Rebellion

What causes the rebellion syndrome to fail in the obedience to God? Were we born to disobey God? No, we were born into this world as sinners, because we have falling short of the Glory of God. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 

We are taking the falling of man from Adam & Eve.

Origin of rebellion, Genesis 3:4-7 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And 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. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

God told Adam in the beginning that the tree of the forbidding garden should not be eating. This was a direct order from the creator (God) that if you would eat of that fruit you will die that very day.   

Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Temptation is an itch that attacks your flesh to fulfill your actions. The devils works to find an area that is unguarded and begins to setup camp and begins a strategy of attacks until he then SUCCEE.

I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

When the tempter is come and fills your mind with ideas of thought that are not Godly. Immediately replace those thoughts with Jesus, and Heavenly things and Joy with songs of praise and bible scriptures this will fight of the devil and bring strength to your flesh. The more of the devils assignment are discover and blocked and destroy, the more we are getting stronger and closer to a higher place with God. Remember the story of Jesus when the tempter came to reroute his mission to save the people of the world from there death in their sins. Read Matthew 4:1-11

Sinful addiction is the works of the devils, and assignment that have lifted us with our defense down and has left channels of cannels to feed your desires. We now have to fill those cavities with the rock of Jesus to power us with the Holy Ghost and the word of God.

It’s like having a bad tooth ache, we know that there is a problem, possible a tooth with a cavity, but does that stop us from eating the foods we like? Usually not, What do we do? We make an appointment for the dentist to check the problem of the tooth ache. Once the problem is corrected the pain is gone. Temptation are the same after the action of sin has been executed the pain is still there. There will be a time when we will think that God is working with our challenges when in fact the devil is adding fuel to the fire. Romans 6:1-4 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.    

How to protect our salvation?

Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:  

I John 2:15 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.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.

Present your bodies a living sacrifice means that because Jesus Christ gave his life for our life to be set free from death into life. We now will let our new transformation become known onto all that known us and, to those that do not. This change will cover a multitude of sins. When you were in the tradition of the world you knew not righteousness living in darkness kept you blind from the truth, and you were free from life eternal. Being set free from sin you no longer service death, but life eternal which is blessed for ever amen.

Kill the old man!

One of the worst problems that new Christian are facing today is losing old friends. I am not telling you to tell them that you hate them. Just to let them know that you are not doing the things that you once did. And what are those things? Anything that will separate you from the love of God. (SIN) and anything that will tempt you from keeping your salvation guarded to protect your new transformation in the new life with Christ Jesus.

Why is that? Some come to Christ, and go back into the world of sin?

When fear comes at you, and you have nowhere to run, you go to God, God is greater than your fears that are why people call upon God for help.

Joel 2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

Part 2 Rebellion Luke 11:11 Genesis 4:3 I Corinthians 10:13 II Corinthians 12:9

 I Timothy 1:9   

How to detect dangers of rebellion in the flesh

The story of Cain & Abel proves a breakdown in the flesh due to jealousy causing a form of rebellion.

 Genesis 4:3-7 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering: 5 But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.

Your countenance becomes a sign of indication of character. This is a built-in feature that God has giving us to assist one another.

Numbers 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance on you, and give you peace.

When we are depressed, upset, or mad we can see and hear a change of attitude. We have to choose the direction and attitude based on your faith and strength in the Lord. Remember the deep groves of cavities that we may have in our life that act as alleys or channels. One wrong doesn’t make it right.

I Corinthians 4:4-5 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Pride is a cavity channel that can make you self-centered and may be hard to break the habit.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

 1. (superl.) High; lofty; bold.

2. (superl.) Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

3. (superl.) Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Pride is not just for sinner only; Christian can also be included in this category. God knows how much blessing you can handle. Even Pastors of churches can become self-centered only thinking that they are greater than their congregation not in the sense of knowledge, but standing on top of the mountain and only want to be noticed as better than anyone in the church.    

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.   

 We will find an over amounted of people in this world with character of pride in the last days. The power of money has changed the people to service mammon as there answer to a better life. This problem has escalated because of the power of media and internet. People want to covet 

MAMMON. ... In these passages mammon merely means wealth, and is called "unrighteous,"
because the abuse of riches is more frequent than their right use

Matthew 6:24 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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?

I Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Hebrews 13:5 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Stumbling stone can come in 2 ways, offence or avoid. There could be a time when the Lord will put down a stumbling stone to catch your attention. Our Lord does not give up to direct your ways. Jesus doesn’t want you to reason with him, he just wants you to pay attention to direction and seek for the best chose. The second stumbling stone will be the one that you will see before you trip over it. This type is the Christian on high alert and strong in the faith always looking to avoid dangerous damage to their faith and direction.                

Romans 9:32-33 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.Peter became a stumbling block for Jesus.

Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.     

Pastor Rolando Ramos 

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