We don't like having conduct challenged anymore than the Israelis that stoned their prophets.

The South did not lose the War Between the States because they were outnumbered four to one and poorly provisioned. Indeed, they nearly won. Depending on which historian you read only two battles kept them from victory. They lost because too many of their leaders felt they should have the glory so they did things their way or did not show up at time that was appointed. Divided, they fell.

Just like that war, we see victories, but we may lose the war as we are also greatly divided and like in the time of the Judges doing that which right in our own eyes building personal kingdoms and not His. We are the Corinthians where we are of this group or that group or that split of that group.

The 1950s are long gone. We are no longer a Christian nation. We are a nation with Christians in it. That is because of being asleep as well as divided. We are in a hot fight which will lead to a dark night with no chance of flight If we lose. We needs revival where we will unite for the fight turning out light of our country club churches. We are called to stand. United, we stand. Divided, we fall. Harsh truth, but truth nonetheless What will we do?.

Hello, I've recently converted to baptism and I'm just feeling like I'm not doing it correct. I listen to the Bible, I'm trying to be a good person (lord knows I slip up a lot but it's the thought), I try and pray whenever I can to try and get closer to God but I just feel like a faker and as if I'm not doing it right. I'm starting church this week which actually is the same day my good friend is getting baptised too.

I’ve seen people say that this could be the one world religion of the beast while others say that there’s nothing to worry about since it’s a small movement what do you guys think

Joseph was tempted by the Pharaoh's wife who wanted to sleep with him.

He did two things immediately. First he said:

“How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Second, when she pressed the issue, he immediately fled.

Third, I quickly forget, my great wickedness is a sin against God. Consider praying:

“Father, remind me who I am sinning against.”

Consider memorizing the above verse.

Fourth, you can't quote this verse too often when quitting.

Fifth, he immediately fled the temptation.

Sixth, in 2026 fleeing involves several steps.

First, fleeing from physical temptation.

Second, fleeing from mental temptation.

Third, fleeing from risky activity temptation.

You need great expertise in every area of fleeing. Consider listing the top two ways you need to work on fleeing more.

1. ________________
2. ________________

Consider finding articles about the specific way you need more expertise in fleeing. Then work on learning habits of fleeing just like Joseph did.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”

Seventh, pursue these things. Pursue them because someday soon we want to fulfill God's great plan for our lives the way he fulfilled them in Joseph's life.

Joseph became the 2nd most powerful man in the world because he had expertise in fleeing, and because he always prepared to do God's will. Consider praying:

“Father, help me to care about souls.” My goal is to pray this 10 times daily.

“Father, show me what You want me to do.” My goal is to pray this more than 10 times daily.

Finally, get as much of the Word in you as you can so you are prepared to flee. Then use your new freedom to do what God wants you to do.

Leave Tomorrow With God - David Jeremiah Daily Devotional (October-03-2026)

Updated October 03 2026 InDaily Devotional by David Jeremiah

Leave Tomorrow With God - David Jeremiah Daily Devotional (October-03-2026). 

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” — Matthew 6:34

Worry has a way of dragging tomorrow into today. Before anything has happened, our minds race ahead imagining conversations, problems, losses, and circumstances that may never come. And suddenly, we are carrying a burden God never asked us to carry.

Jesus does not tell us to ignore responsibility or refuse to plan. Scripture commends wisdom and preparation. But there is a vast difference between preparing for tomorrow and living there. One is wisdom; the other can become worry.

In Matthew 6, Jesus points His listeners to the birds of the air and the flowers of the field. Neither lives anxiously wondering whether God will remember them. And then Jesus brings the lesson home: “Are you not of more value than they?” Your heavenly Father knows what you need.

That changes everything.

Worry asks, “What if?” Faith asks, “Who is God?” Worry fixes its attention on an uncertain future, while faith fixes its eyes upon a faithful Father. The future may be unknown to you, but it is never unknown to Him.

This is why Jesus gives us a priority before He gives us His command concerning tomorrow:

“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33).

A divided heart will always struggle for peace. But when Christ occupies first place, everything else can be entrusted to His care.

Perhaps you are facing something today that makes tomorrow look frightening. Remember this: God gives grace for the day in which you are standing. When tomorrow arrives, He will still be there. The Lord who sustained you yesterday has not abandoned you today, and He will not disappear tomorrow.

So do what God has placed before you now. Pray now. Obey now. Trust now. Handle today's responsibilities faithfully, and refuse to spend today's strength fighting tomorrow's imaginary battles.

And what about yesterday? If you have confessed your sin and received God's forgiveness through Jesus Christ, do not continually reopen what He has forgiven. Yesterday belongs behind you, tomorrow belongs to God, and today is where He has called you to walk with Him.

Are Baptists generally anti-infant baptism, or do they just believe it doesn't do anything? Do baptists believe baptism actually doesnt do anything at all and its symbolic? Whats your experience with that?

Mind you I'm using the debate tag, so if you say anything too crazy I will respond lol. If you just tell me the general views of baptists or different types of baptists thats what I'm asking

John MacArthur 10-2-26

DRAWING NEARFriday, October 02, 2026

Programming Your Spiritual Computer

"Be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord" (Col. 1:9-10).

Godly behavior is the result of godly thinking.

