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Is it wrong for Christian’s to Cuss?

In the past few years I’ve noticed that some of my Christian friends are more comfortable using ‘cuss words. If questioned about this some have said that using cuss words is not really a concern for God and not really a bad example for others. In fact I have heard it is said by some Christians that this is a way of letting the world know that we don’t consider ourselves, “Holier than thou.” I am a thinker and so I began to examine this thinking in my own heart and started to research these assertions.

Let’s begin by examining the definition of the word cuss.

Cuss: Curse

Curse:

1. calling on God or the gods to bring evil on some person or thing

2. a profane or obscene oath

 3. Evil or injury that seems to come in answer to a curse

Cursing:

1. To call evil down on

2. To swear at; blaspheme –be cursed with, to suffer from

Now let’s look at the word of God which I consider my final authority as a Christian.

Exodus 20:7

King James Version (KJV)

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Psalms 34:13 KJV

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Matthew 15:10-11

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

¹¹ Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Ephesians 4:29-32 KJV

²⁹ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

³⁰ And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

³² And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Philippians 4:8 KJV

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Colossians 3:8

King James Version (KJV)

⁸ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

James 3:3-13 KJV

3 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

² For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

³ Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

⁴ Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

⁷ For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

⁸ But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

⁹ Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

¹¹ Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

¹² Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

¹³ Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Now after examining the final authority in our Christian walk let me conclude that it is extremely important that every Christian seek God’s help to overcome the habit of using curse words. As I came out of the sin in my past this was a challenge for me but not really a difficult one. I had the benefit of being raised by a mother who almost never used a curse word in my presence and the 2-3 times she did they were minor and she immediately acknowledged it was wrong.

I’ve been close to other Christians who did love the Lord but really had a difficult time overcoming the tendency to use curse words. These people were either raised in an environment that used curse words daily or they were involved with people from their work or hobbies who thought nothing of using curse words.

By instructing us not to curse God is not in any way being high or mighty, he is trying to spare us the pain of sowing curses upon ourselves, our possessions or others with the power of our words. Words are seeds for power:

Proverbs 18:21

King James Version (KJV)

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

When God gives us an instruction it is always to protect us. God’s love for us is beyond our ability to comprehend. Remember if God said it, (for your own good) DO IT!

Pastor Anita Ayers

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
Ariel Durant
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/arielduran131947.html#cgKOxBzM7k6VKZsu.99

How do you destroy the Jews? Not an easy task.

The powerful Pharaoh tried it and failed. Even ten plagues were not enough to convince him to stop. Nebuchadnezzar, king ofBabylon, gave it a shot. And, of course, Antiochus Epiphanies, the king of Syria, failed in his attempt, resulting in the celebration of Chanukah. Then there was the Roman army in the first century and the Crusaders in the 11th century, just to name a few more.

Since Jews miraculously cannot be defeated by conventional means, we will destroy them from within through a new 21st century phenomenon called “Identity Theft;” thereby confusing and muddying the Jewish identity and historic relationship with its homeland of 3,500 years.

Gas chambers are immediate proof of death with obvious smoke, smells and ashes. “Identity Theft” is done silently, eating away at your total being, like a cancer. And suddenly, it is too late. Ask anyone who has been a victim of this new, high tech lynching. Unfortunately, most of those so-called smart Jewish leaders inIsraeldo not even understand the problem. This form of marketing and public relations has always been Israel’s Achilles’ heel.

(Excerpts from http://www.masada2000.org/gas-chambers.html by Irwin N. Graulich July 16^th 2003)

As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

“All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

Abraham Lincoln
(from “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions: Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois” January 27, 1838)

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_said_America_will_be_destroyed_from_within#ixzz21RxLVigq

As a conservative Christian woman I have been contemplating the swirling political climate around us. I have observed in dismay as small fractions of special interest groups make giant leaps forward in redefining our culture in the United States of America. Small percentages of people fiercely passionate and united by a common bond seem to have completely blurred the line between good and evil. The grey area is taking over much like the nothingness in the novel “The never ending story” penned by Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995)

The battle between good and evil began with the dawn of time and until the prophecies of the Bible are fulfilled will continue.

What is most alarming to me is this subliminal message that those of us who oppose this “culture shock” are to remain silent or else suffer the life threatening consequences. As usual there are unconscionable fanatics on either side of these issues but the venom of the emerging culturists has reached unforeseen heights.

If we dare to disagree with these new “norms” we are labeled “Bible hugging, gun toting ignoramuses” who refuse to merge into the 21st century. But even this reality is not as disturbing as the realization that most of those who would agree with us have been intimidated into a grudging silence.

