Kingdom Reign & Kingdom Principles: Being Relevant

Here is my latest update from the Green Fire blog about being relevant so get ready because it is intense! Get ready for some intense stuff. In this teaching message I am posting today folks I am talking about the serious depravity and major idolatry done by none other than our hero Christian Pastor, Teacher, Author Josh Harris. I say "hero" half-hearted as I am not being too serious about him being a hero since he is actually a hypocrite as this message goes on to explore.

I have had time to do my research and spent some time on youtube listening to Josh Harris's different youtube teaching messages. I found Josh Harris's stuff to be rather bunk and frankly think he is trying way too hard to be relevant. Josh Harris is too hard on us as I go on to explain and just like the Pharisees in the days of old who laid heavy loads but they themselves practicing the same things making their shame far worse than their hearers which would be us. Josh Harris is a gifted communicator but so is Satan so that doesn't count for much. Just take anything I say with a grain of salt since though you may agree with me just remember I can't lead you to Christ but only point you to the Cross as Paul had the same attitude as I try to adopt Paul's attitude towards these issues tht have deeply affected me and cause me to hunger for God more with all these hypocrites being irreverent towards God it makes me thirst for righteousness and truth.

 

 

The Hypocrite of Us All Pt. 2

Not too long ago Josh Harris posted on his website joshharris.com "put down the X-box, grow up, pursue a wife, and glorify God in that relationship". I touched on this earlier in my blog but just wanted to explore it a little more in depth as I have time to listen to Joshua Harris's Messages on youtube called "Not Good News" and "Self-Control in a Wired World". One of these messages is pretty bunk but let's focus on the XBOX comment for a moment. Reading the comments from this comment that Josh Harris made in one of his messages I can tell it is not producing good fruit and Jesus said any tree that doesn't produce good fruit is bound to be cut down and thrown into the fire. That means any follower of Jesus that doesn't know how to properly discern the times along with the Word of God and go on to produce good fruit is bound to deception and depravity.

Josh Harris is easily the hypocrite of us all among us. A sheep in wolf's clothing. Though Josh Harris knows about God he has no clue how to properly communicate that fact through his messages and he is clueless on how to teach the scriptures that are edifying to the Church or to the hearers of his words. So I listened to Josh Harris "Not Good News" and have nothing bad to report, however his message "Self-Control in a Wired World" is totally bunk. He goes on to say how he was not self-controlled in terms of dealing with Media like Facebook, Twitter, and on. He says that facebook, twitter, and media is a "waste of time". He relates PR 24:33 to this by incorporating his own version into it. He obviously has no clue how to deal with the things of the world and the things of God faithfully as he is an idolater. Basically Josh Harris is an idolater of Media, Facebook, and Twitter and admits he has no self-control in this area which is a false statement and false humility. He is deceving himself and others by saying he has no self-control in an area where no self-control is required since he is trying too hard to be relevant at the cost of his own character and putting himself to spiritual death saying these things bring spiritual death. Facebook, Twitter, and Media are not causes of spiritual death nor is addiction to these things bad. Josh Harris thinks and teaches that they do. I beg to differ. I believe the Bible clearly communicates what sin is and there are some grey areas but judging from Josh Harris's comments, words, and actions I conclude that he in fact is the "Hypocrite of us all".

