Friday, June 25, 2010

The Pride of Life



The Pride of Life

“ A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Proverbs 29:23

One of Satan’s greatest weapons again mankind is pride!

This tool has brought many to their destruction, has brought many to the loss of their souls.

Jesus gave us a commandment concerning Satan’s evil devices for it is written, “Love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:15-16

The Bible refers to Satan as the deceiver of the world and he only has three ways in which he deceives us; today we will be focusing on the pride of life.

Many of us look to have a life they can be proud of; unfortunately most of us have based that life upon the principles and deception of Satan’s pride.

From the time we were born Satan has convinced the people of this world that his way of life sets the standard of what a good life should be, a life full of pride, vanity, self indulgence, greed, without real love, having no evidence that God exist in our lives.

The Bible says that Satan is the god of this world and has deceived most of this world into believing that life is about Pride, about being the boss, gaining respect, seeking approval, fitting in, or out doing one another, keeping people from knowing the truth of God’s Word for it is written, “ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4

We were not born into this world to be full of pride, to compete with each other, to see who will be greater for it is written, “ but who so ever will be great among you shall be your minister (servant): and who so ever of you will be chief (The Boss), shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man (Jesus) came not to be ministered (served) unto, but to minister (serve), and to give his life a ransom for many.” Mark 10:43-45

We are not here to prove ourselves unto no man, only before God are we to be approved for it is written, “ Study to show yourselves approve unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth. 2nd Timothy 2:15



God’s intent for our lives is the opposite of what most of the world has come to believe is a good life. We were all programmed from the time of our births to follow after prideful things, to be the best in an evil world’s system ran by Satan himself!

The best in worldly education, which leads not to salvation, but to the praise of men and earthly riches, to be the best at earning wealth which leads to the respect of people and not to the obedience of God, to be the best in physical achievements, which leads to vanity and the pride of life, not to any gain of the spirit.

King Solomon was one of the wises men that ever lived once said that worldly achievements, earthly praise of men, and the pride of life was a waste of time for it is written, “ it is all vanity and vexation of spirit.”

King Nebuchadnezzar was reduced to a mad man and a beast because of his pride for it is written, “ The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds claws.

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, what does thou?” Daniel 4:33-35

These are only a few examples of men who learned that the pride of life does not profit those who follow after it.

Satan told Jesus to prove that he was the Son of God by jumping from the top of a temple (church) in Jerusalem and having his angels keep him from dying for it is written, “ if you are the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you might dash your foot against a stone.” Matthew 4:6

Jesus did not feel pressured to prove himself to anyone. He did not fall into Satan’s trap, the pride of life for it is written, “ it is written again, you shall not tempt the Lord your God.” Matthew 4:7

In other words just because I can does not mean that I should test God to whether He is with me or not, for it is written, “ everything is lawful unto me but everything is not expedient.” 1st Corinthians 10:23

The religious leaders were full of pride and would not accept Jesus. Instead they asked Jesus to prove that he was sent from God by way of giving them a sign from heaven.

Jesus could have easily shown them a sign from heaven but instead he showed you and I how we are not to give into the ways of Satan by feeling as thou we need to prove ourselves in an evil world that does not want to obey God for it is written, “ but he answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seeking after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.” Matthew 12:39

The high priest of the religious organization of the Pharisees was excited to see Jesus thinking that Jesus would entertain him by showing him a miracle in order to prove himself. Luke 23:8

Jesus could have easily shown him a miracle and possibly prevented his own crucifixion but if the day should ever come that the Son of God needs to prove himself to the devil
That would be one terrible day for us all.

Thank God that Jesus was not full of pride.

When the soldiers came for Jesus peter began to fight with a sword but Jesus was not full of pride and told peter that it was not his way of doing things and said to peter, “ put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?” Matthew 26:52-54

Good people! Jesus has shown us how to overcome the pride of life.

Don’t fall for this world’s way of thinking; examine yourselves daily looking to be found free of pride.

Satan desires to kill us all! And once you are in bed with him through the pride of life, he is well on his way to being successful.

Satan uses the trick of pride to perfection:

He wants you to show the world that you are tougher, that you are prettier, that you are fancier, that you are smarter than everyone, that you are sexier or hotter, that you are wealthier than others, that you are better than others, that you speak better than others, that you sing better than others, that you are stronger than others, that you are to desire to be elevated above others or to be a part of an elite worldly culture.

Don’t continue to fall for the pride of life it is one of Satan’s strongest tricks.

Satan wants to tell you what you should have and where you should be in life, he wants to have you feel shame if you don’t have some worldly accomplishment at a certain age, he wants you to react to his trick; The Pride of Life.

Some have become his slave, chasing after such worldly titles; some have committed suicide as a result of not being able to accomplish such worldly titles, some have committed murder as a result of seeking out the pride of life, others have been put in jail because of their pride, stop this vicious cycle!