Just as Hitler marched on with the secret police in Nazi Germany so those who would institute a counter culture are storming the airwaves and infiltrating the businesses and personal spaces of any would be opponents. If you defy the new definition of right or wrong, good or evil you will be shouted into silence and in some instances intimidated by threats or actions of physical violence against you or your loved ones.

As a Christian (a believer in Jesus as the prophesied Messiah, or in the religion based on the teaching of Jesus, (Webster’s New World Dictionary) I have been given the commandment of Love by the Lord himself. I am to act in love toward those who are my opponents as well as my fellow believers. Which leads us to the question, how do I act in Love towards others? Do I show my true love for others by pretending that evil behavior is good for them? Do I show my love by affirming them in self destruction? Should I say to the alcoholic go ahead and drink to your heart’s content it won’t really hurt you? Should I provide an atmosphere conducive to their propensity to drink along with a support group to affirm them in their freedom of choice? Should I remain silent as I watch an intoxicated person being helped into the driver’s seat of their automobile after exercising their right to drink?

The answers to these questions are ridiculously obvious and yet as we delve further into the counter culture the once obvious lines between good and evil, right and wrong become blurred beyond distinction. Then we must ask ourselves who or what has the right to define good or evil? For me it is The Creator and His Word (The Bible) that have the final say on the distinction between good and evil. Clearly the emerging culture in the United Sates by biblical standards would be compared to Sodomand Gomorrah. So what is my responsibility as first a subject of the Kingdom of God and secondarily a citizen of theUnited States?

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not. Lift up your voice like a trumpet and declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins!

Yet there are those who call themselves Christians who say that we should not give voice to the current events of our day. There are those who point to the constitution and say the first amendment declares that Christians are not to inflict their will upon other equal citizens of this country.  I beg to differ:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am1

As I read the first amendment it establishes my right as a Christian to speak the utmost syllable of my conviction. In the foregoing verse Our Creator has given us a mandate to “Cry aloud and spare not” concerning the “sin” (meaning: to miss the mark) of others. As a Christian I must lift my voice and call them to a place of repentance:

Isaiah 1:17-19

Amplified Bible (AMP)

¹⁷ Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁸ Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool.

¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

As a citizen I have a right to take a stand for Godly principals concerning the laws of this nation.

There are many sects of Christianity and diverse doctrines among us concerning our faith, but one thing that must be at the core of our Christian faith is Jesus and his sovereignty as our Lord and Savior. Let us examine the words of the Lord himself:

Luke 6:43-49

⁴³ For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit.

⁴⁴ For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramble bush.

⁴⁵ The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.

⁴⁶ Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not [practice] what I tell you?

⁴⁷ For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like:

⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely built or founded on a rock.

⁴⁹ But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and ruin of that house was great.

America do you still think that the economic turmoil is due to the greed of an elite group of fortune 500 C.E.O.’S? Do you still think it can be solved by tax reform?

Do you still believe that all the natural disasters and weather anomalies are due to man’s pollution of the industrial age? Let us examine again the words of our Lord:

Matthew 24:3-12

³ While He was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately and said, Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end (the completion, the consummation) of the age?

⁴ Jesus answered them, Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error].

⁵ For many will come in (on the strength of) My name [^[b]appropriating the name which belongs to Me], saying, I am the Christ (the Messiah), and they will lead many astray.

⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;

⁸ All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the ^[c]birth pangs [of the ^[d]intolerable anguish].

⁹ Then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

¹⁰ And then many will be offended and repelled and will ^[e]begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to trust and obey] and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred.

¹¹ And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error.

¹² And the love of ^[f]the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity,

¹³ But he who endures to the end will be saved.

If ever there was a time for the Christians to lay aside their differences in this nation that time is now. The unity of the body of Christ is needed now more than ever before to rise as one voice and push back against the onslaught of evil that is pervading across this country. If we unite and work as one I believe we can alter the course of this nation. God himself throughout the Bible confirms the power of unity whether for good or for evil as in the account of the building of the tower of Babel.

Genesis 11:6

⁶ And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people and they have ^[a]all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them.

As many of us languish in apathy and timidity the demands of the few have overtaken the convictions of the many. I am convinced like the servant of the prophet Elisha if our eyes are opened we will see that there are more for us than those who are against us:

2 Kings 6:15-17

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁵ And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

¹⁶ And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Where are the leaders who will rise up and cry aloud for this great and noble cause…even the saving of the soul of a nation?