Kingdom Principles: False Humility

False humility is not required by God as a command by Scripture to get into Heaven. Jesus said to let our light shine for us to get to Heaven. We are required by God to shine in order to get to Heaven. Jesus said "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink." Basically this means that good works will never do. Judging by the response of those who entered Heaven after hearing this comment "Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty?" they did not do good works to earn the Lord's favor. This teaching given by Jesus is not about doing good works since these statements by both parties has nothing to do with works but everything to do with Arbitrary Salvation. I believe in Arbitrary Salvation by the way which the Bible teaches in Romans 9 and all throughout scripture about how we do not work our way to Heaven but are rather given the gift of eternal Life by God. The gift of Eternal Life is not earned, merited, or won as it states in Romans 9. Romans 9 is the hardest scripture in all the Bible to keep since it is all about the Mercy of God and has nothing to do with the works of men. easily this is why Romans 9 shakes me to my core every time and gives me a rude awakening since I hate thinking about how God wants to destroy the vessels of destruction and have mercy on the vessels of mercy. Basically this means Salvation is arbitrary not merited. Arbitrary meaning God chooses his own vessels for mercy or destruction not the other way around. That is why being a Christians count for nothing on Judgment Day but an audience with Christ. Christians like to think all Christians go to Heaven but Jesus said himself he will reject some of his own followers in MT 7. This could be because of false humility since the ones condemned to Hell flaunted their good works to Christ saying they knew him, followed him, etc but Jesus said he never knew them because again Salvation is arbitrary this is why we must be content with living life to the fullest and pursing God without fail. Josh Harris doesn't understand this concept of false humility since he himself is guilty of false humility.The reason being is because he told others in his message "Self-Control in a Wired World" that he appreciates/loves technology in an idolatrous way which proves his own spiritual immaturity and spiritual depravity. Josh Harris teaches loving technology is a bad thing by saying "Put down the XBOX, or Facebook is a waste of time" when he himself said in a very emphatic way how much he enjoys technology and says how much he loves streaming movies, getting on Twitter, and playing on Facebook. This makes Josh Harris a hypocrite because he can't even practice what he preaches which is essentially "Loving technology is a bad thing" this is why he teaches XBOX is bad, Facebook is bad, Twitter is bad and yet here he admits to enjoying the very things he condemns. Jesus said any House divided against itself cannot stand and though Josh Harris's message was very confusing it is clear now that his house is simply divided. He seems like a man that Loves the Lord more than Media this is why I am totally in shock why he thinks they are a bad thing. Regardless people Facebook, Twitter, XBOX, and Media are not bad things so don't believe the lies! There are good things are Paul says to think on any things that are good which you could takes as Media, Movies, XBOX, or the like. Also the Bible says to love life and loving technology is not a sin but actually obedience to scripture! I love technology and I think it is not a bad thing but what is a bad thing is using them in a way that is idolatrous.

Christian Theology Gone Awry

Josh Harris's is literally off his rocker because when he made his comment on youtube in "Self-Control in a Wired World" about appreciating technology he made that statement in a way that was idolatrous and struck me as a form of spiritual immaturity. Now I have no problem on Preaches commenting on Facebook or the like in their messages but I hate when they say it in such an irreverent way! When they say it in a baby way of "I really appreciate technology and technology is changing so much" that really bugs me. When these comments are made while teaching on God I am saying. People should deal with the things of the world carefully while teaching the Word of the Lord since many people like Josh Harris are tempted to be idolatrous and say things about the things of the world in such a baby tone of voice that makes them sound so immature!

I mean here are Josh Harris's exact words from his youtube message "Self-Control in a Wired World", "To Media, to the Internet, to the new technology that we enjoy, which is a great blessing! And great things can happen from it you know"

Josh Harris is saying this in a way that his own self assessment and what he is talking about when he makes this comment is about how God told him that those areas were areas where he was not practicing self-control which again I think is a lie since I think eh is practicing false humility and not really guilty of those things he says he is guilty of. He is just coming from a place of depravity since he is actually guilty of lying, false humility, hypocrisy, and idolatry. I mentioned why I think he is being a hypocrite but the reason I think he is idolatrous is because of the way he says "To Media, to the Internet, to the new technology that we enjoy, which is a great blessing! And great things can happen from it you know" of which he says in a such an empathic way that sounds like he is speaking in such a baby tone of voice that proves he in his message he is lying about what he needs self-control with since he is trying too hard to be relevant and thus being an idolater since he says this statement in such an idolatrous way which makes me so indignant. I am so indignant with the way he says it! I mean he says it so carelessly like when Josh Harris says this (talking about areas God tells him he needs self-control).

"To Media, to the Internet, to the new technology that we enjoy, which is a great blessing! And great things can happen from it you know"

ALL I HEAR IS THIS

"I give tribute to lies which are my God, tribute to the hypocrisy of man which is my God, to the idolatry of man that we enjoy, which is a great blessing! And great things can happen from it you know."