Pride will get you nowhere with God for it is written, “ The Lord will destroy the house of the proud.” Proverbs 15:25

And again, “ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.” Proverbs 16:5

And last but not least, “ For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.” Isaiah 2:12

Wonderful people of the earth, turn from all signs of worldly pride in your life, remove all vanity and do away with your ego, for the day of God in upon us and the return of Jesus is coming.

Don’t be found living your life under the power of Satan’s pride of life!

Until next time I love you,

Minister Lamar F. Porter

Most High God Ministries

6/23/2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

The Lust of the Eyes



The lust of the Eyes

Some say that the eyes are the windows to the soul if this is true then many of the windows are broken and the souls of many are doomed, for it is written, “Love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:15-16

There are three things listed in 1st John chapter 2:16 and these three things are the only ways that Satan can manipulates us; today we will be focusing on the lust of the eyes.

We will begin our look at the lust of the eyes from the book of Matthew chapter 4 where we find Jesus being tempted by Satan in the wilderness for it is written, “ the devil takes Jesus up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and said unto him, all these things will I give thee, if you will fall down and worship me.” Matthew 4:8-9

Satan tried to use the lust of the eyes on our Lord and Savor Jesus Christ; he offered Jesus the cities of the world and all the riches that came with them if he would worship him.

Satan uses worldly images to draw us away from following God, to get us to worship him through worshipping things. The images are personally hand picked by Satan from the time we are born, projecting them before us until we have give into them.

He has subliminally programmed us to trust in our eyes, through television, magazines, news papers, billboards, and advertisements, we have come to believe that whatever he shows us is successful is the meaning of success, whatever he presents as being attractive is the meaning of beauty, whatever he displays as living is the meaning of a good life, whatever he deems to be just is the meaning of a law abiding citizen.

Satan is the god of this world and therefore the things of this world are at his disposal to display them whatever way he wishes that you may be lured by the lust of your eyes for it is written, “ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4

But Jesus was not fooled by the lust of the eyes and neither should we be fooled for it is written, “ Then Jesus said unto him, get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve.” Matthew 4:10

We are to worship God and ought not to be drawn away after worldly things presented to us through the lust of the eyes.

The eyes of a person can easily mislead them for it is written, “ For we are to walk by faith and not by sight.” 2nd Corinthians 5:7

Satan is the master of advertisement, the advertisers of McDonald can get you to think that a Big Mac is the best hamburger on earth, the advertisers of Mercedes can get you to believe that their car is able to drive on water, The advertisers of Vodka can get you to believe that life is wonderful for an alcoholic, but Satan can put them all to shame because he is able to get people to disobey God for what they have seen with their eyes.

God commanded that Adam and Eve should not eat of a certain tree of the Garden of Eden but Satan took that tree and made it look so desirable to the eyes that Eve could not resist for it is written, “ and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Genesis 3:6

Through the lust of the eyes the master deceiver had set the trap for Adam and Eve, now let us hear the words of the master advertiser at work, “ and the serpent (Satan) said unto the woman, you shall not surely die: For God knows that in the day that you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5

Notice how Satan always contradicts the word of God for it is written, “ Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.” Proverb 23:4

And again, “ for it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” Luke 18:25

Yet every image we see tells us the opposite, according to the lust of the eyes being rich is the way to go, according to this evil world the rich life is better than living your life for God.

Don’t be a fooled by the lust of the eyes for it is the trick of Satan and the way to disobedience!

The Bible says, “ For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the Faith (of God) and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1st Timothy 6:10

Satan shows us all that this world has to offer, he has showcased the finest of all that he has, the best of the fortune and fame, the best physiques and shapely bodies, the best clothing and foot wear, the best of lands and houses, cars and planes, trips and vacation spots, and the most beautiful faces in the world, that you may lust after them to such a degree that you forget the words of God for it is written, “ Set your affection on things in heaven and not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2

God commanded us not to covet after worldly things in the book of Exodus chapter 20 verses 17. But Satan wants us to ignore God, he wants us to follow after our eyes, desiring to have things that lead not to any eternal salvation for it is written, “ For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” 1st Timothy 6: 7

Don’t let your eyes or the eyes of anyone else cause you to lose you soul, for there are many false preachers out there teaching you to fall into the trap of the lust of the eyes for it is written, “ men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself.” 1st Timothy 6:5

Men and women that are not married are not to look upon one another in a lustful manner for it is written, “ But I say to you, who so ever looks upon a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Matthew 5:28

Ladies, you were not exclude from this passage of scripture, so the next to Satan shows a commercial full of shirtless men or sexiest man magazine make sure you examine yourself with God to assure that your soul is not in jeopardy due to the lust of the eyes.

