Was Lucifer Designed By God To Be A Sinner Or A Free Willed Angel?

And did He design and consign us to be sinners?

If so, why does He condemn what He chose for us?

If God laid the groundwork for the need of a Savior by creating Lucifer, destined by God to fail in his devotion and sin against his Creator, then God would be responsible for Lucifer's sin not Lucifer. But that is not the case.  Lucifer, an angel, had free will and chose to use it against God, who quoted him, in Isa.14:13-14, as having said, "I will" five times in opposition to God. Lucifer chose, by his own free will, to sin and seal his destiny.  

The same is true of Adam and Eve and their descendants.  Humans, like the angels, were given free will as one of the "likenesses" of God, but in baby sized portions as a human baby has likenesses to his parents.  

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him." Gen. 5:1.         

Whereas God's attributes are many and infinite, human "likenesses" to those attributes are fewer and finite.  The three most often quoted are  Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence.  I am forced to add another, Omnivolition, meaning God has infinite free will to do what He will, without limits. He will not therefore, by His own Omnivolition, choose to sin or tempt anyone to sin.  Both Lucifer, angels, and humans have limited free will to do, or try to do, as they please.... good or bad, rape, steal, kill, and lie, but will give an account for their choices.  Therefore,          "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man." James 1:13.         Also, God will not invalidate the free volition "likeness" of Himself which, in his Omniscience, He instituted in we human beings. We are responsible for our own decisions and choices.

"Because sentence against an evil work is not executed  speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil." Ecc. 8:11.         (Evil is their free will choice, not God's. RB)

God clearly distinguishes the nature and opposition between the the human body of flesh, which is spiritually dead, and the eternal spirit which God breathed into that body at creation, and is reborn when the Spirit of Christ enters that lost spirit bringing eternal life and righteousness to it.

"And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." Rom. 8:10.

So the complexity of our two-fold nature in some ways reflects the act of our totally spiritual Christ taking upon himself a human body of flesh by means of a human mother and thereby experiencing the temptations we too have to deal with. 

"For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." Heb.4:15.

The conclusion: We may do as we will ... but God will judge us.

"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."  Ecc.11:9

A final aspect of the subject, which is overlooked,  is 1 John 3:9 which clears up a lot of confusion about sin in a Christian's life.  Getting this straight clears up a lot of supposed contradiction of doctrines. It is this....             

"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." 1 John 3:9          

The clear fact is that the spiritual part of us which is "born of God does not commit sin".  Notice that it does not say, "should not or must not" but "does not sin".  What??? "does not sin"!  Because "His seed (Christ) remaineth in us and we CANlNOT SIN, because only our spirit, our eternal self, not our fleshly body, is born of God.  The Apostle Paul made this truth plain in Romans 7 .... the entire chapter, but here is the crux of the matter.... and he was probably the greatest Christian who ever lived.  Yet he gives this honest confession of himself.

14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.         (That is the whole purpose of the law)      

17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.         (in my body. RB)

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.        (That is, in my flesh. RB)

21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

23 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.

24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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It is our self-serving, lustful flesh that is tempted to sin, not our eternal, born again, spiritual self, or soul. The born again part of Christians does not sin because it cannot sin, because that is where the Spirit of Christ dwells. Our flesh is weak, sweats, gets sick, grows old and dies, then rots in the grave. It is not born again... yet. Its life, spirit, soul is gone. But one day Christ will resurrect what is left of our bodies, glorify it and reunite it with our eternal, spiritual selves and we shall then be "like Him" fully born again, body and soul.

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."

1 John 3:2

"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Matt.26:41.

We Are, To A Great Extent, What Our Ancestors Passed On To Us

Heritage makes a difference, but Christ makes His eternal

Texas was settled by a hardy, determined people from distant Northeastern states in the U.S. or from foreign countries around the world. If you could survive walking, riding a horse or enduring a dangerous ocean voyage, without dying or giving up on the trip, you qualified to be a Texan.  But then you had to scratch a living out of the soil and survive the heat, hunger, rattlesnakes, wild horses, angry bulls, bandits and Indians. A large percentage of those survivors died of something else within a couple of years.  Native Texans, like the old lady below, are the descendants of those early survivors.

