Common Sense Updated

On January 8, 2017 I posted this paper on Common Sense.

“Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of GOD means that we are uncertain to all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth.” Oswald Chambers wrote that in reference to James 4:15, “For that ye ought to say, ‘If the LORD will, we shall live, and do this, or that.’” KJV

I have said way to many times and heard many people say, “If only they had some common sense…”. The problem I have discovered is that there is no common sense or no understanding of a situation that is common to all. Every person’s perception is their own based on their experiences and knowledge, and there is nothing common or the same about it. Even multiple people having the same experience at the same time in the same place will have personally different perceptions of what they experienced and how it did or did not change them and therefore how others should act or speak.

Since there is truly no such thing as common sense how are we to view and judge our experiences and the experiences of other people? By the unchangeable Word of GOD and the indwelling immutable Spirit of GOD. Since GOD and His Word are unchanging they are the only things that we can judge our experiences on. So even though we each have a different perspective on everything based on our personal experience our judgment will be the same based on GOD and His Word.

I am adding an update to my understanding of common sense.

The sense that is common to humanity is to seek GOD. Everyone in their own way does, but many do not seek the True and Living GOD, the GOD of salvation JESUS CHRIST!

The only sense that is common to humanity is to seek their creator.

Proverbs 23:9 in NKJV says, “Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.” In the CJB (Complete Jewish Bible) it reads, “Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will only despise the common sense in your words.”

We are only speaking common sense when we are speaking about the GOD of salvation!

Luke 6:1-5 A Scary Thought

Here is a scary thought!                                                                                       7/30/2019

Luke 6:1-5 is the account of JESUS going through a field on a Sabbath and His disciples picking and eating grain. The Pharisees that are with His entourage complain about the disciples breaking the Sabbath. Jesus reminds them of David and some of his men eating the Showbread (the Bread of Presence), then He declared that He was the LORD of the Sabbath.

We have heard many sermons and teaching on this passage, but the scary thought is that some religious leaders were traveling with Him most of the time. They heard His teachings and parables, they saw the miracles, healings, demons cast out and three people raised from the dead. Yet for the most part they rejected Him, tried to undermine His teachings and discredit His claim to be the Son of GOD. They finally murdered Him!

The really scary thought is that this is still happening in the Church today! It is not just unbelievers who reject JESUS and His gift of salvation that discredit His claims and reject his teachings, but there are some in the Church who teach false doctrine, prophesy lies and lead astray believers who do not know the Word of GOD!

We each are responsible as believers in JESUS Christ to know what He taught and how we are supposed to live our life and that is found in the Bible, the Word of GOD for every human being. As we read and study the Bible the Spirit of GOD (the Holy Spirit) will teach us and open our understanding so that we can not only live the life that GOD has called us to, but so that we can also teach others.

If you are not familiar with the Word of GOD then you will not know when you hear false teaching about GOD and His plan for you. Some of them actually believe they are doing the will of GOD just as most of the religious leaders in JESUS day did. It is not likely your calling to correct them but it is your responsibility to know and live according to the truth of the Bible.

Things to Ponder

Things to Ponder

Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, you're drunk.

If women are upset at Trump's naughty words, who bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Gray?!

Jim Comey answered, "I don't know," "I don't recall," and "I don't remember" 236 times while under oath. But he remembered enough to write a book.

President Trump should nominate Hillary Clinton for the next opening on the Supreme Court. Then he can finally get her investigated.

Not one feminist has defended Sarah Sanders. It seems women's rights only matter if those women are liberal.

No Border Walls. No voter ID laws. You figured it out yet?

Chelsea Clinton got out of college and got a job at NBC that paid $900,000 per year. Her mom flies around the country speaking out about white privilege

SOCIALISM: An idea that is so good that it has to be mandatory. Bernie Sanders walks into a bar and yells... "Free drinks for everyone!" looks around and says "Who's buying?"

What is the difference between an Illegal immigrant and E.T.? 

E.T. learned to speak English and went home.

And just like that they went from being against foreign interference in our elections to allowing non-citizens to vote in our elections.

Watching the left come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.

President Trump's wall cost less than the Obama care website alone. Let that sink in, America.

We are one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full term abortion nationally. We are fighting evil.

They sent more troops and armament to arrest Roger Stone than they sent to defend Benghazi.

60 years ago, Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index. Today, they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation. In only 10 years, Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism.

Russia donated $0.00 to the Trump campaign. Russia donated $145,600,000 to the Clinton Foundation. But Trump was the one they investigated! (Note: the cost of Mueller’s investigation is much lower than previous ones. The investigation into President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2002 cost approximately $69 million, and the investigation into Iran-Contra cost approximately $47 million, not adjusted for inflation, according to the Washington Post.)

Nancy Pelosi invited illegal aliens to the State of the Union. President Trump invited victims of illegal aliens to the State of the Union. Let that sink in.

A socialist is basically a communist who doesn't have the power to take everything from their citizens at gunpoint ... Yet!

How do you walk 3,000 miles across Mexico without food or support and show up at our border 100 pounds overweight and with a cell phone? (courtesy of Soros)

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wants to ban cars, ban planes, give out universal income and thinks socialism works. She calls Donald Trump crazy.

Bill Clinton paid $850,000 to Paula Jones to get her to go away. I don't remember the FBI raiding his lawyer's office.

I wake up every day and I am grateful that Hillary Clinton is not the President of the United States of America.  (Amen!)

The same media that told me Hillary Clinton had a 95% chance of winning now tells me Trump's approval ratings are low.

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money."” Margaret Thatcher

Maxine Waters opposes voter ID laws; she thinks that they are racist. You need to have a photo ID to attend her town hall meetings.

Trump: They're not after me. They're after you. I'm just in their way.

The Law of Three

There is a car commercial that says there is a law of three; that things that come in threes are inherently more appealing. While that sounds good as a selling point there is an eternal truth to it.

GOD is triune: Father, Son and Spirit

Man is triune: spirit, soul and body

Believers are triune: Church, Body and Bride

The first two are easy and non-controversial, but the third…

The Church is GOD’s governmental body in the earth, the Body is Christ’s ministry in the earth and the Bride of Christ is what all believers are destined to be in eternity.