Married people do not be fooled saying to yourselves, “ I am married but not dead” thinking that it is ok to look upon the opposite sex in a lustful manner, believing that as long as you don’t touch them that it is ok with God for it is written, “ Thou shall not desire (covet) thy neighbor’s wife.” Deuteronomy 5:21

And again, “ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord.” Ephesians 5:22

Satan has caused many people to stray from God with the lust of the eyes, Lot’s wife eyes mislead her to being turn into a pillar of salt, King Solomon’s eyes mislead him to marry many different women that worshipped the Devil, King David’s eyes mislead him into the arms of a married woman, Judas Iscariot’s eyes mislead him to 30 pieces of silver and the betrayal of Jesus Christ.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye were single, your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other, you cannot serve God and mammon (the lust of the eyes). Matthew 6:22-24

Keep your eyes on Jesus Christ! Always having your eyes focused on his return, not being distracted by the gilt and glamour of this evil world but with great discipline holding fast to the Word of God.

The Bible says that a true servant of God does not even talk about wanting a bunch of worldly things, they do not think on one another as sexual objects for it is written, “ Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

Brothers and Sisters, don’t let Satan deceive you with the lust of the eyes for there is nothing down here on this earth worth losing your soul over, I don’t care how good he might make it look for it is written, “ What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his own soul or what shall a man exchange for his soul.” Mark 8:37

Keep you eyes on the prize, which is eternal life through Christ Jesus.

Until next time I love you


Minister Lamar F. Porter

5/16/2010

Saturday, June 5, 2010

The lust of the Flesh



The lust of the Flesh

Love not the world neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1st John 2: 15-16

Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2nd Corinthians 7:1

There have been times in all of our lives where we have found ourselves involved in things we know were not right.

There were times when you knew and have known that fornication was wrong and not of God, that adultery was not of God, over eating was not of God, drinking alcohol or getting drunk was not of God, yet their are those of us who have known the word of God that found themselves saying, “ how did I get here and why am I in this mess?

Paul said it best, “ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Romans 7: 18-19

There are three things listed in 1st John chapter 2 verse 16 and these three things are the only three ways that Satan can manipulates us.

Today we will be focusing on the lust of the flesh, Satan is the god of this world for it is written, “ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” 2nd Corinthians 4:3-4

If Satan is the god of this world then the ways of this world are evil.

In a world ran by Satan it is obvious that he has been programming all of us through television, radio, religion, government, and even the ignorance of our own parents, from the time we were born.

So what is the answer to defeating the lust of the flesh?

The answer is the Word of God, for it is written; “ man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4

And the apostle Paul says that when we find ourselves doing something that we know we should not have been doing that there is an reasonable explanation, for it is written, “ I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord (I will have the victory over my flesh).” Romans 7:21-25

That is right! Jesus will deliver you from the lust of the flesh for it is written, “ with man it is impossible but with God all things are possible to them that believe.” Matthew 19:26

Jesus Christ, will write His laws in our minds and in our hearts so that any time our flesh is looking to get into something that is not of God we will remember that it is wicked for it is written, “ This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, said the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” Hebrews 10:16-17

But there is something we must do also, we must turn from that thing which our bodies desire we must flee from sin and repent for it is written, “ Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2nd Timothy 2:22

We must cast our fleshly problems upon Jesus and learn of His ways, meditate on the Word of God day and night then will we have success over our flesh for it is written, “ Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29

Our bodies demand a lot of attention they want to be fed, watered, touched, exercised, etc but the Bible says, bodily exercise profits nothing but that we are to exercise our minds, transform our minds from the ways of this wicked world’s thinking to knowing the perfect and acceptable will of God for our lives. Romans 12:2

Those of you that are homosexual, drug attics, nymphomaniacs, over eaters, workout junkies, etc whatever it is that has control of you through your flesh get away from it!

The word of God says that we are to give ourselves over to fasting and prayer, that we are not slaves to live after the flesh. 1st Corinthians 7:5

The Bible says that we do not sin until we are drawn away after our own lust and enticed.” James 1:14

Therefore let us be conscious of our flesh bodies understanding that Satan has helped us develop these fleshly needs through many years of experiences and programming.

Knowing this, we can learn to understand that it will take a strong effort and time for Jesus to deprogram us from our flesh and teach us to walk after our spirit man for it is written, “ Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (body). For the flesh (body) lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh (body): and these are contrary one to another: so that you cannot do the things that you would.” Galatians 5:16-17



Satan would have us to believe that it is normal for us to give into our fleshly desires, but God Almighty, the God of the universe says, “ it is not normal to give into our fleshly desires.”

Which of the two will you believe?

Esau sold his birth right for some food due to the weakness of his flesh.

David had a man killed over trying to cover up his need for sex with another man’s wife due to the weakness of his flesh.

Samson lost his favor and power with God over alcohol and sex due to the weakness of his flesh.

Let us learn from those that came before us, let us not repeat the mistakes of our predecessors.

God has given us the victory over our bodies; Jesus showed us the way to defeat the lust of the flesh through His Word.

Brothers and Sisters deny your flesh, learn to fast and pray that you may be found clean upon the return of our Lord and Savor Jesus Christ.

Until next time, I love you

Minister Lamar F. Porter

4/25/2010