Below, Sean Dietrich, a hurricane survivor himself, from the Florida Panhandle, observed and writes about what he saw in the Texan  breed of survivors when this Winter storm brought, not just freezing, 

Sean, but  below zero winchills, from the North Pole to the Lone Star State all the way down to Galveston. RB

Sean wrote....

Last night the windchills in Texas were below freezing. The electricity was out. And 83-year-old Cindy sat in her den wearing a parka.

Surrounding her were two cats, a kerosene lantern, a popping fireplace, and her grandchildren, clad in winter caps and double socks. And they were all singing.

Cindy made everyone sing because her grandkids were getting panicked about what was happening. And singing is how Cindy’s own mother used to calm the family during dire moments like this.

So the old woman draped blankets over her babies and taught them the lyrics to “I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy,” “This Little Light of Mine,” and “Rock of Ages.” (Her choice of songs tells more about her than the storm. RB)

She could see their breath vapor rising in the darkness.

Right now, 3 million Texans have lost power and are covered in snow crust. And, if that’s not enough, another 100 million Americans are braced for more oncoming ice and snowfall. Record temperatures have been recorded from Minneapolis to Galveston.

Texans are getting pommeled. Without electricity, some hospitals are losing water pressure. Carbon monoxide poisoning has become another local problem for those trying heat their homes. Harris County alone had 200 people suffer carbon monoxide poisoning.

Some Texans have frozen to death. Others are hungry. Most are just worried.

I’m told the overwhelming quietness outside is weird. In some places it’s a new level of silence that many have never experienced before. There are no ambient noises to cut the stillness. No heat pumps churning, no idling air compressors, no refrigerators humming, no distant TVs, no appliances running. And there’s hardly any traffic noise.

Elderly Cindy takes it all in stride. “My daddy was a farmer. He used to say the only difference between an adventure and an ordeal is how you look at it.”

Her father, the third-generation Texan, was like most men of the southern Plains in his time. He raised a family during a Great Depression. He saw droughts, crop failures, Dust Bowls, and migrant workers who skipped lunches so their kids could eat.

Cindy remembers the tail end of this era, and she remembers its people well. She remembers how her mother got them to quit worrying by making everyone sing.

Last night, Cindy finally got her grandkids to join her crackled alto voice. Others couldn’t resist joining in. Cindy’s adult children began timidly singing. Then their spouses. Even the old woman’s cats seemed excited about everything.

The voices filled the little den, and everyone wore bashful smiles while a fireplace cast an orange glow onto their faces.

Cindy’s mother first taught her this singing business during a tornado. In the old days, when twisters arose on the Plains there were no advanced warnings. No Weather Channel updates. No nothing. Your world could vanish in minutes.

Cindy was a girl, she recalls her family sheltered in an underground storm cellar. There, they huddled together and sang “Rock of Ages” to keep from puking with fear. And when the din of a freight-train storm overpowered their weak voices, destroying homes and livestock, Cindy’s mother simply began another chorus.

Last night before bed, Cindy did the same thing. She sang until the grandkids fell asleep.

And this morning, when they all awoke to icicles dangling from sink faucets—there was even ice on the ceiling fans—Cindy was still in a musical mood.

She sent her grandsons into the backyard to gather snow in buckets. They spent the morning cheerfully boiling snow on her gas stove for drinking water. She hummed a tune the whole time.

Outside her window, Cindy could see neighbors, gathering on porches, grilling food that would otherwise spoil without refrigeration. In a few moments, two neighbor men were delivering sizzling steaks to the old woman, just to be nice.

“These kinds of disasters bring out the best in people,” Cindy says. “It’s incredible what neighbors can do when things get tough.”

Things are definitely tough. Currently, her neighborhood is covered in stubborn snow. Nearby farmers are worried about their livestock. People with horses are placing double, and triple horse blankets onto their colts and mares. Some animals are dying.

In a Leon Springs animal sanctuary, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs froze to death last night. Staff members tried to keep them warm, but not all animals could be saved. Some employees even took animals home to warm them. Brooke Chavez, director for the animal sanctuary says, “I never, ever thought my office would turn into a morgue, but it has.”

Simply put, these are hard times. Maybe harder than some Americans have ever known. Maybe the hardest.

Even so, eldery Cindy tells her grandkids: “We ain’t gon’ be afraid, because we are having an adventure, aren’t we? Oh, let’s do another song, what do you say? Ready? Sing with Grandma now...”