Anita Ayers

What Bad Habit Would You Like To Get Rid Of?

Pastor Anita Ayers

www.anitaayers.org

Are you a nail biter? Do you struggle with your weight? Are you a nervous talker? Do you smoke? Did you sustain an injury and start taking prescription drugs to deal with the pain and subsequently become hooked on the pills? Are you fighting a bigger giant like illegal drugs, alcohol, pornography, or sexual perversion?

Do you sometimes feel like there are two people living inside of your head? One person wants to be whole, strong and free while the other is drawn like a moth to the flame of a dark passion that will eventually incinerate you. Are you living in a secret fantasy world to escape a reality you can’t seem to face? Or do you feel like you are held in chains saying or doing things you no longer enjoy or want but feel powerless to stop?

Where did these demons come from? Can you trace them back to family lines? Were you touched by a person who left their mark on you and now you are afflicted with the same demon that once violated you? Were you once the victim and now you have become the perpetrator? Are you living in fear that someone you love or care about may discover your darkest secret?

We are surrounded by people every day, co-workers, neighbors, friends and family; how many do you know personally that are struggling with addictions? How many of them are willing to admit they are struggling? Are you hiding behind closed doors thinking that your affliction is well hidden or do you confess it frequently hoping that if others know -their connection will keep you from sliding further into the abyss?

You may be at many different places in the addiction. Perhaps you feel you have a handle on it right now. Maybe you think you can stop anytime you want to but you just don’t choose to stop right now. Or in today’s culture: perhaps you are being affirmed in a behavior or life style that you know deep inside is destroying you.

Do you ever just sit down, look up and cry out from your heart, “God where are you?”

Whether you heard a voice reply or not, whether you know it or not, He is there. God is never more than a breath away from you at any time. The moment you open your heart and breathe his name he will rush in to help you. Sometimes the answers are so simple that they seem to work only for the simple minded.

Jesus said in:

Matthew 18:3

“Unless you become like a little child you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.”

That statement can encompass a world of truth and deliverance.

Amplified Bible Mark 9:1

1 And Jesus said to them, Truly and solemnly I say to you there are some standing here who will in no way taste death before they see the kingdom of God come in (its) power.

I believe this was referring to his soon transfiguration and his subsequent death on the cross. When Jesus paid the price for all of our sins the Kingdom of God came in power.

Amplified Bible Matthew 16:15-20

15 He said to them, But who do you (yourselves) say that I am?

16 Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood (men) have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven.

18 And I tell you, you are Peter (Greek, Petros-a large piece of rock), and on this rock (Greek, petra –a huge rock like Gibraltar) I will build My church, and the gates of Hades, (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it (or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it).

19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. (Isa. 22:22).

(Do you believe there is sickness and poverty in heaven?)

20Then He sternly and strictly charged and warned the disciples to tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

The revelation of who Jesus the Christ (Messiah) is in you and who you are in Him will reveal the authority he gave you in the Keys to the Kingdom. We must come to know God through the truth of his word not our temporary feelings, not ever changing circumstance, not what a preacher told us, not by what grandma said while she held her Bible but we must see, hear and believe what his word says is true. The revelation begins on the inside of you and works its way out.

Scarecrow you already had brains before The Wizard gave you a diploma. Tin-man you already had a heart before The Wizard gave you the heart shaped clock. Cowardly Lion you already had courage before you received your medal. Dorothy you had the power to go home without the ruby slippers.

God has not placed your destiny in anyone’s hands but yours and His. God wants you strong, healthy, wealthy and wise now there is only you who can stand in your way. Jesus has paid the price for your freedom, your prison doors are open but you must get up and walk out.

Amplified Bible John 8:31-36

31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word (hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them), you are truly My disciples.

32And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

33 They answered him; We are Abraham’s offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do you mean by saying, You will be set free?

34 Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin.

35 Now a slave does not remain in the household permanently. (forever); the son (of the house) does remain forever.

36So if the Son liberates you (makes you free men), then you are really and unquestionably free.

Don’t allow anything or anyone to hold you in bondage when the Son of God has already made you free!

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A Prophetic Word Coming to Pass

Calls have been coming in from friends and intercessors as the crisis in the Middle East intensifies daily. They ask, “How should we pray? What’s going on in the land the Bible calls ‘the glorious land?’ How is your family there doing?” We thank you for the concern, for the commitment to God’s agenda in the region, and for your prayers.