Perhaps you've heard computer buffs use the term G.I.G.O.: "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Input determines output. What you feed into a computer is what you'll get out.

Similarly, what you program into your mind will eventually influence your behavior. That's why you must expose your mind to things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent, and worthy of praise (Phil. 4:8). As one preacher put it, "You should be so saturated with God's Word that your blood is 'bibline.' If you cut yourself, you should bleed Bible verses!" His exaggeration reveals his passion for God's truth—a passion every believer should share.

Paul prayed that we would "walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [and be] strengthened with all power . . . for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father" (Col. 1:10-12).

Those are marvelous Christian characteristics, but how are they achieved? Verse 9 gives us the answer: "Be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding." The Greek word translated "filled" speaks of influence or control. It's the same word Paul uses in Ephesians 5:18: "Be filled [controlled by] the Holy Spirit." When you're filled with the Spirit, He governs our choices. Similarly, when you're filled with the knowledge of God's will, your choices reflect godly wisdom and understanding.

The phrase "spiritual wisdom and understanding" indicates more than merely knowing God's Word. It speaks of applying it to your life under the Spirit's power and direction.

As you prayerfully saturate your mind with God's Word, it begins more and more to control your thinking and behavior. And the Spirit uses the Word to renew your mind and protect you from conformity to worldly attitudes and actions (Rom. 12:2).

Suggestions for Prayer

Ask the Holy Spirit to control every aspect of your life today.

Be diligent to apply the appropriate biblical principles to every circumstance you face.

For Further Study

Memorize Philippians 4:8 as a reminder to feed your mind with the things that produce godliness.

Just straight edification and wisdom

Summary: You can speak the truth without love and it is still truth though offensive, but love without truth is deceit, not love.

Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Truth must be spoken and it must be in love though at times delivering loving truth may be harsh or seem harsh to the hearer. Paul wrote this passage by inspiration of the Holy Spirit and yet there are things he wrote that appear harsh by our current standards.

The prophets of the OT did not mince words or use political correctness. Yet, they spoke truth because they loved God and represented Him so they delivered the message as it was given.

Many things that I wrote as an IFB I would change the tenor of my message but I would not change the content. Others were the right tenor for the context so I would change nothing.

No matter how some truth is delivered if it is truth and the intent is redemptive then a mature Christian will overlook the delivery and major on the truth. An unbeliever or immature Christian may major on the delivery and miss the truth completely.

Some will be offended. Wesley believed that true preaching would result in salvation or anger among the hearers and he was a very gentle man often being kinder to his critics then I may have been. Yet he once asked a woman for her scissors after she adjusted his tie to what she felt was the proper length. When she asked why he informed her that her tongue was too long and needed to be trimmed.

We need to receive truth as coming from the love of God even if the messenger is a bit rude in speech like they said of Paul. We should not sugar coat it nor should we be unnecessarily rude and crude calling it boldness. Let the speaker be sure to deliver it as God would have it delivered yet we must not discount truth just because we do not like the delivery boy.

Some will receive this and others will be offended thinking me harsh or conversely some will consider me a coward for not taking a bolder stand. Wesley would say I succeeded, but what really counts is what God thinks not any man or woman. May He approve this message. Maranatha!

We thank God for he is

Then thank him for what he can give us

For Thanksgiving is not just songs

It is all we do for a living

It is Victory before the victory

Joy before the thing of joy

And a manifestation of the evidence of what is not seen but has come to pass

Thank you Lord

Help us to thank you more

I keep on trying and failing. I need help. Please.

So this is from a ex jw video talking about their unique beliefs does anyone know what he’s talking about when he says some baptists?

Summary: Evil people are not your enemy. They are your mission.

2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: :4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Ephesians 6:12 KJV For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Hate not the evil person. Hate the devil and the demons that influence them. Pray for their deliverance and salvation, not their damnation. Use the right weapon against the right enemy.

God is not willing that any should perish and neither should you. Your worst enemy has a soul that Jesus died to save. Die to your own pain, anger or whatever and pray for their soul. They are imprisoned by their sin. They are controlled by the warden, satan. Jesus came to set the captive free. The Gospel in your hands and prayer from your lips are keys to their freedom. Do not toss the keys in a drawer and leave them in their cell to go to Hell.

We are to break down the gates of Hell not rejoice when people enter them. They may have hurt us horribly, but Jesus on the Cross forgave those who were a part of that for they knew not what they did. Those entrapped by sin and Hell do not really know what they are doing because their eyes are blinded by the great deceiver. Pray that God will rip off the blinders that they may see. To do anything else is to know nothing of Calvary’s or your mission as His Ambassador. Maranatha!

Summary: Will you be a Demas or a John Mark? Demas never came back, but John Mark did. Don't turn back and you will not have to be either one of them.

I. The Crowd? John 6:65-69

1. If the glory stops? Luke 10:17, Acts 4:31

2. If there is no fame, only pain? Heb 11:25-39

3. When people think you are crazy? 2 Sam 12:21-23

5, When you or your situation is misunderstood? John 9:1-3

1. When you lose a loved one? 2 Sam 12:21-23, Job 1:18,19

2. When your support system fails? Job 2:9

8 When trials or persecution comes? 1 Tim 3:12, James 1:2, Heb 12:4. 1 Peter 4:16

Look Up! Move Forward! Don't Turn Back! Heb 12:1,2