“Rock of ages, cleft for me,

“Let me hide myself in thee…”

The old woman makes it all look so easy. As though simply believing is effortless. As though anyone, even you and I, can stay cheerful if we try.

And so tonight, while the world tumbles, while ice forms on the battered soil of Texas, while people try to retain heat, our elderly saints hold us up. They smile, they wipe our wet cheeks, and remind us that we are not built for fear. They tell us stories of our past; of our humble forebears who once stared hell in the face and told it to get behind them.

The old Texas woman gathers her friends and loved ones close, clutching them with her frail, spotted hands. And when storms howl overhead, she sings another verse.

Suffering Is Never Accidental But Always Has A Purpose In God's Plan

If God allows suffering to happen, or causes it to happen, in the Christian's life, He has a purpose in it for His glory and for the Christian's good.  But suffering in the unbeliever's life is either to draw him to God or drive him to destruction. In either case, suffering does not happen unless God either allows it, as in the case of His man Job, or causes it as He did with the plagues on Egypt. 

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Rom.8:28.

Our fellow Pastor, John MacAuthur, bible believing, outspoken on the truth, controversial in every wicked stronghold, had this to say about suffering.... of which he has had his share.  "Suffering is the greatest tool in the life of the believer. It's how the  quality of our faith is tested and proven. It's how we learn to rely on God's strength instead of our own. It's how the Lord displays his sufficiency and provision to the watching world." 

"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish , strengthen, settle you.," 1 Pet.5:10

Tim Keller did an entire book on suffering, in which he said....       

"Suffering is unbearable if you aren't certain God is for you and with you. Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire. You don't really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have." 

"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." 1 Peter 4:12-13.

What made John Wesley the huge success he was in God's work? Suffering! To which he testified .... "Even in the greatest afflictions, we ought to testify to God, that in receiving them from his hand, we feel pleasure in the midst of pain, from being afflicted by Him who loves us, and whom we love."

"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body." 2 Cor.4:8-10

The world of the wicked laughed and mocked Rush Limbaugh to see him suffer and die with cancer.  To them, it was the worst thing that could happen to a Christian.  He was a spokesman for truth and justice, but they are spiritually blind to the holy things of God. You see, Rush was a true believer in Jesus Christ, the very foundation of his scriptural and logical beliefs.  Rush's "life spirit" did not die with his 70 year old body but left that body the moment it "gave up the ghost" (Gen.25:8) which was instantly in the presence of God ... and for eternity. But his mockers can neither see nor believe that.  Unless they repent and believe, they will die without hope and spend eternity separated from God in hell.  All things do not work together for their good.

"Gave up the ghost" mentioned 10 times in the bible.

The U.S. Is Close To National Reaction To Fraud, Corruption And Lawlessness

It amazes me  how many Americans swallow whole obvious lies told by notorious liars... like the fake news press and their Congressional  representatives.  And how quickly so many took up preposterous notions like defunding the police.  Then they go all in and tear down statues of not only Confederate generals but of heroes of the Union, even Lincoln, and then of our Founding Fathers.  As a final insane action, they riot and burn down businesses in their own neighborhoods owned by their neighbors. These actions are so unthinkable that its hard to explain. I can't decide whether they are mentally deranged, or so absorbed in their hate for everybody, or simply angry children in adult bodies. Whatever their problem, they have, without reaction of local law enforcement, come within inches of causing ordinary Americans to take up arms against them.

After all of that their parents, and preferred political party, undermine our election integrity in a whole series of fraudulent ways, with impunity, and are even supported by multi-national CEOs, the Social Media, the News Media, Hollywood, and political  leaders. Even a few RINOs in the Republican Party.

All of this is so far out in left field, so unbelievable, that clear thinking Americans are laying up supplies and buying guns in preparation for defending their families, homes and a free America. 

We cannot allow this kind of lawlessness to continue because peaceful citizens will, in turn, start reacting in self defense, and to preserve our Constitution and its historic personal rights.

Our court system must take up this issue before fed-up Americans do.

Another Video Uncovering Election Fraud Has Been Completed ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsOXMi1E0tQ&feature=youtu.be

Mike Lindell, The Pillow Guy, Presents 2 Hour Video Of Proofs Of The Stolen Election

Is this to be the end of the land of the free and home of the brave?