When we published our message “Prepare for War” (see archives at www.onenewman.injesus.com in February 2006), some of our well meaning friends wondered whether we overstated the case for the inevitable Middle Eastern conflict. After all, aren’t we all peace loving folks who’d much rather get along with each other? “Live and let live” kind of people? Of course we are, but what should you do if you live in a rough neighborhood among bullies, as Israel does?

Given the accumulating facts on the ground and the gathering storm clouds in the spirit, the message was clear as was the call to publish the February article among the intercessors. Sadly, and sooner than envisioned, we see the prophetic word coming to pass before the eyes of a heavy-hearted nation and a bewildered world.

The Gaza Strip and Recent Kidnappings

During the last 15 days, Israeli military forces have swept into areas of the Gaza strip, which were painfully cleared of its nearly 10,000 Israeli citizens only a few months ago. The territory, still being a sensitive security issue, was handed over to the Palestinian people in a wild gamble to allow them to build their national life without “Israeli interference.” In this unprecedented move, Israel has offered the Palestinians what neither the Ottoman Empire, the British, the Egyptians, nor the Jordanians (who all ruled over them in recent history) ever did.

That experiment in nationhood soon collapsed as the Palestinians elected a terror organization (Hamas) to become its government. Their concept of building a nation was reflected within days of the Israeli withdrawal, with the first Kassam short-range rockets being lobbed into neighboring Israel communities across the international border. In less than a year, a total of more than 1,000 rockets have hit civilian Israeli targets with no military retaliation in response. The Israeli army was restrained from action as the politicians worked frantically to exhaust all other options first.

That time of restraint came to an end with the abduction of an Israeli border guard by a Gaza terror cell two weeks ago, resulting with an intense Israeli military response. The crisis is now spreading into Israel’s northern front in Lebanon, following a second kidnapping of two more Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah (the party of god) terrorists. Hezbollah is the Middle Eastern “cousin” of the Al Quaeda; an Islamic terror organization that virtually runs southern Lebanon without interference from the Lebanese government, and is funded by Syria and Iran.

As we write these words, broad Israeli air strikes are being carried out against infrastructure and terror targets in both Gaza and Lebanon, with ground troops moving into hostile territory to try and find the kidnapped soldiers. One needs to be blind to miss the dark shadow of Syria and Iran behind the scenes, and deaf to miss the intensifying beat of war drums.

War Is Coming

We have family, friends, and many interests in Israel, and we pray that the inevitable war may be averted, contained, or minimized in some way. We, like you, aren’t war mongers. However–war is coming, and only a fool will not prepare for it. Sooner or later, as the demonic realms feel emboldened enough, push will come to shove. At that time, even a peace loving nation may find herself in need to take up arms in a decisive way to disarm the evil that threatens her. This has been the lots of all freedom loving people all throughout human history.

Recently, a strong prophetic word was widely published, speaking of the Church of the Lord Jesus, as a people of war. That word was true, as it addressed our spiritual heritage and present status in a darkening world.

Israel, we must realize, is always moving on parallel lines with the “spiritual Israel,” the Church, and testifies of the same truths that the Church does, only in the natural. It should not surprise us, therefore, that credible prophetic voices have been speaking about the call to courage, discipline, sacrifice, and devotion among the people called by His name, while Israel, the covenant nation of God, is being drawn into regional conflict simultaneously.

I talked with our children tonight, and other family members in Israel by phone, and found myself reminding them that there is “nothing new under Heaven.”

Israel has always been in conflict; our presence in the Promised Land has always been hated and resisted; our borders have seen constant skirmishes, clashes, and military maneuvers: and our nation has always known the high cost of being God’s (still blinded) covenant people.

In fact, I told them, these recent years of relative calm, were misleading as the peace process was a farce, the agreements insincere, the negotiating partners deceitful, and the hearts of the Islamic masses unchanged. There will be no peace in the Middle East, or in the world for that matter, until the very end of time under the government of the Prince of Peace.

So, good nations must prepare for war from time to time, to drive the flood of evil back, and gain time and room for the Lord’s work of salvation in the earth to continue. As a former soldier descending from a military family, I have told the children, “We always had to fight wars and we have always won.”

Be calm. God is not caught unawares, and He is not anxious about this crisis. As sickening as these present hardships, loss of lives, and the gathering storm clouds can make one feel, God is no stranger to war. He is always near to those who call upon His name.

Pray for His will to be done, for His Kingdom to come. Pray as He leads.

Reuven Doron
One New Man Call
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