So no Josh Harris doesn't need self-control with Media, Facebook, Streaming Movies, and Twitter of which his lies testify but he needs help having self-control in the areas of lying, idolatry. hypocrisy, and false humility. Man if he would have been just a little more transparent and a little less relevant I think him teaching about Facebook, Twitter, and Media in not such an idolatrous tone that would have gone a long way. I often hear Preachers touch on these subjects in an idolatrous way this is why the scriptures say not to love the things of the world or else the love of the Father is not in him. From this obviously we gather that the Love of the Father is not in Josh Harris which I think is a safe presumption.

Kingdom Reign

I love video games myself and in fact they are my personal hobby. I enjoy games like Pokemon Borderlands 2, Assassin's Creed III, Black Ops II, and so on. But I really love Pokemon. I mean Praise the Lord for Pokemon that's how much I love it. I mean I practically Praise the Lord every time I get a new Pokemon game. This is not idolatry since we are supposed to always seek the Glory of God for all things in life not just spiritual. You see where many Spiritual People miss the boat on Spirituality is thinking they can only worship or serve God is areas of Religion or Spirituality. But actually I give Glory to the Lord when I get a new video game I really like or am having a lot of fun playing my video games or something. This is is why Spiritual Leaders who practice only spirituality have no value. The reason is because they are not relevant. An remember being relevant is not a bad thing but the reason I think Josh Harris has a problem with idolatry is because he is trying "too hard" to be relevant which is a huge difference. The reason I mentioned my personal hobby is because I think Christians playing M Rated games is not a sin and Christians playing games like Black OPs II is not a sin. Should Christians play M rated games? Yes but I do have a problem with playing some really hardcore horror games since I view them as demonic this is why we are called to be in the world but not of the world. By the way Assassin's Creed III comes out October 30 so I haven't played it yet though I have it payed for and Black OPs II comes out November 13 which I have pre-ordered as well so I am really excited to see the Zombies game play which looks awesome. Also I am getting it for my PS3. The Bible says nothing is to be denied when received with thanksgiving this is why you see me giving thanks to God for these things and not promoting some kind of idolatry since I am trying to teach Christians to be in the world but not of the world which is done by not condemning things like XBOX but rather condemning things we should condemn which are things like lies about XBOX which Josh Harris is privy to.

Kingdom Reign: Faithful Communication Not Irreverent Hesitation

Josh Harris is of the world since he can't even faithfully communicate topics about XBOX or Facebook in a way that doesn't expose his own hypocrisy, false humility, and idolatry. When I say I love Pokemon I say it because the Bible says to meditate on the things that are good and to enjoy life. The Bible even states in by Solomon in Ecclesiastes that you could live a 1,000 lives and all of them be void if you can't even enjoy the 1 life you had. So yes I know the purpose of life is not to waste it by being too Religious or too Righteous as I once gave up video games to serve the Lord which now I realize was very stupid and narrow minded. Now I enjoy them! This is Kingdom Reign, allowing the things of God to have control over the things of the World. Josh Harris fails to recognize this concept and allows the things of the World control over the things of God this is why he communicates the things of the world in a way that is idolatrous and the things of God in a way that is irreverent. The Bible commands us to judge the Church not the World, it commands us to mark false teachers, false brethren, and false prophets. So thus I commanded by the Bible to expose people like Josh Harris and not keep silent about them to promote some kind of false idea about love is all about being kind to everyone. No! Was Jesus kind to everyone? No! Is God kind to everyone? No! So how then can we say we are kind to everyone? When we become friends with the World we are being kind to everyone and the Bible calls this a sin since it is enmity towards God. God loves the World but that doesn't mean he is friends with it since he is sending many lost sinners to Hell. Yet God desires to seek and save the lost so that means God is unpredictable and we cannot control God nor can we bribe God which means we can only use the things of God and control the things of God that is the only thing of which we do in fact have control. That's right Josh Harris is a Hypocrite!

More to come folks as I am looking into Immoral Man Mark Driscoll as that pretty much concludes this teaching message on the Hypocrite Josh Harris. Thanks for reading more to come soon hopefully.

Seek God's Face not Josh Harris's Facebook, LOL.