Common Sense Commentary:  If all of us, Christians and Patriots, do not rise up as one and put a stop to the stealing of elections, our Nation, our children and grandchildren are doomed to be controlled by Communists all of their lives. So stand up and speak up and financially support those brave enough to lead the way.  This blog and I may be the next to be terminated.  At 90 .... I can't last much longer anyway. But what will you younger friends do about the rigging of U.S. elections and the violations of our Constitution and loss of freedoms?  RB

Mike's Documentary:                    

https://www.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=144&mn=230481&pt=msg&mid=21665078

Here it is! Mike Lindell of My Pillow's documentary titled Absolute Proof dealing with the 2020 Election     and Please Share it. Here it is! Mike Lindell of My Pillow's documentary titled Absolute Proof

Everything Is rigged And Corrupted But Our Unchangeable God

If not, tell me what isn't

The scripture teaches, and it is made obvious by human history that everything changes and is corrupted ... but God. And even He is constantly attacked, accused and lied about. Lucifer tried to change and corrupt heaven but failed. Men have tried to change God, His word, and his local churches, but have succeeded only in establishing false bibles, false teachings, false churches and hindering the true church. And, indeed the wicked have destroyed many local churches and hindered others, but the church Jesus is building, which has never yet fully assembled, and will not until its members, in the local churches, are caught up into heaven, as the bride of Christ for her wedding and marriage to Him.  Jesus promised her, when he laid the foundation, of His church here on earth, in local, visible churches.            "... Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt.16:18.       The gates of hell shall attack it, as it is being built, but will not prevail against it. Though "hell" may wound and hinder it, in the "local" sense, the building shall continue until it is finished, raptured, and prepared for the wedding.  Only then will she be glorified; And only then will she be other than thousands of local, visible churches. Finally, she will be the universally assembled  (churched) as one perfect being united with her groom, Jesus Christ, and at one with Him.   No more rigging or corrupting or wounding.

David realized God is eternal and changes not.       "... O my God ....Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth .... and the heavens ...They shall perish, but thou shalt endure ....and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end." Psalms 102:24-27.

This was one of God's last affirmations in the O.T.          

"For I am the Lord, I change not ...." Mal.3:6.

Hebrews testifies that all things will change but God.        

"... They shall be changed, but thou art the same...." Heb.1:12.

"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever." Heb.13:8.

Everything in the universe changes and runs down ... but God remains the same. He hasn't learned anything; He knew it all. He has neither gained power nor lost any; He has it all. He neither riggs nor corrupts. He does not participate in any way with rigging and corrupting.  Lucifer devised rigging and corrupting and it touches all of us in some or many ways.  We cannot win against it except through our holy and just God by faith in Jesus Christ. 

A Worldly Example...

Situation Update, Feb 1 – Populist financial uprising may tear down the entire RIGGED system – NaturalNews.com

 

 

The silver lining for the events of the last year is that huge numbers of people are awakening to the fact that everything is rigged:

• The elections are rigged.
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• Wall Street is totally rigged. There is no “free market.”
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• The courts are rigged and no longer provide anything resembling “equal justice.”
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• The money supply is rigged with fiat currency and endless money printing.
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• The news is rigged with fake news from the globalist-controlled media.
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• Speech is rigged by the tech giants that censor truth and promote lies.

Yet now, thanks to public access to the stock market, people are discovering they can stick it to the system by participating in “short squeeze” actions by purchasing certain assets. This is the entire story behind the WallStreetBets / Robinhood / GameStop phenomenon that we’ve all witnessed over the past week.

More importantly, we believe that certain strategic groups are using the same strategy to expose the vulnerabilities of the entire fraudulent system as a prelude to bringing that system down. In other words, certain white hat groups are, we believe, actually working to accelerate the demise of the fraudulent financial system in order to replace it with a more honest money system after the crash.

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Yes, some people are beginning to realize that everything is rigged or corrupted. And even if they succeed in adjusting the rigging and make the system more honest, the real changes must be spiritual through commitment to God and faith in our  Lord Christ.

Will We See A Great State "Coming Out Party" Called Secession?

I can speak for a lot of Texans... It has my vote   

A long-time friend sent me a campaign ad by Texas State Representative Biedermann on his recent legislation, introduced in Austin, our capital, to allow Texans to vote on Texas' secession from the United States.  As a matter of fact, Texas is one of six states that were once independent, free Republics.  It may have been wise, at the time Texas united with the U.S., when the U.S. was ruled by its states rather than it ruling the states, taxing their citizens beyond reason,  and Federal law overruling state law.  But federal laws have been corrupted to the point of now being an unbearable burden for states and their citizens. So, many Texans would vote for secession. Texas is one of the few states which could easily manage itself as an independent, free Republic.

Texas is over 800 miles East to West and North to South. Within its borders is wonderful weather, strong agriculture (farms and ranches), industry producing nearly everything, hi-tech growing faster than any other state, higher education equal to any other country, wide range of import/export products, self sustaining power including gas, oil, solar, and wind-power, water, food, seaports, international airports, a Conservative majority, strong Christian base, and no finer people in the world.  Texas could easily protect itself from Mexico or any other likely invader. Considering the policies of the far left, radical leadership in Washington, Texas would be far better off running its own affairs as a free nation.  The Socialists in D.C. should be glad to lose Texas. They would then have complete control of the other 49 states and could add D.C. as a state and still have 50 and not have to change the flag.  I say these things... in satire 10% but 90% in reality.  I really believe it. But if you northerners or Californians want to come here, leave your left-wing politics, which ruined your states, where you found them. They will also ruin Texas. 

Another conservative, patriot improvement would be Left-winger Democrats and Communists leaving Texas for California, New York or some other Democrat run state.

   Texas Quotes

Davy Crockett's last words to Tennessee, after 

losing his run for U.S. Congress, were ... "You

can all go to hell, I'm going to Texas". So he

came to Texas to fight Mexican General Santa

Ana's army, in our war for independence, to 

become the Free Republic Of Texas. We were

not a state of the U.S. until some years later. Davy

helped gain our Texas freedom and was killed at the Alamo. In those early days there was a great movement into Texas from the north and south. It became common for families moving to Texas to leave a 2 letter note on the door ...GT. Everyone knew what it meant ..."Gone to Texas". That may happen again.

Mary Lasswell, who grew up in Brownsville, and wrote the famous book, "I'll take Texas", said: "I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on His day off, for pure entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one section of earth, by a really top hand."

John Gunther put it this way, "If a man is from Texas, he will tell you. If not, why embarrass him by asking."

Wallace Chariton, speaking of the size of Texas said,  "In the covered wagon days, if a baby was born in Texarkana while the family was crossing into the Lone Star State, by the time they reached El Paso, the baby would be in the third grade.

Conrad Hilton bought his first hotel in Cisco and so, launched his empire in Texas. He said, "There's a vastness here, and I believe that the people born here breath that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in."

Larry McMurtry  (Lonesome Dove), explaining where the Texas attitude came from said, "What my whole body of work says is ... that Texans spent so long getting past the frontier experience because that experience was so overwhelmingly powerful.  Imagine yourself as a small, hopeful, immigrant family, alone on the staked plains, with the Comanche and Kiowa still on the loose.  The power of that experience will not sift out of the descendants of that venturer in one generation. Elements of that primal venturing will surely inform several generations.

It is the summative meaning of all these quotes that gives power to our most popular, modern slogan: "Don't mess with Texas".

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Rayburn Blair adds this, "Being born and raised in West Texas, I have crossed, as a boy, many a trail where lay long lost Comanche arrowheads and old campfires.  The East/West Butterfield, Overland Stages' iron clad wheels left deep scars in the sandstone, still there, as they once passed within walking distance of my home. I remember, In the 1930s, a few poor people still passing through West Texas in wagons drawn by horse, mule, burro or all three, headed west. How does a boy ever forget sleeping in the open Texas air, awakening on a cool summer morning to the lonesome cooing of a morning dove, the smell of horses, mesquite blossoms and bacon?  Texans have independent,  permanent, deep roots ... and, yes,  the majority cling to their God, guns and Bibles. So welcome to Texas if you're willing to wear the bumper sticker brand that confesses, "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could".  We would be glad to trade our heretics and Democrats for you patriots. Under the Lone Star State flag, of Texas, you would only have one star and one God to answer to ... if we secede. RB